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President’s Message

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It was great to listen to James Richarson’s story last week. James is obviously a very enthusiastic, conscientious young man and no doubt has served well as an ambassador of Rotary on his exchange in Germany. I came away with the view that it is not just the exchange student that benefits, but the whole community in which they interact – their peers at the school they attend and the families they stay with. The Rotary Exchange program is a fantastic service and both James and Agnes are testament to that – it is great that our Club is supportive of this program.

James was our club’s outbound exchange student who spent a year in Germany, arriving home earlier this year. James is a Year 12 student at Xavier. He says his year in Germany was the best year of his life so far. He met people from all over the world, not just Germany, because of the Rotary exchange student program. He toured around Europe in a bus with 40 other exchange students for a month. ‘An exchange opens up your eyes to the meaning of so many things. It has completely changed the definition of friends and family from those who you are with to those who love you for being you’ says James.

PE Gordon and his team were in attendance at the District Assembly on Sunday in Euroa. I’m looking forward to Gordon’s year – Gordon has a great Board assembled and this bodes well for our Club.

Club Meeting 15 April 2015

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Katrina ChambersGuest Speaker Katrina Chambers, is a familiar face within the Australian TV and blogging scene. She is an accomplished personality with a university degree in Advertising and Marketing, a Real Estate Certificate and a clear design flair. The mother of three found public fame on Channel Nine’s hit TV series, The Block, back in 2011. Through Katrina’s time on The Block she was dedicated to raising awareness about Crohn’s Disease, a disease which Katrina herself has been living with for the past 17 years. Her efforts on another popular Channel Mllionaire Hotseat, saw her wining and donating Nine TV show, Millionaire Hotseat, saw her winning and donating $10,000 to Crohn’s and Colitis$10,000 to Crohn’s and Colitis Australia. Currently, Katrina’s passion lies in all things blogging and she is now a significant presence in the digital/social world. A devoted blogger since 2006, Katrina has built her blog ‘Katrina Chambers’ from the ground up.

Easter Hampers 2015

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THANK YOU

On behalf of the Management, Staff, Volunteers and Clients of Albury Meals on Wheels, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your club for the generosity shown during the Easter period to make available and also deliver hampers to some of our Meals on Wheels recipients. The pleasure that was given to those who received the hampers certainly brightened up their Easter. We had many phone calls of delight and thanks. Thank you again for supporting Albury Meals On Wheels Inc. Yours Sincerely Karen & Kim Coordinators

President’s Message

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THE ROTARY FOUNDATION – MOVIE NIGHT
Many clubs in D9790 participated in the recent movie night to raise funds for Polio Plus.
The result for our district is as follows … 15 clubs participated and raised a total of $18,460. When matched by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that makes a total of $55,380.
On a national level the screening was attended by 16,037 viewers and a total of A$185,989 was raised. When matched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that is a total of A$557,967. Because of the falling dollar that converts to about US$435,911.  A fantastic result!  In addition, of the 21 districts that participated, the district that raised the most was D9790.  On behalf of all the children who will never suffer the effects of polio a great big thankyou to everyone for making a significant difference to the world.

Club Meeting 1 April 2015

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Guest Speakers:

Jane Evans Fundraising, Marketing and Events Manager for the Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre Trust Fund gave us an insight into the efforts her committee are making towards funding for the facilities at cancer centre due to be completed later this year. Jane gave us an update on construction and timelines, the program of events for 2015 – 2016and their fundraising goals.

Megan Gogoll is a Holistic Health and Life Coach and presented us with details of the up-coming Health, Wealth, and Wellbeing conference, the main speakers and their content for the conference and the benefits for attendees of the conference.