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Club History—Kapunda

In August 2019 the Rotary Club of Kapunda hosted a attempt has been made to ‘marry’ photos with the text,
dinner celebrating sixty years of Rotary in Kapunda. (indeed through the whole document) we cannot attest to
Current and former Rotarians and partners were joined the accuracy on every occasion. If they were viewed as
by Members of Parliament, DG Jane Owen, two former ‘circa’ whatever years they appear, that would give us
District Governors and Alyssa Moran, current President some leeway as to accuracy’.
of the Rotary Club of Norwood, a former RYPEN The last ten years was written, images added and the
Awardee of the Rotary Club of Kapunda. document formatted for consistency.
To mark the occasion, President David Hodge produced Interestingly, in the first section photos were taken at
quality booklet with an up-to-date concise history of the Rotarians’ place of work, illustrating the vocational nature
club. of Rotary.
Material was drawn from that compiled over time by former Original documents (for example Charter dinner) were also
Rotarians and partners at the twenty-five and fifty year marks, the scanned creating an electronic record of the club’s history, ready to
twenty-five years marked by a typed document with no photos. be built upon in future.
Photos were sourced and included, adding a pictorial record to the
written history—along with the disclaimer that “...whilst every

New school’s great but kids need food

From the devastation of an earthquake, thanks to
a Global Grant, the children of the village of Patle
2, Nepal have a new school. Almost completed,
there is still a little way to go, with COVID-19
causing some delay.
But, children can’t learn properly if they are
hungry.
Global Grant partner, Madhyapur Rotary, has
stepped forward again, but your help is needed.

Dr Joanne Richardson, formerly of RC Stuart in Alice
Springs, now of Rotary 9510 online Australia is
closely involved in the area and is appealing for clubs
to assist in this urgent need. She writes:
“ Many families in the poorer districts of the Kathmandu
Valley are struggling to put food on the table during this
pandemic. The Rotary Club of Madhyapur has been
very proactive in providing food parcels to the needy. The
packages contain oil and rice, and will feed a family of four for
15-20 days. The cost is Rs4000 (AUD $50) each. This is
around six dollars a week per person for food.
For many years I have been running a volunteer dental project
in Nepal and have been to many meetings of the RC of
Madhyapur, especially once our RC of Stuart in Alice Springs
partnered with them to rebuild the school after the earthquake
using a Global Grant. They are a very active club and always
quick to respond to a need, but they urgently require more
funding for the food parcels.”
Every little helps! If your club can help feed the
poorer families of the Kathmandu Valley, please send
your donation to:
Account Name: Rotary E-Club D9510online, Australia
BSB: 633-000
Account Number: 156 707 358

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