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Meeting chaired by Peter Hovey Welcome to Guest speaker Jess Morrisson from Dovida, Home Care package provider. Rotary Anniversaries being Greig Lee-Archer 9 years, Peter Hovey 28 years, Will Waterford 22 years and Wedding Anniversary - Mike and Jenny Healy. International Toast Evelyn McCorkell We toasted The Rotary Club of Derry/Londonderry, which is a local group of people actively working on worthwhile community projects. Meets every Monday (except Bank Holidays) at 1.00pm in Da Vinci’s Hotel, Culmore Road, Londonderry. The club was chartered on 17 July 1922 as The Rotary Club of Londonderry, Northern Ireland, not to be confused with Londonderry, New Hampshire USA. After their centenary they officially renamed the club as The Rotary Club of Derry and Londonderry to reflect the current usage in their city. No website, just a Facebook page at present. John, the current president, said - to be honest, the club is dwindling and ageing, having currently only 15 members compared to over 70 members at its peak. Activities include Youth Leadership, Rotary Kids Out Day, Lend With Care, Generation Chef (a joint sponsorship competition with Rotary Clubs and Third Level Colleges to promote catering apprenticeships). The Centenary Project, jointly with two daughter clubs, leveraged a Rotary Foundation Grant to provide a water supply to 180 homes and a school in Amarauli village in Nepal. In the past they hosted a lot of Rotary Foundation Scholars and Group Study Exchange teams to Brazil, Japan, NZ and several Australian Teams but this has disappeared since the Rotary Foundation changed the rules. John MacCrossan, the President, led a Group Study Exchange team to District D9800 in Victoria and also to Queensland back in 2004. They recently had our 20-year reunion. And last Monday they raised a toast to our Club here in Caloundra! Vocational Moment Mike Healy who joined Rotary in 1973in Rockhampton then was transferred to Tewantin and joined the Noosa club and after being settled in Caloundra joined our club - his rotary career is exemplary - he has been Club President, director, Secretary, Treasurer. There was a short video regarding what we do in Rotary then Will Waterford spoke of the annual Sugarbag Road Clean up Australia held on 02/03/25 Ross Harrison announced that Will Waterford has nominated for Membership Director for this year and Jacqui has moved to Community Service Director also for the balance of this year. Mike Healy has nominated for Secretary next year and Peter Asher has nominated for President Elect for next year. Well done! Ross also added, we are applying for a district grant for shelves and flooring for the day care centre in Cauayan and have asked the Rotary Club of Cauayan to partner us in the next project at the Bussyan School. Malou Deakin is currently in the Phillipines, endeavouring to renovate a child care centre and seeking a district grant for this purpose. Members and Directors Moments: Greig Lee-Archer is seeking to re schedule ROMAC for either 23/04 OR 24/04 depending on the availability of premises. Tony Long spoke regarding the annual Golf Day noting it is a great income earner and has bought the club around $25,000 annually - the funds going to Lifeflight, Steps and the club. Tony Is stepping back but has produced a manual or directory to assist new participants in running this important event. Evelyn spoke of the Broadway in the Hanger production scheduled for 23/08/25, pricing is the same however there will be some changes from past years but Bruce will do his usual thing! Alan Stevens spoke of the Rotary Peace programme run by the Rotary Foundation Suzanne Lee-Archer spoke of possibly a social dinner at the Mooloolaba Tafe Suzanne also spoke of the Rotary Club of Mooloolaba 2 kilometre walk on 6th April at 9.30 am. Guest Speaker The guest speaker Jess Morrison spoke at length regarding in house support identifying assessment, support, funding and the complexities of this whole process. Contact - jessica.morrison@dovida-sco.com.au
Home Instead 1/8 Innovation Parkway Birtinya. Ken Hinkley thanked the guest speaker. The raffle and and Sgt at Arms with the usual fines, concluded the meeting which closed at 8.01pm Next week is our guest speaker is Ian Harrison - Your RSL today! Our weekly meetings are informative, fun and we share great camaraderie with each other - the peaceful scene to enjoy a beverage before and/or after our meeting, at the Caloundra Golf Club. |
