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Woodchip Bagging drive
The University of Adelaide Rotaract Club is seeking Rotarian volunteers to help with woodchip bagging
on the 12 and 13 January 2021, from 11am - 5pm at the Comfort Inn Manhattan 471 Main North Rd
Enfield.
The club is also looking to borrow gloves 100+ pairs, marquees for shade, trailers (to transport to DIK)
and a club to provide a BBQ lunch. We need to pack 300 bags of wood chips for sale with proceeds
supporting our club’s community projects and events
The Comfort inn has made their pool available
so bring your bathers to cool off at the end of
the day.
Hope you can help! Would your club happen
to have anything that could assist us
If you can help, either individually or as a club
please contact Lenard 0402 018 809.
FB Event: https://facebook.com/events/s/wood-chip-bagging-drive/353204855914208/?ti=icl
INTRODUCING THE ROTARY CLUB OF MITCHAM
Chartered in March 1962, RC Mitcham’s parent Club is Unley and we in turn have parented Blackwood,
St Mary’s (since handed in their charter) and Brown Hill Creek. Mitcham has retained a membership
numbering in the 40s over recent years. This is largely due to the friendliness and positive social interaction
of members, while still adhering to the ethos of Rotary. Our first female member joined in 1992 and for the
past 5 years we have had more than 40% female membership.
We meet weekly on Wednesday evenings at the Edinburgh Hotel, Mitcham. We, like many others, mastered
the skill of Zoom meetings during the 3 months of restrictions due to COVID-19.
Our main fundraiser is our second-hand bookshop at 598 Goodwood Road, Daw Park which is managed
solely through volunteer labour. The shop serves as a
great public relations opportunity and has attracted new
members as well as providing funds for our projects.
These include Shelter Box of which we are a Bronze
Champion, the Rotary Foundation and Australian Rotary
Health including the Indigenous Scholarship program.
Our most recent international project has seen the
provision of toilets for the Likhameng School in Lesotho,
South Africa while closer to home we support Rotary’s
Youth programs and have introduced annual Service
Above Self awards in several primary schools in the
local area.
Andrew Atterton
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