It will be smiles all round when a brand new pushchair, carry chair and baby clothes are delivered to young mothers in the Almancil area.
The items were purchased with money raised at a recent private lunch given by members of the Almancil International Rotary Club.
Portugal's Biggest Coffee Morning got off to a good start, and next year we want to get the entire Algarve community behind the event with hundreds of coffee mornings taking place throughout the region.
This year the Hilton event raised €1292.36 plus a generous donation of €500.
The biggest question each year for the Vale da Telha Quiz Club on the Algarve’s west coast is:
“Which charity will we choose this time?”
And the latest lucky recipient is the Algoz School Autistic Unit whose Voluntary Fund Raiser Margaret S Brett last week received a cheque for €900 raised by the club’s 50 quizzers.
The Mac Millan coffee morning and AOA Cancer Support on Saturday September 27th 2014 was a great triumph, we would like to thank all the sponsors that made the event a success.
A very big thank you to everyone who supported this years Backpack Drive for children returning to school.
The calls of help for backpack donations from organisations across the Algarve were answered with record support of the campaign, now in its 8th year.
On Saturday, August 30th, Rotary Club Estoi Palace International (RCEPI), together with Black Tower Financial Management Group, and supported by Golfino, Europe’s leader for fashionable golf wear, Caetano Toyota, who provided the hole-in-one prize, Medal Insurance and, of course, Monte Rei Golf and Country Club, hosted their Annual Charity Golf Challenge.
The Monte Rei Golf & Country Club is the most prestigious golf facility in the Algarve, and the only Jack Nicklaus Signature course in Portugal. The club put on an outstanding display of hospitality and the course itself was in superb condition.
Almost 500 euros was raised by members and friends of Almancil International Rotary Club (AIRC) last Sunday at a Sunset beach barbecue. The money will be used to provide children at an Almancil school with back to school necessities, including books, pens and bags.
Pauline Binnie, Golf Operations Manager at Espiche Golf, near Lagos, had the great pleasure of presenting a cheque for the value of €4,663 to the Volunteer Firefighters Charity.
The event took place at Espiche Golf on the 18th July and saw a field of 80 golfers tee off in a Shotgun Start ,and conclude with players and guests enjoying a barbeque on the terraces of the magnificent new clubhouse.
