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Saturday, 07 October 2006 |
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 The Rotary Club of Doncaster St Leger celebrates 25 years since its formation this year and as one way of marking this milestone has decided to donate £5,000 to Doncaster Minster, which was built almost 150 years ago at a cost of nearly £50,000 following the destruction of the original medieval church by fire.
The club’s donation will enable funds to be unlocked from major national funders for the protection of the Minster’s classical Victorian glass windows including the glorious East window which depicts the life of Christ and fully merits its description of the ‘Poor Man’s Bible’.
The Minster is not only one of Britain’s finest parish churches but it is a key landmark building in the town and already a superb public space for concerts, exhibitions and community events - a major cultural and heritage site for the community. The support of Rotary and other organisations will enable the Minster authorities to develop this aspect of the building’s life in the years to come Already some £2m has been raised towards an eventual target of £6m for the complete restoration of one of the grandest and best examples of Victorian Gothic architecture in the country. . The main objective of the Rotary movement is service – in the community, the workplace and throughout the world. A recent summer concert organised by the St Leger Club at the Minster raised money to fund Shelter Boxes which were sent to major earthquake disaster areas overseas. The President of the Rotary Club of Doncaster St Leger, Roy Elms, says that it seems entirely appropriate that the club should also donate funds towards preserving the history and heritage of Doncaster. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 October 2006 )
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