Arundel Rotary supports area’s good causes

An army of volunteers from the organisation took part in the Arundel Festival, back in August, urging visitors to dig deep to help support the event – something which certainly proved successful.

President of the organisation, Keith Boyd-Seymour said that the festival had been one of the “best” he’d ever seen – something which clearly reflected in the amount the Rotary club’s volunteers managed to collect.

The cash was handed over to festival chairmen, Andy Heggadon and Ash Kent, who had both slaved for months to help make the event such a rousing success.

Each thanked the club members for all their steadfast efforts in helping to support the annual display.

They added that the funding would be used to help support next year’s event, which is in the very early stages of planning.

The rotary also donated a sum of cash to The Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice, in Poling, The Sussex Search and Rescue and the Aldingbourne Trust.

The organisation’s next big event that it will be supporting is the switch-on of Arundel’s Christmas tree in the High Street.

This will take place on Saturday, December 1.

The Worthing Silver Band will be performing some of the festive classics during the day.

The Rotary will also be presenting various prizes to school children from Arundel in the morning.