Club Donations to worthy causes
The GREAT thing about being in a club is the ability to combine efforts of members that lead to much larger donations than most of us are able to make personally. Here are a few that club donations that you have helped make:
ROMAC Donation
As well as supporting the recent ROMAC trivia quiz with two teams of quizzers, the club also donated $600 to this Rotary medical aid program that continues to give critical aid to Oceania.
and during the week, the club received this note from ROMAC..
On behalf of ROMAC (Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children), I sincerely thank you for your extremely generous donation.
Your generosity will help us to change the lives of young children from island nations in the Oceania Region who need lifesaving or dignity restoring surgery they are unable to undergo in their home countries. ROMAC transports these children to hospitals in Australia and New Zealand where the surgery can take place.
Since ROMAC’s establishment in 1988 over 540 children have been successfully treated and can now expect to live a normal life.
Your support of ROMAC’s vital work is very much appreciated. THANK YOU!
Yours sincerely,
Ian ‘D’Arcy’ Walsh
Chair
Lilly House donation
The club has made a $500 donation to Lilly House in Woombye to support Jo and her amazing volunteers and the single mums home / refuge that they are creating on teh Sunshien Coast. We have also put Rotary Inner Wheel (ladies group who do so much to support women in the community) in touch with Lilly House.
Go Fund Me for Arden
The club also donated $500 towards Arden's fundraising for a vehicle that could accommodate his wheelchair.
Rotary International
The club donated $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation ...one of the top 4 most effective charities in the world, independently audited. It will go to Polio eradication.
Global Water Safety programs for disadvantaged on the Sunshine Coast
The club has also committed to donating $5,000 towards a Sunshine Coast water safety program to prevent drownings on the coast. There will be an official presentation on this later in the year.
Have you any thoughts on who the club should support?...then have your say at the club meeting on Wednesday morning.