Guest Speaker, Sue Chamberlain, is  from Wodonga, married to Chris and a daughter, Nikki, and I am 70 years young.  I feel that I inherited my sense of community from my Dad, Tom Jelbart, and much of my life has been volunteering for one thing or another or serving on committees. My journey with Nepal started in 2004 with a Scots School trek to Gokyo Valley and Everest Base Camp and my love of the country and its people has grown over the years.  In 2 weeks time I will be returning for my 14th visit to Nepal for the reopening of the new school in a remote community that was totally destroyed during the earthquake of 25 April 2015.  I have been fundraising over the past 10 months and am very excited to be there for the official opening on 17 April and to know that these very deserving children will be able to continue their education in a strong and safe environment.

Guest Speaker, Howard Mueller spoke  on the Burrumbuttock Hay Runners. The next one going to Qld next week will be his 12th run. There will be 240 trucks pulling 360 trailers each carrying 40 bales of hay. Obviously, these trucks need fuel which is estimated to be approx. $2,000 per truck.

Donations are welcome through a direct deposit to The Rotary Club of Sydney Drought Appeal, BSB 062438 ACC 10211156

Guest speaker, Ros Wall is a country girl who after 20 years in hospitality joined Albury City Council in 2001.Her first job was to build the customer service unit on the ground floor of the chambers. Ros worked in customer service for five years and has since been in charge of events for the last 10 years. Ros has been very supportive of our club and continues to keep us up to date with possible community service projects.

Guest Speaker Wendy Elks is an author, illustrator, journalist and educator who chooses to specialise in exploring and presenting the unique Australian environment and spirit in varying formats. She is widely published in fiction, non-fiction, children’s and magazine publishing. With almost 30 years’ experience in the fields of creativity, learning and publishing and an enduring interest in the rural sector, Wendy’s latest   project   involves   collaboration   with   an   Albury-based creative/marketing  venture  and  Melbourne-based  artist  Glenn Pearce, to bring to vivid life the broad and important roles of Australia’s immense and vital road transport industry. Wendy’s belief in the power of children’s literature to extend, educate and empower young people, at the beginning of their life journey, brings great enthusiasm and joy to this project, the Berty Button series of books.

Guest Speaker Nathan Vaccaro is the Ensemble & Group Lesson Co-ordinator Murray Conservatorium. Nathan obtained his Bachelor Degree in Music performance, with guitar as his primary instrument from Excelsia College Sydney in 2014. During his time at Excelsia he explored in depth many different genres including Jazz, Fusion, Rock, Blues, Classical, and Progressive Metal.  Before his time at Excelsia, Nathan has had roughly 9 years of performance experience, starting at age 13 playing guitar in his church band. As well as church services that experience included performances at Youth camps, regional events and various productions.