Welcome back Amy and Heidi
On Wednesday we welcomed back Amy Fris from Denmark. Amy was our amazing exchange student a couple of years back and she returned this time with her mum Heidi. Also present Stuart and Karen Aird who are no strangers to the youth exchange program with boarding Amy while she was here and of course their daughter Bianca who spent a year in Spain as a Rotary exchange student before returning to her studies.
...and here's what Amy looked like when she was a Rotary Exchange student at Sienna....
Memory Lane
..and while we are on memory lane, look what we found when looking for Club pennants...a very youthful Fiona Simpson and Chris Baker, and Scott B looks like he's just out of high school...but what's with the Scottish dancer and piper?
Fiona doesn't look a day older...
..whats the go here with the Scottish connection way back when??...
and did anyone notice the portrait on the wall that the Queen donated to her beau at the Chinchilla B&S, her majesty's last night of freedom ??
Mooloolaba Garden Project
A certain scribe brought in a project without notice at Wednesday's meeting. Here's some more details of what the clubs up to by helping out our mates at The Board Meeting Surf Charity with the garden of a mother of autistic children. We're collaborating with Mooloolaba Rotary to do a bit of a clean up to allow the landscapers to jump in and make a full garden makeover, similar to what we did previously with Casey's Yard project in Currimundi.
The yard needs a good clean-up before landscaping work can be undertaken & repair trampoline if possible.Address: 33 Mooloolah Rd, Mooloolah (its on the right side heading to Mooloolah township)Date/Time: Saturday 25th February / 7am (Trying to beat the heat of the day. If too early for the majority we could make it 7.30 or 8)What to bring:Work shoes or bootsHatWaterSunscreenGarden GlovesGarden tools if you have them: Spades, Shovels, Rakes, Maddock, Wheel Barrow, Whipper Snipper, 1 push mower.I believe with 9 volunteers we should be able to complete the clean-up 2 to 3 hours.Kind Regards,Geoffrey HopkinsM # 0438 865 888Mooloolaba Rotary Club
The Smith Family "Growing Careers"
If anyone knows of a good therapist, would they please let Craig know.
Following two sessions with Grade 11's at a certain High School where he delivered two sessions on preparing high school students for first steps towards work Craig is a little bit frazzled and in need of some TLC. Skye knows from her previous experience.
..and great news, we get to do the coaching all again next week with 2 other groups. Big thanks to Geoff for helping Craig and me, and a big big thanks to Craig and Tony who have volunteered for this weeks coaching sessions.
Book Donations
The club continues its help to the community with book donations to the Young Parents program starting up in Maroochydore under the auspices of IFYS.
A big thank you to everyone who contributed, in total over 200 books were donated, and a certain scribe has delivered them to the Young Parents centre. The older reader books will find their way to support the youngsters in the Foster Care program at IFYS.
Also a big thanks to Tanya Frazer for facilitating this.
Full card for the RYDA saving young drivers lives program
Message from Geoff on the RYDA program,
I now have a full dance card for both RYDA days as below:
RYDA Schedule of Volunteers 2023 | ||
26th April | 15th May | |
1 | Craig Laidlaw | Craig Laidlaw |
2 | John Malloy | John Malloy |
3 | Tony Freeman | Wendy Gilson |
4 | Rae Smart | Graeme Hight |
5 | Mike Storkey | Mike Storkey |
6 | Patrice Robinson | Patrice Robinson |
7 | Angela Quigley | Angela Quigley |
Helping out in Turkiye
Further afield Rotary is known for its international aid and its endurance in providing aid after the media spotlight has gone..
Rotary Convention - Melbourne 27 - 31 May
