Seaford Rotary

Seaford Rotary would like to express their sincere thanks to all those who made donations to Seaford Rotary Charitable Trust in December. To date approximately £400 has been raised through several means of donation.

Seaford Rotary would like to thank all who generously supported us by making a Christmas donation, whether in the buckets by the tills in Sainsbury’s in Newhaven during December, by making a donation to Seaford Rotary by visiting the Just Giving page at https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/ seafordsleigh, or directly to the Club. Seaford Rotary would also like to thank Gemma Polling and her family, from Princess Drive for setting up a GoFundMe page on Seaford Open Notice board on Facebook to raise money for Seaford Rotary Charitable Trust. Their target was exceeded by over 50%. Each year, her home in Princess Drive has had a light display, normally showing Santa waving to children as they passed by the house. This year, however, the family came up with the idea of Santa’s ‘NICE’ list, recognising that Seaford Rotary Club was not able to invite Santa to visit Seaford in December due to the COVID-19 restrictions. The display showed Santa and his elves preparing for Christmas, and on Christmas Eve flying on his sleigh through the night sky to deliver presents. Those parents who wished their child’s name to be included on the ‘NICE’ list were able to message Gemma Polling to include it on the display and were invited to donate through the GoFundMe page. Seaford Rotary is incredibly grateful for all the contributions, no matter the size. All donations will be put to good use for local charitable causes. Seven Rotary drivers made the deliveries, some making multiple trips and by 3pm the task was completed. The efforts of the delivery drivers, the Storehouse team and those who donated throughout the troubled year of 2020 from the first lockdown in March have been amazing, heart-warming and demonstrate the best in humankind.

No sooner had we announced the launch of our Over the Rainbow Walk for the Mayor of Seaford’s Charities Initiative, than we went into a national lockdown in November. And here we are again with the same situation in January and February! The Over the Rainbow Walk along Seaford Seafront between Splash Point and the Yacht Club and back goes on but with a flexible date. Government restrictions which if continued into March may put our chosen time and date of the afternoon of Sunday March 21st 2021 at risk. Time will tell. Let’s be hopeful. Safety is our guiding principle for all planned events. Whenever it takes place, we look forward to you all being part of this Fun-raising Fundraiser. Together let us make the event a real Red-letter Day for Seaford. Planning continues. We are pleased and encouraged

approaching it was necessary to increase the deliveries, and so Rotary drivers made Christmas deliveries in Seaford on Wednesday, and also on Thursday to the remaining families in the Havens. Each delivery was approximately double the normal weight as it included the main food deliveries to cover the whole of the Christmas period. This was the final delivery of the year and consisted of Christmas boxes of treats, toys, and a bag of fresh vegetables. in Seaford, some of the Christmas boxes were delivered by the Seaford Rotary Sleigh. The Sleigh was outside the Storehouse early in the morning and loaded with as many of the family Christmas boxes as possible. The fresh vegetables were delivered separately by Sophie, one of the Morrisons local Community champions, together with the remaining Christmas boxes.

by the number of groups who have already shown an interest in being involved in the Over the Rainbow Walk. If our chosen date becomes impossible, we will move it to later in the year. We are resolved to do this for our town whenever it becomes safe to do so!

We are aiming for an inclusive community event, a family day outing with a rainbow of colourful fancy Dress costumes, perhaps something representative of your local group, club, or society. While we wait, we can all have fun planning the costumes. There will be an Over the Rainbow Facebook page to exchange ideas and Just Giving or GoFundMe pages can be set up to fundraise online. So, this will keep you busy before the event date.

Please register your team, pay your entry fee, and start. fundraising straightaway, because this will be a major Rotary-led community event to help us forget the dark times of Lockdown and to revive that feel-good factor. For full walk details from Jean Cash telephone: 01323 890372 or email: jeannecash@gmail.com.

Rotary Club of Seaford welcomes new members. For more information contact us on http://www.seafordrotary.org.uk/contact.php.

Photos l-r: The display on Christmas Eve; from left, Vice President Mike Ogilvie, Arif Essaji, President Martin McGill, Dawn Woodgate from Seahaven Storehouse, Frank Thompson and Dave Argent in front of the Rotary sleigh loaded with Christmas goody boxes; Jean Cash Over the Rainbow.

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We’re in lockdown again but are continuing to run a reduced Seaford Town service 120. This runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays, both mornings and afternoons, and on Saturday mornings. All other days are currently suspended. the 30-minute circular route covers Morrisons, Marine Parade (Edinburgh Road), Hawth Hill/Crescent, Hurdis Road, Clementine Avenue, Beacon Road, Station Approach, Morrisons. Masks need to be worn (unless exempt) and seating is restricted to maintain social distancing. Concessionary fees are accepted after 9.30am and anytime at weekends.

Our service 26 to Eastbourne via Alfriston on Sundays is suspended. For latest news/timetables, call us or visit our website – see below.

We are grateful to the Town Council for their ongoing support.

Would you like to drive one of our buses? For info, please contact us at: volunteer@cuckmerebuses.org.uk 07802 305155 or 01323 870920 www.cuckmerebuses.org.uk