Wasn’t the opening of the reflection area at Brown’s Lagoon a fantastic demonstration of our club’s values and commitment to the local community? It was truly touching to see the culmination of the significant work being done by such a great group of people. We can all be proud and yet humble of this significant achievement. This project has been several years in the making and in addition to Board members past and present, there are Rotarians that deserve special mention; Dennis Martin, Roger Lescun and David Gordon were all highly engaged and went out of their way to deliver the project. On the day, we had Julie Frauenfelder and Diedre Bawden making sure we were all fed and watered and there were many club members that did “stuff” that made the event so special and enjoyable. Thanks to all of you!And speaking of enjoyable – wasn’t it lovely to have the ladies from our refugee community sing so beautifully for us? The diversity that is added to  our community by this wonderful cohort of people helps to make our region the special place that it is. I would very much like to acknowledge Gordon Shaw for the organisational skills he exhibited to get the choir there on the day. It was also heartening to see the acknowledgement given to our club’s achievement through the attendance of DG Malcolm Kerr, Doug McRae (President, Rotary Club of Albury West) and Deputy Mayor Amanda Cohn. I reckon that what we do is important and really makes a difference to the local community