ASDA bag pack – 10th & 11th Dec – Every bit helps

President-elect David Bollands of Whickham Rotary Club presented cheques to representatives from two local community groups which had assisted with pre-Christmas 2016 bag packing at Morrison’s and ASDA super markets.

Above left Secretary Karyn English, represented the staff and cadets of the Whickham 1313 Squadron, Air Training Corps, and received a cheque to the value of £300.00; on the right Karen O’Halleron Hutchinson, a swimming instructor, represented Gateshead and Whickham Amateur Swimming Club which for two days of bag packing received a cheque for £1,000.00.

All three community groups are grateful to the supermarkets for allowing access to the stores for one of the Rotary club’s annual fund-raising events and will ensure that the monies raised by the time and efforts of the groups, and especially the kindness of local shoppers, will be used for the benefit of Whickham and District residents.

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A massive thank you to everyone who helped make the recent bag pack a great success.  Through the generosity of the Asda shoppers we received £900 which really is a great early Xmas present for the Club.

Well done everyone 🙂