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Black and Silver Dinner Dance
Annual Gala Dance and AuctionSaturday,
24th of October 2009
Commencing at 6:30 pm
Traralgon Vineyard
Burnets Road, Traralgon
$85 per person
(including GST)
3 courses with drinks at the Bar Prices
Attire for the evening is "semiformal"
RSVP by 30th September 2009
District Governor to visit
District Governor Brian Norris and his wife Kerrie will be paying us a visit on 17 August 2009
Best behaviour!!
Best behaviour!!
Handover Dinner - 29th June
Foster Football Club
6.30pm for 7.00pm.
Guest Speaker: Cate Johnson from Anglicare will be speaking on -
Foster Care in Gippsland
Apologies to Susan Lamb
6.30pm for 7.00pm.
Guest Speaker: Cate Johnson from Anglicare will be speaking on -
Foster Care in Gippsland
Apologies to Susan Lamb
President's Report
Dear Rotarians,
Welcome back to our intrepid PNG explorers. By all accounts the trip was very enjoyable and the fines box will be overflowing for the next few months, to judge from some of the stories I have heard! Plans are afoot for return journey.
Your Board has spent a good deal of Club money over the past month. The main recipients have been: Shelterbox, Polioplus, Interplast, the Gippsland Bushfire Appeal and action is in hand to donate the profits from the Train of $2500 to the SG Hospital, to benefit the children. I hope members approve and if there are other proposals members would like the Board to consider please let know.
The last few days have been busy ones for Foster Rotary, with Meals on Wheels, tinny rattling for the Salavation Army and a working party clearing trees at the Museum in preparation for the old gaol. It is great to have so much support but its always the same people who do the volunteering. Come on, both old and new members, put your hands up when help is needed. We actually do have fun doing the tasks.
Don't forget the meeting on 1 June at the Football Club, with partners and the handover dinner, again at the footy club, on 29 June.
Best wishes to Jack Howe for a speedy recovery. I am told he is back in Foster after a stay in Traralgon Hospital.
Yours in Rotary,
John Rice
Leave of absence: N Nicoll, R Lomax, B Richards – Mid June – September. D Bligh has leave from 14th May to 29th June.
Request that those who have leave of absence should fill in the apologies book at the motel for the weeks they will be absent.
Welcome back to our intrepid PNG explorers. By all accounts the trip was very enjoyable and the fines box will be overflowing for the next few months, to judge from some of the stories I have heard! Plans are afoot for return journey.
Your Board has spent a good deal of Club money over the past month. The main recipients have been: Shelterbox, Polioplus, Interplast, the Gippsland Bushfire Appeal and action is in hand to donate the profits from the Train of $2500 to the SG Hospital, to benefit the children. I hope members approve and if there are other proposals members would like the Board to consider please let know.
The last few days have been busy ones for Foster Rotary, with Meals on Wheels, tinny rattling for the Salavation Army and a working party clearing trees at the Museum in preparation for the old gaol. It is great to have so much support but its always the same people who do the volunteering. Come on, both old and new members, put your hands up when help is needed. We actually do have fun doing the tasks.
Don't forget the meeting on 1 June at the Football Club, with partners and the handover dinner, again at the footy club, on 29 June.
Best wishes to Jack Howe for a speedy recovery. I am told he is back in Foster after a stay in Traralgon Hospital.
Yours in Rotary,
John Rice
Leave of absence: N Nicoll, R Lomax, B Richards – Mid June – September. D Bligh has leave from 14th May to 29th June.
Request that those who have leave of absence should fill in the apologies book at the motel for the weeks they will be absent.
President’s Report
Dear Fellow Rotarians,
It has been a very busy and productive month. And our thanks go to all those dedicated Rotarians who have given up their time and energies to help those in need.
The aftermath of the fires is still with us and the tool collection was a most successful initiative. Special thanks go to Rod Cooper and Barry Richards for organising the collection and delivery. The people of Foster were so generous. One amusing incident was the donation of a rare Peterson hoe, which Barry sold to a collector, at antique shop prices, a few minutes later . The profit/funds were used to buy wooden handles for other donated tools. A good demonstation of the multiplier effect, or better described as "canny". Mention should also be made of the sterling efforts of the fence posters.
As many of you are aware we have "ring fenced" in our accounts a minimum of $2000 to be spent on bushfire relief. The Board, with Club concensus, agreed that it should go to an identifiable project and not swallowed up in a general donation. If members have such a project please let us know. One project ( not needing funding ) which was suggested to me by a Probus member, was the cultivation of plants, bushes, trees etc for replanting in devastated gardens. Most of us have a few pots in the shed and can take suitable cuttings for cultivation. Let us discuss at the next meeting.
What a great GSE team from Canada we had. They told me that they had a wonderful time in the area. Although it rained for some of the time they could even see the grass grow. We had memorable trip to Snake Island, and David Bligh didn't get his trousers wet when wading to shore from the boat. He debagged! And Bill Fuller went well prepared with his fishing waders. Many thanks to Cheryl for putting so much thought into devising and arranging such an interesting and enjoyable programme for the visitors. Thanks also to the hosts, the Iser family for lending their house in Sandy Point for the team's rest day, and everyone for the behind the scenes catering and chauffering duties.
A few of us are off to the District conference at the weekend. I will report in due course.
Lastly, welcome to our new member, David Brook and his wife Ruth.
Yours in Rotary,
John Rice
It has been a very busy and productive month. And our thanks go to all those dedicated Rotarians who have given up their time and energies to help those in need.
The aftermath of the fires is still with us and the tool collection was a most successful initiative. Special thanks go to Rod Cooper and Barry Richards for organising the collection and delivery. The people of Foster were so generous. One amusing incident was the donation of a rare Peterson hoe, which Barry sold to a collector, at antique shop prices, a few minutes later . The profit/funds were used to buy wooden handles for other donated tools. A good demonstation of the multiplier effect, or better described as "canny". Mention should also be made of the sterling efforts of the fence posters.
As many of you are aware we have "ring fenced" in our accounts a minimum of $2000 to be spent on bushfire relief. The Board, with Club concensus, agreed that it should go to an identifiable project and not swallowed up in a general donation. If members have such a project please let us know. One project ( not needing funding ) which was suggested to me by a Probus member, was the cultivation of plants, bushes, trees etc for replanting in devastated gardens. Most of us have a few pots in the shed and can take suitable cuttings for cultivation. Let us discuss at the next meeting.
What a great GSE team from Canada we had. They told me that they had a wonderful time in the area. Although it rained for some of the time they could even see the grass grow. We had memorable trip to Snake Island, and David Bligh didn't get his trousers wet when wading to shore from the boat. He debagged! And Bill Fuller went well prepared with his fishing waders. Many thanks to Cheryl for putting so much thought into devising and arranging such an interesting and enjoyable programme for the visitors. Thanks also to the hosts, the Iser family for lending their house in Sandy Point for the team's rest day, and everyone for the behind the scenes catering and chauffering duties.
A few of us are off to the District conference at the weekend. I will report in due course.
Lastly, welcome to our new member, David Brook and his wife Ruth.
Yours in Rotary,
John Rice
Foster Rotarians join Bushfire Relief
R.C. of Foster has been in the "frontline" with assistance to the victims of the bushfires in the Traralgon South area. Club members and partners started work on fencing/support to a 78yr old in Baloook on the 1st March, with perimeter fencing being replaced and the a follow up visit on the 5th March to complete the work.On the 10th March, volunteers once again returned to the area and assisted with clean up along the perimeter of one property and preparation for more work on the 18th March at a property in Calignee South Road, Balook. The arrangement to date has been to focus on boundary fences, with internal fences to be attended to at a later date under a different agreement.
There have been a number of ideas put forward as to how Rotary can assist the victims. One of these is that Rotary clubs "adopt" a family or road and help one group at a time. This will depend on the number of Rotarians prepared to assist and the specific nature of help that can be provided.The VFF has been proactive in appointing a coordinator to assist with the fencing work for the Traralgon South area (Ben Thexton) and volunteers from the Tasmanian Timber Industry will be arriving later this week together with equipment, to help speed up the repair of farm fencing.
A major site clean up is being planned in a few weeks time and this should provide opportunities for other Rotarians to assist. Special acknowledgement must be made to the commitment of Rotarians in the work since the 1st March: Dick Edwards, Don Nicoll, Nev Williams, Ian Griffiths, David Brook, Liz Hall and partners, Ruth Brook and Murray Dale.
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