Page 8 - Rotary Matters - January 2021

Drought relief wrap up

The official program has now been completed with $225,000 of Federal funds distributed through Rotary
to drought affected farmers in our district. The complete list of clubs and projects are:

• Spring Rain Dance at Sanderston, RC Onkaparinga $2,000
• Lachie’s hay run from Coonalpyn to Yunta, Robertstown & Mount Mary, RC Onkaparinga $2,000 &
RC Murray Bridge $1,000, RC Mobilong $500
• 50 Buckets for Men on the Land project for drought effected Sunraysia areas, RC Wentworth
$4,967.50. RC Wentworth and Broken Hill also delivered to surrounding stations 10 “B” double loads
of hay arranged and donated by RAWCS total value $75,000
• RC Port Pirie Upper North Farming Systems “Dealing with the dry” seminar at Booleroo Centre and
Laura Ag Bureau, 6 B’s "Blokes Bonding Beyond Booleroo Big Bus" trip $5,000
• Lisa Vassallo, Helping SA Farmers Inc, Yunta Hay Distribution. RCs Mawson Lakes, Port Pirie, Burnside,
Campbelltown & St Peters provided $5,000 each for hay purchases, a total of $25,000
• RC Campbelltown co-ordinated the Hay run to Hawker with the support of RCs Peterborough and
Magill Sunrise total $15,000
• RC Peterborough helping pastoralists in Yunta with water distribution $3,558.50
• RC Peterborough purchase of 11 vouchers of $25 value from each of 13 businesses in Peterborough
total of $3,575
• RC Murray Bridge, Karoonda Golf Club introductory coaching clinic and community lunch $3,237
• RC Campbelltown paid fuel cost for transport of donated hay from Yorke Peninsula to Hawker and
from Jamestown for $5,281
• RC Campbelltown co-ordinated the Hay run to Hawker with the support of RC Onkaparinga,
Pt Augusta and Mt Barker total $20,000
• RC Peterborough with financial support by RC Adelaide $5,000, Pt Pirie $10,000 for a total cost $33,000
• RC Campbelltown co-ordinated another Hay Run to Hawker with the support of RC Burnside, Goolwa,
Magill Sunrise, Morialta for a total of $25,000
• RC Maitland has arranged and delivered 4 loads of Hay to Kimba, Poochera and Cowell total cost of
$61,510 with the financial commitment of $15,377 from RCs Clare, Maitland, Port Pirie and $4644
Northern York Peninsula. Also, $10,374 shared between RC Burnside, Holdfast Bay and St Peters
• RC Campbelltown co-ordinated another Hay Run with donated Hay and financial support from RCs Magill
Sunrise and Roxby Districts for $15,000. They also had one load of hay donated valued at $8,000. Also,
they arranged a Drought Muster day for the Hawker and surrounding Districts community with the help
of 60 Rotarians from RC Campbelltown, Goolwa, Magill Sunrise and Mt Barker. There were free
activities, food and round table raffle with many donated raffle prizes
• RC Campbelltown arranged a donation by Jamestown farmers Bill Catford and Geoff Zwar of 230 large
Bales of Hay and transport with 3 “B” doubles to Hawker, total value of $25,000
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