The Rotary Christmas Tree of remembrance now up at Wolverhampton Wulfrun Centre.

The annual Wolverhampton Rotary Tree of Remembrance is now up and in place in Wulfrun Centre.

Transcript

00:00So Lorraine, what's your role within the Rotary?

00:03I'm the current president.

00:05And it's come round again, it's very quick this year it seems.

00:08It's flown by, we're here again with the tree.

00:10Yes.

00:11Fantastic though, isn't it? How many years has it been happening now?

00:1420, 21 years I think.

00:16Wow. Do you know roughly what it tallies up to then, the total?

00:19Total over 120,000.

00:22That's awesome. And roughly how many names are on here this year?

00:25We've currently got 140 names. It's early days.

00:29So people can still add, it's not too late, people can still donate and add.

00:33And the Mayor, it's always nice to get the Mayor down isn't it?

00:37To come and officially switch it on.

00:39Well done again Lorraine, fantastic.

00:42Well it's a team.

00:43Well done team, well done Rotary.

00:45Good afternoon everyone, thank you for being here.

00:48It gives me great pleasure as the Mayor of Wolverhampton

00:52to officially launch the Tree of Remembrance 2024.

00:58The Wolverhampton Rotary Club have organised this for the past 20 years

01:02and have raised over £120,000 for good causes

01:07while at the same time providing people the opportunity

01:11to remember lost loved ones in their Christmas celebrations.

01:16The good causes benefiting this year are Compton Care,

01:20Sponsored Breaks, the Wolverhampton MS Therapy Centre,

01:26Wolverhampton Rotary Club Charity Trust.

01:29All these charities do fantastic work

01:32helping and supporting the people of Wolverhampton and beyond.

01:36Christmas can be a difficult time for some

01:39but I hope you have a peaceful Christmas.

01:42I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy Christmas

01:46and all the very best for 2025.

01:49Hooray!