At last week's combined meeting ChairmanPres Colleen introduced herself as she was wearing two hats last week.She in turn welcomed everyone and especially guest speaker Brendan O'Neill andguests Doreen Stockdale, Angie Biggin and DG Peter Shepheard also members of the Rotary Club of North Brighton who were at the meeting.
There were approx 35 people attending the meeting and they heard an inspiring presentation from BrendanO'Neill.
(Short summary below).
Meeting Highlights Thursday 19 February
Secretaries Announcements
Colleen announced the apologies and they were:
Glenys Hitchen, Jo Kwok, PP Julie Avery, Di Allan
and Paul Laband.
Stuart McIntyre
Stuart said that RCB has donated $2,000 to a multi-club project to send a 40 foot container of donated medical equipment to a needy public hospital in Cambodia and to fund the local purchase of additional medical stores and supplies. 10 other District 9800 Clubs and the Rotary Foundation are supporting the project
A group of Brighton Rotarians will be visiting the Rotary DIK warehouse in West Footscray on March 5’th to commence preparing for the shipment.It will be light/ easy work- no heavy lifting.
If members would like to participate, please contact
Stuart McIntyre (0411 284 319).
DG Peter Shepheard presents certificates
DG Peter Shepheard presented PP Mark Stephens of the Rotary Club of North Brighton and Stuart McIntyre from our club Certificates of Appreciation for various achievements during 2024-2025. Ours was for financial support of the End Polio Now Countdown to History Campaign.
Speaker Brendan O'Neill
"Project Brighton"
Spreading joy to Farmers last Christmas.
A great Community Project.
Brendan is the President of Warrnambool Central
Rotary Club. He spoke about the project created by the Rotary Club of Brighton to support farmers impacted by the drought in the South West.
He outlined the process to bring 15 pallets of goods from
Donations In Kind to Warrnambool and the subsequent process
to distribute the goods.
Last week's Raffle Results
Last week the raffle was presented by Stuart McIntyre with help from a member of the Rotary Club of North Brighton.
The winners were Lyn Mortimer, Neil Graham and Phil Mortimer.
Coming up in March!
If anyone knows of someone with a Classic Car
who would like to enter our Event
please contact Rob Pinchbeck on 0411 727 569
Keiran Discovers Antarctica!
Keiran Cromie recently went on a trip to Antarctica
and here's what he found.
"The Man in the Dam" -
Invitation to a Book Launch
Andrea Barton's latest novel, "The Man in the Dam, Jade Riley Mysteries Book 3" is out now. Join her for a launch event at 4:30pm on Sunday March 15 at Bad Shepherd Brewery, 386 Reserve Rd, Cheltenham, in conversation with travel journalist Kirstie Bedford.
This new book by David Smyth’s daughter has it all: Murder. Theatre. Community secrets.
Journalist Jade Riley hosts a dinner at her parents’ idyllic country property in Mansfield with members of the local amateur theatre society. The next morning, she finds one of her guests dead in a dam. As Jade investigates, the players tighten their grip on long-held secrets. Grudges and tangled motives emerge, and the past refuses to
stay buried.
Find links to all of her books using this QR code:
