Guest Speaker, Bill Williams with Vicki Gray and Stuart Baker who
accepted a cheque … proceeds from Solstice catering in July

Guest Speaker and Albury North Rotarian, Bill Williams, grew up near Barham the son of a rice growing, soldier settler family. His career has included high school teaching, career counselling, banking and organisation design consulting. He worked extensively in Vietnam with Swinburne University between 1997 and 2002. Bill and his wife, Heni, now live at Table Top. They are establishing a not for profit organisation – Giveller (meaning travellers who give) – aimed at assisting Hill Tribes in the north of Vietnam to access basic education. The first Giveller expedition to Vietnam will depart in September this yea,r for “Rotarians and friends”, who will look at and support the work of several Vietnamese charity organisations including a Buddhist Monastery Orphanage and “Only Rice is Not Enough”, a charity working to increase the amount of protein in the diet of poor hill tribe children.