The Rotary Club of Goolwa
Activities 2007 - 2008
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Building, rigging and sailing a Firebug sailboat.
The Firebug, the boat, is a 2.4m (8’)
family fun yacht. It has been designed to be home built by amateurs at moderate
cost and to be suitable as a trainer for children and adults, for racing, or
just as a knockabout sailing boat for the family. The ‘build it yourself’
part is intended to foster amateur boat building skills.
The Rotary and Lions Clubs of Goolwa in
conjunction with the
Presently The Rotary Club of Goolwa has
purchased and provided a kit to the
The Rotabug was finally completed in June 2008
and placed on display at the Changeover dinner.
Refugee
Following a recent speaker presentation by Gaynor Jones and Sylvie Cleret about the Anglican
Church program to assist refugee families the club has financed the holiday
accommodation for the September/October session with a donation of $325.
Members also offered specific
assistance with outings for the family which resulted in a picnic outing on the
Milne’s Myee on the river, a picnic barbecue on the marina lawns provided by
members of the club through the courtesy and assistance of the
A second Sudanise family was assisted on 
Mother Mary, and the
children, Buol, Kenny, Chol, Garang and Khenis, aged from six to eleven were
collected from the holiday house and taken to the playground adjacent Rankin’s
Landing on
President John, Patricia Milne and Lyn Mateer
busied themselves unde the shade of the trees providing, sandwiches, cold
chicken, fruit, water and rock melon, ice-creams etc.
4 Way Test Competition
District Conference
Competition October 2007.
Two students from
Felicity ultimately made
her presentation to the conference and won the award over two other students
also presenting to the conference.
Tertiary
Endowment Award
Following an initiative of Past President Alan
Jones, President John presented the Rotary Club of Goolwa Tertiary Endowment
Award board to Don Grimmett, Principal of Investigator College. The endowment will provide $1,000 to a student
moving to university on completion of year 12.
The endowment will be made to a student judged to particularly deserving
and be in need of financial assistance to meet costs of tertiary education.
Goolwa Alive
Members and friends conducted a wharf barbecue
at the Steam Exchange brewery site as part of this annual Goolwa Festival.
Rotary’s Shelter Box project was also featured
with a sample box on display.
Rotary Foundation Dinner –
President John presented our cheque to Rolf
Hoerndler, Trustee of the Rotary Foundation.
The cheque of $3,300 representing $100 per club member the target
suggested by District Governor Peter Ochota for this year.
Wheelchair Foundation of
The Foundation has thanked the Rotary Club of
Goolwa and particularly the Hurrell family for ongoing donations, which to date
have purchased thirty wheelchairs at a unit cost of $130AUD. Donation from Club $2600
Rotarian Brian Hurrell and Yvonne are prime
movers in the funding for wheelchairs and their efforts, combined with input
from our club, has really made a difference to the
lives of some one-hundred and twenty people.
Provision of a single chair changes the lives of at least four people.
Sundry Donations
1)
$600
Goolwa Christmas Festival
2)
$250
Chiton Rocks Surf Lifesaving Club
3)
$500
Rotary Foundation District Appeal
4)
$250
donation to Rotary Youth Wellbeing (RYWELL)
5)
$250
Wildlife Welfare
6)
$100
Aimee Devine, local basketball member travelling to
7)
$250
ongoing sponsorship to
8)
$3000
further donation to the Rotary Foundation.
12 May 2008
9)
$3500
to Timor Leste water sanitation District Project
10)
$4800
for additional shelter boxes
11)
$4000
additional donation to the Rotary Foundation.
12)
$2000
to the Australian Rotary Health
13)
$1400
to Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM)
14)
$1000
to Rotary Oceana Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC)
15)
$100
to Cancer Council for 24 hour relay walk
16)
$100
to Carers on Retreat bike ride.
17)
$1000
to the School of
18)
$500
Bone Marrow Cancer Support Group
19)
$500
to The Oscar W Paddle steamer
20)
$1200
To the Goolwa Medical Centre for specialist medical equipment
21)
$100
Goolwa Refugee
22)
$1000
to Donations In Kind (DIK)
23)
$250
to International Midwifery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology (IMOG)
24)
$50
to Network Video’s ‘Films for Cans (food)’ program.
Goolwa Christmas Festival –
This annual event concluded successfully opening
with about 60 pageant floats, a family carols and entertainment session at the
Arthur Neighbour Reserve and concluding with a spectacular fireworks display
sponsored
by Hurt Plasterboard Pty Ltd.
The festival is a joint program organised by the
Rotary Clubs of Goolwa and
Catering for college
camp including 30 Students for 5 nights.
Taking advantage of the extremely low river
levels a clean up was coordinated by many local businesses and group. Rotary took its part adjacent the bridge on
Donation in Kind – Working Bee,
Some 16 Rotarians including members of the
Brighton Club attended the 
amazed at what confronted them. The massive operation receives goods from all
over, ensures appropriate operability, match available stock to declared needs
and ultimately ships to respective recipients by the container load. Rotarians undertook a variety of tasks,
including book sorting, rubbish dumping, unloading old electric wheelchairs,
repairing non operational lights in a workroom (licensed electrician), etc.
Manager’s emphasis was focused on getting
useable goods to those in need rather than spending time on neat and tidy.
Pride of
Workmanship –
The club had the opportunity to highlight Sharon
Seys (centre) and Leah Grace (centre right) for the contributions to business
in our area. Local artist Brenda Holden
(centre left) addressed the meeting on the significance of Pride of Workmanship
to a successful business. Rotarian Karen
Pipe (right)was acknowledged for her coordination of
the award ceremony.
Caring for Kids -
Tea provided for under
16 disabled children at the
Diabetes Screening – 12 and 20 May
2008
Coordinated by Rotarian Nanette Davis, community
members were encouraged to attend free screening held over four days at the
local Priceline and Chemmart pharmacies.
The program was judged successful by the number of participants and the
percentage identified as at risk and advised to seek further investigation with
their GP’s. The service was publicised
by Rotary.
The screenings were supported by the Goolwa
Medical Centre including medical student Brigid Brown, Diabetics Educator Fiona
Crouch, The Flinders University Rural Clinical School and the Goolwa Shopping
Centre.
Uplift
Rotarian Lyn Harris is coordinating collection
of second hand bras to be sent to
Roadside Clean Up
In support of the KESAB programs the club has
adopted the section of the Goolwa to
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