2004	Item
20th March	Cheque for £10,000 presented to RI President 2004-2005, Glenn Estess, by PDG Bill Wood at the RIBI Assembly. This is the first instalment for Foundation as a result of the sale of more than 6,500 Rotary Rose bushes by the end of 2003.
15th April	The Lord Provost of Aberdeen presented a framed print of the Rotary Rose Portrait to the residents of the Sue Ryder Care Home in Aberdeen. The print was funded by The Rotary Club of Aberdeen St. Nicholas.
22nd to 25th April	'Heart of Gold' stand at RIBI National Conference in Bournemouth. Order you rose bushes and Portrait prints there.
25th to 28th May	Chelsea Flower Show: first public showing of the 'Heart of Gold' bloom.
4th to 6th June	Gardening Scotland: 'Heart of Gold' stand in the Highland Hall at the RHS Showground at Ingliston. Information also available in the Rotary Hospitality Marquee.
2nd August	Esther Rantzen plants the first Rotary Heart of Gold rose bush in a new rose bed at Regent's Park to mark Rotary's centenary in 2005. The new rose bed will be planted with 115 rose trees provided by Rotary Club of St Marylebone, London.
30th & 31st October	''Heart of Gold' stand at District 1020's Conference in Aberdeen. Reports received on sturdiness of bushes planted last year (40 blooms on each of 2 bushes; blooms still on bushes in hilly area of Scottish Borders). Several Clubs in District 1020 have ordered 100+ bushes for planting locally in high visibility areas.

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