Bally Barker Blog

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

Our meeting held on Tuesday May 4, 2023, was an inspiring presentation given by Mike Greenslade, CEO ShelterBox Australia. Mike was introduced by club member Yvonne Howie, who is on the Board of ShelterBox Australia.    The presentation was via ZOOM since Mike lives on the North Coast of NSW.   ShelterBox is a disaster relief operation - Mike explained he has been a ShelterBox Response Team member since 2006 and has deployed 22 times to disaster zones around the world.      A short video:     Mike said the response in Australia to the earthquake in Turkey/ Syria raised $700 thousand and is in the top 3 countries following USA and UK. The nature of the response was outlined in the video by Mark Austin.     ShelterBox started in UK in 2000 as a large plastic box containing a tent, blankets, kitchen set, solar lights, toolkit, children’s activities and has been sent to 44 different countries over the world.   In Turkey/Syria relief for 12,000 families was bein