Last year our then DG Denis Spiller asked all club Presidents to do something they have always wanted to do and in doing so raise funds for Make – a – Wish an excellent charity that allows youngsters who are seriously ill to do something special that they want. Richard our IPP wanted to demolish a building and raised over £600 by waving a sledge hammer over the old Opthalmic Hospital and smiling nicely for the camera. Last night his efforts and those of all the other past presidents were rightly recognised and applauded in a great evening at Salamons House Southborough. £60000 was raised by the combined events of the clubs throughout the District. Sue and I attended as Richard could not make it. We were on a table with members of Tenderden Rotary Club, and we had a great time. The meal was first class, Graham Clarke our local famous artist attended and the cheque was handed over to the charity. The evening was rounded off by a short but superb classical trio playing some 18th century music which blended in extremely well in the lovely old Victorian theatre. I was apprenensive about going because of the cost, but in the end both Sue and I were glad we went.