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The Rotary Club of Forest Hill & Sydenham decided
on 26th April to dissolve the Club. This will bring to an end 69 years
continuous service to the communities of SE23 & SE26.
Rotary is the world's largest service organisation with
29,000 clubs and this year celebrated its centennial. Rotary is expanding in
Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific but times change in Forest Hill & Sydenham.
Fewer young professionals can find the time and space to meet every week to
plan and enable help to the community. In only ten years our membership has
shrunk from 30 to just 12 as older members retire and move away.
FH&S Rotary founded the local Talking Newspaper,
funded and built the Rotary Day Centre and set up the Crystal Palace Fireworks.
We support St Christopher's Hospice, the Voluntary Care Centre and many other
organisations. And of course Father Christmas' tour of his FH&S
kingdom.
We plan to keep some of these activities going as
individuals. The Rotary spirit will continue - just the club will fade
away.
This Rotary website will continue and evolve into a
community resource for SE23 over the next few months. You can keep up to date
with progress <here> |
