Hello Club Members

 

David Bolan-Smith will be speaking on the Christchurch World Peace Bell.

 

The Murrumbidgee Club is running the Antiques Fair on the 14-16^th March. Antique and Collectible Dealers from Southern NSW and Victoria will be participating at the Albert Hall on the Friday 5.00pm to 8.00pm, Saturday 10.00pm to 5.00pm and Sunday from 10.00am to 4.00pm. So drop in to see what treasures you may find.

 

The Canberra Sundowners Rotary Club is having a trivia night on the 13^th March starting from 6.30 to 9.30 at the Woden Hellenic Club to raise funds for birthing kits. The trivia night last year raised $7,500 to help purchase 300 kits. The cost is $35.00 and tickets are available at https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1333776.

 

The Canberra Club is hosting David Pocock at their meeting on Monday the 31^st March at the Mercure on Limestone Avenue starting at 12.30. I will be asking our Members if they want to join myself in attending this Meeting.

 

John Little is working on updating the Club website and including a list of our future speakers.

 

There will be three locations if you wish to do some training to hold board positions in the Club. They will be at Broulee on the 15^th March, Dickson on the 22^nd of March and Young on the 29^th March. To register go to the District Website at https://rotary9705.org.au.

 

I announced at our last meeting that my wife died after a long struggle with dementia on the 27^th February in Cronulla, Sydney, where she was in aged care for the previous 22 months. We had a Celebration of Life Ceremony with family and friends at the Yacht Club on Sunday and we had over 30 people from Canberra, Wagga, and Sydney attending. The Ceremony went well with poems, audio visual presentations and speeches followed by meals and drinks into the afternoon. The location. Food. and drinks worked well for the function.

 

Yours in Rotary

 

Thank you to Astrida for her excellent presentation last meeting on her visits to the Kruger National Park in South Africa and the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. And thank you to those members who helped with parking at the Black Opal Stakes yesterday, raising funds for our Club.

 

Our next Club meeting will be held at the Royal Canberra Golf Club on Thursday, 13 March. Our guest speaker will be David Bolan Smith, Past Chair of the Christchurch World Peace Bell, speaking about activities at the Christchurch Peace Bell.

 

To see the program of future meetings, visit: Rotary activities Spreadsheet.

 

Bookings are now open for the Nusa Tenggara Association (NTA) 2025 Fundraising Dinner, to be held on Saturday 5 April, at the Canberra Southern Cross Club, Woden.

 

This is a fantastic and entertaining evening which raises much needed funds to assist poor farming communities in eastern Indonesia. There will be Indonesian food, music, and entertainment, plus a fabulous speaker.

 

Tickets $85 or $70 for students.