CRC Bulletin December 8th. 2025

COOLAMON ROTARY CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY.

President Mary welcomed 28 members and many guests, too numerous to get all their names.  There were over 50 in attendance last night.

President Mary opened the meeting by stating that dinner was ready to be served by Michelle Seymour, and an excellent fare was presented for our indulgence.

There was no business discussed and after dinner President Mary Potts inducted two new members to our club.

Michael Trinidad sponsored by Henk Hulsman and Mark Dubois whose sponsor is Dick Jennings.

Welcome to Rotary International and to the Coolamon Rotary Club, Michael and Mark.  We look forward to your company over the years and serving our local community and working on international projects.

Following the induction of Michael and Mark; PP Paul Weston gave a vote of thanks to Sharon Miles for her amazing work as the editor of the Coolamon Community Chronicle.  Paul presented Sharon with a lovely floral tribute.

This was followed by a farewell to John Nulty by President Mary, Jan and John are moving to Wagga Wagga.  John has been a member of our club for the past 10 years.  John will be missed by us all and we wish Jan and John all the best for their new life in Wagga.

Following this farewell Mary introduced Geoff McKenzie the new editor for the Coolamon Community Chronicle.  Geoff in response asked for help in obtaining articles for the monthly Chronicle.  An example would be an article from one of our farmers on this year’s harvest.

The following photos were taken by Grahame Miles (thanks Grahame):

The remainder of the evening was on good times, fellowship and catching up with a record number of members and partners enjoying each other’s company.

N.B. Next Monday the 15th December is our last meeting for 2025.  There is also a BoD meeting at 5.15pm.  Please come along as we have the Wollundry RC Gears & Beers team visiting us.  We also have some planning to be done for NYE.

P.S.  We wish Rtn. Michael Trinidad a safe journey to the Philippines.

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N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings, 0428 492 157, if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

All of the above photos were obtained from Facebook.  Credit to the owners.

ROTARY NEWS and ITEMS OF INTEREST

1.  NEPAL  UPDATE

Latest News December 7th from Nepal and Mary Brell with the RAWCS team.  Distribution of sports materials and hill tanks in volcano rural municipality in coordination with the Australian Rotarian initiative, Mary Brell and Rotary Club of Dhading.

2.  RYLA 2026

What is RYLA?

The Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) 7 day residential retreat is an opportunity for young people (aged 18-28) to develop the tools to become effective leaders in their communities. RYLA allows participants to build networks and develop their leadership skills to create the change they wish to see in the world.

This is how past participants described their experiences at RYLA see link below:

RYLA

DECEMBER IS ROTARY’S DISEASE PREVENTION & TREATMENT MONTH

Artwork by Rtn. Debbie Vance from Canada

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