Raelene Watts – Sharing with Compassion Inc

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President Kevin thanking Raelene for her presentation

At our dinner meeting on 17th October Raelene Watts spoke to the Club about her newly formed charity, Sharing with Compassion, which she has created to raise funds for educating children in Uganda.

So far money has been raised to build a new girls dormitory at a secondary school in a very poor area on the outskirts of Kampala and now the charity is focusing on building a new primary school. This charity is tax deductible and every cent raised goes directly to the projects as it is run totally by dedicated volunteers.

Raelene showed us photos of the work that has been achieved and some of the children who are benefiting from this project.

For further details please visit: https://www.gofundme.com/2cnzvtw.

Guest Speaker – Anne from Fauna Rescue of SA Inc

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At the dinner meeting on 3rd October Anne from Fauna Rescue of South Australia Inc. was a very informative guest speaker. She brought along two Koalas to assist in her very enjoyable presentation.

Fauna Rescue of SA is South Australia’s largest wildlife organisation caring for our sick, injured and orphaned wildlife. They are a volunteer, non-profit organisation and their members care for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife in their own homes.

For more details please visit: http://www.faunarescue.org.au.

Youth Awards August 2017

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At our meeting held on the 28/08/2017 at the Golden Grove Tavern, we were able to recognise and award three special youth representatives from our community.

Simon Awramenko is our sponsored outgoing student on the Rotary Exchange Program for 2018. He is going to Finland for the next 12 month, and will be a very good ambassador for our club and our community in general.

Amber Blakeley was our winner of the Good News Award for July 2017. Amber collected 145 warm jackets for homeless people to cope with the bitterly cold weather this winter. A great initiative – thank you Amber.

Basbibi Zaheer was our Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) representative. She is from Afghanistan and wants to work with displaced persons, and is currently working as a volunteer at the Australian Migrant Resource Centre.

Assistant Governor (Group 6), Peter Perkins and Club President Ron Kelley presented the three recipients to the meeting.

Club Activity

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We again sponsored a student for the ‘Rotary Youth Leadership Award’ this year, the program is designed to give the opportunity to explore leadership skills for young 18-25 year olds.

Our student was Basbibi Zaheer and she and 24 other awardees attended a six day course to refine their skills, explore pertinent topics with their peers and elders and share valuable expertise.

At the Anstey Hill Recreational Park, club members assisted with planting nurtured seedlings in a selected area of the park. Almost 500 plants have been planted over two planting days a few weeks apart.