Maidenhead Rotary Club President John Hudson has presented a donation of £1,000 to Maidenhead Foodshare to help fund its Schools Out programme. The initiative provides struggling families with extra food to make up for the loss of school meals during the holidays – a situation made even worse by the cost of living crisis. The money was raised at this year’s Open Gardens Weekend run by the Rotary Club in June that saw hundreds of people visit more than 20 gardens which had opened their gates to the public in aid of charity. The donation follows a previous contribution of £2,200 to Foodshare from the club. President John visited Foodshare’s base of operation in the former Tesco store in the Nicholsons Centre to hand over the donation to manager Debbie Gee and volunteer Eddie Clarke, who is also a Rotarian. | Foodshare is one of the biggest independent foodbanks in the country. It helps hundreds of individuals and families each week with a range of services including distributing food and providing meals for the homeless and vulnerable. Debbie said: “This donation is most valuable and adds to the previous donations from Maidenhead Rotary club. The money will go towards supporting the Schools Out programme, which Foodshare has set up to provide extra food for schoolchildren during the summer holidays.” President John added: “Foodshare fulfils a very useful function in Maidenhead, by providing a wide range of foodstuffs for families and individuals in our town struggling in the cost of living crisis. “The Rotary Club of Maidenhead sees FoodShare as a very valuable asset to our community, and we are pleased to make this donation to assist them with their activities.” |
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Nearly 200 men aged 40 and over were tested for prostate disease at a screening event organised by Maidenhead Rotary Club on Saturday.
There is no national screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK, so the event held at Maidenhead Football Club in York Road offered potentially life-saving blood tests to detect the early signs of the disease. About one-in-eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, which mainly affects men over 50 with the risk increasing as they get older. While very low, there is also a risk for men under 50. Organised by Maidenhead Rotary Club, the event was run in partnership with the Graham Fulford Charitable Trust, a charity supporting prostate cancer awareness which holds similar sessions across the country. It was also supported by Maidenhead Lions Club which has run the event in the past. Rotarian Sean Egan said: “It was the first time Maidenhead Rotary Club has organised the prostate screening day and it ran very smoothly with nearly 200 men tested. It was a great learning experience for us and we hope to run future events that will test even more men. “We really appreciate the support from Maidenhead United Football Club, Maidenhead Lions and the specialist nurses from local GP Surgeries and Wexham Park Hospital who helped with the blood tests. Without all their support the event would not have been possible.”
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