FUNDRAISING SUCCESS FOR LOWER BLUE
On June 2, the Rotary Club of Lower Blue Mountains celebrated another successful year of fundraising with a special dinner at Emu Plains Sporting Club, which was attended by a crowd of members and special guests.
The members of the Club have raised in excess of $100000 during the past 12 months and President David Clark was proud to present cheques to a range of local community organisations, as well as a number of international Rotary projects.Local recipients included Glenbrook Public School ($5000), Springwood High School ($4000), Gateway Family Services ($6000), Odyssey House ($3800), several local Rural Fire Service Brigades, SES, Books in Homes, Bear Cottage and Destiny Rescue.
Rotary projects included the Rotary Foundation ($2000), PolioPlus ($2400), Rotary Australian World Community Service support for Vanuatu, Nepal and Timor Leste ($8000) and Australian Rotary Health ($2000).
The largest cheque of over $45000, was for the construction and ongoing resourcing of Mando High School, near Goroka in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. This was the result of years of fantastic work by one of the club’s members, Michael Harriden, who has raised money for numerous causes, under the Ride4Kidz banner.On hand to receive this cheque were up and coming junior Rugby League players, Wellington and Stanton Albert, who come from Papua New Guinea. They are being sponsored by Panthers to further their football careers and also their education.