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Torquay Rotary Social Night
24 Bell Street
Aug 25, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm AUS Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00)

Surf Coast Suns Sports Club
350 Grossmans Road
Sep 01, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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Lesley Shedden
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Kelly Binyon

member photo

President's Message

Hello,

I hope everyone has had an opportunity to view the magnificent sunrises and sunsets this week as they have been magnificent.

On Monday night we met at Kithbrooke Park for a meal and to get to know one of our newer members JJ Walia.

Community Service Director Linda met with her committee prior to the meeting and they are working well as a team. Linda also announced that a non-perishable food drive would commence from next meeting to go to Torquay Food Aid at the beginning of December. So I encourage members, family and friends to pop an extra item in the shopping basket to bring along.

John Oswald has been tireless in his efforts surrounding the Lese Olai Project and continues to bring together people and organisations to help progress the project. Well done John.

We are still looking for members to step up and take on roles – large and small to help the club run, so if you can help with the set up or pack down for dinner meetings, edit the bulletin, participate on a committee or tow the bbq trailer then please let me know.

I look forward to a great social night organised by Mike Reed at Jashn Courtyard in Bell Street. Hopefully everyone has registered as we needed numbers by Friday. If you still want to come along please let Mike know.

For more photos from last Mondays meeting please click here

For more Photos of the donation of blankets to Our Village please click here

Regards,

Kelly

Food Collection

Torquay Food Aid

We are collecting Non-Perishable items for Torquay Food Aid.
The plan is to make the delivery at the beginning of December, to help with
distribution over the Christmas period
I will be collecting the items and will store them until December
Please help us make this an awesome collection
Thank you
Linda

Food Aid A bag of pantry staples ...

Linda Neale Request: Egg Cartons

Linda Neale Request:

If anyone has any egg cartons, could I please have them?

My little ladies are laying well and I have run out of cartons

Thank you

Linda Neale

brown eggs on gray tray

Food Safety Training

Could all those who help with any catering, including barbeques, please complete the Food Handling Topics on this link?

Home - DoFoodSafely

When you complete this topic you will be able to:

dofoodsafely.health.vic.gov.au

This is to ensure that correct food handling occurs at our barbeques and you understand why it is done

Also, we will be having a training session around setting up the trailer and its layout. This will be held on Thursday 18^th September at 5pm at the Rotary Shed. I will continue to remind you about this session.

Lifeblood in Torquay 1-5 September

Got a bit of time next week? Time to give blood and change lives?

1 in 3 people in Torquay will need blood, and they need people like you to give it. We’re popping up in Torquay from 1 to 5 September.

Don’t forget to pre-book your spot at lifeblood.com.au, on our app or on 13 14 95.

Grocery Items - donations please

We would like to commence a collection of Non-Perishable Grocery Items to make a pre-Christmas donation to Torquay Food Aide.
Our aim is to deliver this at the beginning of December, so it can be distributed as the needed.
Please bring your donations to Rotary Meetings at Kithbrooke, where Community Service Director Linda will collect them.

Community Service Volunteer Roster

BBQ Rosters:

Landcare BBQs – end of Waltons Road, Lake Modewarre – Times 10-15 to 1.30
August 27th
1 Linda Neale
2 Richard Hawker
3 Bruce Turner
4 John Oswald
5 Garth Symington
6 John Weber

August 28th
1 Daryl Lee
2 Linda Neale
3 Bruce Turner
4 John Weber
5 Gail Birchall
6 Greg Birchall
7 John Oswald

Bunnings BBQ. 31st August We require at least 6 but ideally 7 for Bunnings.
Times 0830 – 1200: 1200 – 1600 (4pm): 1030 – 1400 (2pm) X 1 if sufficient numbers
1 John Oswald
2 Martin Duke
3 Garth Symington
4
5 Bruce Smith
6
7 Emergency Catherine. Duke Daryl Lee am shift

We require 8 for the Cowrie Market, plus at least one Emergency
Hours 0830-1130: 1130 – 1430 (2.30pm). Trailer needs to be there at 0700 - 0730
Cowrie Market 21st Sept
1 John Oswald
2
3
4

5 Linda Neale
6
7
8

Emergency:

Surf Riders. 3rd October - TBA
1 Richard Hawker
2 Bruce Turner
3 Linda Neale
4 John Oswald
5
6

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Future meetings

Posted by Neil Henderson

Mon Aug 25th	Social Night 6 - 8pm	Jashn Courtyard, 24 Bell Steet,Torquay
Mon Sept 1st	Jay Williams - President Surf Coast Suns	Update on the sports club and its future plans
Mon Sept 8th	Vocational visit	TBA
Mon Sept 15th	Nick Vivian and Ryan Reed	The Shitbox Rally
Mon Sept 22nd	Social Outing	Geelong Art Gallery - The Archibald Prize exhibition
Mon Sept 30th	RDO	Rotary Day Off (5th Monday of the month)
Mon 6th Oct	Lara Campbell - Asst Principal Surf Coast Secondary College	The Phonic Intervention Program

Member Birthdays and Anniversaries

Posted on Jul 28, 2025

Member birthdays for August:

Just 1 birthday for August - Honorary Member Peter Bollen celebrates on 13th August

Date joined Rotary

Maggie Isom clocks up 33 years as a Rotarian. She joined 1st Aug 1992

Amanda Hough has 23 years of experience, joining on 31st Aug 2002

Trevor Hall - 19th Aug 2017

Allan Hillgrove - 31st Aug 2020

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