£6,000.00+ Donation to Hand of Help Project in Romania

July 12, 2004.

Past president James Vickers and President Nigel Dobson handed over a cheque for £5,500.00 to Chris Baker and Tommy Harrison of the charity Hand of Help for use in August in building a home for a needy family in Romania in August of 2004.

An additional amount in excess of £538.00 was raised by the club during the evening for Hand of Help.(details below).

£3,000 of this money was raised by James from Club Members and other sponsors when James walked the Parish Walk from the Point of Ayre to Round Table earlier in the year.

£2,500.00 was raised by Onchan Rotary Club at their Charity Dinner on 13 March 2004.

In addition to the £5,500.00, Immediate Past President Paul Mercer donated his honorarium of £250.00, Club Secretary Chris Riley donated his honorarium of £100.00 plus another £50.00 from his own pocket and the club Members raised more than £138.00 in a special collection in lieu of Sergeant-at-arms fines during the meeting to make up the total amount donated to Hand of Help to more than £6,138.00 for the evening.

In August James will be travelling to Romania with his family and with some of the members of the Hand of Help charity to build the house mentioned above.

All the Onchan Rotary Club Members wish him every success in the venture.

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