The family of Giancarlo Livraghi (1927-2014) has donated his entire private book collection, consisting of some four thousand volumes, to the Rotary Club of Sassuolo. The collection will soon be made available to local institutions. Six club members (Davide Guidi, Mario Mirabelli, Simone Ricci, Cesare Zanni, Silvano Ruini and Terenzio Tabanelli), joined by Marco Livraghi,…
Read moreThe Rotary Club of Sassuolo continues its good work to help those communities affected by the earthquake. After supporting the “Morandi” secondary school in Finale Emilia in 2013, the club has now also helped the “G. Pico” sports club in Mirandola, in particular the gymnastics section, which has around 140 athletes aged 5 to 19…
Read moreThanks to our club, in April Sassuolo celebrated the return of the “Banci Altarpiece”, which had been housed for some time in the Ferrara picture gallery. To explain the initiative and learn more about the 16th century artwork by Ercole Banci (dated 1510), we organised a meeting on 11th March 2014, attended also by Sassuolo…
Read moreFollowing projects for the earthquake-struck areas (PalaRotary, computers for the Morandi secondary school in Finale and equipment for the Pico di Mirandola sports club), we endeavoured to help our friends in the ‘Bassa’ area affected, this time, by the dreadful floods of January 2014. In particular, with a donation of six thousand euros (half of which…
Read moreSassuolo Rotary – together with the other Rotary clubs of the “Ghirlandina” group (Carpi, Castelvetro, Frignano, Modena, Modena Muratori, Mirandola, Vignola, Castelfranco Emilia and Bazzano) – supports the Philosophy Festival. Sponsored by the Ghirlandina group, this year’s keynote speech (titled “Lectio Rotary”) on Sunday 15th September was given by renowned philosopher Umberto Galimberti.
Read moreThe Rotary club of Sassuolo supports research into childhood cancer, with fund raising activities in particular for the paediatric oncology unit at Sant’Orsola hospital in Bologna, coordinated by research scientist, professor Roberto Tonelli, (Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Bologna University). Childhood tumours are the leading cause of death in children under 15: in Italy every year…
Read moreThe Ghirlandina Prize is awarded annually by the 8 Rotary Clubs of the Ghirlandina Group (Modena, Mirandola, Carpi, Sassuolo, Vignola, Frignano, Muratori and Castelvetro) to organisations or young people who have done excellent work for the express benefit of younger generations. The prize is intended to encourage, support and highlight the merits of meaningful activities carried out…
Read moreIn 1997 our member Primo Bonacorsi travelled for the first time to the catholic mission of Rumuruti in Kenya, run by Father Mino Vaccari who urged us to undertake the construction of a school, comprising 3 separate blocks, in a remote area of the savannah called Tingamara. Thanks to the club’s endeavours, we were able…
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