Barry tells me that the Hume Bank has committed to the River of Stories this week. They are providing $1800.00 all up – $1200.00 in direct sponsorship and 6 x $100.00 start up accounts. Great news. In conjunction with the $2000.00 from the Commercial Club, $500.00 from Dymocks and the administration support from the Albury City Library Museum (including web-site assistance) the event this year is looking very positive. The awards will be handed out on the 14 October and it would be great to see  many Rotarians there to support this major program of the club.

Another project Barry has under his wing is work for the Homeless in our region. Barry is now after summer clothing; shorts, tee-shirts, caps etc. Marlene Carty has also approached me in regards to a project in conjunction with Albury City in lines with the Halve Waste program. Very early days at this point but some of the ideas include a car boot sale for clothing no longer needed. Strikes me there could be some synergies between these two projects – watch this space.