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. 
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Penny

Giant Garage Sale
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. 

Book Fair

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.

Trivia Night 2017

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:
  • Margaret McGowan, Colin McGowan, Jill Turnbull, Joseph Degabriele, Lynne Henderson, Max Henderson and Desley Little for the tremendous effort they have put into the planning and organisation of the trivia night, particularly with the raffle prizes and the trivia night prizes.
I would also like to thank the trivia night volunteers:
  • the meet & greet people - Rosemary Clarke & Peter Cleary,
  • the raffle ticket collectors, John Tchetchenian, Janelle Craig, Tony Makin & Colin Sharpe
  • the supper crew – Lynne Henderson, Jill Turnbull, Margaret McGowan, Bev Davison & Anne Sharpe
  • the coin nearest the bottle masters – David Turnbull & Joseph Degabriele
  • the raffle drawer – Anne Sharpe
  • the scorers – Desley Little, Rosemary Little
  • all those members & partners that came at 5pm to help set up the hall.
 The other people that need to be thanked are all the members, partners, friends & relatives who supported our Trivia Night by coming along and making the night a big success.
Regards Andrew

Barbeques...

Bunnings Barbeques

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Bunnings sausage sizzles are enjoyed by thousands of Bunnings customers every week.

These are valuable fundraising opportunities for local community groups - all of the funds raised go straight to the community group conducting the fundraiser.

The Club attends the Dural store three times throughout the year.  We also attend the Thornleigh store similarly.