Welcome back Amy – good to see you again. We also had Greg Noonan (ADG) and Vincent Fitzpatrick from Next Generation RC visiting today.
Vincent attended the meeting to promote a fundraising activity the club are running for Relay for Life.
The event is a Gala Dinner on April 15th at the Platinum Room at the Foundry, starting at 6 pm.
The cost is $35.00 for a two course meal with drinks at bar prices.
RSVP is by April 1st. Any enquiries to
Vincent also had some raffle tickets, so if you would like to purchase some tickets, contact the club.
Our next Club Forum will be the meeting on March 11 and the next Board meeting will be March 16 (due to the long weekend)
The guest speaker today was Rachel Mason – Events and Fundraising manager for OTIS.
The OTIS Foundation provides accommodation for people affected by breast cancer. It was started by Dr Barling after his wife died from breast cancer in 2000.
Twelve years later, Paul Gray’s wife – Kez – suggested Paul do something to help the OTIS Foundation.
Paul decided to build Kez’s Hideaway, and along with a generous donation of land from the Campbell family in Redesdale, as well as many other people supporting the project, the house has started. The expected finishing date is Spring this year.
This house will be able to provide accommodation all year round. Most of the other properties available to use are only available in off peak periods. The use of all these properties is donated, but the Foundation still needs to maintain the properties when people are using them.
Currently the Foundation has properties in Victoria, NSW and SA.
There are several ways people has support this project – Corporate Support, Donating money, purchasing household items or getting involved eg helping with tree planting.
Have a great week. Cathie
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