week 37 blog

 

On Thursday there was a media shoot in front of the Mooloolaba Surf Club for the upcoming "Walk For Mental Health". Ben Roberts Smith (V.C and Channel 7 CEO) was there, and we were also delighted to see our very own Gary Lynch there ... and if you look closely at the Channel & promo you can see Gary looking fit and well, (somewhat in the shadow of Ben), but nevertheless good to see one of the founding fathers of this great event turn up to lend a hand to the media promotion. 

 

You'll also see Carmel, Wendy and John in the promo. (There is no truth in the rumour that John has Channel 7 on continuous recording to make sure he doesn't miss any of the ads. Ed) 

 

See you all on October 13th, where the club will also be supporting the walk with our BBQ and PA system, as well as volunteers. Balloons TBA.

 

 

Friday's breakfast theme was very much around inspiration and achievement. First we had Hailey Lea (ex Mountain Creek SHS school captain and world class athlete in sailing and windsurfing. Hailey spoke to the club about her achievements in representing Queensland and Australia, first in Sabot sailing, then her exploits around the world in representing Australia at Olympic events. A truly amazing local Sunshine Coast athlete, who I'm sure we will be hearing a lot more about. 

 

We wish Hailey well in her future and can be rest assured that the future is in good hands with young people like Hailey as future leaders in our community. 

 

 

Our erstwhile secretary is on Rotary minute duty and has taken inspiration as our theme for the month. So we were reminded of Yarraville Rotarian, Jonathan Welch who inspired homeless people to take part in "The Choir of Hard Knocks" ...a fabulous initiative that Jonathan brought from a visit to Vancouver back to Australia. With Jonathans inspiration this became a great vehicle to give confidence and hope to the homeless and their volunteer supporters, and became an enormous media sensation...all thanks to the inspiration and hard work of one Rotarian.

 

 

 

 

Colleen has again excelled herself with organising the support for the Ironman competition where the club was supported by volunteers from Grammar. Colleen sends a BIG thank you to everyone who helped out, including of course the early shifters, up before the sun to make sure everything went smoothly. 

 

From all reports, our very own Declan and Wallis showed considerable crowd control skill at this ungodly hour and saved the day...well done lads.

 

Colleen says take a bow, Duncan, Wendy, Wallis, Declan, Sachi, Luc, Charles, Errol, Paula, Emily, Paris, Liam Joshua, Liam, Tony & John. 

 

Here's a snap of Joshua and Ryan with our very own Tony helping out at the gear tent. 

 

 

 

The date claimer is out there! and registrations are coming in. So please pass the word around for the 24th of November and put your thinking caps on in regards to possible sponsors and stakeholders. We want to continue the growth of this great event, and will need everyone's help.

 

Talking of helpers, a BIG thank you to Ian Barnett from Mooloolaba Rotary who is updating our fabulous Surf Show and Shine Video.