Newsletter for the Rotary Club of Perth - Issue No.: 185 Issue Date: 24 Jan, 2012

ROTARY CLUB OF PERTH’S – Presidents Update

Dear Fellow Rotarians,

What a great Christmas breakfast we had!

Firstly, to organise the Group Photograph would have been like herding cattle!!  We had 45 members in the photo and it will be great to have them in the New Year!!  Thanks to Michael van der Zanden for his patience in getting the members to the podium!!  This will be a great record for the club.

Great to see lots of members and their families at breakfast. Especially the children and grandchildren of our members – they all form part of the family of Rotary.

Members and their families would have been delighted to see our DG Liz Westoby bring Ian into the Christmas Breakfast.  Well done Liz and we all wish you well in the New Year as Ian continues to improve.  Ian welcome back it was a pleasure to have you at our meeting.

Our Sergeant, Bruce Henshaw did a great job of raising $762.00 for the Salvation Army.  Well Done Bruce!!

…and thank you to Rebecca Tolstoy for all of the great present shopping…the table was overflowing with Christmas Gifts for Margaret MacDonald to take to the Salvation Army shelter for Women and Children who will be displaced this Christmas.

To the Very Reverend John Shepherd, thank you for your support week after week with Rotary Grace. All of our members love the weekly GRACE….but the Christmas Reading is always something really special.  And this year looking deep into who we really are was a thought provoking message.

I look forward to working with you all in the New Year to continue with the great work that our club contributes to the community.

Merry Christmas to all.

Yours in Rotary,

Kath Kusinski

Rotary Club of Perth President 2011/2012