Louise Willgrass Fund
In December 2004, a tsunami in the Indian Ocean devastated the surrounding shoreline killing 300,000 people. Among them was Louise Willgrass, on holiday with her husband Nigel and their four children. The Louise Willgrass Tsunami Fund was set up in her memory and the Rotary Club of Kenilworth, who had collected £3,000 from the Kenilworth public, donated the collection to the fund of the then Mayor of Kenilworth, Pauline Edwards. Pauline saw Nigel Willgrass and the children on GMTV and decided immediately that she would donate £4,000 to the fund, which she presented to Mike and Jane Cornwell , the parents of Louise Willgrass, in company with Rotary President Zig Layton-Henry and collection organizer, Arnold Bolton.
Mike Cornwell, with his wife Jane by his side addresses the club about the progress of the Louise Willgrass Tsunami Fund set up in remembrance of their daughter who died in the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand.
Honoured guests include the Mayor of Kenilworth Richard Davies, his wife Erica, Pauline Edwards and her husband.
Pauline explains how, as Mayor of Kenilworth in December 2004, she saw the Willgrass family on GMTV after the Tsunami and donated her mayoral fund to the cause
Rotarian Maurice Holden gives the vote of thanks, explaining how Arnold Bolton rallied the club to collect £3000 to help those affected by the Tsunami
President Philip presents a further cheque for the Louise Willgrass Fund
Mayor Richard Davies expresses thanks on behalf of the guests to the Rotary Club for their ongoing support to Kenilworth