Bristol Bridge Rotary Club

Newsletters and club e-mails

The club communicates with its members via a mailing list. We have created two separate mailing list for different purposes:

The idea is that club members will be signed up for both mailing lists, so that they can receive both club news as well as social news. Please contact our webmaster if you have any queries about the mailing lists or any problems with signing up.


One of our occasional mailings is a charity newsletter. Amy, our Charities Secretary, is always busy organising our club's charitable activities, and she occasionally puts together a newsletter to keep everyone informed. Below is an archive of our past charity newsletters.

Would you like to put some information in to the next newsletter? Are you doing a fun run and want people to sponsor you? Is your work holding a fundraising day? Have you got an event coming up where you need volunteers? If yes, please send your submissions to Amy, and she will do her best to include these items in the next newsletter.


Issue 2 - 5 September 2008

Papa Smurf runs the Bristol Downs Fun Run

RUN FOR THE FUTURE - 12 noon on Sunday 7th September 2008 on Bristol's Durdham Downs

Papa Smurf

Three members of Bristol Bridge Rotary Club - Kevin Parle, Alex Wallis, Matt Ashley are running 5K (3 miles) as part of the ‘Run For The Future’ Race on Bristol's Durdham Downs this Sunday.

Raising funds for prostate cancer patients (BUI Bristol Prostate Cancer Appeal - Registered Charity no 1025402). For more information please visit the Run for the Future website.

Bristol Bridge Rotary Club Runners: Kevin Parle, Alex Wallis, Matt Ashley.

We are going to take a few photos of our runners & members of the club cheering them on. So if you are available, please meet us outside The Black Bear at 11am.

Also, please let Amy know if you would like to sponsor our runners.


Charity sub-committee

Wednesday 10th September - Charity Committee 1st meeting

potential new charity committee members!

Date: Wednesday 10th Sept, 6pm

Where: 6pm - 7.30pm, The Watershed, Bristol Harbour

Interested? Anyone interested in joining the Bristol Bridge Rotary Club’s Charity Sub-Committee, please attend this meeting. We will be organising the Summer Fayre, an Autumn Quiz night, a Summer Ball and lots more fun fundraising events.


Bristol Half-Marathon

Sunday 14 September 2008 - Bristol Half-Marathon

runners at the Bristol Half-Marathon

Four members of Bristol Bridge Rotary Club will be running the gruelling (13 miles) of the Bristol ½ Marathon - Chris Fox, Stuart McBride, Jonathon Beck & Simon Wells. Please come along and cheer them on!

Could we all possibly meet outside Theory Café (At-Bristol) for a photo before the race? Say 9am?

Also, please let Amy know if you would like to sponsor our runners.


Bucket Collection for Jessie May Trust

Tuesday 16th September - Bristol City Football Vs Birmingham bucket collection

logo of the Jessie May Trust

Thank you to the ten people who volunteered to help with this collection. We are pleased to confirm that all collectors will be able to watch the football match. Gates open at 6.30pm and the game itself kick's off at 7.45pm.

Could all meet at 6.15pm at the Gate by the roundabout at the Winterstoke Road entrance? Kate from The Jessie May Trust will have buckets, T-shirts and passes ready for all collectors.

For more information please contact Amy, our Charities Secretary.


Bristol Bridge Rotary Club Summer Fayre

Saturday 20th September - Summer Fayre

a stall at a fayre

Could everyone please collect their 4+ items for the Jumble sale? You can either. . . .

Please keep Simon informed if you are available to volunteer at the Summer Fayre - just a few hours would be a huge help.

potential bouncy castles at the summer fayre

After a brief discussion, we think it would be nice if a few people wanted to dress in fancy dress for the Summer Fayre. The theme is . . . . . . ‘Old people’. This means lots of -

For the girls: Big gold clip-on earrings, scarfs around the head, tweed jackets, knee length skirts or longer, loads of make up, thick glasses, cardigans etc . . . . . .

For the boys: Tweed jackets, badly fitting non matching corduroy trousers, cardigans, large socks pulled right up your legs with sandals, thick glasses, farmers caps etc . . .


External Fundraising Evening

Thursday 16th October - Call My Wine Bluff

some yummy wine!

Amy is organising a fundraising event for At Bristol called Call My Wine Bluff. Bristol Bridge Rotary Club is taking a table - there are a few spaces left, so please let us know if you would like to attend. For further information please contact our Social Secretary.


Charity Quiz Night

November - Charity Quiz Night

some peope in a pub...

Date: Thursday 6th November 2008

Venue: TBC

Please come along to the Charity Sub-Committee meeting if you would like to help organise this event.


Volunteers needed!

7 November 2008 - Fireworks on the Downs

fireworks

Clifton Rotary Club have asked if we will help with marshalling at the fireworks display on the Downs on 7 Nov. Please contact our JVP if you want to help out.


Summer Ball

Our main summer fundraising event

some BBRC members at our inauguration dinner

Date: Saturday 4th July 2009

Venue: At-Bristol, Rosalind Franklin Room and Terrace.

Please come along to the Charity Sub-Committee meeting if you would like to help organise this event.




Issue 1 - 22 August 2008

Charity sub-committee

Wednesday 10th September - Charity Committee 1st meeting

Date: Wednesday 10th Sept, 6pm

Where: 6pm - 7.30pm, The Watershed, Bristol Harbour

Interested? Anyone interested in joining the Bristol Bridge Rotary Club’s Charity Sub-Committee, please attend this meeting. We will be organising the Summer Fayre, an Autumn Quiz night, a Summer Ball and lots more fun fundraising events.


URGENT - Volunteers needed for fundraising

16th September - Bristol City Football v Birmingham bucket collection

Date: Tuesday 16th Sept 08, 6.30pm - 9pm

Meeting Point: Outside the Ashton Gate Entrance at 6pm.

After: Everyone is welcome to come to Amy's for drinks after the collection.

Interested in collecting? Anyone else interested in collecting please contact Amy before Wednesday 27th Aug.

Deadline: Please let Amy know if you can volunteer by Wednesday 27th Aug.


Summer Fayre

Saturday 20th September - at Anchor Square

We are currently looking for people to buy stalls - jewellery sellers, artists, crafts, cards, candles, bric-a-brac, retro, music, etc. If you are interested in taking a stall, or know anyone who is, please download and complete a booking form and return it to our charities secretary.

We are also looking for any businesses that will donate gifts to our raffle / tombola - teddies, bric-a-brac, jewellery, candles, attraction tickets, body stuff, hampers etc. Please hand out this letter applying for support to any business that you feel might donate an item.

We would like all Bristol Bridge Rotary members to donate at least 4 items to our jumble sale. Please either:

In addition, please let our able charities assistant, Simon, know when you will be available to help on Saturday 20th Sept. We are expecting everyone to lend a hand at the fayre. There are loads of different jobs and just a few hours help would be fantastic!

In particular, we need: Face Painters, Cake makers, stall sellers, BBQ stall volunteers, jumble sale stall volunteers, cake sale stall volunteers, balloon sellers, collection bucket collectors etc...

For further information please contact Amy.


External Fundraising Evening

Thursday 16th October - Call My Wine Bluff

Amy is organising a fundraising event for At Bristol, called Call My Wine Bluff. Check out this page for further information about this event.


Charity Quiz Night

November - Charity Quiz Night

Date: Thursday 6th November 2008

Venue: TBC

Please come along to the Charity Sub-Committee meeting if you would like to help organise this event.


Summer Ball

Our main summer fundraising event

Date: Saturday 4th July 2009

Venue: At-Bristol, Rosalind Franklin Room and Terrace.

Please come along to the Charity Sub-Committee meeting if you would like to help organise this event.


© Bristol Bridge Rotary Club 2008