Rotary Club of Epworth and

        the Isle of Axholme               

                District 1270

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'Nearly New Clothing Sale'

             

One local project which has benefited from Rotary support recently is Urban Saints Youth group which is based at Epworth Baptist

Church. Urban Saints provides a much needed focus for youth, in an area often lacking in activities and facilities for its young. The

 funds will be used to replace worn out equipment used by the Youth group in both their weekly activities and in their regular

 outward bound trips and it is hoped that it will also widen its appeal to potential new members. A Nearly New clothes sale was

 organised in order to raise funds and Rotarians collected clothes from far and wide – clothes of every shape and size, including

 designer wear from some of our more stylish members and even a mink coat!! Accessories, books, toys and bric-a-brac were also

 collected. A sunny Saturday morning dawned and we had high hopes for a busy morning as we wheeled racks of clothes through

 the quiet streets of Epworth. The Sale room was unfortunately also quiet, despite the temptation of tea, cakes and scones; quiet,

 that is, until Sue Lambert decided to drum up trade in her own inimitable way. Through the streets, shops and cafes of Epworth

she went, like some latter-day town-crier, stopping everyone she knew and plenty that she didn’t, advertising the sale and

 propelling the public through the doors of the sale room. By the time the doors closed four hours later, close to £500 had been

 raised. This, together with £80 raised by the Urban Saints themselves, has been used to apply for a Matched Funding Grant giving

 the Urban Saints over a thousand pounds with which to purchase a table tennis table, a snooker table, trampettes, 3 tents and a

 silk parachute.

 

 

Bronwen Gwyther – Marketing & PR