A rotary club has marked the centenary of its network by making donations to two museums.

The Rotary Club of Guisborough and Great Ayton donated £500 to both the Guisborough Museum and the Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum, Great Ayton.

Club president Mark Hards, who is a solicitor, said: "Both these museums are run by local volunteers who give hours of their free time to raise funds to preserve these two invaluable heritage centres.

"We are delighted to be able to celebrate the century of Rotary International by offering some practical help to them."

The money was raised at the Guisborough Town Fair last summer. The Rotary Club of Guisborough and Great Ayton celebrates its 45th anniversary later this year.

It helps projects including replacing water purification kits and shelters that have been sent to tsunami victims, organising a local schools' five-a-side football competition and offering blood pressure tests as part of a stroke awareness day.

As a permanent memento of the centenary, the club plans to restore a set of six standing stones on Birk Brow on the Guisborough to Whitby Moor road.

"We are working with the borough council to recreate the ancient standing stones, known as the Six Stoups and hope to complete the project as soon as the current poor weather improves," said Mr Hards.

To contact the club, call (01642) 471662.