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Press Release from RIBI
January 2004
PRESS CALL NOTICE
Date: Thursday 22nd January 2004
Place: Tandle Hill Country Park, Royton, Oldham
Time: 10.30am
A NEW LANDMARK FOR THE NORTH WEST
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL LAUNCH CENTENARY ROTARY WHEEL ‘LIFE FOR A LIFE’
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland is launching
a new landmark - the Rotary International Centenary Wheel
and Forest Project, which can now be viewed for the first
time from the air by pilots flying into one of the main
flight paths into Manchester Airport from the North and
East.
The wheel is a joint project, between Oldham Rotary Clubs,
Oldham Council and the Life for a Life Scheme ® which
will mark the Centenary of the Rotary movement in 2005.
It is a 29 metre diameter orientation platform in the
shape of a Rotary Wheel set in the centre of a forest,
clearly visible from the air. It is a symbol of international
friendship and service.
The site, provided by the Oldham Council, is in Tandle
Hill Country Park, Royton on the top of a knoll with good
access for parking and disabled visitors.
On 22nd January the Rotary Wheel Forest project is being
launched nationally by Rotary International President
in Great Britain & Ireland, Brian Stoyel at Tandle
Hills Country Park, Royton. The project has been welcomed
by government as a great example of partnership working
which offered social and environmental benefits.
The President will plant a tree to extend the existing
tree line as part of the “Life for a Life Memorial
Forests and Gardens”, an innovative scheme developed
in the North West, by Rotarian Norman Armstrong-Kersh,
which provides for semi-mature native trees to be planted
in a special area to commemorate or celebrate a life.
The trees on the site will be maintained for a minimum
of 20 years, and from the cost a substantial donation
goes to help Rotary Charities. Already there are fifteen
Life for a Life forests started in the North West with
plans to extend this nationally, and, having seen the
idea in Oldham, more Rotary Wheel Forests are planned
in other parts of the country.
Photo and interview opportunity with Brian Stoyel and
members of the Rotary Clubs of Oldham
For further details about this press release, to arrange
an interview, receive a press pack and photo please call
Judith Diment, on: 07860162313 Email: judithdiment@aol.com
or
Mel Farrar Chairman of the Rotary Wheel Forest Committee
and Oldham Metro President on
0161 633 0374 or e-mail: melfarrar@foxdentonventures.freeserve.co.uk
or
Norman Armstrong-Kersh General Manager, Life for a Life
Tel 0161 627 8413 or 0710701201738 Fax 0161 627 8329
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