Marina’s parents were both from Italy and they moved to Australia after the war. They met in Australia. Dad was a fitter and Mum worked in Service. They were a hard working couple and lived in Leichhardt. Marina has 2two brothers – one in Sydney and the other in the Gold Coast.
Marina always wanted to be a teacher and has taught in mainstream schools and also special need schools.
Marina’s attraction to the Church led to some interesting experiences including an airport run-in and a mission tour to Kenya where some confronting details and experiences that will not be included in the summary.
Marina moved to Leeton after she saw an ad for a teacher at Narrandera Infants. And enjoyed the experience of living in the country.
Her daughter married an American and lived in California and Marina experienced her first winter Christmas and noticed many subtle differences between Australia and America. Her daughter and family came back to Australia during Covid and moved to Leeton 4 years ago. They bought the shared property in Leeton and are now building an extension for Marina. Her grandchildren are now 11, 8 and 4.
President Jennifer thanked Marina for her presentation and emphasized how welcome she is as a member of our club.
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Brain Teaser
What do the numbers 11, 69 and 88 all have in common?
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Director’s Reports
President Jennifer
Thanks to Brian and his helpers for the successful catering events for BioBlitz and the Dodge Club.
The club AGM is on 4th December
The District AGM is on 23 November. Jennifer has sent resolutions out to each member on email and would like some guidance on how to vote.
Christmas Party is tentatively Thursday 11th December at the Hydro
Stories of Resilience is Wednesday12th November. There will not be a dinner meeting on 13th November, however, the board will be having an open board meeting and dinner at the Hydro - all welcome
Men's Health Night at the Library, Wednesday 19th November. Individuals to attend
Jennifer is collecting good handbags, tote bags and back packs to donate to a Rotary Club in Melbourne so they can be filled and given to ‘Share the Dignity’ that supports homeless, or troubled females and those escaping domestic violence. Jennifer is going to Melbourne in a couple of weeks and can deliver donated bags. For information on Share the Dignity visit www.sharethedignity.org.au.This Thursday is the last chance to bring items to Jennifer.
Greg
The meeting next week will be at the Hydro and will focus on the Rotary Foundation.
No official meeting on 12th but there will be a Board Meeting at the Hydro – all members are welcome.
On 20th there will be a visit to the Cudgel Pistachio nursery. Meet at the park opposite Yanco Pub at 5.00 pm with dinner at the Yanco Club.
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Sergeant Geoff
Geoff began by initiating an impromptu sweepstake and followed this by exposing our poor understanding of the Rotary Down Under.
Andrew won the Raffle and Eric won the Sweep.
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Au Revoir, Kerry
Thank you for your contribution.
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Market Day
Thank you to all who helped out on the day. The weather was perfect and there were more stalls, a fair crowd and we managed to make over $600. Maybe Dan’s boxes contributed more than the BBQ but the lure of the food maybe drew in some customers.
We don’t want you to go
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Something a Little Different
A: They all read the same way when placed upside down.
