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Service Above Self
We meet Wednesdays at 6:30 PM
Club Beenleigh
Club Beenleigh
28A Alamein Street
(Upstairs Function Room)
Beenleigh, Qld. 4207
Australia
(Upstairs Function Room)
Beenleigh, Qld. 4207
Australia
Phone:
414 469 889
Fax:
7 3807 2516
Email:
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17th October 2018
Welcoming
Chairperson
Hosier, Wayne
Sergeant
Vote of Thanks
24th October 2018 (SOCIAL EVENT)
Welcoming
Chairperson
Sergeant
Vote of Thanks
President
Secretary
Treasurer
Public Relations
Effective Services
Club Administration
Membership
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Heather Kucks
Another busy and exciting month our club has had. Starting with the Papua New Guinea Federation Independence Day Celebration was a highly successful and extremely busy day for the members of our club. We were well looked after by the Federation members and received many positive comments about our involvement.
On the Saturday and Sunday of the same weekend as the PNG event we set up an information stand at the Lions Ormeau Fair. From this we obtained a number of leads from locals interested in forming a Rotary Club in Ormeau. An Information night was held in Ormeau o the 2nd of October with many perspective members attending. A Rotary Club in Ormeau is an exciting prospect for their community and we look forward to supporting this group to Charter in the future.
We had the honour of a visit from our District Governor Jitendra and his wife Nim on the 19th of September. Greg Forster, our Assistant Governor also joined us. It was a fantastic opportunity for members to meet Jitendra and hear his inspirational Rotary journey. It was my great pleasure to welcome our newest member Emerson on the night with Jitendra assisting with this induction. Emerson is an Information Technology Specialist and brings great skills and passion for community service to our club. Jitendra also informed us that our club have received the Presidents Citation for 2017/2018 year which is great testament to the contribution our club achieved in that year. Nim also spoke about her project MOM (Minding our Matters) hygiene packs. We were able to give her a cheque for money we had already raised for this project and in turn she provided us with packs to be distributed to local high schools in the new term. Thank you Nim for this project and I know the packs will be much appreciated by our local high school students.
One of our honorary members, Bill Heck has had a recent mishap and we wish him well in his rehab journey.
Our condolences and thoughts go out to the Newman Family with the passing of member Brian’s father.
The Beenleigh Historical Village recently laid a new Time Capsule in their grounds recently and the Rotary Club of Beenleigh were asked to contribute a one-page letter relating to current club membership, activities and projects. This was passed on the Gary to do the honours on behalf of the club.
On the last day of school term, I was honoured to be presented with a cheque for $1225.00 from a year 9 student Karla Fox from Windaroo Valley State High School for the 9630 Drought Appeal. Karla suggested that students and teachers come dressed up as a farmer on the last day and for the privilege they were asked to make a gold coin donation. The final result was phenomenal, and we thank the Windaroo Valley High School community for their support.
We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to visit Substation 33 premises for our Vocational Visit on the 26th of September. Substation 33 is a YFS Social Enterprise based in Kingston. It opened in 2013 as an electronic waste recycling centre. I t provides a workplace where volunteers and employees gain confidence and skills to enable them to move into sustainable employment. More recently Substation 33 are designing and developing a number of products for commercial use. These include the Flooded Road Smart Warning Signs we see in the Logan area and 3D Printers made from electronic waste. They say if it has a plug or a battery it can be recycled.
Our barbeque at Bunnings at Bethania was a great success considering the day was wet and cool. I would like to thank members and friends of Rotary who came and volunteered with that day. Without these fundraising opportunities we would be unable to do the many things we do within our community.
Congratulations also goes to our member Rachelle Mulraney who was recently become a member of the Club Beenleigh Board.
Yours in Rotary Service,
