Bally Barker Blog

Our meeting held Tuesday August 15 was held at Club TOTEM Balgowlah. 19 members and guests attended. After welcoming our members and our guests, DGN John Campbell, Robert and Anne Thompson and Denise Horan; President Roger handed over the meeting to John Campbell.  John presented a 2022-2023 Citation from Rotary International President, Jennifer Jones to PP Rick van Brugge who accepted on behalf of the club. John explained that this award is given to a club that achieves a significant number of club goals in the year. Also , a most welcome award , the Presidents Award for Service 2022/23 . Presented to Sue Terry who was away at Changeover in June. Congratulations Sue! RAWCS Presentation PP Michael Mead gave a presentation on “What is RAWCS” (Rotary Australia World Community Service Ltd) plus outlined his experiences with two overseas projects (Myanmar & Timor Leste) and the many benefits generated by using RAWCS for projects. Key points:

The club received the following: Congratulations Rick on your club’s attainment of a Rotary Citation for 2022-23. Thank you and well done. I wish you all well for 2023-24 and hope you all have a great year. Regards, Mina Mina Howard Immediate Past District Governor Community Service Chair District 9685 Well done!!   QUIZ NIGHT - THE FIGURES ARE IN: Michael Brent sent out the following: Hi All, The numbers are in.  Firstly, thanks to Lindy, her team, David and Sally.  Secondly, thanks to all of you and your friends who attended.  Thirdly, thanks to the raffle prize donors, the raffle and Bingo ticket sellers (John and Rick).   Takings were an amazing $6,372 giving after expenses, a net result of $5,885.   A great result and a great night.   Cheers, Michael     Thanks to all , members, guests and friends supported this event!   --ooOOoo-- ALSO from Mike Greenslade, ShelterBox:   More from StreetWork:   Other info in the newsletter is available HERE   So TUESDAY August 1st is Youth Night