Committee Programmes

ROTARY CLUB OF NORTHAMPTON

1922 - 2008

Membership Service

2006/7

Increase the overall membership and the scope of membership.
Seek to promote the 'Family of Rotary' drawing in our own families, Inner Wheel and Rotaract
Work on the 'public image' of both the Club and Rotary
Ensure that the flow of information around the Club is as efficent and effective as possible.

Community Service

2006/7

Organise the Children's pantomime visit to Derngate theatre.
Send helpers/volunteers to the Calvert Trust week.
Support the Kids Out Fun Day, 13th June, at Wicksteed park.
Sponsor another needy family for a week's holiday.
Work with Sailability to attract more sailors/helpers with disabilities to the Club at Pitsford Water.
Continue with the transport project, assisting blind and partially blind people to their meetings.
Caring for young carers: a continuing project in collaboration with Beckett Club
Elderly persons outing in September.

Youth and Vocational Service

2006/7

Trusts : Continue the management of the Perkins and Graystone Trusts and the Holland Bequest.
Local School :
Review Poetry & Prose Competition;
Discuss with local school(s) a programme of assistance/projects to help in the development of lifelong and business skills.
Young Musician Competition : Organise a local competition and host the District Semi-
Final with a new venue.
Young Writers' Competition : Review the competition with local schools.
Euroscola : Select and sponsor a student on the Euroscola programme.
Youth Short Exchange Programme : Provide support for local young people interested in exchange with overseas.
Excitement of Science : Promote the project with a local school.
Design Award : Organise a competition with local schools and sponsor entry to District Competition.
Mentoring : Continue the project to provide mentors for local youngsters.
RYLA : Select and sponsor a candidate for the 2007 RYLA course.
Young Chef : Organise a local competition and sponsor entries to District Competition.
Environment :
Monitor and maintain previous projects;
Establish the award scheme for local young people;
Continue to maintain Sixfields roundabouts in conjunction with other Rotary Clubs;
Consider the creation of a Butterfly Garden.
Visits : Arrange visits to interesting venues.
Rotakidz : Establish a project with local primary school.

Fundraising & Social

2006/7

Dragon boat racing: -
work with the other Northampton Clubs on this event on the local calendar
Continue with the very popular Golf Day
Run the annual Boxing Evening in conjunction with Kingsthorpe Boxing Club
Organise the Christmas collections with the Carol Float
Continue the non-
Christmas collections at Wyvale Garden Centre
If possible (as the venue is uncertain), continue running Car Boot Sales

International Service

2006/7

Plan and hold the International Evening, with Sally Kettle and the RowGirls as speakers. Funds to AquaBoxes and to Zimbabwe Oxygen Concentrator
Complete a 'water-aid' project in Tanzania
Continue support for the Pakistan Earthquake appeal
Support the RIBI and District's key appeal for 'shoe boxes'.
Used Postage Stamps: This is as an ongoing programme and we will continue to collect used postage stamps for the "Save the Children Fund".

Rotary Foundation

2006/7

Continue to assist the International and Community Service committees maximise their financial potential to give help and assistance through

The funds to lever up what is raised by the Club come from the Rotary District and from Rotary International.