THE Rotary Club of Noosa held its annual changeover at the Tewantin Riverdeck Restaurant on Saturday 29 June, completing a year of successful activities and service to the community.
A highlight of the meeting was the awarding of two Paul Harris Fellow pins to Neil Sorenson and outgoing president Paul Porter.
In addition, the club presented cheques to several organisations but notably the Noosa Coast Guard was awarded $6500 towards the operation of one of its fleet namely Noosa Rotary Rescue.
However, a special contribution of $2000 was presented to Pioneer Valley Rotary Club in McKay towards the freighting of stock feed to needy farmers in central Queensland.
Former Noosa Rotary president Porter said the donation would firstly be used to transport hay to Longreach.
The Queensland Government has allocated a grant of $150,000 to the drought relief appeal this year to assist fodder transport.
After claiming the funds from the government for freight subsidy based on one-for-one donation, Rotary then use the subsidy funds for Longreach Rotary to deliver care packages to farmers including gift cards at the local stores.
Mr Porter said Noosa Rotary would achieve double the value for its investment of Noosa community funds.
On 14 and 15 August, members from Qld Rotary District 9530 and 9600 will be at Ilfracombe to meet graziers and their families.
The community is most welcome to attend. To cap the evening off, John Butterworth was inducted as president for Rotary for 2015-’16.
