Julie’s Jots
Our dinner last Thursday night was a relaxed evening with lots of fellowship as well as catching up on what was discussed at the Board meeting.
Ann Hegerty gave us an exposé on her working life. She now has time to relax from the many jobs she has had over the years. Ann, Francoise and Laurelle have formed a marketing committee to promote our Club and activities. Thank you ladies for stepping up and taking on the challenge.
Our community raffle is being well received by groups in our community and they will be out and about raising money as well as Rotary’s profile in the community. We will also sell some raffle tickets at our markets.
Don’t forget our great annual Cinders Trivia Challenge with Moruya Rotary Club is on Thursday week (25th). Please invite family and friends to join us in the fun and to contribute to our Narooma Trivia ‘brains trust’
THIS THURSDAY 18 July
We go out on the town this Thursday with an informal dinner at 6.30pm at Food Mantra by Wildlfire (just near the bottom pub). We need firm numbers please (see note at end of Beacon).
The Week that Was
Several members – President Julie, Ange Ulrichsen, Lynn Hastings and Laurence Babington – represented the Club at the Sport & Leisure Centre (S&LC) last Tuesday cooking sausage sandwiches for an event organised by PCYC for NAIDOC Week. Not busy, but good to do.
[A little history: The S&LC was built by Rotary in 1985 to enable all weather skating. It was a mammoth project for the Club, and for many years the Club also managed the facility. It was used for afternoon indoor sports, blue light discos bi-monthly and weekly roller skating. When the High School burned down in 1988, it was used for emergency classrooms until demountables could be used. Also, Rotary was instrumental in establishing PCYC many years ago.]
Out and About
Narooma students to Engineering Summer School
Along with sponsoring a three-member team from Narooma High to the Model United Nations Assembly in Canberra next month, our Club is also sponsoring one of two Narooma High students the Club has organised to go to the Engineering Summer School (ESS) in December. The School and Engineers Australia AND Engineers Australia are likely to sponsor the second.
The two ESS students are Harmony Cannon in Year and Ziggy Kewetin Smith, both in Year 11. Harmony is a long-time member of the RoboRebels and is working hard towards her long term goal of studying engineering at university. Ziggy is currently doing Engineering studies and Chemistry and achieving at an outstanding level.
The five-day fully residential ESS is facilitated by Engineers Australia, the Office of the NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer, Sydney’s five engineering universities and industry leaders. ESS brings together promising students who are about to enter their final year of high school in NSW and ACT and provides them an introduction to the key engineering universities and an insight into the vast number of disciplines encompassed by engineering. Students will experience a fast paced and exacting programme at University of Sydney, University of NSW, UTS, Macquarie and University of Wollongong and see behind the scenes at five Engineering projects/ organisations. Other highlights include career chats with young engineers and graduates and an Official Awards Dinner.
The ESS is recognised by involved universities. Attendance is acknowledged and can contribute to supporting each student’s ATAR scores when applying for degree courses.
Bay Rotary bids farewell to food van
At Batemans Bay Changeover on Thursday, the Club will hand over its trusty food van to Yumaro. Their last week’s bulletin referred to it fondly. “She has had a special place in our hearts with much fun and deep conversations as we cooked and sugared endless donuts. She has been to markets, Camping Expos, Christmas Carol Services and was used during the bushfires. However with our commitment twice monthly to the Rotary Markets, we are no longer using Le Van and to know that she will be used by Yumaro clients to gain new skills in food handling and customer service is the best possible outcome.” The Bay van also sold hot and cold drinks.
Yumaro is a registered charity and NDIS service provider offering employment, training, lifestyle, accommodation and home and community support services to over 140 people with a permanent disability in the Eurobodalla and Shoalhaven regions.
NEXT THURSDAY 25 July – CINDERS
6 for 6.30pm Narooma Golf Club: Our great annual Cinders Trivia Challenge with Moruya Rotary Club. Please invite family and friends to join us in the fun and to contribute to our Narooma Trivia ‘brains trust’. Cost is $25 per head for dinner (one course alternate drops). Firm numbers to Gero by Monday 22nd evening at the latest – need numbers from Moruya at the same time
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