President's Report May
Our Rotary Club has now been in operation for 86 years. The club was chartered on the 17th May 1937. During that time we have truly made a difference in our local community as well as internationally with projects ranging from countries in Africa, Pakistan, Vanuatu, Samoa Timor Leste, Vietnam to Papua New Guinea. I would like to acknowledge the efforts of past members and current member of our club who have worked to improve the lives of people for 87 years.
This email arrived during the week and I would to share it with you.
Dear President Maria Silber ,
This is Suren Poruri, Regional Chairman - Grants, RI District 3150, from India. Your Rotary Club of Footscray was chartered on 17/5/1937, which is today.
Your club completed 86 years service today in RI District 9800 in serving the communities across the world.I would like to extend my warm wishes to you and to all your club members on this joyous moment.Rotary is the only organization which has global foot print and is working towards happy communities across the world with it's noble initiatives.Thanks to our Rotary Club Founder Paul Harris, we are able to make a difference in the communities where we live.
Suren Poruri,Regional Chairman–Grants, District Best Club President 2017-18, District 3150
The Rotary International Convention in Melbourne begins this week. On Friday 26th May you can take part in the End Polio Now Walk from Federation Square to Rotary Peace Park from 2:00 to 4:00pm
Five of our members are attending: Emanuel, Jama, Suzanne, Graeme and myself and we will be able to report back on the highlights of the event.
The two meetings held in May celebrated young people in the workplace, with the awarding of the Evan Phillips Award and the Mambourin Awards.
As the Rotary year comes to an end please note the details of the Club Changeover on June 29th and District Changeover on June 24th .
I look forward to sseing you at our next meeting on June 1st.
Maria