On behalf of Ron and myself and my family, I would like to wish you the members of the Rotary Club of Caloundra and your families a very safe, peaceful and happy Christmas.
Thank you to each and every one of you for your support during these first six months of my Presidency. If not for you, I may not have kept going.
This Club makes us all part of a family, an extended family. The Rotary family.
James’ Christmas talk on Tuesday morning was about Hope and it made me look at Hope in a different light. It can mean so many things. I HOPE that each and every one of you will have Hope in your lives for the coming year 2019, whatever it means to you.
It was so good to see so many of you attend our last Breakfast for the year and have a laugh at our secret Santa antics. It was all in good fun.
We will return on 8 January to a Vocational Visit at the old Caloundra Lighthouses.
We were saddened at the loss of Lynne Roberts in November, to his family and also to many of our members, but his legacy will live on through the STEMM program.
To our newest members thank you for seeing what Rotary can do, not just around us in the Community but worldwide. I am hoping that you will continue to enjoy the friendship and fellowship with us to make this world a better place
Thank you to our Rotary Youth Exchange student Chloé Méar for bringing youth back into our club and we hope that we will have the pleasure of your company frequently during your time in Australia.
I am looking forward to 2019 and going ahead with the proposed projects that are in the pipeline and of course your support in achieving these.
Happy Christmas and have a wonderful New Year.