What a big day it was last Saturday at the Bunnings BBQ. More than 1,100 sausage sandwiches were sold on the day. A huge thank you to everyone who helped on the day – Rob, Binoe, Mandy, Peter, Bernie, David, Jonathan as well as all the volunteers from The Riding for the Disabled Marsfield facility.

 

The Carols 2022 meeting will be held on Thursday 3 November 2022. This meeting is open for all club members to attend. The meeting will start at 7:30 PM at North Ryde RSL Sports Club with a dinner for those who are interested at 6:30 PM.

 

We will be starting the planning for the 2023 North Ryde eFun Run early this year. This is the second major fund raiser for the club. An initial meeting has been set up for Wednesday 23 November 2022 for everyone who has expressed an interest in helping with this project.

 

This Friday we are going to hear from Trisha Chari whose attendance at the last National Youth Science Forum was sponsored by our club. She is going to talk about her experience at this highly sought after event. Youth is a very important avenue of service for our club and it is always great to see young people commit themselves to their own development.

 

District Governor Mina Howard’s partner Larry has thrown out a challenge to all clubs. He wants clubs to design a hiking stick and bring it along to the Cowra Conference, 17-19 March 2023. The sticks can be decorated using any design or method limited only by your imagination. The attendees will be asked to vote for their favourite stick by putting in a minimum of a dollar donation per vote. The stick that raises the most money will win a Paul Harris Fellowship for their club to award to an outstanding member of their community. All entries must be available for sale to attendees. The club whose stick sells for the most money will also be eligible for a prize. All proceeds will be donated to Australian Rotary Health. Peter and Bernie Mason who will be attending the conference have a stick available for decoration. They are seeking your creative ideas and help.

A reminder regarding the Rotary International Convention which will be held in Melbourne from 27‑31 May 2023. It is not very often than an International Convention happens on our doorstep. For all the details, please click on this link: Melbourne | Rotary Convention

 

Australian Rotary charity, RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Services) has announced the creation of a national Flood Relief Appeal for people impacted by the current floods in the Eastern States. Australians impacted by the recent floods will be the beneficiaries of money raised by the Flood Appeal and will be able to liaise with their local Rotary Club to let us know what they need. Tax Deductible Donations to the appeal can be made on the Rotary Australia World Community Service website at rawcs.org.au.

 

I thank everyone in the Club for their commitment, energy and contribution towards making a difference.