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Collection Opens for BOOKarama 2024

Collection Opens for BOOKarama 2024

With BOOKarama 2024 just next month on April 26th to 28th, we are now inviting donations of good quality Books, CD's, DVD's, Records and Jigsaws. No magazines please. This is our 18th BOOKarama and the venue is the same as last year - it just has a different name  -...

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Hands on with Christchurch Foodbank

Hands on with Christchurch Foodbank

Once a month a small team of members, honorary members and partners assist at Foodbank Canterbury. Foodbank Canterbury is a  food rescue organisation with a singular mission in mind: to fight hunger, feed hope and reduce food waste. As you know Covid, increased...

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New Venue from November 15 2021

New Venue from November 15 2021

From Monday 15th November 2021 due to the Elms Quality Hotel becoming a COVID MIQ facility our Club will now be meeting just down the road at the Heartland Hotel Cotswold. The Heartland Hotel Cotswold is recognised for its dististinctive Tudor style architecture and...

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Rotary Facilitates Youth Leadership – RYLA 2021

Rotary Facilitates Youth Leadership – RYLA 2021

One of our annual Rotary Youth projects is the sponsorship of one or more attendees to our Rotary District intensive leadership experience organised where you develop your skills as a leader while having fun and making connections. Known as RYLA we accept applications...

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Odyssey House New Facilities helped by Rotary

Odyssey House New Facilities helped by Rotary

Wednesday 21st October 2021 marked the official opening of a combined 24 bed male facility and 8 bed female facility at Odyssey House. Based locally in Greers Road, the Odyssey House Trust Christchurch provides therapeutic support and education to clients with drug...

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Support for Foodbank Canterbury

Support for Foodbank Canterbury

You may have seen the new Foodbank Canterbury Delivery Truck navigating the streets of Christchurch delivering food to those in need. In conjunction with 5 other local Rotary Clubs, the Rotary Club of Bishopdale Burnside was able to provide funding to Foodbank...

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On the countdown to BOOKarama 2024 with less than a day to go our members, families, and other volunteers will during the afternoon today, turn a empty stadium into lots of tables filled with Books, Records, DVDs, CD's and Jigsaws. Our Rotary members and volunteers have given their time over the last 7 weeks to collect donated items, transfer them to our sorting centre, sort books into their different categories ready for our big weekend. ... See MoreSee Less
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Two days until BOOKarama 2024 opens at 10am Friday. Venue for the 3 day sale of Books, Records, DVD’s,CD’s, and Jigsaws is the Bishopdale Recreation Centre previously known as the YMCA. Entrance through the front entrance. ... See MoreSee Less
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Just a very very small selection of books on sale at BOOKarama 2024 commencing this Friday 26th starting 10am and continuing over the weekend at Bishopdale Recreation Centre. Friday and Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday 10am to 2pm. ... See MoreSee Less
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