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Club Beenleigh
28A Alamein Street
(Upstairs Function Room)
Beenleigh, Qld. 4207
Australia
(Upstairs Function Room)
Beenleigh, Qld. 4207
Australia
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THE ROTARY CLUB OF BEENLEIGH IS THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THE SUCCESSFUL RETURN OF THE BEENLEIGH CANE GALA BALL & PARADE EVENTS FOR 2021, AND WOW WASN'T IT JUST SWEETER THAN EVER!
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Heather Kucks
Well as the dust has finally settled and our club is getting back to some normality from the successful Beenleigh Cane Gala Ball & Parade events.
I would like to reflect on those recent chaotic weeks that have been full of, fun, excitement, challenges and just plain hard work. Our club members were approached by Logan City Council some months ago to bring back these iconic Beenleigh events. In the past this parade ran for over 60 years in Beenleigh and celebrated the local sugar cane farming industry. We had not had a parade since 2014. It took an enormous effort by our members and our wonderful community however, we pulled off a truly amazing and spectacular Parade and Gala Ball all on Saturday the 16th of October. We had over 55 incredible floats, with over 2,500 spectators coming to watch along at the Parade, and the Gala Ball was attended by 250 people and sold-out weeks prior.
Congratulations to our parade entry winners;
- BEST BAND Windaroo Valley State High School Drum Line
- BEST COMMUNITY ENTRY Beenleigh Buffaloes / Club Beenleigh
- MOST CREATIVE ENTRY Logan City Council Libraries
- CROWD FAVOURITE Step Right Dance Performance Team
- ROTARY PRESIDENT'S CHOICE Eagleby Garden Club
- BEST SCHOOL ENTRY Beenleigh State High School
- BEENLEIGH CANE PARADE LEGEND Beenleigh Scout Group
- ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD Eagleby Cane Farmers - Mick Herse
- BEST BUSINESS Rocky Point
- BEST OVERALL SS Walrus "The illegal local Rum Boat!'
Like any event the volunteer hours by our club members and other volunteers was in excess of 1,000 hours. Members of the Gala Ball committee included Rotary Club of Beenleigh members, along with members of our local Quota and Soroptimists Clubs. This was a joint event and money raised on the day at the Parade, along with the raffles and auctions at the Gala Ball are for a special joint community services youth literacy project for our local schools called “Sugar Sweet Stories”. All in all, we were able to raised over $16,000 which is truly an incredible effort.
The support from our sponsors, the community and volunteers has far exceeded our expectations, proving how much this event was what the community really needed and wanted. As someone said the Parade and Gala Ball were the hug the Beenleigh community deserved. Positive feedback has been strong, and the community can not wait for it to happen again. We’re so very proud of being able to bring back the Beenleigh Cane Gala Ball & Parade and believe it was very well received by all.
As President of the Rotary Club of Beenleigh I must make special mention of our committee members who worked so hard to bring these events back to our community. Without your hard work and dedication, we would not have had such successful events. To the sponsors once again thank you for having the confidence in our club to make these events come to fruition because without your financial support and donations in kind, the events would not have been possible.
While this major event is over, there is still plenty more happening in and around our club, we’ve got plenty more happening before the end of the year. On October 22nd members joined with other Rotary members for a walk through Brisbane in support of the Rotary Foundation END POLIO NOW campaign for World Polio Day on October 24th. A small group of us also enjoyed participating in the Rotary Club of Mooloolaba's LIFT THE LID walk in support of Australia Rotary Health's Mental Health campaigns, enjoying a great 8km walk along the waters edge. We've also gotten together with members from the Rotary Clubs of Logan, Loganholme & Ormeau-Pimpama for a fabulous evening where we welcomed our District Governor Wendy to hear about what was happening in all of our clubs, along with hearing from her. A fantastic night held by all and great to learn so much more about what unique things every Rotary Club in our area achieves.
Members are currently attending and experiencing awards night at our local schools, as part of presenting our All-Rounder Awards. I’d like to say congratulations to all of the students who are receiving these medallions and certificates for all of their hard work and dedication through what has again been quite a tumultuous schooling year.
Upcoming, we also have some great social events, movie nights, a planned vocational visit, along with our ever-popular Bunnings BBQs and raffle nights at Club Beenleigh. If you’d like to join us for any events at all, please check out the details in our club calendar available on our website. You’re always welcome!
As Christmas is just around the corner, and we begin to wind down to spend time with our families and friends. We wish you all a safe and blessed break and we look forward some exciting projects in 2022 where we will continue to be People of Action.
Yours in Rotary Service,
