Last Thursday Night, the Club was hosted by the Calos Club at their Clubhouse in Wamoon.  Pat Tripodi bought the Club up to date with the activities of the Calos.  They have previous presented their DVD about men's depression to the Club.  So far they have given away 6,000 copies of the DVD.

Last year the Calos Harley Bike Muster raised $21,000.00.  Some of this has been used for mental health training.  

We are in a remote/rural area and it can take up to 2-3 month for people to be able to access the mental health services that they need.  The Calos have started a 3 year Rural Outback Counselling programme which employs a Counsellor to speak with farmers on farm.  In order to fund this programme, they need to raise $60,000.00 per year.  At the moment they have five sponsors funding half of this amount, and are seeking another five sponsors.

Pat's brief update was followed by a feast prepared for the Club by the Calos members.