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At their meeting last night (Wednesday 14th) the members of the Rotary Club of Cannock heard a report concerning the difficulties being suffered by thousands of people in the 
. Many of us will have seen this reported on the television.
This impending humanitarian disaster can only be averted by the swift intervention of the various aid agencies that are already on the ground, they of course need immediate financial support.
After brief discussion the Club voted to donate £1000 from its reserves to be sent immediately to the Disasters Emergency Committee to assist with providing much needed food and medicines to the people in the refugee camps in Kenya.
The Club had also recently received a £200 donation from the Staff at the Clock Towers Shopping Centre in Rugby, to be used for Rotary charitable purposes, it was felt appropriate to add this to the donation making a total of £1200.
A cheque has been sent from the Club today (Thursday 15th) to the Disasters Emergency Committee.
Club President Mel Morgan said
“We are delighted to be able to offer immediate assistance to these people at this time of great need, Cannock Rotary Club will continue to observe the situation and we will respond as appropriate to further calls for assistance. This may well require fund raising events and as always the support of members of the public will be much appreciated”.
Across the world Rotary Clubs will be responding to this emergency as they do to all others; in the last 12 months or so aid has been sent to Japan, New Zealand, Pakistan and Haiti.
On 29th June Mel Morgan, the new President for the year 2011/12 was inducted at the meeting of the Rotary Club of Cannock.
Mel is a local man and has been a member and keen supporter of the Club for many years.
He thanked out going President Peter Barke for all his hard work in the past year.
Mel set out his plan for the forth coming year, it a busy schedule of fun and fellowship that includes raising much needed funds for charities both locally and abroad.
He also stated that the Club will continue to respond with emergency aid to international emergencies as they arise, Rotary Clubs are always amongst the first to send aid in these situations and Cannock Rotary Club is proud to be part of this rapid response. The Rotary Club of Cannock sent aid to Haiti, Pakistan, Japan and New Zealand during recent disasters.
The Rotary Club of Cannock continues to grow and Mel reinforced his desire to attract new members from the Cannock area to the Club especially as the next 12 months will include so many enjoyable social events.
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