Monday 30th April
Football fans were delighted with our guest speaker, John Birt, this week. John is a two-time Premiership Player with Essendon, a Dual Best and Fairest winner, former Senior Coach, Football Administrator, School Teacher and Cancer Survivor. He gave us a great insight into the world of Footy.
Working Bee for Books
This was cancelled for Friday due to expected rain. Michael Reed will reschedule soon.
Ride the Bellarine
I have had a notification from the chair, John Paton, that the operating surplus to date is about $11,000 – which will mean each club will receive about $700 for Polio Plus. With personal donations from Clubs the total is expected to be around $20,000. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will pay 2:1, making a total of $60,000.
The funds from all 4 Ride the Bellarine events will total about $360,000, the equivalent of 600,000 doses of polio vaccine.
This has been such a great fundraiser so it is very sad to hear that our Rotary group will not be continuing with this event in the future.
Relay for Life
The total from the Surf coast Relay for Life was $91,174. A sterling effort!
District Changeover
The changeover from DG Ray Herbert to DG elect Anthony Ohlson will take place in Maryborough on 27th May, commencing at 11.30am. Registrations are now open at $50 per head.
Our Club Changeover
Our changeover lunch will be held on 3rd June at Pako Raw in Geelong. Please make sure you have this in your diaries. More details soon.
Saturday 5th May
We had a great celebration at Bellbrae Winery on Saturday night with more than 80 attendees. The whole Club can be proud of it's achievements these past 20 years. Thanks to Maggie and her team for organising the night and special thanks to Steph Reed for a wonderful job compiling the 30th Anniversary Album on very short notice. If you have not yet received your copy please contact Michael Reed or Maggie Isom.
Monday 7th May
Please note there will be NO MEETING on the 7th as we will all be attending the Anniversary Celebration on the 5th May in lieu.
Monday 14th May
This will be a relaxed evening hearing form Gerard McNamara about his adventure to the Antarctic