Jul 31, 2020 (Jul 28, 2020)

Dear Fellow Club Members and Friends,

What a great turn-out last Saturday for our club's second social event with fine weather for our morning tea gathering at Blenheim Park.

Besides that, we had a surprise birthday celebration for our long standing member Liane. It was her 85^th birthday and we had a beautiful cake with candles. The candles were blown out by waving cardboard so we were COVID safe!

If you would like to see all the photos see here.

We had a pleasant time together with all the precaution such as social distancing, instant hand sanitizers and cleaning wipes. Thanks Bernie.

We all know who the next game host for Trivia night will be – Sandeep. He organised the 1-minute challenge games with gold coin donations for our club. It was fun and will be on the next event agenda for sure. More fundraising ideas will come.

Thanks also to AG Julie Thorp who personally delivered the District Directory to all members.

My quote for this week: Good Food * Good Fellowship * Good Health * Good Fun

The next scheduled Zoom meeting:

NR Rotary Club Zoom Club Meeting 7AUG2020

Time: Aug 7, 2020 07:30 AM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 819 4543 7216

Passcode: 2113

Best Regards

Mandy Van JP

Rotary Club of North Ryde

President 2020-2021

Rotary District 9685

Email: mandy-van@hotmail.com

Mobile: 0404 082 611

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