Pres
The Club have received a couple of invitations, updates and requests this week:
Brownlow Medal Evening – Geelong West Rotary
The Rotary Club of Geelong West would like to invite you to their Brownlow Medal night meeting on 26 Sept at Queens Park Golf Club at 6 for 6.30 pm.
(Two course dinner $25)
Guest speaker is John Russo - AFL Umpire from 1982 to 1995. John umpired 223 AFL games and 14 finals, including 2 grand finals in 1986 and 1991, and 5 AFL games overseas.
John is a lawyer and a most entertaining and engaging speaker. Enjoy GWRC's welcoming hospitality and John's talk, before going home to watch the count.
Blue Illusion Fashion Show
Geelong West are also holding their Blue Illusion fundraiser at the Pakington Street store on Wednesday 5 October as detailed in the attached invitation. 6.30pm for a 7:00 pm Start, Cost $10.00 – Please contact Jane Cox for further information.
Update from Anam Cara House
Congratulations to Anam Cara on receiving some much needed funding from the Department of Health to support respite outcomes for families in need of assistance. Helen was also pleased to be able to advise that with our assistance in providing 50% of the request for the Vanuatu family, they were able to obtain the remaining 50%. The Geelong Advertiser will also be running a story on the support provided to the family by Geelong Central Rotary, St John of God Hospital and Anam Cara.
Request from Bethany Community Support
Bethany will be running their annual Family Fun Day fund raiser again this year on Thursday 29 September and have written requesting assistance with running the Barbeque. This will require some volunteers between 11.00 am and 2:00pm to cook and serve lunch for those attending. We will need to make a decision on this by Tuesday morning, so if you are able to help out, please let me know via email, particularly if you are not able to make our normal Tuesday morning meeting.
This week will be the final step in finishing our Business Plan, so sharpen your pencils and bring your calculators – ‘cause it’s finance week and we need to draft the budget proposals prior to the Board Meeting on the 19th September.
And lastly…. I wonder if our Secretary will be brave enough to bring along his Hawks cup this week?