Rotary club celebrates 90th anniversary with special gathering
Cannock Rotary 90th Charter
On Wednesday, March 25, the Rotary Club of Cannock held a special meeting at the Barns Hotel to celebrate 90 years of service in the community of Cannock Chase.
Club President Alan Matkin welcomed some 60 Rotarians and guests from across the district to commemorate this milestone in the club’s long history. Visiting clubs included Walsall, Walsall Saddlers, Stafford and Brownhills.
The club was chartered March 1936, under the sponsorship of the Rotary Club of Walsall, the Clubs Founder President Mr John Salmon received the charter at a special dinner held at the Old Queens Hall.
In his welcoming address Club President Alan Matkin stated: “It is a great honour and privilege to be hosting this celebration for such special milestone for Cannock Rotary, he was delighted to see so many Rotarians, partners and guests at this celebration event, he also said he was very especially pleased that number of wife’s of passed members of the club were able to attend.
Cannock Rotary remains one of the oldest surviving voluntary service organisations in the area, and its’ motto ‘Service above self’ still stands at the forefront of their beliefs after 90 years.
Alan also outlined the projects the club is currently undertaking to support people in need around the world and in our local area, the club has a strong youth programme which run alongside a series of social and sporting events.
The guest speaker Steve Williams entertaining everyone with his take on English idioms and vocabulary.
For over 40 years the Cannock Club has had a very special tripartite relationship with the Rotary Club of Bad Kreuznach-Natetal in Germany and Brie Pont club in France. The clubs meet every year in rotation this year’s reunion meeting is being held in Germany in June, some 20 members and partners will be attending to meet up with old friends for a very sociable weekend.
In April the club working in partnership with Stafford Rotary and their corporate member Stafford and Cannock league of Hospital Friends is holding a Sleepout event at Cannock collage to raise funds to help people living in hostel style accommodation move into homes of their own.
If you would like to find out more about Rotary and the projects, they undertake please visit cannockrotary.co.uk.