Belfast Club Made a Difference

The Rotary Club of Belfast, in response to specific requests, over the years present special equipment to children's units and recently President Ivan McMinn presented 10 24" TV's to NI Children's Hospice, Newtownabbey, for use in the children's bedrooms.

Picture shows President Ivan and PP Brian Ferguson handing over the TVs to Jenay Doyle, Children's Hospice Community Fundraiser who subsequently wrote thanking the Club sincerely for the generous donation, noting that the Club's support is highly valued and truly treasured. She also expressed their thanks and appreciation to everyone who was involved in raising the funds for the TVs.

Handing over the TVs President Ivan said: "These have been provided to make a difference to the children and their families through a special Club Fund - contributed to weekly by members at the meetings - used to make life easier for children in hospital in the Belfast area or in special care units with close ties to hospitals. Several donations have been made over recent years carefully targeted at areas where it really does "make a difference" and mean so much to the children. The most striking thing we have found is that while the hospitals are almost always excellent in providing purely medical care, they sometimes seem to overlook the more personal problems. They seem to be able to spend millions of pounds in certain areas but struggle and delay to find small amounts in others. We are delighted to present these knowing the impact it will have on the families who need to use the Hospice and express our very sincere thanks to all our members and hope that we can continue this work for many years".