SANTA SLEIGH ROUTES AND SUPERMARKET SLOTS DECEMBER 2024
29th November – CARLTON HILL LIGHT SWITCH ON – FROM 5:00 PM
MOBILE ROUTES – starting approx 6:00pm and finishing by 8:00pm
4th December – WESTDALE LANE AREA – Roseleigh Avenue, Fernleigh Avenue, Marshall Hall Drive, Gardenia Grove, South Devon Avenue; Newstead Ave, Oakleigh Ave, Blenheim Avenue, Elmhurst Avenue
6th December – CARLTON HILL AREA – Birch Avenue, Southcliffe Road, Wheatley Drive, Steinbeck Road, Maclean Road, Buntings Lane, Ivy Grove, Laurel Road, Campbell Drive, Myrtle Road, Campbell Drive, Foxhill Road, Bell Street, Ivy Grove, Forester Grove
8th December – PORCHESTER AREA – Cherrywood Gardens, Forester Road, Morley Road, Norman Road, Standhill Road, Highfield Drive, Mayfield Road, Albert Avenue, Northdale Road, Eastdale Road, Parkdale Road, Milford Drive, Granthorn Drive, Stanway Close
10th December – CARLTON AREA – Burlington Road, Cambridge Street, Ramsdale Road, Westdale Crescent, Oxford Street, Chatsworth Avenue, Priory Road, Beverley Gardens, Third Avenue
13th December – GEDLING AREA – Gedling Village Care Home, Avon Road, Saltford Close, Jessops Lane, Lorimer Avenue, Jessops Lane, Earl Cres, Willow Lane, Oak Tree Drive, Greens Farm Lane, Yew Tree Lane, Almond Walk
15th December – GEDLING AREA – Coronation Walk, Florence Road, Stoke Lane, Beaumaris Drive, Carisbrooke Avenue, Braemar Drive, Raglan Drive, Conisbrough Avenue, Linden Grove
17th December – GEDLING AREA – Tennyson Avenue, Vernon Avenue, Duncroft Avenue, Vernon Avenue, Ranmoor Road, Blackhill Drive, Willow Road, Conway Crescent, Ouse Bridge Drive, Orlando Drive
20th December – GEDLING AREA – Rivendell View Care Home, Smew Way, Ruddy Road, Gadwall Road, Coot Way, Magenta Way, Kingfisher Road, Bramling Road, Wisteria Road, Bonington Grange Estate
22nd December – COLWICK AREA – Verona Avenue, Hotspur Drive, Furzebrook Road, Vale Road, Lawrence Avenue, Sands Close, First Avenue, Valeside Gardens, Mile End Road, Crosslands Meadow
SUPERMARKETS
MORRISONS NETHERFIELD – 7th and 17th-20th December
SAINSBURYS NETHERFIELD – 13th – 16th December
TESCO CARLTON – 21st -24th December
COME AND SAY “HELLO” – We have “gone green” and replaced the lights and noisy, smelly generator with 2 leisure batteries and LED strings of lights. THANKS GO TO Lindleys Autocentres for their sponsorship to “go Green”.
The sleigh has also had a re-paint and new canopy, so will look very smart on its travels.
SANTA’S SLEIGH – DECEMBER 2023
Well done! Santa has asked me to say a big thank you to all Rotarians and Friends who volunteered in December to keep his sleigh on the road and outside supermarkets. We brought Christmas cheer to young and old. Children were delighted to have photos taken with him and tell him their hopes for Christmas.
346 volunteering hours on the rota, filled by 16 Carlton Rotarians and 21 Friends and supporters! Plus of course time spent behind the scenes for those who kept the generator topped up, provided sweets, re-wired the lights, touched up the paintwork, washed the Santa outfits, liaised with the supermarkets, applied for licences, designed posters, organised the banking, the music, kept the rota and Facebook up to date, etc etc. A great team effort. And thanks go to Lowdham Caravans for again servicing his sleigh.
But most of all, thank you to the kind residents of Carlton, Netherfield and Gedling who donated so generously, given the present economic climate. The fantastic amount of £8,487.01 was raised and will be used to give out to deserving causes during this coming year.
Santa’s Helper
If you know of a cause worthy of help or a donation, please get in touch: carltonrotary@gmail.com