Presidents Report Oct 20th

 

Hi All,

 

Spring time has arrived with warmer weather here at last!  We had perfect weather, especially last Sunday at the Pakenham Megamart Car Show. This was a huge success with about 1300 classic cars being shown. We were given a big thank you from Car Megamart, Karlie Thexton for “manning” the gates and managing traffic flow.

 

We also had a big thank you from the Casey Cardinia Foundation organizers, for assisting them at their fundraising dinner event last Friday.

 

Captain Eric. Captain who?  You might ask!  Well, Captain Eric (Wieckmann) from the CHIPS (Christians Helping In Primary Schools) gave us both an entertaining and informative talk about the important program they run in Primary Schools in our area and the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. I presented a cheque to Eric on behave of our club after his presentation. Captain Eric was very appreciative and thanked us for our donation.

 

“All of CHIPS’ programs are tailor-made to assist primary school communities with their specific needs, which also includes supporting Principals and school staff who are under stress and facing difficulties, either personally, or as a result of their occupation.” Quotation taken from their web site. For more information about CHIPS, visit their web site:-   https://www.givenow.com.au/chips  

 

This week we were approached to assist with a unique group of ten South Sudanese young people, by sponsoring one from Pakenham into RYLA next week. We are very excited to get this group, even though it is late in the program, we were informed by District. Peter v.  recommended to the Board that we support this initiative. After a few emails flying around we have the approval to pay for the young person from Pakenham to attend.

 

Next week as you all should already be aware is, The Primary School Public Speaking Competition. This has and I am sure again, will be a very entertaining night, not to be missed. See you there.

 

Until next week,

 

Best regards to all,

 

Greg.