1 June 2005
Greetings Fellows,
Following the Bike the Park event we were in the position to be able to donate an amount of $8,000 from the profits of this event to Cystic Fibrosis research.
I was contacted by Rod McDougall with a request to increase that amount via a donation from the Club to $10,000.
After a lengthy discussion with DG Lloyd Roever we established that if we could increase our donation to $15,000 and process it via the Rotary Health Research Foundation that they would match it dollar for dollar.
This proposal was put to the Board last Wednesday night and I can now announce that instead of donating $10,000 to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation we will be actually be donating the $30,000.
I feel sure that this decision will meet with Club approval as well.
I would like to give a huge “thank you” to Connie Galletta & Shirley Del Prado who have volunteered to be next year’s Programmes Directors, organising guest speakers for our weekly meetings.
Well done girls!
To those Clubs who do not welcome female members I would like to say how proud I am of the fact that we have great female members who continually contribute their time and skills to our Club.
Well Fellows that’s all for now,
Until next week,
“LET’S CELEBRATE ROTARY”
President Keith