The Rotary Club of Scarborough raises £7,000 for 14 local charities
The Rotary Club of Scarborough had to take their annual Christmas collection online as they could not do it in-person and raised £7,000.
The Rotary Club in Scarborough has raised £7,000 to help 14 local charities.
The organisation had to take their annual Christmas collection online as they could not do it in-person.
It is the first time in over 70 years that the Club was not able to ask 'Santa' to help raise funds.
Although the Club still provided a Christmas tree at its usual site at the 'top' of the Scarborough town centre, it used a combination of innovative ways which included a Just Giving page in combination with its Club Members raising money through actions and donations.
Fourteen Scarborough based organisations will now each receive a share of the £7,000. These include, local food banks, school breakfast clubs, Scarborough YMCA, Scarborough Boys Brigade, Scarborough Parkinson Society, Scarborough Survivors, Scarborough Sea Cadets, Scarborough Amicable Society, Scarborough 'Side by side', Scarborough and Ryedale Young Carers, Scarborough Alzheimer's Society and St.Catherine's Hospice.
Roger Cannon, President of The Rotary Club in Scarborough, said:
"In view of the huge difficulties Covid has caused this year we set ourselves, what we thought was, an ambitious target of £2500.
"We are absolutely thrilled that, with the public's generosity and our members working together, we absolutely smashed that target.
"This will enable us to help and make a real difference to those local organisations that so desperately need money to keep them going in this unprecedented time.
"A massive thank you to everyone who contributed."