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Thank you to all the volunteers that helped sell the trees over two weekends. Especially David and Ross for collecting the Christmas Trees for us to sell. Special thank to YPA for the excellent signage. We had fun chatted and just loved to see the smile on the faces that bought the trees. Merry Christmas to all.

BusyFeet Dance program for Children with a Disability designed to create a special place for children aged 6 to 16 by exploring their natural love of movement and music through dance. It is conducted in a fun, safe environment where everyone feels special and is respected for their individual ability and children receive one on one support. This is a program that is available for all Clubs to develop and run in their communities. It is a totally volunteer based project which involves Rotarians, Partners, Friends, Past Members and local residents all volunteering their time and skills on a weekly basis during school term and places the Rotary Club into active service within the community on a regular basis. It may also involve schools and local councils. The program also assists parents, as during the dance time they are able to develop friendships and discuss issues with others in similar circumstances. They may take the time to just go for a walk or visit the library.

Camp Getaway provides a quality recreational camp experience for people of all abilities. Thousands of voluntary hours have gone into redeveloping the site, which now includes self-contained units with full disabled facilities, modern dormitories and many other improvements. Each year Rotarians have undertaken working bees at Camp Getaway and have enjoyed Club fellowship. As there is always refurbishment and maintenance activities to be done this is a great hands-on project for Clubs. Program representative: Wayne Smith (Bendigo) www.campgetaway.com.au

Our Run for Rotary fundraising campaign is almost coming to an end... (only 19 more hours from writing until it closes officially in the Chuffed platform)... Our club members are all super proud to let you know that together we have raised $2905 so far (towards our goal of $3000). Deepti Alurkar from Multicultural Association of Community Empowerment Inc, Kathy Hall our Rotary club president and I met yesterday to discuss the next steps of the campaign and also the results of the MACE fundraiser. Both are raising funds to go to Covid Relief in India / Feed the Hungry Campaign. Together these two campaigns are just shy of raising $6500 (only $218 to go.. how great is that)!. We're excited that we'll be sharing more details of the next steps as they happen soon. Until then if you are able and wanting to donate and haven't done so yet here is the link again below. Thank you to everyone that donated or participated in one way or another. Author: Wendy Gadsby

BIG THANK YOU AND SHOUT OUT to the Rover Crew and Leader Claire for joining with Rotary Caroline Springs Wednesday night for our latest Working Bee. Good to have extra help supporting those in crisis and the generosity of the Crew with their time and willingness was much appreciated. Looking forward to our next Working Bee to play some more catchup. If you're interested in volunteering with a great, fun team please contact us to find out how.

We had a wonderful meeting with the Melton RC last night. Vijay, John and Justine gave an amazing overview of the East Timor water tanks and WASH project. The Melton RC members hospitality was amazing and we had a good time sharing a meal and stories with all the members. We must do more of having meetings within our cluster RC and beyond.

Thank you to all the volunteers that come by to helped pack the gift bags for Kalyna Village. They had so much fun and laughter. This is what Rotary is all about, Serving to change lives. Christmas is a time of giving. Merry Christmas to all.

We had cloudy skies, slight rain etc but that did no stop us from participating with Deanside to showcase Rotary to the very new Deanside Lifestyle Village. What a great place come together with people of like lifestyle ansd share. Thank Deanside for letting us be a part of the showcase.

It was a great Sunday out for our members on 1 March 2023 for our Annual Clean Up Australia Day event. If you missed us you can still donate to our event on the link below. Thank you for your support. https://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/s/29783/59842

WERN® is a non-profit organization changing lives every day for those marginalized in our society or suffering trauma through emergency circumstances. We help trauma victims recovering from such devastating events as fire and flood. WERN® also assists in situations such as family violence, refugees and the homeless. WERN is made up of people and organizations who care and want to make a difference. Do you want to make a difference to the lives of others? Do you want to help people in a crisis? Can you afford a few hours per month with like-minded people helping others? Can you assist our valuable program through financial or physical assistance? WERN supports Welfare Agencies and their clients from the following municipalities: Brimbank; Hobson’s Bay; Hume; Maribyrnong; Melton; Moonee Valley; Moorabool; Moreland and Wyndham.

What a great way to celebrate a year of Service for Rotary in Caroline Springs then with laughter, fund filled games, face painting and Busy Feet dancing. Oh! Santa.

On the 18 March the Rotary Club of Caroline Springs members visited DIK ( Donations In Kind) Open Day. Our Rotarians learned about the Center and how these donations benefit developing countries like Africa, Pacific Island nations, Asia and Asean to name a few. Goods like (new) clothings, medical supplies like masks, gloves, wheel chairs, hospital equipment like beds, medical machines, surgical instruments, operation theatre garments, educational materials, household goods like refrigerators, bicycles, tables, chairs, dinning sets etc etc are donated and shipped to those in need. Thank you Donations in Kind (DIK) for a great visit.

Heat 7 of Wynspeak held at Lakeview Secondary College