Rotary Theme: Lead the
Way
President: Pat Fouvy
In
2006/2007 the Rotary Club of Boroondara continued to make a difference in
the community. Our goal was to have
a broad group of projects and activities whereby we raise money, donate
money and volunteer our time.
Over the
year we raised about $10,000 through a Trivia Night, sales of the Entertainment
Book, our twice yearly wine promotion and collecting donations at the Cottage
by the Sea annual fair in Queenscliff.
This
year we made donations to many worthy organizations. We sponsored a student
on an 18 month hospitality course in Vietnam through our on-going
relationship with KOTO (Know One Teach One) and Jimmy Pham. We continued
work on our project to install water and sanitation facilities in the hills
of East Timor. We sponsored students to two of
Rotary’s wonderful youth leadership camps – RYLA and RYPEN. Finally
our feature event for the year was the trivia night that was a tremendous
success with the proceeds being donated to YAFFA (Young Australians Fighting
Friedrich’s Ataxia).
We
had a busy year with our volunteering program. There was serving breakfast
for the Relay for Life participants, spending Wednesday nights helping with
the administration of the Camcare Legal Service
and lending a green thumb to help with the maintenance of Back Creek in
Camberwell through our association with the community group Friends of Back
Creek.
