14 April 2004
Hello fellows
What a great night we had last Wednesday night at the Youth Achievement Awards, a most successful and rewarding evening. I consider it was successful because of the community awareness Rotary was able to generate through our involvement with Strathfield Council and the event. A number of the parents came and thanked me and others personally to express their appreciation for sponsoring the event and providing opportunities for young people to gain recognition for their achievements. It was also rewarding to meet the successful awardees and hear first hand about their wonderful achievements. Their individual achievements were truly amazing.
Most of us know that successful events don’t just happen and are the result of hard work, time and effort. Whilst I thanked them personally on the night I wish to record my appreciation and thanks to Kevin Beltrame as well as Marisa Luongo from Strathfield Council for their combined effort in making the night happen.
Also for those of you who were not present on the night of the GSE farewell I should mention that John Leftwich who is a very proud Rotarian announced that his company, General Electric in the USA had recently considered an application from John, on behalf of the Ashfield Infant’s Home, for financial assistance for a community service project. John was very proud to announce that his application had been approved resulting in the provision of $100,000 over a two-year period. Congratulations and well done John.
Don’t forget membership is the responsibility of all of us not just one or two members. Be on the look out for prospective members and invite them to attend our meetings.
Reminders, ANZAC morning at Cabarita on 25 April. Also partners’ night on 19 May, Alan Davidson will be the guest speaker
Enjoy your week
Keith