BBC newscaster helped Leamington Rotary Club to raise £1,000 for Alzheimer's Society

By The Newsroom
Published 19th Jul 2016, 16:38 BST
Updated 25th Aug 2016, 17:17 BST
The Rotary Club of Royal Leamington Spa, recently presented a cheque for £1,000 to the Alzheimers Society from the money it raised at its annual dinner. Pictured: Barry Andrews (president), Mike Wilkinson ( Fund Raising Chairman) & Carolyn McDonald (Community Fundraiser - West Midlands). NNL-160713-063451009The Rotary Club of Royal Leamington Spa, recently presented a cheque for £1,000 to the Alzheimers Society from the money it raised at its annual dinner. Pictured: Barry Andrews (president), Mike Wilkinson ( Fund Raising Chairman) & Carolyn McDonald (Community Fundraiser - West Midlands). NNL-160713-063451009
The Rotary Club of Royal Leamington Spa, recently presented a cheque for £1,000 to the Alzheimers Society from the money it raised at its annual dinner. Pictured: Barry Andrews (president), Mike Wilkinson ( Fund Raising Chairman) & Carolyn McDonald (Community Fundraiser - West Midlands). NNL-160713-063451009
The Royal Leamington Spa Rotary club's annual Celebrity Dinner speaker this year was BBC Midlands Today newscaster Mary Rhodes.

Mary proved to be a very popular attraction and chose the Alzheimer’s Society as the main beneficiary of the event.

President Barry Andrews is shown presenting a cheque for £1,000 to Carolyn MacDonald, West Midlands Community Fundraiser of the Alzheimer’s Society

They are pictured with the club’s Fund Raising chairman Mike Wilkinson in the background.

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