Apologies for no President's message last week. Friday and Saturday were very busy days
and I ran out of time (and puff)!

 

We have had a busy week with BBQs with club members working hard at a range of
Community events this week and it continues into next week as well.

 

Last week, on Sunday, we cooked and sold Bacon and Egg sandwiches at the Father's Day
car show at Old Gippsland. Co-President Alan Bishop, just back from his trip with Secretary
Maureen to Ireland and the UK, turned up to cook hundreds of Eggs with Ross Maxfied on
the bacon side (sorry for the pun!), ably assisted by Helen Morrison, Len Cairns and Robin
Noakes as we sold out of supplies in a couple of hours.

 

This week, our team of Alan Bishop, Robin Noakes, Ross Maxfield and Len Cairns (on
Thursday 11th) were at the Yallourn Power Station car park at 5 am (yes you read correctly!)
to cook and distribute Bacon and Egg breakfast sandwiches for R U OK day sponsored by
Energy Australia. We all needed some sleep after that effort.
 

At the end of this week (Saturday 13th), our intrepid team (with additional member
support), will be cooking Hamburgers at the Trafalgar Football Club hosting of the local
Grand Final. Alan and Maureen Bishop, Helen and David Morrison, with Diane Wilkinson,
and once again Community Services Chair Ross Maxfield will be on deck. They are working
on a long day event side by side with our Morwell Rotary Club colleagues doing sausages
and both clubs are using our Coolroom trailer to keep supplies fresh and safe. Great
collaboration.

 

The next week. on 20th September, we will also be cooking at lunch time at the High Street
Moe Community Hub for our sponsored Rotary Children's Art collaborative event. The team
for this event is Ross Maxfield, Robin Noakes, Len Cairns, Helen Morrison and Diane
Wilkinson.

 

These events are important for our club, they have us being engaged in the community with
hundreds of people, they give us visibility as a service club and they help raise some funds
which enable us to function and be active in our community.
Great work Rotarians!

 

President Len

 

01/09/25	Lyn	whoever wants to
08/09/25	Diane	Would the first person to arrive please put the sandwich board out - just outside
15/09/25	Board Meeting	of the doors of the meeting room make sure it has the Rotary sign and not the RSL.
22/09/25	Ross
29/09/25		5th Monday usually Social night

CLUB POSITIONS FOR 2025/2026

Board Club Project Co-ordinators Len Cairns – President Alan Bishop – Co President Lyn Cassar - IPP Maureen Bishop – Secretary Robin Noakes – Treasurer Ross Maxfield – Community Roger Taylor – Vocational/Youth Diane Wilkinson – International/Foundation   Wheelchair for Kids Program – R Noakes Rotary Junior Community Awards – R Noakes/R Taylor Pride of Workmanship Awards – R Taylor/M Bishop Youth Programs (RYLA, NYSF) – R Taylor Community Projects – R Maxfield/A Bishop MUNA (club contact) – D Wilkinson Bali ‘Adopt a School’ Project – M Koch Gippsland Rotary Golf Classic – R Taylor/M Bishop Social Media Other Positions Bulletin – Helen MacDonald Facebook – Diane Wilkinson Website – Maureen Bishop Publicity – Maureen Bishop Sergeant – Helen Morrison Club Property Officers – R Maxfield/A Bishop Club Protection Officer – L Cairns Historian – R Maxfield