Welcome to 2018. We wound up 2017 with a Christmas Party at the home of Melissa and Graham Meredith and we thank them for their hospitality. We raised $500 which we donated to the Highlands Community Christmas Dinner held at the Southern Highlands Christian School. Thank you to all who attended. We also finished 2017 with the induction of Geri Gardiner who will be assisting us with fundraising.
January is usually a quiet month for the Rotary Club of Berrima District however this year was a little different. Melissa Meredith, Bridget Cosyn and I were off to Canberra to facilitate the District 9710 RYLA Programme for 2018. In our absence we welcomed a new member - Krischan Keller who is works with the PYCY. Krischan and his wife welcomed their first son - Sebastian Richard James Keller - on the 22nd of January - so our heartfelt congratulations to Krischan and his wife Jacki. On Australia Day we ran a stall at the Berrima Australia Day Markets and our Youth Exchange participant, Georgia Saeck, returned from 12 months in Switzerland. Not so quiet after all!
Our trial of two meetings per month has concluded with the majority of members agreeing that they would prefer weekly meetings. For the moment we are back to lunchtime meetings at Bowral Bowling Club but are currently discussing the possibility of trialing two breakfast meetings a month ... stay tuned !
Want some more information? Our January 2018 Bulletin has been published so click on the link and find out what's been happening ...
Lyndall McGrath
President