Fund Raising
Friendship develops between members as a result of our activities to raise funds
Meetings |
Mondays 6:30pm for 7:00pm - Springfield House - 245 New Line Road, Dural 2158
and Zoom Mondays 7:15 for 7:30pm - on alternate weeks - see Club Program for details. |
Apologies |
For Springfield House meetings, if you are unable to attend or are bringing a guest (even if they are your partner) you must notify Ros Hogan, before 1pm on the Thursday before the meeting.
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Help Us Buy Cows |
13th November, 2018 |
Having helped our Australian farmers with $19,000 plus 30 pamper packs we embarked on an International project to raise funds to provide Anna Papoutsakis with two more cows for poor families in Central Vietnam, to add to the 9 that the club and individual members have already given her. The toy raffle that we ran at Cherrybrook Shopping Centre last week raised $1307.50. The raffle was closed at 10pm on Nov 12th and the three winning tickets were drawn. ![]() First Prize - Mark (ticket 694)
![]() Second Prize - CE Warner (ticket 729)
![]() Third Prize - George (ticket 495)
Thank you to the Club members and partners (Anne, Bernard, David, Jill, Janelle, Kerry, Keith, Margaret, Max, Rosemary, Ross and Steve who sold tickets and collected donations over the 4 days we were present in the Shopping Centre. The support from the community and the Shopping Centre is much appreciated and we got close to our objective.
Of course without the generous donation of the rocking horse and skittles by Errol and Myra-Ann from EJ Creations at Kellyville (http://www.creationsbyej.com.au/) we would not have been able to raise this money for Anna. Errol makes high quality wooden toys should you wish to give one of his creations this Christmas. And even some of the adult 'kids' have especially taken to his scale models of cars and trucks. |
Each year on a weekend in late September the Club runs a Garage Sale at, and around, the Girl Guides Hall and Fire Station in Cherrybrook. In recent years we have introduced (and expanded) the concept of the Sunday being a Fun Day. The introduction of clowns, face-painting, farm animals and a Jumping Castle has increased the publics enjoyment.
This year’s garage sale was a huge success, with revenue some $25,803, the best ever, bettering last year by 15%. The nett after costs came around $19,500. This was thanks to the huge effort of David Turnbull and his committee, and all of the members, partners and friends who helped with the planning, collection, sorting, setup and sales on the day. A major project with a great result…. But did you know that despite this being the best ever Garage Sale, we met for over an hour after Sunday closure to work out how to make the next one better. |
The 2016 giant book sale, held at the Uniting Church in Cherrybrook, was a huge success with around $14,000 being raised, surpassing last year’s results. Thanks to the kindness of local people donating books, CD’s, DVD’s and records, we had over 5,500 fiction and non-fiction books for sale, as well as hundreds of CD’s, DVD’s and records.
A considerable amount of planning, preparation and hard work went into making this book sale the success that it was, with great support from club members, their partners and assistance from Hills Rotaract members and others. Many customers commented that this was the best run book sale that they had been to as fiction books were sorted by author surname and non-fiction was sorted into 25 main categories which allowed people to easily find what they were looking for. The book sale is a great way for our members to participate in community service to raise funds for well deserving charities and local community projects that are undertaken by our club. At the same time it also provides fellowship and enjoyment of working together as a team. Proceeds from the book sale will be donated to our designated charities this year, including Books In Homes Australia, Shine For Kids, Lynch Syndrome Australia, Operation Hope. We would also like to thank the Cherrybrook Uniting Church for use of their premises to hold the book sale. |
We had another very successful trivia night last Saturday night, with around 190 people attending.
Altogether, with the raffle, coin nearest the bottle and the entry fee, we raised around $5,100. There are some expenses yet to come out of this, however it’s a great result. Everyone who comes to our trivia night has a good time and enjoy themselves. This was demonstrated when they were asked whether they had been before, the majority of people put their hands up! I would like to thank the trivia night committee:
Regards Andrew |