Boorowa achieves great success at the Rotary Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) competition Boorowa students Rhys Smith, Jazmin McMillan and Raquel Foti represented Boorowa Central School with a high standard of debating ability over the three-day MUNA competition last weekend. The students had spent several months researching ten United Nations resolutions and spent many lunchtimes [...]
On Saturday 13 July was the Club's Annual STOMP Event. As most of you are aware, this is a mjor fundraiser for the Club and an awful lot of fun! The Annual STOMP dance event was started by Mark McEwen & RCCBG in 2004 in response to the tragic Boxing Day Tsunami. Since that time [...]
Another Rotary year closes and it’s time to reflect and learn from the past twelve months. My aim this year was to lead the club with a small active board supported by member’s assigned responsibility for specific events. This was largely successful however some members missed the structure of the committees. We lost several members [...]
Our first speaker this week was Tracey Wu. Tracey spoke in support of the RYLA programme which she attended in Wollongong earlier this year. Tracey's praise for the programme focussed very heavily on the confidence and friendships gained from attending RYLA. R otary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is Rotary's leadership training program for young people. [...]
Erin Prince spoke of her joy and amazement in attending the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) in January. Erin referred to NYSF as a life changing experience advising the club how it widened her view on science and contributed to a rethinking of her career path. NYSF is unique in Australia. Students during year 11 [...]
Our third guest speaker was Jillian Thomsen, Australia’s 2008 youth ambassador to the United Nations Youth Assembly in New York. Jillian had previously volunteered in Takmao, Cambodia, working with landmine victims and in disability inclusive development as a community development officer for Rose Rehabilitation Cambodia. Gillian presentation focused on her experiences in Afghanistan. How people, [...]
