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Meeting Report 3371
Sallee Shepard a student at Unity College in Murray Bridge was our special guest on our Rotary Club of Murray Bridge Zoom meeting this week. She is part of the Youth Advisory Committee for the Rural City of Murray Bridge. It takes someone special to take on a business venture at the age of 13 years. She is passionate about Cup Cakes so she took this on as a business, promoted it on a website, and now has 600 on her platform. She finds facebook a good way to spread her message and with family and friends supporting her is doing well. She now is in year 12 and needs to focus on study. Her other passion is the MB Youth Council with a focus on Youth leadership. The group organised the Jaws of the Murray Event in summer with eating or floating in the River watching Jaws the Movie. She was a Young Achiever Award finalist supported by Kookaburra Homes and gave the Australia Day Awards Address last year. Look for her on facebook and the Council website.
FoodBank
Foodbank in Murray Bridge is now operational and is supported by the three Rotary Clubs in the Murraylands. Murray Bridge, Mobilong, and Tailem Bend. Its on Adelaide Road, well signposted ready to help those in need. Referals come through local service providers.
Mallee Emu Wrens at Ngarkat Conservation Park
On Friday 28th August 2020, Rotarians from Murray Bridge travelled to the Ngarkat Conservation Park which is located east of Keith in the SE of our State.
The purpose of the visit was to look at a building located in the Park, with the view to upgrading for use as a base camp for further research into establishing a sustainable population of mallee emu wrens within the Park.
Robin LeGallez, Jack Redden, John Scarvelis, Andrew Heard, Peter Phillips and Sam Cozens negotiated a very sandy track into the Park, and met with Park Officials Ryan Hamood and Chris Hedger. The meeting discussion focussed upon how the Rotary Club of Murray Bridge could form a joint venture with Parks and Wildlife, and progress the project to re-locate a sustainable population of mallee emu wrens from Victoria into the Ngarkat Park. Part of this consideration is to upgrade the shed facility on the Park to be used as a base camp.
Photo and story Sam Cozens.
Adelaide University Rotaract Club
Our team would like to extend our warmest gratitude to the Adelaide University Student Representative Council for the opportunity to participate in Multicultural Week: This Is Us for our Cultural Night Showcase. Thank you to all of the members and volunteers who brought food, represented the club, and dressed up!
A big shoutout to Ask Adelaide, the Adelaide University Union Clubs & Adelaide University Union, the Rotary Club of West Lakes for the party pies and sausage rolls, and the Adelaide Uni Geography & Development Society for the decorations! Thank you to Jon Harmerr from Rotary Adelaide for helping to capture some of the photos of the day! Thashakoor to Ghan TV Australia for capturing some footage as well!
Thank you to our amazing performers, Bortier Okoe, Belly Dance Academy of Adelaidee, and Aparna Nithyanand for turning it up and putting on a stunning show!!!
When we come together to create a more inclusive and welcoming society, anything is possible!
3rd $ 20 No 080 Margaret Parsons (M.B.) (sold by B. Frazer)
AUSSIE BREAD TAGS FOR WHEELCHAIRS
We have it from a reliable source that we currently collect 5% of bread tags in Australia, so for every bread tag we collect, there are twenty out there waiting for us - now that's a challenge! And we now have 397 collection points, so there is probably one near you, ..... or you could host one and help us get to 400! So get your family, school, child care centre, retirement village, church, community centre, bakery, cafe, or fast food joint collecting, and find a collection point on our map, or post your tags to us. It's all on our website : https://ozbreadtagsforwheelchairs.org.au/
What's happening on our Facebook page
John Scarvelis has been posting up a storm with some great content.
On Friday 28th August 2020, Rotarians from Murray Bridge travelled to the Ngarkat Conservation Park which is located east of Keith in the SE of our State.
Thashakoor to Ghan TV Australia for capturing some footage as well!
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