Our meeting today was a Vocational Visit to the Wagga Wagga Men's Shed
Rick Priest, a long standing member of Wollundry gave us a wonderful overview of just how the Men"s Shed works, and also gave us an excellent tutoring in scrounging. He has been instrumental in finding a ceiling for the community room, a fence for the boundaries, a possession of land without taxes, the list goes on(and on!)
The result is a magnificent facility with areas that can cover all manner of skills from woodwork and metal work right through to computing. Each member is able to get assistance in the learning process from many members who were and still are professionals in their fields.
Phil McIntosh presented the Men's Shed with a cheque for $2500 in recognition of the work done for us in running the Gears and Beers.
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.Little wonder that this shed won the title Australia's best shed last year. The Men's Shed members put on a magnificent lunch with soft drinks, mains and sweets, and at the end of the meal a large number of members went through the facility, which is quite extensive.
Rick expressed his thanks to members of the club,
John Ireland, Colin Duff, John Mason and Peter McKinnon, and even liked Wagga City Council!
But the most important part of this facility is the effect it is having on the member's health.
Make ups
David Byfield Neal Pinto Bob Willis .
Apologies
John Hawkins, Jeremy Reithmuller, Tim Barter, Craig Bromley, Greg Conkey, Doug Conkey, Ken Cook, Jerry Gerlach, Peter Green, James Hamilton, David Hodge, Michael Knight,
Nick Leywood, John Mason, Steve McCoy, Graham Obst, Rob Pearson, Richard Rossiter, Adrian Whiting, David Wishart.