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CHARITY WALK – IN AUSTRALIA
Foot and Mouth may have scuppered plans for the ‘Garden City 15’ charity walk this year but news reaches us of a ‘Round The City Walk’ organised along the same lines in Australia!
Some months ago we received a letter from the Rotary Club of South Launceston, in Tasmania, Australia, asking if we could help them to organise a similar walk to our own.
Their club president had apparently seen a news item about our walk on the website while on a family visit to Scotland.
Club member Jim Morley, the club’s veteran walk organiser, duly sent off a package of information and complimentary material.
Recently Jim received a letter from the President of the Launceston Club, David Lindsay, to say the walk – covering 12.5 miles through parkland and streets – had been held in April.
Although not as well supported as they had hoped, about 50 people took part and raised more than $2,000 for charity.
Undaunted, the Launceston club is now making plans for a second walk in the Spring and is busily trying to ‘sell’ the idea to local organisations.
Said Jim: “Their request came right out of the blue and I was only too pleased to help them. I am delighted they managed to organise a walk and I am sure it will grow in popularity as the years go on. It is nice to know there was at least one charity walk based on the Letchworth formula this year!”
June 2001
