LINKING WITH
INALA
In
October, 2004, the club initiated its first project with Inala Aged Persons
Hostel following the knitting of blankets by the residents at Inala. The club's promotion of its Winter
Woollies project promoted the initial interest for the Staff at Inala to contact
our club to see if we could distribute the blankets to a worthy
home.
As
two of our members had visited northern
Club
members were keen to meet residents and hosted a fantastic Christmas afternoon
tea with Christmas Cake and Mince Pies provided by the club and a talk on the
Shillong area in
We
were delighted to forward photographs back to the residents who were thrilled to
see the blankets being presented by the President of the Rotary Club of
Shillong.
We
have subsequently teamed with Inala on two further occasions with blankets being
forwarded to elderly village folk outside Shillong in
Recent
knitting has resulted in a fantastic collection of knitted toys which will be
forwarded to the needy also. These
were donated at the Club hosted Afternoon Tea for Easter this year with
delightful Hot Cross Buns direct from our donor – Bread Street Bakery in
The
club is now providing wool for knitting as an ongoing project and donations of
either wool or cash are always most welcome to assist this project – again a
real WIN! WIN!
History
Document prepared by J Coburn – 2.6.06