Maidstone Dawn Patrol Rotary Club has an annual Christmas carols and music event at M&S, Eclipse Park, Maidstone.
President Norman Springett, a former SERV Kent member, chose SERV as his main charity along with Child’s Vision a local charity which supports children who have experienced domestic abuse.
SERV Kent more commonly known as blood runners is a group of volunteers entirely self funded who transport urgently needed blood and blood products between the Blood Bank at St George’s Hospital in Tooting to hospitals in Kent; this they do 24/7 365 days a year. They also transport blood and other medical samples, equipment and breast milk. In addition they keep the Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance supplied with blood for transfusions.
At our meeting on the 22nd January at Cobtree Manor Golf Club we presented them with a cheque for £1,000.
The Club also presented Child Vision with £250.
We are grateful to M&S management and staff for their welcome again this year. M & S supports a charity each year however that weekend, they were happy to support the Rotary Club’s chosen charities and the amount raised was split between these two;
Child’s Vision being not only a charity supported by Dawn Patrol but has also been supported by M & S over the past two years.
We also thank SERV Kent members for turning out to support us, they certainly added a presence with their marked bikes which didn’t just attract interest from youngsters.
