At our meeting on Wednesday at the Manningham Club, Tony Monley not only chaired the meeting but gave us an outline of the plans for the 2026 Manningham Family Festival. As you know this will be a reset of the festival with a move to Ruffey Lake and a renewed community engagement. The team hopes to walk over the site in the next few weeks to start thinking about logistics.
The Walk for Youth Mental Health will again be run as a separate ancillary event. The plan is to have strong collaboration with partners, including those involved in Youth Mental Health to increase the impact of the event for the local community.
While early in the planning, Tony has outlined a vision to take this outstanding event to new heights.
In what was Tony's night we were also honoured to welcome PDG Colin Byron who presented Tony with the prestigious Royce Abbey award. More information about this award is included in a separate story.
We also welcomed: Kevin Hall (Rotary Club of Warrandyte Donvale) and Keith Anderson's Daughter Jennifer.