Esther Murray (L)
Anthony Callinan (R)
Dear Members and Friends,
Happy New Year to all our readers.
Welcome to 2026. We hope everyone found time to spend time with loved ones and have at least a little time off over the holiday season. Our program for this year will continue in the same format with 2 dinner meetings on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Manningham Hotel, a less formal ‘working’ meeting on the 2nd Wednesday at the Templestowe Bowls Club and a social gatthering on the 4th Wednesday. Thanks to Brian Tyedin, John Bennie, Graham Kane and Andrew An for making this all happen.
We heard from our new member, Kevin Hall on Wednesday. He told us about his fabulous corporate career that took him to Paris, the French Alps, the Taj Mahal and the delights of Burma (Myanmar), China, Korea, Japan and the Philippines. Of course, he is not new to Rotary, with a membership of over 20 years in Donvale, Warrandyte-Donvale and now Manningham City Clubs.
We have a busy progam coming up and we welcome new members (and friends) who want to assist with our Interact and Earlyact Clubs, the Schools ANZAC Day commemoration, School Speech Competitions, the Annual Golf Day, LAARFS, All Abilities Good Vibrations Disco, our Rummage Shop in Jackson Court, regular Bunnings sausage sizzles and more. The money we raise supports local organisations such as Doncare, Carenet and Ajani, cancer research, literacy in the Philippines, Rotary charities and many other programs here and overseas.
Next week we will hear from Leon Moore about his great work with Laughing All Abilities Really Friendly Singers (LAARFS) and from Luke about the very popular All Abilities Good Vibrations Disco. Our meeting is at the Templestowe Bowls Club.
Have a great week in Rotary (and enjoy a sausage at Bunnings Doncaster this Saturday).
Esther and Anthony