Club giveaway at day for families.A ROTARY club will be giving away free environmentally-friendly items to visitors at a family fun day. The charity event is taking place at Tynemouth Cricket Club, in North Tyneside North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear in the North East of England. Its seat is at the Town Hall, Wallsend. Created in 1974, the borough lies within the historic county boundaries of Northumberland. , on tomorrow at 2pm. The Rotary Club of Monkseaton Centenary will be handing out 2,000 PowerDowns worth pounds 12 each. They help reduce electricity consumption and save money by powering down of items when not needed. The fun day will feature a large craft marquee, a Ceilidh cei·lidh n. An Irish or Scottish social gathering with traditional music, dancing, and storytelling. [Irish Gaelic céilidhe, from Old Irish célide, visit, from céle, band with Irish dancers, the Monkseaton Morris Men, a children's corner with face-painting, pocket money stall, magician, mini fairground, sideshows, a beat-the-goalie competition, food and refreshments. The grand finale will include a sponsored firewalk, followed by the rock band Razor Sharp. Barbara Connors-Fowler, club president, said the PowerDowns can reduce CO2 emissions significantly, by over half a tonne per computer per annum Per annum Yearly. . She added: "They also help to protect equipment against voltage spikes." |
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