Tonight we have two special Guests,being our Speaker,Denise Ward Manager of the CN Community Centre and JoEllen from the Crows Nest Main Street Committee - they stage the excellent Crows Nest Fair
Tom and Howard have been working on the new BBQ Roster ,and have come up with the following Teams
A Team,lead by Tom,and consisting of
Tom,Joy,Cheryl,Ross,Marcella and Nicole
B Team,lead by George,and consisting of
George,Jo,Lea,Kevin,Julie and Catherine
C Team,lead by Mark,and consisting of
Mark,Lyn,Robert McLain(Owen's Brother in Law),Gloria and Owen
D Team, lead by Howard, and consisting of
Howard,Ian,Wendy,Sandra,Louise and Patrick
Tom and Howard will issue a Team Roster for each BBQ in due course
Team captains to call on 4 of their 6 members for each BBQ ,in addition other members
will be called on from time to time to fill gaps
The plan is for the Club to be only rostered on one BBQ per month,
and the forward dates are
17th of Feb
13th of April
4th of May and
1st of June
BTW,from the BBQ on the 30th of December,which we closed early made an excellent profit of just over $1000
In other news,Bill,Ross,Mark and Tom will be attending the District Conference in March.Tom would like additional members to attend.
George advises that Catherine's daughter will be attending the RYLA Conference this month at Knox Grammar
Swapna has advised that we now have over 1600 Facebook followers
Bill Lee introduced the International Toast to the Rotary Club of Singapore
Started in 1930 at the famous Raffles Hotel,with 75 members representing some 20 nations
Bill advised that Ross will be attending this years International Convention
Our Guest Speaker today was Denise Ward,who has been managing the Crows Nest Centre for some 13 years now.
The Community Centre deals with five groups,
Older,both in home and at the Centre
Disabled
Migrants
Parents
Homeless
They have an Activity Programme every week day,and provide hot lunches at very affordable prices for pensioners
Hot shower facility for homeless
Offer Venue Hire
Revenue,50% from Federal Govt,1/3 north Sydney Council,1/5 from Venue Hire
High running cost ,such as electricity bill is $70-90,000 per year
Fortunately during Covid obtained more Govt Assistance
Involved with all the Rotary Clubs in the lower North Shore
For us,Tree of Joy,Dementia D-Cafe,and this year,the IPad Project will kick off.
We expressed our interest in new Projects,where we can utilise District Grants.
Denise is looking at Music Entertainers
Denise will also return later in the year,when everyone's back to discuss Dementia
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