From the President
Hello Club Members
NEXT MEETING IS AT THE ROYAL CANBERRA GOLF CLUB ON 15 MAY STARTING AT 12.30 PM
Our speaker is John Askew from the AFP who is going to talk to us about Kids in Care.
NEW BULLETIN EDITOR
We are very thankful that Bill will take over the Bulletin from July. Thanks for taking on this very important Club position.
FIVE SHORT BLASTS: A MUSIC EVENT ON 30 APRIL ON LAKE BURLEY GRIFFIN
Michael can give us an update on this successful event at our Meeting this week.
CHANGEOVER DINNER FOR THE END OF JUNE
I am proposing we have our Changeover dinner on Thursday, 26 June. I am looking for a venue where we have a separate room where we could have a presentation on autonomous cars from a speaker in Canberra. I have this week approached the Federal Golf Club and their room fee is $500 so I think our best option is the Ottoman with a $200 room fee. If we have 20 participants that would add $10.00 each to the cost. The Ottoman has an extremely good banquet for $90.00 per head and a separate room with audiovisual facilities.
NARA PEACE PARK TOUR FOR MAJURA PRIMARY SCHOOL ON 30 MAY
On the 30 May 90 plus Year 6 students from Majura Primary School will come for a one-hour tour of the Nara Peace Park, starting at 1.00pm. To date I have confirmation from Bill and myself for guides on the day but we need at least 3 guides and if possible 4 guides as there are 4 classes coming.
VISIT TO THE CANBERRA SCOUT GROUP ON 26 MAY AT 7.15 PM
Our club helped renovate the Clubhouse and we have been invited to view the improvements and enjoy some pikelets and hot drinks with Scouts at 7.15 pm at the 3rd Scout Group Hall, Lot 19 Hovea St, O’Connor. This will be our excursion for May.
ASTRIDA IS LOOKING INTO A CASH DONATION BOX AT CANBERRA AIRPORT
Many of you would have noticed a cash donation box at the Sydney International Airport to receive foreign coins and notes. We are looking to create a similar box at Canberra Airport to raise funds for our charities. Astrida is contacting the Sydney Rotary Club to find out the supplier of the stand and obtain the cost of purchase.
BIRTHING KIT ASSEMBLY
The Rotary Club of Canberra Sundowners is conducting a packing day the Legacy House, 33 Geils Court, Deakin, on Saturday, 17 May. If you can help out with packing Birthing Kits, please register at the following website:
https://www.trybooking.com/DAKPL.
TRIP TO BERRIMA WITH THE GREENWAY PROBUS CLUB
On Thursday, 12 June the Greenway Probus Club is going for a one day trip to Berrima. They are going to Harpers Mansion, lunch at the Berrima Pub and a tour of the Berrima Court House. The cost is $50.00 per person. Contact me if you want to go.
Yours in Rotary
Russell Dew
Last meeting
On Thursday, 8 May we heard from Max Gancarz about his participation in the October 2024 Shitbox Rally – the challenges of driving from Bendigo to Townsville is a car costing less than $1500. It was quite an adventure!
