- Last week Mr Brett Pollock, Rotarian & former Mayor of Mosman Park Council gave us a great presentation about his pre 1940 vintage car race on a dry lake north east of Kalgoorlie "Lake Perkolilli", Brett car was a 1935 Rolls Royce and he was assisted by Rohin Kehal. The presentation was enjoyed by all who attended.
Announcements
- President Kym summarised the last 6 months of Club Activities and thanked all members who have contributed to the running of the Club.
- The Club has donated $1000 of toys for Christmas presents for the Patricia Giles Centre (a domestic violence refuge for displaced women and children). The toys were delivered by our Community Services Director Arthur Blaquiere.
- Our Teacher of the year Award was split between two Teachers at Hampton Senior High School and they were both awarded $500 each. The winners were Jessica Harding & Tahlia Thomson, congratulations to them both.
- Our District Governor Veronica Lawrence attended our Christmas meeting and presented 3 awards to the Club from The Rotary Foundation, they were the "Silver Major Donor" Award for contributions by the Club to the Foundations exceeding US$250,000. "Club Annual Donor Level 1 2025 Award" for supporting The Rotary Foundation. The Third and final award was for being the Number 3 Club in the District for 2024-25.
- Arthur Blaquiere donation a bottle of red and a bottle of white to be auctioned. The red was bought by Ishay Katz for $40 and the white by Brett Pollock for $35.
-The Club donated $6,000 to a Charity in Vietnam called "The Blue Dragon", the following is and update from them listing some of their achievements for 2025.
- Blue Dragon opened a new Children's Centre in Ho Chi Minh City, providing a place of joy, learning and play for the city's street children.
- We extended our anti-trafficking work to the province of Nghe An in north-central Vietnam, offering practical assistance to families who are highly vulnerable to exploitation.
- Through our operations to bring home people from slavery, Blue Dragon rescued 296 people: children, women and men who were sold into brothels and forced labour. Most recently, in a single operation we rescued 68 people from slavery in Myanmar where they had been forced to work as online scammers.
- In the face of repeated typhoons and floods, we have delivered aid to nearly 1,600 people across the country. With the storm season now behind us, we're turning to the important task of rebuilding homes and schools so that people can start their lives over.
- And the annual Blue Dragon Walk had more than 1,900 walkers take part, raising more than $500,000 to help children, families and communities who live in poverty. The 2026 Walk is already planned for September 13... mark it in your calendar!
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- This Bulletin is our third via the Clubrunner website and it will in currently prepared by our Treasurer Geoff Woods.
- The Bulletin Editor position is available to any Club members that are not on the Board, please volunteer to prepare the Bulletin to help take some of the workload.
Guest speaker for Thursday 15 January is still to be confirmed:
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