Greetings Fellows,
Following the Bike the Park event we were in the position
to be able to donate an amount of $8,000 from the profits of this event to
Cystic Fibrosis research.
I was contacted by Rod McDougall with a request to
increase that amount via a donation from the Club to $10,000.
After a lengthy discussion with DG Lloyd Roever we
established that if we could increase our donation to $15,000 and process it
via the Rotary Health Research Foundation that they would match it dollar for
dollar.
This proposal was put to the Board last Wednesday night
and I can now announce that instead of donating $10,000 to the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation we will be actually be donating the $30,000.
I feel sure that this decision will meet with Club
approval as well.
I would like to give a huge “thank you” to Connie
Galletta & Shirley Del Prado who have volunteered to be next year’s Programmes
Directors, organising guest speakers for our weekly meetings.
Well done girls!
To those Clubs who do not welcome female members I would
like to say how proud I am of the fact that we have great female members who
continually contribute their time and skills to our Club.
Well Fellows that’s all for now,
Until next week,
“LET’S CELEBRATE ROTARY”
President Keith