 District Governor Jeff Egan recently wrote a letter (see Download section on the right) to all Rotarians in District 9640, advising that a dedicated Flood Appeal account has been set up for Rotarians (and anyone else, for that matter) to contribute to a flood appeal to benefit victims of the horrendous floods some regions experienced over the past two weeks. As is common for any Rotary-based appeals, there will be no administration fees, director's remunerations etc. All funds end up directly at the target, the people who were affected. If a donor does not require the donation to have tax deductibility status, it is preferable that donations should be deposited into the following account: Rotary International District 9640 Ltd. BSB: 084462, Account No: 816279059 This is the account to which Rotary clubs should donate. If tax deductibility is required, please use this account: Keith Wilson Relief Trust Fund BSB: 633000 Account No: 175308303 The name of the donor needs to be included on the deposit AND please send via email to PDG Sandra Doumany at srmd@bigpond.net.au (Note: the original post had a typo - this is the correct address): 1. the name of the donor 2. the amount of the deposit 3. any requirement for the donation to be spent on a specific area (if requested). |
Hold on to your hats! This coming Wednesday 27th April, our Federal Member of Parliament for Moncrieff, Angie Bell will join us for breakfast. Confirmed just now. Questions invited (but please, no silly 'Gotcha!' zingers! Ed.)
Gerald East and I met up last Thursday with our Honorary Member George Keily, who tirelessly continues to collect spectacles from chemists and optometrists all over the Gold Coast. Here he is with a load of some 740-odd pairs of both prescription as well as sunglasses, which are on the way to Donations in Kind for re-deployment in developing countries. Great work, George! 
We did not go to war to make a new and better world. We cannot expect to make a new and better world as the result of the exercise of brute military force. We can only expect to achieve the kind of world we want by the use of brains and effort during peace.
