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         Lonnie Carland receives his cheque for the Fiji Housing trip       Steve Jewson presenting an overview of the Jan Juc Surf Lifesaving Club

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    Mr PIG - Chef, Historian and Comedian.....smiling as always!      President Jeanette presents a $1000 cheque to the JJSLSC as proceeds from the night

Monday night saw our club venture out for another community group visit, this time to the Jan Juc Surf Life Saving Club.

It was a busy program as those present, who included Assistant Governor Tony Stewart, were:- 
a) brought up to speed with a presentation and a Q & A on the upcoming Dog Walk event to be held on 30th March
b) President  Jeanette  and International Service Director Gerard Mc Namara presented local Apprentice Lonnie Carland with a Cheque for $2000 to fund his upcoming participation on a Rotary visit to Fiji to construct housing for underprivileged local residents Building.
c)  Following a very enjoyable BBQ dinner provided by the Surf Club  Steve Jewson and “Mr Pig“ gave a very entertaining overview of their Surf Club and Surf Life Saving in general

• The Jan Juc club is somewhat different to other local surf lifesaving clubs in the way they engage their members from the local community.
• The Clubs’ Nipper Program has some 300 supporters of whom only about 4 come from outside the local area
• There are some 160 regular participants in the Surf Ed Training program which in itself creates its own logistical problems to provide 8 x 1.5 hour sessions for each participant
• 13 year olds are able to commence patrolling once they have gained their Surf Rescue Certificate
• Jan Juc bucks the national trend where the average retention of members after they complete their “Bronze” at age of 15 is only 4% Jan Juc retains 40-50%
• Jan Juc pride themselves in providing pathways for their young members
• Some years ago they removed parents from their roles as Age Group Managers and Age Assistants giving those positions instead to 15-20 of the young qualified members.
• Interestingly of 44 fully trained guards in Victoria 22 on them come from Jan Juc SLSC
• 18 Jan Juc members have continued on to study and qualify in Health Industry careers
Demonstrating just how the lifestyle has developed their lives.
• Each Life Saver is required to do 30 hours of beach patrol each Summer season and a minimum of 16 hours is required to qualify to compete in events.
• With so many members active in competition Jan Juc does not face the shortage of patrollers that some clubs do.
• The culture within Jan Juc SLSC is very healthy and this club does more than just patrol our local beaches , they are active in building good responsible citizens and role models within our community.
• This is clearly a result of a culture in the club that has seen one member Ken Isaac who has been patrolling for 44 years!

At the conclusion of the evening President Jeanette was able to make a presentation of a $1,000 to the Surf Club.