Variety Club Bathurst to Batavia Bash
Variety Club Bathurst to Batavia Bash
Three of our members have just completed a marathon drive as part of the Variety Bash to support children in need. Ian Johnson, Wayne Dowdle and Mel Dodds piloted a 38 year old Toyota dual cab through the centre of Australia, mainly on dirt roads, from Bathurst to Batavia Coast (Geraldton WA) – 5,500 kms in 10 days. The team set out from Bathurst on 6th August, cheered on by a large group of club members. The trip was self funded by the trio who also raised $13,500 in sponsorships for the Variety Childrens’ Charity. Overall the Bash raised $1.5 million for the benefit of needy children and along the way presented approximately $70,000 to a number of schools. A wonderful way of joining with others to provide some of our Rotary service.
Justin Joins Us From Switzerland
Trivia Time
IT’S BACK!!! Our annual TRIVIA NIGHT in support of the TOP BLOKES FOUNDATION. Club Umina Ettalong. Saturday 18th November. The TOP BLOKES FOUNDATION work with boys in our schools to develop positive attitudes toward society, relationships, and their own mental health. Now that’s worth your participation and support, isn’t it?
Reece is off to Denmark
Reese is off to Denmark
Our 2024 ROTARY EXCHANGE STUDENT, Reece Vergara, is about to depart on the trip of a lifetime to spend a year in Denmark. While there Reece will stay with a number of families, attend school, experience a new culture and share her own, and experience leisure travel within Europe with her host Rotary Club and host families. Travel well and enjoy, Reece!
Philippines Project
Our club has completed and handed over our latest international project in the Philippines. In association with the local Kadebu Rotary Club and the local Dental Association, our club has provided a day of preventative dental care for 180 school children and handed over a suite of specialist hand washing facilities.
Justin Joins Us From Switzerland
Justin Joins us from Switzerland
Our club has partnered with the Rotary Club of Gosford to jointly host a Rotary Exchange student for the first time since the program was suspended due to COVID. Justin Cuennett has recently arrived from Switzerland and will spend the next 12 months here. He will attend St Edwards High School in East Gosford and live for 3 months at a time with two families from each club. We look forward to sharing stories and good time with during his stay. G’Day Justin and welcome to Australia!
Welcome Matthew Maclure
Welcome Matthew Maclure
Our club has been very pleased to induct a new member. Matthew Maclure is Manager of Mitre 10 at Kincumber and a Peninsula resident. We are sure that Matthew will bring new interests and skills to our club. Welcome Matthew
Top Bllokes Trivia Night
Top Blokes Trivia Night
Top Blokes Trivia Night
Our club has staged a very successful Trivia Night at Club Umina in support of the Top Blokes organisation. Top Blokes is a program delivered in many primary and high schools across the state and here on the Central Coast working with boys in to develop positive attitudes toward society, relationships, and their own mental health. An enthusiastic group of participants, in 10 teams, engaged in answering 60 questions, flying paper planes, engaging with champion auctioneer, Jim Chamberlain, and joining in on a range of fun games. Trivia winners on the night were the Peak Potential team from the tutoring school of the same name at Kincumber. In all, $4,500 was raised on the night, all of which was donated to Top Blokes to support them in their work.
VALE Mike Curley
VALE Mike Curley
VALE Mike Curley
VALE Mike Curley
All too soon our club is again in mourning following the sudden unexpected death of our much loved Secretary, Mike Curley. It is such a short time since we lost our beloved Treasurer and Life Member, Kevin Williams. Mike came to our club in 1998 following extensive membership in the Rotary Club of Lane Cove and as a foundation member of the Rotary Club of Roseville. Throughout his time in Rotary Mike has been a magnificent embodiment of all that is special about Rotary – humanity, service and fellowship – and involved himself wholeheartedly and joyfully in every activity and project our club initiated. He was Club president an unprecedented five times and Secretary thirteen times and a constant active and wise Board member. He was indeed the heart and soul of our club and will be enormously missed. Mike enjoyed a successful business career in his working days both within Australia and in the Asia Pacific Region and also shared that expertise with our club. In his younger years he was also a fine Rugby player with the famous Randwick club and remained a fanatical supporter of his beloved Wallabies. He has now gone to that great grandstand to forever watch The Game They Play in Heaven. RIP Mike.
Community BBQ
Thank you to all who joined us for our successful return to Bunnings WestGosford on Saturday. 13 members, including cook Steve Hall, cooked up a serious lot of sausages raising precious funds for our local projects.
Congratulations Dom!
Our club is very proud to announce that our nominee, Dominic (Dom) Hall from Brisbane Water Secondary College, has been accepted to attend the 2022 National Youth Science Forum in January. NYSF attracts outstanding STEM students from throughout Australia. This will be an great step for Dom towards his career goal of Engineering. NYSF will be a 12-day program from 10-25 January via a combination of in-person and digital STEM experiences. Participants will experience everything the NYSF is famous for, including keynote speakers, lectures, hands-on workshops, debates, expos and enriching social activities. Dom is an outstanding young man who has just returned in January from a one year Rotary Youth Exchange program in Slovakia. We again wish him well in this next Rotary Youth program.
Shelter Bags
Shelter Bags for homeless people have now been passed onto St Vinnies and Mary Mac’s on the Peninsula for distribution to those in need. These bags provide warmth and shelter for recipients where they currently have no permanent place of residence.
Blue Wave Living
Our club has joined with the Rotary Clubs of Woy Woy and Brisbane Water to present Blue Wave Living aged care services with $1000 to secure entertainment for residents. We wish residents much enjoyment from these performances. Pictured are Robert Meyer (Umina Rotary), Cherie Simpson (BW Rotary), Bruce Croft (Umina Rotary), Michelle Nicholas (Blue Wave), Matthew Downie (Blue Wave CEO) and Ross Pearce (Blue Wave Chair).
