We are in the early stages of this initiative; however, we have gone ahead with phase 1. One could call it the trial run to get interest.
PHASE 1 The Story So Far:
During Phase 1 packets of seeds were handed out around a total 1,000 to clubs like Lower Blue Mountains, Griffith Avanti and Wagga Wagga Sunrise. These are three clubs that have asked to help from day 1. PDG Susan Wakefield has done a remarkable job in raising $1,000 so far with the cards and seeds that I left her and says that people were giving up to $50 per packet.
With the success of Lower Blue Mountains and Griffith Avanti and their efforts in Griffith, at the Westfield shopping centre, we have been able to move on to Phase 2.
PHASE 2
Many clubs are now receiving seeds and we know this demand will increase, however we still have over 50kgs of seeds in stock. Junee Rotary took 20kgs of seeds and that makes the total they have collected to 31kgs. We look forward to the results of their efforts.
I have ordered 1,000 display/donation boxes. These will be available, now the artwork is done, and have been printed and will be delivered to us very soon. Once the word gets out there then I strongly believe that the demand will be excellent. So far, I have 250 boxes spoken for.
Update from the RAWCS Project (83 of 2014-15), With more than 13 million people having fled their homes in Ukraine, including 8 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s), and 5 million forced into exile, this is a humanitarian crisis on an unimaginable scale, requiring a massive aid response. The prime objective is to meet immediate lifesaving needs of the crisis affected civilian population to preserve lives, ease suffering and promote self-sufficiency. Having met an initial target of $5 million, the scale of the tragedy in Ukraine is such that the need for further humanitarian aid is critical. The target has therefore been doubled to $10 million.
So much is happening and the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations are delighted with the idea of the seeds. They want to get their youth in all the cities around Australia to sell the seeds. Here is the latest from Diahanna (Darka) Senko
“Hi Jack,
This is fantastic, we will be launching the campaign among our youth in July – September.
Our goal was to raise $5,000,000 by June 30, 2022 and we are shy by $37 k.
Our Director of Youth, Justin Senko, will be launching this campaign in July to kick off our next goal of 5million dollars for shelters and children centres to be established.
His vision has always been that Australia will flower with Sunflowers in Spring as we hope Ukraine will once again flower with democracy and peace
President Albert opened the meeting and welcomed all of our 18 members present and one guest in Ross Walters, a friend of Adrian Linder. Ross is looking to join our club as a member.
There was plenty of good fellowship and banter through the night and plenty of business discussed including:
Family Fun Bike Event to be held on October 29th. Organisers looking for help with marshalls and catering.
Dick Jennings has ordered 30 hi-vis vests from Temora at $28 per vest. members can buy their own and what is left will be used by members on occasions as required.
Dick attended the Lions Club changeover dinner at the Marrar café and reported that it was a good night.
Garth spoke on the Larapinta Trek upcoming on August 2nd for ShelterBox. Garth reported that Mary has a friend joining the team from Coolamon although she is not a Rotarian.
Garth proposed an idea for a tourism map of the Coolamon Shire and gave examples of such a map.
Changeover night July 4th: Coolamon mayor Dave McCann and Angela will be present and will present cheques to Allawah Lodge and the hospital auxiliary.
A roster was created for the ShelterBox and sunflower promotion days in Ganmain and Coolamon.
The first board meeting for the 2022-2023 Rotary year will be held on Tuesday July 12th.
Members were encouraged to attend local changeover dinners. Chez, Alex, Garth, John G. and Paul will be attending various changeovers.
JG read out the NSW Parliament Hansard report sent to us by the Hon. Steph Cooke. The Hansard noted; “the incredible efforts of the Coolamon Rotary Club on their fantastic initiative Sunflowers for Ukraine”. A copy of this Hansard report will be scanned and stored in our archives and can be viewed below:
(click on the image above for a larger version)
Dick and Garth carried out another entertaining fines session and no one was spared. The raffle prizes were won by Adrian and Craig.
DIARY
*N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!
Friday 24th to Sunday 26th June. Art Festival on Ford Street Ganmain. 12 venues will be open from 10.00 am-3.00 pm on all three days. Come see art by local artists including President Albert and President-Elect Paul!
Monday 27th June – Speaker Meeting. Mark Canino from the Coolamon Historical Society will speak on the project to digitise issues of Coolamon’s turn-of-the century newspaper, the Coolamon Echo. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Friday 1st July – SUNFLOWERS FOR UKRAINE street raffle with a real ShelterBox in Ganmain.
Saturday 2nd July – SUNFLOWERS FOR UKRAINE street raffle with a real ShelterBox in Coolamon.
Monday, 4th July – Coolamon Rotary Club Changeover. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Monday 11th July – CRC ASSEMBLY including President Paul Weston’s plans for the 2022-2023 Rotary year. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Tuesday 12th July – 1st CRC 2022-2023 Board Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 7 pm.
Friday, 15th July – Sustainable Farming Field Day. At the properties of Adrian & Wendy Lindner and Ian & Marilyn Jennings. 9.00 am – 3.00 pm.
Tuesday, 2nd August – Larapinta Trek (benefit for ShelterBox) (with Garth Perkin, Mary Potts and Don Dyce).
Friday-Sunday 21st-23rd October – District Conference. Joyes Hall, CSU campus, Wagga Wagga (details forthcoming). [NB The district conference will be moving to an October timeslot as of this year, which is why we’re having two district conferences in 2022).
Friday-Sunday 28th-30th October 2022 – Rotary Zone 8 Conference (Canberra).
Lions Club of Coolamon: 17th June 6.30 pm at the Marrar Café
Belconnen RC: 22 June, The Clubhouse (16 Georgina Cres., Kaleen), 6:30 for 7 pm
Temora RC: Saturday 25th June at the Temora Golf Club 7.00 pm
Junee RC: Sunday 26th June 12.30 pm at the Ex-Services Club in Junee
Wollundry RC: Tuesday 28th June 6.30 pm at the Wagga Wagga RSL Club
Narrandera RC: Wednesday 29th June 6.30pm at the Narrandera Golf Club
Wagga Wagga Sunrise RC: Tuesday 28th June 6.30 pm at the Botanic Gardens Restaurant in Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga RC: Thursday 30th June at the Wagga Wagga Country Club 7.00 pm
Griffith Avanti RC: Friday July 8th. at the Griffith Ex Services Club, Christmas in July theme, 6.00 pm
JUST FOR LAUGHS
THE PUZZLER
Answer to the last puzzlers:
Easier one: You have two oranges.
Harder one: The spare tyre is the only one that doesn’t rotate.
This week’s puzzlers:
Easier one: What common sayings are represented by these obfuscations? 1) To place a primitive agricultural conveyance in a position anterior to the animal Equus caballus; 2) It requires a number of people greater than one to perform a terpsichorean series of low dips and twisting steps on the toes; 3) To accumulate an excess of temperature beneath a circular, tight-fitting clothing component; 4) Transferring from a culinary vessel into a site of pyrogenic activity; 5) Refrain from calculating upon the quantity of juvenile poultry prior to the completion of the entire process of incubation.
Harder one:
After visiting my nan, I travelled home in her old jalopy. The car was old and battered, it had a leak from the fuel tank, and the car could only travel in second gear. This meant that I could only travel along at a steady 30 miles per hour and go only 20 miles per gallon of fuel.
At the start of the journey I placed exactly 10 gallons of fuel into the tank. I knew, however, that the fuel tank lost petrol at the rate of half a gallon per hour. Just as I arrived home, the car stopped because it had run out of petrol.
How far was it from my nan’s to my home?
ROTARY NEWS
1. ROTARY FELLOWSHIPS
This week we look at one of the largest fellowships within Rotary the International Travel & Hosting Fellowship.
The mission of ITHF is to stimulate and facilitate connections and cultural sharing throughout the Rotary world by contact, hosting, visiting, and travel.
ITHF exists to promote and facilitate regional, national, and international “connections” between its members. ITHF members visit other members of the Fellowship and have the opportunity to host Rotarian members from other countries. Our lives are enriched by these connections and cross-cultural exchanges, but don’t take our word for it, see what our members have to say:
Above: Students return to their Ukrainian high school.
For a yearbook photo shoot.
No words.
We have had plenty of enquiry since the article in Rotary on the Move was published.
Some of the clubs asking for how to do this include:
Redcliffe North Queensland
Maryborough RC Victoria
Canberra Interact and two Sydney Interact Clubs
Casino NSW
Ryde Sydney
News from the RC of Bayside Geelong Victoria who combined their Bee Hotels project with the seeds:
“I am from The Rotary Club of Bayside Geelong and we received some sunflower seeds for fundraising for Ukraine last month.
We held a sales day at our local shopping centre on Saturday and raised $280. We also raised funds by selling bee hotels at an Environment dinner we held last week. Around another $275. We are still selling seed packets and have orders for more bee hotels.
Could you please let me know where to send the funds already raised. And also if there is an end date to this project or can we keep fundraising into the next financial year? I am fairly new to Rotary so do not know all the ins and outs. Our treasurer would like to send on, what we have raised up to the end of June.
I have been asked how long we will be supporting Ukraine and what is next. Here is a message I received from the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations:
“Hi Jack,
This is fantastic, we will be launching the campaign among our youth in July – September.
Our goal was to raise $5,000,000 by June 30, 2022 and we are shy by $37 k.
Our Director of Youth, Justin Senko, will be launching this campaign in July to kick off our next goal of 5million dollars for shelters and children centres to be established.
His vision has always been that Australia will flower with Sunflowers in Spring as we hope Ukraine will once again flower with democracy and peace
President Albert was back in the saddle after his recent holiday. On hand were 19 members and two guests, Dr Jo Yanagisawa and Myffy Collette. A great turn out and a pleasant evening of fellowship.
Myffy spoke about the Art Festival In Ganmain on Friday June 24th to Sunday June 26th. There will be 12 venues open on all three days. Come take a stroll down Ford Street and enjoy displays of local and visiting artistic talent (including that of some of our own club members!).
Members were asked to give their vest sizes for the Hi Vis vests that the CRC Board approved buying. The vests will provide extra visibility when assisting in roadside events such as Gears and Beers and will help promote Rotary because the Rotary wheel will be prominently displayed. So please get your sizes in so we can get the vests ordered and screen printed.
Garth Perkin reported on visiting John Bond who is making a slow but steady recovery. Bondy plans to be back at Rotary within three weeks. Garth thanked Albert and Paul for mowing Bondy’s lawn recently. Garth also spoke on the Larapinta Terek and that he will visit other Rotary clubs on his return. There is now a Facebook page for ShelterBox for D9705:
Other business included our July 4th changeover dinner and a request to all members to respond to Ian Jennings AND JG as to their attendance and if they will have any guests. We need this information for catering purposes as soon as possible, as there are only 3 weeks to go until our changeover.
Chez and Alex will be attending the Temora RC changeover dinner on Sat 25th June and Mary will be going to the Narrandera changeover dinner on Wed 29th June. It would be excellent of we could get more members to attend changeover dinners especially Junee, Temora, Narrandera and Wollundry and others listed below in the Diary.
[email protected] Ian conducted a spirited fines session and the raffles were won by Daryl (FoodWorks voucher) and second prize by Albert (honey made by Paul Weston’s bees)!
Tonight we had Albert Suidgeest in the spotlight:
Albert has had a wonderful and full life and was born in Wagga Wagga. Albert’s parents migrated to Australia his father by air in 1950 and his mother by boat from Holland. They bought a block of land in Wagga and his father was a baker and saw Australia as the land of opportunity.
Albert is happily married to Dianne and they have 5 children and 13 grandchildren. Before Albert became the “Coolamon Dog Whisperer,” he went to school in Albury at the Aquinas College. In brief some high points from Albert’s talk:
Attended Randwick Boys High School
Earned an economics degree from the UNSW
Worked at Coolamon Central School for 20 years
Worked for a time at Coolamon Steelworks
Worked at Kildare College in Wagga for 10 years
Albert started the Coolamon Boarding Kennels with two dogs and it grew from there and these days he can accommodate 70 dogs at one time. Some of Albert’s passions include Aussie Rules, reading and especially gardening and making sculptures:
Albert enjoyed One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and his favourite actors are Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. Albert also enjoys travelling and has visited the Galapagos Islands, Machu Pichu and the Serengeti and Maasai Mara in East Africa.
DIARY
*N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!
Monday 13th June – No meeting (public holiday).
Monday 20th June – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Friday 24th to Sunday 26th June. Art Festival on Ford Street Ganmain. 12 venues will be open from 10.00 am-3.00 pm on all three days.
Friday 1st July – SUNFLOWERS FOR UKRAINE street raffle with a real ShelterBox in Ganmain.
Saturday 2nd July – SUNFLOWERS FOR UKRAINE street raffle with a real ShelterBox in Coolamon.
Monday, 4th July – Coolamon Rotary Club Changeover. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Friday, 15th July – Sustainable Farming Field Day. At the properties of Adrian & Wendy Lindner and Ian & Marilyn Jennings. 9.00 am-3.00 pm.
Tuesday, 2nd August – Larapinta Trek (benefit for ShelterBox) (with Garth Perkin, Mary Potts and Don Dyce).
Friday-Sunday 21st-23rd October – District Conference. Joyes Hall, CSU campus, Wagga Wagga (details forthcoming). [NB The district conference will be moving to an October timeslot as of this year, which is why we’re having two district conferences in 2022).
Friday-Sunday 28th-30th October 2022 – Rotary Zone 8 Conference (Canberra).
Lions Club of Coolamon: 17th June 6.30 pm at the Marrar Café
Belconnen RC: 22 June, The Clubhouse (16 Georgina Cres., Kaleen), 6:30 for 7 pm
Temora RC: Saturday 25th June at the Temora Golf Club 7.00 pm
Junee RC: Sunday 26th June 12.30 pm at the Ex-Services Club in Junee
Wollundry RC: Tuesday 28th June 6.30 pm at the Wagga Wagga RSL Club
Narrandera RC: Wednesday 29th June 6.30pm at the Narrandera Golf Club
Wagga Wagga Sunrise RC: Tuesday 28th June 6.30 pm at the Botanic Gardens Restaurant in Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga RC: Thursday 30th June at the Wagga Wagga Country Club 7.00 pm
Griffith Avanti RC: Friday July 8th. at the Griffith Ex Services Club, Christmas in July theme, 6.00 pm
JUST FOR LAUGHS
THE PUZZLER
Answer to the last puzzlers:
Easier one: People sleep the least in February because it has the fewest days.
Harder one: Each of the words reads the same backwards if you shift the first letter to the end of the word.
This week’s puzzlers:
Easier one: If there are eight oranges in a bag and you take away two, how many do you have?
Harder one: Which tire doesn’t move when a car turns to the right?
ROTARY NEWS
1. ROTARY FELLOWSHIPS
Beers Rotarians Enjoy Worldwide (BREW) Fellowship is one of the newest officially recognized Rotary fellowships. The fellowship was created for Rotarians around the worlds who love to drink and make beer.
BREW founders Moses, Steve, Patrick and Martin BREW was started and organized in 2013 by Past District 5160 Governor Steve Lack, a member of the Rotary Club of Pleasant Hill, California USA; Moses Aryee, Past President of the Rotary Club of Accra-West, Ghana and Past District 5440 Governor Martin Limbird of the Rotary Club of Fort Collins Colorado, USA.
BREW GOALS
The goal of BREW is to create the largest fellowship in Rotary. An international community of Rotarians who share a love of beer. We also strive to support efforts and projects to bring clean water to those in thirst since water is the primary ingredient in beer.
Click on the 4 Way Test below for Brew’s website.
2. ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
HOUSTON 2022
Some highlights from the Houston 2022 RICON which ended this week:
2021-22 RI President Shekhar Mehta and his partner Rashi introduce past RI presidents at the closing general session of the Rotary International Convention. 08 June 2022, Houston, Texas, USA.
Gen Sec John Hewko originally from Ukraine
The House of Friendship at the Rotary International Convention. 06 June 2022, Houston, Texas, USA.
The House of Friendship at the Rotary International Convention. 07 June 2022, Houston, Texas, USA.
The House of Friendship at the Rotary International Convention. 07 June 2022, Houston, Texas, USA.
The House of Friendship at the Rotary International Convention. 07 June 2022, Houston, Texas, USA.
2022-23 RI President Jennifer Jones speaks at the closing general session of the Rotary International Convention. 08 June 2022, Houston, Texas, USA.
2022-23 RI President Jennifer Jones speaks at the closing general session of the Rotary International Convention. 08 June 2022, Houston, Texas, USA.
Jane Mberia Astronaut
Our good friends jane Mberia and Joe Otin Form Kenya
MELBOURNE 2023
After discovering new perspectives and being inspired by new ideas at the 2022 Rotary International Convention, attendees and virtual participants are looking ahead to next year’s gathering in Melbourne, the sparkling second city of Australia.
This vibrant hub of art, sports, and cuisine will host the 2023 convention, set for 27-31 May. Rotary members, participants, and supporters are invited to Imagine What’s Next and explore the possibilities for Rotary’s future.
The next RICON will be held in Melbourne from 27th-31st May 2023.
The Host Organising Committee is very excited to welcome Rotarians and guests to Melbourne for the 2023 Rotary International Convention. Known as one of the world’s most liveable cities, you will enjoy what we take for granted, a beautiful, vibrant and cosmopolitan city.
Editor’s Note: “I have attended 7 RICONs now and they were all wonderful conventions and where I met and made so many friends around teh world. I highly recommend that you go to Melbourne in 2023 as the last RICON in Australia was in 2014 in Sydney. The next one after Melbourne will be Singapore 2024, followed by Calgary 2025”.
JUNE IS ROTARY FELLOWSHIPS MONTH
Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada.
ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2021-22
Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club
We’re live with ShelterBox CEO Sanj Srikanthan at the ShelterBox booth in the House of Friendship at #Rotary22. We’re discussing how ShelterBox and Rotary partner to respond to crises, including the work to provide aid to those affected by the war in #Ukraine.
SIRET, ROMANIA – FEBRUARY 25: Ukrainian citizens arrive in Romania by crossing the Siret border after Russia launched military operation in Siret, Romania on February 25, 2022. They are welcomed with food and drinks by Romanian volunteers, as well as with free transport and accommodation. (Photo by Alex Nicodim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The world is witnessing a vast humanitarian crisis unfold. As military activities escalate in Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of people are on the move, desperately trying to flee to safety. Innocent civilians are being killed, families and lives are being torn apart.
Nearly 10 million people have already fled Ukraine to other countries – that’s almost a quarter of Ukraine’s entire population. An additional 6.5 million people are now estimated to be displaced within Ukraine. Many are unable to leave because of damage to infrastructure, lack of resources, and the increased security risk.
ShelterBox is responding to the Ukraine crisis. Our team is working in Moldova and coordinating with partners in Poland as we work to get aid into Ukraine. As this crisis rages on, please know that you can help.
Your donation will help provide lifesaving aid for families affected by the Ukraine crisis or other conflicts and disasters around the world.
PP Daryl Breust was in the chair tonight. Albert will be back next Monday. We had 17 attending with one guest, Dr. Jo Yanagisawa from Coolamon. Jo has been nominated by John Nulty to join our club, the usual protocol will take place and in due course we will welcome Jo into the club as a valued member.
The members send their condolences to Dianne Suidgeest on the passing of her father.
Several clubs in our area have invited our members to attend their changeover dinners. A full list appears in this bulletin.
Henk advised the meeting that the Red Shield appeal on the weekend had raised $756.00 and Daryl thanked the volunteers at Foodworks for their time.
John G advised the meeting that 1000 display/donation boxes have been ordered for our Sunflowers Seeds for Ukraine initiative. These will be available in 3 weeks time.
Mary advised the meeting that we will display the ShelterBox in Ganmain on the 1st July and in Coolamon on the 2nd July together with the sunflower seeds. Proceeds will go to the Larapinta Trekkers from CRC.
The main discussion was by Adrian Lindner on the upcoming Sustainable Farming Field Day at Ian Jennings and Adrian’s properties on the 15th July. Great effort and some excellent feedback on this field day and the club will fully support the event. Adrian asked if we could help with catering with our food van on the day details will follow. A flyer promoting the event is available–if you want one, let John G know as it is too big to upload to our bulletin at the moment.
Details of the field day appeared in last week’s bulletin.
Paul and team have printed this month’s CCC (Chronicle) and it has been distributed–this month’s issue features an excellent promotion for the Ganmain Art Extravaganza. Well done Paul and the CCC team.
Good news that John Bond is back home, recovering slowly and by all accounts doing well. Paul and Brian were out to Bondy’s to mow, whipper snip, and spray for weeds until Bondy is back to full strength.
Dick at short notice conducted another of his no-holds-barred fines session, all in good fun. The raffle was won by Adrian.
DIARY
*N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!
Monday 6th June – Board Meeting at 5.30pm. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club.
Monday 6th June – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Monday 13th June – No meeting (public holiday).
Monday 20th June – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Friday 1st July – SUNFLOWERS FOR UKRAINE street raffle with a real ShelterBox in Ganmain.
Saturday 2nd July – SUNFLOWERS FOR UKRAINE street raffle with a real ShelterBox in Coolamon.
Monday, 4th July – CRC 51st Changeover. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Friday, 15th July – Sustainable Farming Field Day. 9.00 am-3.00 pm.
Tuesday, 2nd August – Larapinta Trek (benefit for ShelterBox) (with Garth Perkin, Mary Potts and Don Dyce).
Friday-Sunday 21st-23rd October – District Conference. Joyes Hall, CSU campus, Wagga Wagga (details forthcoming). [NB The district conference will be moving to an October timeslot as of this year, which is why we’re having two district conferences in 2022).
Friday-Sunday 28th-30th October 2022 – Rotary Zone 8 Conference (Canberra).
Lions Club of Coolamon: 17th June 6.30 pm at the Marrar Café.
Temora RC: Saturday 25th June at the Temora Golf Club 7.00 pm.
Junee RC: Sunday 26th June 12.30 pm at the Ex-Services Club in Junee.
Wollundry RC: Tuesday 28th June 6.30 pm at the Wagga Wagga RSL Club.
Narrandera RC Wednesday 29th June 6.30pm at the Narrandera Golf Club.
Wagga Wagga Sunrise RC: Tuesday 28th June 6.30 pm at the Botanic Gardens Restaurant in Wagga Wagga.
Wagga Wagga RC: Thursday 30th June at the Wagga Wagga Country Club 7.00 pm.
JUST FOR LAUGHS
How did this happen?
THE PUZZLER
Answer to the last puzzlers:
Easier one: A green house is made of glass, of course!
Harder one: Start both hourglasses at the same time as soon as the water is boiling. When the 7-minute hourglass runs out, put the egg in the boiling water. Then, when the 11-minute hourglass runs out, restart it. When it runs out again, the egg will have been in the boiling water for exactly 15 minutes.
This week’s puzzlers:
Easier one: During which month do people sleep the least?
Harder one: What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?
ROTARY NEWS
1. ROTARY FELLOWSHIPS
June is Rotary Fellowship Month. There are many and varied fellowships that a Rotarian can join and here is a list click on the link of one that may interest you for further information:
The current RICON Rotary International Convention is being held in Houston. It began on the 4th June and closes on the 8th June. You can register for online content here:
The Host Organising Committee is very excited to welcome Rotarians and guests to Melbourne for the 2023 Rotary International Convention. Known as one of the world’s most liveable cities, you will enjoy what we take for granted, a beautiful, vibrant and cosmopolitan city.
Editor’s Note: “I have attended 7 RICONs now and they were all wonderful conventions and where I met and made so many friends around teh world. I highly recommend that you go to Melbourne in 2023 as the last RICON in Australia was in 2014 in Sydney. The next one after Melbourne will be Singapore 2024, followed by Calgary 2025”.
JUNE IS ROTARY FELLOWSHIPS MONTH
Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada.
ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2021-22
Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club
