Newsletter for the Rotary Club of Canberra - Issue No.: 171 Issue Date: 4 Feb, 2010

‘The future of Rotary is in your hands’

Thanks to all members and partners who helped with the parking at the Royal Canberra Golf Club last weekend.  We will be presented with a cheque for our efforts at the meeting on Monday.

This week our Group Study Exchange team leader to China last year will be talking about the experience and the GSE program in general.

On 20 February there is a Foundation information day being held here in Canberra. I will be attending; would you like to join me? I need numbers ASAP for the District Chair who is organising the event.

Club Events:

We have received an invitation to a Garden Party; please invite your partners to join us.  For details of venue, time and cost please Login, scroll down to Upcoming Events and register, or add your names to the folder being circulated at our next two meetings.

Funds raised from this event will be donated to the Rotary Foundation’s Haiti Earthquake Appeal Fund.  

District News: An extract of an email I received from the District Governor this week: 

‘I have received the following advice from Parramatta. It is good news indeed that the Australian Taxation Office have granted tax deductibility for contributions to help in Haiti.  

This is a new opportunity for us through the Rotary Foundation. I hope many Rotarians and friends and businesses will be encouraged to make good use of it.

I will be posting this information to the District website.’

Click here: www.rotaryd9710.org.au/rotary-service-projects/308.html to access the form to use for tax deductible donations to the Foundation. 

I will have some copies of the District Governor's January newsletter at the meeting on Monday. 

International News: A report on BBC World last weekend on the recovery efforts in Haiti was praising a tent city.  I was thrilled to see that they were Rotary Shelter Box tents.  No mention of Rotary but the Rotary wheel was well displayed.

Barbara Griffiths PHF
President