GIBRALTAR ROTARIANS HELP JAPAN

The Rotary Club of Gibraltar has recently made a donation of £1000 to 'ShelterBox'. This is a Rotary-sponsored international disaster relief charity specialising in emergency shelter provision.

Humanitarian aid is delivered in iconic green ShelterBoxes. Each one contains a disaster relief tent for up to 10 people, a stove, blankets and other items essential for survival. ShelterBox responds to disaster as quickly as possible with the aim of helping the people who are most in need.

Every box is individually numbered and can be tracked by donors. Each box costs £490 - including the cost of all materials, packing, storage, transport worldwide and distribution to the needy. Assuming six months' use, this equates to shelter and warmth for less than 30 pence per person per day.

Rotary Club's President on the Rock, Julian Risso said "The Rotary club of Gibraltar is primarily a charitable club and therefore we consider it our duty to help out in any ways we can people who need help, whether locally or internationally.

As well as the recent disaster in Japan, in recent years the Rotary Club of Gibraltar has also supported ShelterBox in various disasters such as Haiti and Pakistan. Shelterbox provides much needed life saving humanitarian support on the ground in countries where disasters such as these happen.

Therefore the Rotary Club of Gibraltar is pleased to purchase ShelterBoxes to help the Japanese people survive this present dreadful disaster", concluded Julian.

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Rotary Club of Gibraltar donates £2000 to Calpe House

Julian Risso, this year’s Rotary Club President has presented a cheque for £2000 to Charlie Tilbury (chairman of the Calpe House Trust). These funds were raised by the Saint Michael’s Cave Rotary Charity concert which in total raised over £5000 profit for charity (half of which has already been donated to the new Royal Gibraltar Regiment Charitable Benevolent fund).

“The Rotary Club is honoured to be associated with this excellent organization which provides so much help and support to Gibraltarians and their families who require serious medical treatment in the U.K.” said Julian. “We hope these funds will help Calpe House to continue to be a home away from home for sick Gibraltarians for many years to come” said Julian.

Rotary Outing to Micro-Brewery

Rotarians enjoyed an outing on 8th March to the micro-brewery Kettal in Los Barrios. I think the pictures say it all!





Rotary Club Gibraltar Donates to Calpe House

Julian Risso, this year’s Rotary Club President has presented a cheque for £2000 to Charlie Tilbury (chairman of the Calpe House Trust). These funds were raised by the Saint Michael’s Cave Rotary Charity concert which in total raised over £5000 profit for charity (half of which has already been donated to the new Royal Gibraltar Regiment Charitable Benevolent fund).

 “The Rotary Club is honoured to be associated with this excellent organization which provides so much help and support to Gibraltarians and their families who require serious medical treatment in the U.K.” said Julian. “We hope these funds will help Calpe House to continue to be a home away from home for sick Gibraltarians for many years to come” said Julian.

Our Roman Experience in Chester

Gibraltar Rotarian Gordon Vickers is the owner of the Mill Hotel and Spa, a famous venue situated in Chester. Mr Vickers kindly donated the star prize which was raffled at a sell-out Charity Concert in aid of local charities hosted at St Michaels Cave by the Rotary Club of Gibraltar last year.

The prize consisted of a full board three-night stay for two persons over the Valentine's weekend. Also included were flights courtesy of Monarch Airlines and airport transfers by private car to the Mill Hotel in Chester. The package incorporated £100 worth of beauty treatments at the Spa, a historical walking tour of Chester with a Roman soldier in attendance and to end it all a Valentine's three-course dinner at the 55 Club in Gibraltar on our return.

My wife and I were the fortunate winners of this prize and on Friday11th February we boarded the midday Monarch flight at Gibraltar Airport headed for Manchester. After enjoying the flight we were collected at the Airport by Hotel Official Dave in his private car and driven to the Hotel, a 40 minutes drive away on the motorway.

On arrival at the Hotel we were shown to our balcony room where a bottle of champagne on ice and a bouquet of red roses were waiting for us. The standard of the room was excellent and included a Jacuzzi bath, flat screen TV and nice décor and furnishings. After sipping some of the champagne in the balcony overlooking the canal and in the hotel's own broad-beam luxury restaurant cruiser we headed for the Spa. There we enjoyed a fish pedicure followed by a full body Swedish massage, again the friendly staff and full range of treatments and facilities were second to none.

The dining experience started off with a three course dinner dance, where we were entertained by a lovely female singer during our meal, followed by a Valentine's dinner cruise on the Saturday evening .This is definitely a highly-recommended one of a kind experience, finished off by a Roman high tea cruise on Sunday afternoon and a Roman feast on Sunday evening. I must say that the quality of the food and presentation were really first class.

The Mill Hotel and Spa package with its superb facilities makes it a premier short break destination where you can also enjoy Chester’s rich history and great shopping experience. All in all top class facilities with great food matched with personal friendly service that couldn't be beaten.

We had a really memorable time!

Jinson Lima