CALLINGTON Rotary Club gave a welcome cash boost to a leading heart charity recently, after holding a successful quiz. A cheque of £1,100 was presented to Claire Blunt, the manager of the British Heart Foundation shop in Launceston, which was raised through a written cryptic quiz devised by Callington Rotary member Les Rendell, while the club itself sponsored the prizes and expenses. A further £187 will be claimed by the charity from the Gift Aid declarations signed by those entering the competition. The cheque was presented to the charity by Paul Read, at his last meeting as president of the Rotary Club. Last July, when Paul Read agreed to accept the presidency of the Rotary Club of Callington, he had no idea that he would be undergoing a heart by-pass operation in the year ahead. The operation was a successful one and while it kept Paul away from the club activities for a period of time, he nevertheless was in the vanguard of a busy and challenging year for the club. Callington Rotary Club benefits a number of local charities. The Callington Memory Café, started by the club, is going from strength to strength and is still organised primarily by Rotarians, and the new defibrillator near the town hall was partially paid for by the club. ShelterBox is another charity hugely supported by Callington Rotary whose members undertake presentations at local clubs, schools and fetes to raise funds and show folk what a ShelterBox tent comprises. Other charities and organisations financially benefiting from the Callington club in the last year include the Merlin MS Centre in St Austell, Harrowbarrow School, the Livewire Youth Music Project in Saltash, Stoke Climsland Scout Group, the Young Farmers' Club, Hospiscare and Macmillan Cancer Support. The popular 'Youth Speaks' competition, now entered by teams from a number of local schools, is an important event in the club's calendar, while the first Santa Fun Run in December in aid of CHICKS, the second Callington Mayfest and the annual carnival are all events to which the club made a major contribution. The club has also donated to its own international charity, the Rotary Foundation, and has contributed to Rotary International's tremendous effort to rid the world of polio — a project nearing success. The club also sponsors overseas charity the GoGo Trust, caring for widows and orphans in towns in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Rotary president Paul can therefore be proud of the efforts injected by the club members and can hand over his presidential chain in good heart. Quiz prize winners were: 1, Mrs H A Bromfield, Anstruther, Fife; 2, Caroline Mitchell, Kettering, Northants; 3, Mrs M A Keelan, Chelmsford, Essex. Random prize was won by Irene Milford, St Austell.