It was great to see 20 Members plus our guest, exchange student Toni at this week’s meeting. Toni is heading home to Austria next week and is looking forward to seeing her family again. Toni thanked the members for their sponsorship and support throughout year. When asked to take questions on her year in Warrnambool, Toni showed how she had grown and spoke about how wonderful her time in Australia had been.

The last Friday of the month fellowship nights have commenced. This week 5 members and two partners met for drinks at the Mid-City.

On Saturday night I attended the RC of Warrnambool Central changeover held at Proudfoots. Although changeovers can, at times, be a little on the dry side, this one was quite enjoyable due to some of the humor from the Sergeant and President.

Central have had a very successful year donating over $45,000:00 to local and international organizations.

Some things they did during the year include:

Providing 100 hygiene packs for homeless people
- A club member also donated 23 swags to the cause
Supported a 6 European Rotary club literacy project in South Africa
Working bee at Warrnambool Special Development School Library

Centrals major source of fundraising was the Annual Dinner Auction

An interesting online article - From the End Polio Now Newsletter:

https://www.endpolio.org/qa-marie-irene-richmond-ahoua-polio-champion

“Meet Marie-Irène Richmond-Ahoua. She’s an international communications consultant and member of the Rotary Club of Abidjan-Bietry, Côte d’Ivoire. A leader who has held senior positions in Rotary, she has led countless on-the-ground immunization efforts and served as an outreach advisor for the United Nations operations in her country.”

July Celebrations

Birthdays:
- Julie Grec – July 12^th

Anniversary’s
- Sergio & Jenny Bacchetti - July 7^th
- Mehul & Ronika Patel - July 22^nd

Date Joined Daybreak/Years of service
- Peter Cassady 20 Years 29 July
- Sergio Bacchetti 20 Years 29 July
- Barry Brooker 20 Years 29 July
- Chris Preston 20 Years 29 July
- Janey Preston 20 Years 29 July
- Andrew Suggett 20 Years 29 July

Please, continue to “Be the Inspiration” in everything you do in our community.

Steve

Next Week’s Meeting

At our meeting on July 4^th the “Guest Speaker” will be Chris & Janey Preston

Breakfast is cooked, please ensure you send apologies to Mary Bouwman 0439 711 057 before 12:00 Noon on Tuesday.

Future Meetings & Activities:

July 2018