Weekly Bulletin (Apr. 01, 2024)

At the meeting on the 26 th of March, I welcome all members and visiting Rotarian Frank
Mongor from the Rotary Club of Mount Gambier West who visited to take our club photo and
Will Sloan from Warrnambool City Council.

I explained to the club about my bungee jumping accident – it was not that interesting -my
broken hand resulted from jamming it in the gate and therefore receiving no sympathy.

There were no apologies for the meeting.

Thank you to all our members who had their photo taken, I am checking out with Frank
about adding in the members who missed out. Our thoughts are with Ann Donaldsons’ mum
and Friend of Rotary Barb Johnson who is recovering from surgery. We look forward to having you both back. I finally presented Lola Lee with her club dinner badge, and we hope
we have a long association with Lola.

The RYLA Dinner is on:
Date: Thursday 11th April
Time: 6pm for 6:30pm Start
Location: Kangaroobie, Princetown
Cost: $30, for 3 course meal (canapes on arrival, main and dessert)
Transport: Car-pooling is available - there are several people that have already told me they
would be happy to drive and take others with them. Several members indicated they are attending and if anyone else wants to come please let Tony Austin or me know as soon as possible. It should be a great night.

Thankyou to Brooke, Rachel and Sarah for their Facebook and Bulletin work especially the
Facebook video on the Book Sale. Our club is getting good exposure. I also heard the book sale advertised on the radio.

Swinton’s have donated $500 which is very generous. Thank you to Swinton’s. Anne or
Tony will pick up the cheque.

Hospice are having their graduation. The new volunteers who recently completed their training will be introduced to the existing volunteers and receive their graduation certificates, Tony and Anne Adams will be attending representing the club.

Announcements
 Brooke spoke about the container delivery scheme RCW has set up an account so members can pay now to raise funds for the Lost Baby Memorial.
 Anne Adams spoke about the Book Sale with a working bee on Friday 29 the and all members to check their roster.
 Glen Brotchie lets us know about the visiting District 9180 Conference golf day and thanked everyone who helped,
 Graeme Ward advised us about the success of the blister pack scheme and that we will need more funding pan it to expand and
 A potential tree planting project at Bromfield St Weir and
 Judy spoke about lids for kids, bag tags and recycling and the
 book Melbourne to Warrnambool Bike Race which the Club has.

Waste Management | Warrnambool City Council

William Sloan from Warrnambool City Council spoke to us about waste management. It was a very well-prepared talk, and he handled a range of questions. The WCC has a lot of useful information on their web site at:
https://www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/index.php/waste-management
Thank you very much to Will for his highly informative talk.

"I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.” — Anne Frank

Have a wonderful week.

President Janet Blackley