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Rotary friends and friends of Rotary The Camberwell Rotary Art show has finished for another year, a BIG thank you to Art Show Chair Geoff Heath, the Art Show Committee and everyone who worked so hard under difficult circumstances. Sales have been strong with over 106 paintings sold to the value of over $107,000, The effort has played a significant role in helping the Club achieve a good financial outcome, notwithstanding current headwinds. You will be pleased to know all the hard work to raise these valuable funds will not be wasted and are needed more than ever in our communities. Thank you to our District Governor Dale Hoy who attended our meeting and delivered a terrific presentation, our district is in good hands, and we wish Dale & Maureen a wonderful year ahead Hawthorn Makers Market successfully held a market last week, Teresa reported Stall holder engagement is still strong with over 30 participating, Attendance was again moderate and possibly impacted by Covid anxiety. Approximately 400 patrons attended. Thanks to all the RC Camberwell volunteers who assisted at the Market, the HMM is a vital cog in the fundraising & community engagement activities @RC Camberwell, let’s hope with Spring/ Summer approaching we can get some momentum at the market and have a strong finish to the year. The PP night to celebrate the Past Presidents of the club has been rescheduled again, hopefully the 25th August will work @ Conchie Hall with Spitting Image catering, it’s planned to be a partners night same great price of $30 Looking to roll up the sleeves and volunteer?? Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief network (Rimern). Our community services committee have committed to this wonderful Rotary project financially $12,000 & also with volunteers. New members Phil Young & David Troon have been working hard in the truck the last couple of weeks collecting donated furniture and other household items, and the warehouse is chocka block. More volunteers are needed, Tuesdays, Wednesday & Thursday between 930am – noon & 1.30pm – 3.30pm and 1 Saturday a month, if you want to get on the volunteers roster please reach out to David Troon or Phil Young Bunnings Hawthorn BBQ’s Saturday – 14th August BBQ Captain – Kerry Anne Sunday 22nd August BBQ captain – TBA – shifts available Save the Date :. The opening of the R100 play ground has been rescheduled to 12th September, hopefully we will be in a more covid safe environment, so stay tuned for more details Happy 80th Birthday to Judy Lear, it’s been great to have Judy & Ron so active @ Camberwell Rotary, especially with the Art Show for such a long time and their hard work still making a difference in our communities. A big Camberwell Rotary congratulations to club stalwarts Jon & Denise Oppy celebrating 47 years of marriage, a truly remarkable achievement, I Asked some of Jon’s friends from bay 13 and they all unanimously said Denise deserves a Gold Medal !! The RC Camberwell is continuing to support the Asylum seeker resource centre with Steve Clarke doing the collections, at present Steve is managing a car boot a month. The ASRC tell us they are feeding 1000 people at present so our contribution is needed and quickly used, So if you have any pantry staples to donate please reach out to Steve as he will kindly pick up club member contributions with the aim of making it easier for you.
Next week we will be meeting on ZOOM with Pierre Kriegler as our chair, his lovely wife Lili-Ann who is an author and education consultant and will be presenting on Early childhood development, it promises to be a fabulous night and not to be missed so why not bring a friend along on zoom The Club forum has been brought forward to the 18th August, look out for an email from secretary Vijay That’s it from me for this week, have a good week in Rotary and Stay safe Patrick Docherty Member since 2010 |
Due to the strict post-Lockdown rules governing outdoor gatherings, the Gala Opening cannot be held on the 8th August as originally planned.
