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ABOUT US

The Rotary Club of Reading Maiden Erlegh

The club was formed 20 years ago and now has over 50 members, men and women.  It meets every Tuesday evening at Reading University. The Club has raised over £400,000 for charity since it was formed as well as providing assistance to many local projects.  It is currently actively involved in lots of projects including helping Whitley Park School improve its literacy, providing financial support to Daisy’s Dream, a locally based charity (see Daisy's Dream), helping to fund an orphanage in India as well as buying Shelter Boxes which provide instant homes in disaster areas.

In the past it has provided substantial support to Addington School, The Thames Valley Air Ambulance Service, Royal Berks Hospital and many other local and national charity projects.

Rotary is a world wide organisation which began in Chicago in 1905. It now has more than 1.2million members in more than 30,000 Rotary Clubs in 200 countries. In the British Isles there are nearly 1,800 Rotary clubs with over 60,000 members. It is the largest ‘volunteering’ or 'service' organisation in the world.

On a world wide basis, Rotary has played a major part in eradicating Polio, promotes peace and understanding, sponsors more exchange visits of young people than any other body and is likely to be involved in every humanitarian disaster, funnelling money and resources through its network of clubs.

Does this sound like the sort of organisation you would like to belong to? Would you like to give something back to your community and have some fun doing it? Want to know a bit more? Well why not come along to a meeting—give the Secretary a ring and he will arrange it. There is more information at www.rme.rotary-site.org.