Tuesday night Peter Smid organised a planning night in preparation for his incoming year. Peter put his hand up to take on President and will be a great leader for our club. Peter has been busy attending PETS training and come away very enthused with lots of ideas. We are all looking forward to Peter leading our club. Thank you for all the work you are putting in.
RAWC’S is stepping up to support communities in the Western District devasted by severe draught and if you would like to make a personal donation please reach out to Brooke or myself and we will show you how to donate to this cause. The information and link to the RAWCs fundraising page is below in the bulletin. So many of our farmers are struggling financially and emotionally and if you know of a farmer who is struggling please let us know as we want to help. Unfortunately, it’s not just the farmers, businesses have been affected as well, and many shops are closing. Please shop local, eat local, spend local. We need to support our community through
this difficult time.
We have our final board meeting of the Rotary year and if all incoming board members can attend that would be great.
Members Announcements
- Janet Blackley was handing out forms on Tuesday night to see who is attending the change over dinner. If you were away, are you able to get back to Janet as soon as you can. We would like to get as many members for the night as there is a big surprise on the night. Janet has also organised a training session this week on how to use google drive. Please contact Janet if you would like to do this.
Member's Announcements
- Janet gave us an update on the Loss Memorial Tree and let us know the concrete has been poured and it’s exiting to hear that is starting to get close to finishing.
- Chris was busy picking apples from his tree and bought a long a few buckets to share with our members.
- Debbie let us know that the book sale is on this weekend and if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.
- George and Maria went to Halls Gap on the weekend for youth exchange and it all went well and had a great time.
Thank you to Maria and Brooke’s mum Karen for coming along a sharing a meal with us.
Apologies for the night: John Hunt, Wendy Gosden, David Brown and Cathy Bligh
Next week Jamila Rushton who has applied to the 2026 Peace Scholarship is coming along to speak to us.
Have a great week
Take care
Kelly Curran
Next Meeting 10th June
Jamila Rushton has applied for the 2026 Peace Scholarship.
6pm for a 6.15pm start.
Warrnambool Bowls Club
Corner of Kelp and Timor St.
A reminder, if you cannot attend the meeting; please contact David Brown via 0438 647 536 or dljb3280@gmail.com
Meeting Jobs
Sargeant:
Ann Body
Fellowship:
Ian Sharman
Invocation: Angela Wheeler
If you are unable to fill this position, please contact Anne Adams on 0418 528 787 or
adamsanne49@gmail.com
Upcoming Speakers
June 10th - Jemila Rushton, Rotary Peace Scholarship applicant. Chair is Debbie Ferguson 17th - Kim Boyd from Anglicare. Chair is Ken Sharpe. 24th - Change over dinner
Happy end of Rotary Year!
PLEASE RSVP TO JANET FOR THE CHANGEOVER DINNER ON THE 24TH
Upcoming Events
June 20th
Warrnambool Central Changeover
30th
RYDA Sessions at Deakin
July 1st-2nd
RYDA Sessions at Deakin
27th
First Aid and CPR Training
August 11th-12th
Science and Engineering Challenge
September
October
24th-26th
Warrnambool Show
November
15th
Noorat Show
December
6th
Warrnambool Rodeo
Upcoming Meeting Jobs Roster
Date
Sargeant
Fellowship
Invocation
June 10th
Ann Body
Ian Sharman
Angela Wheeler
June 17th
Greg Lee
Janet Blackley
Ann Donaldson
June 24th
Ann Body
John Hunt
Anne Adams
July 1st
Ann Body
John Beks
Brian Trenery
Additions to the Bulletin
Please contact Brooke and Sarah to add items to the bulletin
brookeemmajensen@gmail.com and sarah.adams2509@gmail.com
Do you realise that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we were kids?
If you're less then ten years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions,
'How old are you' 'I'm four and a half'
You're never 36 and a half, You're four and a half going on 5!
You get into your teens: now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number: "How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16"
You could be twelve, but you're gonna be 16, eventually!
Then the great day of your life: you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony. You BECOME 21.... YES!!!
But then you turn 30. What happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk. He/She TURNED: we had to throw him/her out. What's wrong? What changed?
You BECOME 21; You TURN 30; You're PUSHING 40; You REACH 50;
Then you MAKE it to 60.
But then you've built up so much speed, you HIT 70.
After that, it's a day by day thing. You HIT Wednesday...
You GET into your 80s: You HIT lunch, you HIT 4:30pm.
Mt Grandmother won't even buy green bananas.
"Well, it's an investment, you know, and maybe a bad one"
And it doesn't end there... Into the 90s, you start going backwards:
"I was JUST 92"
Then a strange thing happens: if you MAKE IT over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half"
HAPPY AGING!
Congratulations to Rotary Club of Warrnambool Central who over the few days at the May Racing Carnival helped to recycle just shy of 50,000 containers within the Container Deposit Scheme. These items would have gone to landfill as the racing club doesn't have facilities to recycle. This has earnt the club just shy of $5000 for their projects!
First Aid Training
July 27th from 9am
Greyhound track function room
really casual and relaxed atmosphere, no pressure!
100% done on the day
Full first aid and CPR - $220
CPR only (half day) - $115
Current RSVPs include:
Brooke, George, Kelly, Janet (CPR only), Svet, Glenn, Peter, Tony and Wendy
(I know I have missed someone, please let me know)
Please let Brooke know if you would like to attend
This is open to Friends and Family too.
Walking Group on again! 9am meeting at the Pavilion. Social coffee at the cafe post walk
Reports for the Changeover Annual Report
Rotarians I have been tasked with getting reports together for our Changeover annual
report. The Changeover being 24 June.
The following is a list of office bearer’s, service areas, activities and the people who
“champion” them.
There may be others that I have missed. If so please let me know.
If you are an office bearer, or “responsible” for a project, fund raiser or activity can you
provide an overview suitable to be included in the annual report please.
To facilitate the compilation of the report easier and for consistency of appearance
please use the Arial Font at font size 11 point and do not include any complex formatting.
Where appropriate please provide one or a small number of images in .jpg format.
These will greatly enhance the appearance of your report.
To have the report ready for the Changeover I need everything finalised, at the latest, 6
June (approximately 2 weeks prior). I will also send reminders prior to that.
President (Kellie Curran)
Secretary (Janet Blackley)
Treasurer (Terry O’Neill)
Club Service (Anne Adams)
Rotary Foundation (Greg Lee)
Projects (Tony Austin)
Public Image (Brooke McLeod)
Membership (Greg Lee)
Early loss memorial (Janet Blackley)
Environmental project (Graeme Ward)
Science & Engineering Challenge (Brooke McLeod)
Youth exchange (Brooke McLeod)
NYSF (Brooke McLeod)
RYLA (Rachel Furnell)
Camp Quality cabin (Rachel Furnell)
Booksale (Deb Ferguson)
Garden Expo (Anne Adams)
Days 4 Girls (Ann Donaldson)
The PNG Project (Tony Austin)
Regards
Tony A
Rotary Down Under June '25 Issue
The latest issue of Rotary Down Under is here. This is a monthly subscription for all Rotarians in Australia. As a member you should be receiving either a electronic or physical copy of the magazine. If you don't get it, please get in touch with Janet (also check your spam folder).
