Jed's Romeo Rotarians

​​There is a preconception about rotary clubs who are often referred to as ‘Romeos’ – retired old men eating out.
Members of Jedburgh Rotary clean up the town.Members of Jedburgh Rotary clean up the town.
Members of Jedburgh Rotary clean up the town.

Here to dispel the myth is Jedburgh Rotary Club, which formed in July 1975 as an offshoot of Kelso Rotary Club – the ‘Mother Club’.

It quickly became a club in its own right and continues to attract new members.

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Rotary International was founded in the USA by Paul Harris, a Chicago lawyer in 1905. He had moved to Chicago from a rural background and sought out fellow newcomers to the city who would benefit from friendship, being mainly from small towns.

Getting the Easter eggs ready for children in the town.Getting the Easter eggs ready for children in the town.