This week in Rotary!
Last week was a great meeting with the Ambassador for Ireland as the guest speaker, interesting and funny as well. It was good to see a great roll up to the meeting by members and guests. Keep it up, supporting the weekly meetings and participating is also a way to contribute to our club and Rotary.
A call has gone out to our club members by our Community Service Director Mary to put together shoe boxes filled with basics for disadvantage people, such as shampoo, soap, razors, cotton balls, tooth paste, etc. these small packs will be put together and given by our club to people less fortunate then ourselves. Please help and contribute to this project even the smallest contribution will help and Mary will put the packs together if you are unsure and would prefer to donate some cash.
Our club will again also support the St John’s monthly lunches with a donation of $1,000. This money will come from the Sergeant’s Fund. This is a program that also supports the disadvantaged and homeless.
The point to note is that there are always projects that deserve to be helped and it is your board who decide where our club funds will go towards. We can’t say “Yes” to everything that is put forward, but we can represent a good cross section of the four avenues of service.
Please note the 15th December that our normal luncheon meeting will not be on. Instead it will be an evening Christmas Function at the Commonwealth Club. More details will be available soon. The Christmas function is open to members, partners, family and guests of Rotarians. Please come along for a relaxing evening and celebrate the lead up to Christmas with friends.
The club board held a meeting on Wednesday 19th and I must say that there is a lot of activity on the go by all of our club committees at the moment. The minutes will be circulated at an upcoming club meeting. Also our Club Treasure will have a half yearly report ready for our first normal Commonwealth Club meeting in the New Year.
There will also be one more board meeting in December before the Christmas break, if you would like to attend please advise our Club Secretary Barbara.
Our Youth Service Director Atholl still needs some help for some of his upcoming Youth Programs in the New Year. Please put your name forward as he would really appreciate some assistance.
Our Sergeant has informed me that our club has raised $3,029.85 in the past four and half months. Sergeant Natalie will announce where the funds raised will be used as suitable calls for assistance come forward. Donations made by members each week are greatly appreciated.
Please enjoy your week ahead and I look forward to seeing you at our meetings. This week we have Barry Page from Food Bank coming as our Guest Speaker.
Tony Pemmer
