Charity and Community Community work - Rotaract Hemel Hempstead works in the local community, organising events, taking part in activities and fundraising. For more details of our community work click here. Charity work - here's an example of some of our charity work: Water for Life Bollywood Spice Night fundraiser On Weds 5th March 2008 we held a Bollywood Spice Night to raise money to build water wells in villages which will help 12,000 people have access to clean running water. A pump house with a generator, and underground pipes to water storage tanks will be built. Over £2,000 was raised. Rotaracter Sheila went to India to help start the project. See Photos. For more info please see the charity website The Hospice of St. Francis Hemel Hempstead Rotaract Club spent the whole of 2006 raising money for its nominated charity, Hospice of St. Francis. We raised £1,150 and presented a cheque to Sarah Thompson, Director of Fundraising, who said "At the Hospice of St Francis, I am delighted by the support of the Hemel Rotaract this year - their support and hard work over the year have helped to raise a significant sum of money for the Hospice, which we'll be able to put directly to patient care. We've opened just recently to patients in our brand new purpose built hospice building, so every penny counts. "For more information visit the Hospice's website. Hope For Children Hope were are our nominated charity for 2005. Teams from Rotaract attend Hope's charity quizzes and we fundraise for them by running the raffles at their three tag rugby events in the summer. For more information about Hope For Children visit their website. < Here are Rotaract members presenting a cheque to Hope for Children for £320. Red or Dreads? Rotaract's 12 hour Comic Relief Hair Raiser! On Friday 11th March 2005 we held a 12 hour Charity event for Comic Relief at Hemel Hempstead Cricket Club. The event was a huge success, especially the open mic night, not only raising money for charity but giving the young people of Hemel Hempstead much needed live music entertainment, and showcasing talented up and coming local bands and performers. The venue was full to capacity, and a very good time was had by everyone. The event raised in excess of £700 pounds to kick start the lives of the less fortunate in the UK and in Africa. Please see press release for more details and photos taken at the event. Boot Sale On 13 February 05 we held a boot sale at Ashlyns School Berkhamsted for the Tsunami disaster. We raised £100 for Santoshni Perera, Sahana Relief Fund for Tsunami who came and spoke at one of our meetings. Please see press release for more details. Earthworks We visited the Earthworks project in summer 2004 and attended the open day. Earthworks were our nominated charity in 2004, we raised £50 for them, and presented a cheque when a representative from Earthworks did a presentation to update us on their progress. For more information about Earthworks please visit their website Fired Creation They are a new business based in Hemel Hempstead. With the support of The Prince's Trust, and Wenta. This is a fun activity that Rotaract might get involved with in the near future. For more information please visit their website