Portlethen and District Rotary Club organised the recent annual lunch of all the Rotary Clubs in the North East.

BBC personality and "weel kent" Robbie Shepherd kindly volunteered to be our speaker and at the event Robbie spoke of the help he had received from the local UCAN charity. £400 was raised at the lunch and Portlethen Rotary has since raised even more. The picture shows Vice President, Graham Knight and Robbie Shepherd with a Cheque made out to UCAN for £700.

Every year Portlethen & District Rotary Club organises the local Primary School Quiz - this year's winner is Newtonill

RotarThe TRotary Meetings to be "More Fun"

President Ian McLeod recently commented on the image Rotary presents to the public. He said, "We are often seen as folks from an older generation who do good works. While this image is partially true, we do have younger members and we do try to do good in our local community and internationally but we also have a lot of fun. In fact it is my resolve in my Presidental year that we have even more fun.

If you are in the Cove Bay, Portlethen or Newtonhill district and are looking at this site for the first time - come along and join us for a meal and find out what Rotary is all about.

We meet at the Newton Arms, Newtonhill on Tuesdays at 6.30pm.

As you can see from some of the photos below - we are a friendly bunch!

For futher information please e-mail graham@knightsaberdeen.com

Fund Raising can be fun!

2000 ducks were dropped in the river

NNo ducks were harmed during the race but there was one very interested spectator.

Portlethen Rotary demonstrate the life-saving "Shelter Box" at Chevron Aberdeen

www.shelterbox.org/about.php

Immediate Past President Robert Humphreys and Anne McNair of our International Committee present a "big cheque" to Alison Steadman of Montrose to support her work with children in Nyumbani.

Past President Robert Humphreys presents a cheque to Alan Sanderson of the "Befriend a Child" charity.

The BBC's Robbie Shepherd was a recent visitor. (pictured with member Graham Knight)

Portlethen Rotary has helped organise support for the disabled athletes taking part in the annual Wishaw Games.

Robert Humphries, together with members Moira Hogg and Robbie Middleton also helped at the actual games event.

The Portlethen table pictured at a fund raising Celebrity Dinner that was organised by Stonehaven Rotary.

Newtonhill Primary School raised £500 for Polio Plus

As part of the club's contribution to Polio Plus, members Alistair and Anne McNair collected a cheque for £500 form the P5s at Newtonhill Primary School. As part of an enterprise project, the class learned about Rotary's hopes of eradicating polio in the four remaining countries. They organised a Purple Pinkie day for the whole school, and also a Bear's Birthday competition. Well done P5s!