Rotary Club of Warrnambool Meeting held 21 May 2019 The night started with a Vocational Visit to The Mens Shed in Hyland Street.
Malcom introduced Max, Andrew & Anthony , members of the Mens Shed. Rotary members had a wonder around the shed, then had a talk from Max.
*Has 39 members, annual members fee $30 per year to cover insurance
*Operating for 10 years
*Has a ladies day each Thursday
*They share the facilities at Hyland Street & do upkeep around the facility to off set rental costs, only pay power bills
*They self fund by selling wooden items at the Pop Up Shop in the old LifeLine shop, take special orders, assemble bikes for KMART ($10 per bike), & do repairs
*Provide computer access for its members
*Projects they have done : Christmas tree decorations, Children’s play ground equipment, Target stands for the Archery Club, Candle stick holders for Thia group, Children’s toys.
Malcom presented the Warrnambool Mens Shed president Max Mc Lean with a Vocational Award Of Excellence for all their work in the community.
Club members then strolled or drove to the Alan Lane Pavillion for dinner provided by Vicky & Derrick & Malcom.
It was enjoyed by all …..thank you
Member Announcements
Anne
Friday 21 June Science & Engineering Challenge. Volunteers needed for a half day or full day .From 8.00am till about 2.00pm. this is a project we have been involved for some time now. The aim of the day is to encourage year 10 students to choose STEM subjects in years 11 & 12. We been able to source sponsorship for this project for this project from Telstra, so all we have to do is some supervision on the day.
Rotary meeting July 9th
The Vocational Committee has invited Mr Barry Irvin to be our guest speaker for that night. Mr Irvin is the Executive Chairman of Bega Australia, the only large Australian owned dairy processing company in Australia. We would like to invite professional & rural people to the night. We will meet at City Memorial Bowls Club for a dinner meeting. Costing to be negotiated. Need volunteers to help organise the night , please let me know if you can help.
Glenn
Thank you to all those who came to help lot on Saturday. Please bring any other donations asap please. Jobs for the night have been sent via email , please read and if you are not able to do it please let Glenn know.
Robbie
Dinner Auction tickets are $40 for a 3 course meal. Please purchase your tickets by 1 June.
Judy
Final guess for the 5 coins will be next week.
Acting President Brian quickly finished up the night by the following reminders
#Dinner Auction 1 June
#Father of the Year 28th August
#30th May — Movie Fundraiser for Polio Plus.Run by Daybreak Club, movie Rocket Man , life of Elton John
#Rotary Leadership Institute is running a series of days and the first and closest is Terang on 10th August
#Remember to fill in the volunteer time book
Thanks to our guests Max, Andrew & Anthony, our cooks Vicki & Derrick.
Next week back at the Footy Club
Thought for the week
Life is like a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving. |
