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Community Service

Through the Avenue of Community Service  - Rotarians give back to the communities they live in.
 
Sorting TOJ Baubles 12 Dec 2024

Community Services 2024-25

Director: ​Anne Sharpe

Projects:-

Tree of Joy

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Very successful event with trees at both Cherrybrook and Westleigh shopping centres. We supported 14 charities, and they distributed 1140 gifts. This is our major event for the year as preparation starts in September and concludes 10 December.  A change to how the gifts from Cherrybrook Village were prepared to the charities was very successful.  Preparation was done on an ongoing basis from the time of collection.  This follows the same process that has been used for the gifts collected from Westfield Village.  Thank you to Janelle for lending her garage for storage and preparation.  Thank you to all the club members and partners who participated in this project. Thank you to the managements of Cherrybrook and Westleigh Villages for supporting this project.

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Kenthurst Rotary Transitional Housing

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​Team of around 6 Rotarians and friends of Rotary maintain the lawns of 2 houses in Kenthurst. This was usually done monthly.  We can only mow on weekdays.  The maintenance team also took on removing a privet tree which is an invasive species.
The lawn mowers and line trimmers enjoy the coffee at the local Café afterwards.

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West Pennant Hills Public School

​The Club BBQ was used to raise funds for the school at their Spring Fun Fair.  The school kindly allowed us to sell tools to raise money for the club.


​Coonabarabran Rotary Club/Sister Club​

Colin & Anne supported the club at the North West Equestrian Expo.  The Coonabarabran Club runs a cooked food stall. This is a fun event and a great opportunity to learn how to cook a wide range of BBQ food, hot chips and a range of other hot foods.  
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Helping Hearts Survive

​ A team of Rotarians repaired the garage that has become the Men’s Room selling goods that men may be interested in. Shelving was erected in the pergola to give greater storage.  There are plans to build a chicken coop and put in a vegetable garden next year.  If you have goods to give to charity, consider giving them to HHS, they will find their way to worthy homes.  

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A street library was also installed at HHS.

Maintain Club Containers

​This involves tidying the contents from time to time and spraying the weeds around them.  Thank you to the Cherrybrook RFS team for mowing the lawns.

Maintain Street Libraries

​We have 4 of these outside homes and they are largely self-sustaining, but occasionally “stale” books need to be replaced from the Club supply.  We also keep an eye on a similar one inside Cherrybrook Village.  Currently it is in a temporary location.

Michelle's Landfill Rescue

Ongoing help with jobs around the site.  We have an unfinished project to cover an area for goods sorting use.

Lakes of Cherrybrook Retirement Village

​Ongoing assistance with residents moving or downsizing: Goods are collected and passed on to Hills Rotaract (clothes for homeless) Helping Hearts Survive and Michelle’s Landfill Rescue.

Maintain Rotary Garden at Cherrybrook RFS

​The new shrubs planted a few years ago are growing well.  They need an occasional trim and weeds removed from the garden.

Support Graces Place

Ongoing support when required.  Around 10 pairs of children’s pyjamas were sewn and donated.  These were very much appreciated by the children.
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Environmental

​Planting of native trees on behalf of Guest Speakers at WPH Public School.
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Bunnings Castle Hill

Club members volunteered to assist Bunnings staff to run their BBQ to raise funds for Motor Neuron Disease research.  
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Supporting Other Club's Events

Norwest Sunrise Trivia Night. The team did well in achieving Second Pace.
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Carlingford Club's Theatre for a Cause, every 3 months at Castle Hill Pavillion Theatre.
Typical was "Rehearsal for Murder"
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Hills Kellyville Melbourne Cup Night

Anne

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