President Tracy Dance and PP Kate Nichols,
with Kate’s parents Rotarians Elaine and Graeme

Tonight we had our change over dinner with Tracy Dance giving her presidency over to Paul Sayer.  The dinner was held at the Theatre Royal Hotel and was well attended by members and children.

Tracy awarded the club with the president’s citation.  As an extra  surprise Tracy Dance, in one of her last official duties, presented Kate Nichols with a Paul Harris Fellow medal.  This is the first Paul Harris Fellow for City Central Hobart and we are proud to have her in our club.

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Yesterday we inducted Jill’s son Lucas Brown into our club as the newest Rotababy. We now have 6 Rotababies/Rotakids in our club.

Rebecca Round from the Post Polio Network talked about her experiences with polio and of the issues that are faced by today’s survivors of polio.

Tonight Paul, Kate, Tracy, Anita, Chloe, Lucy and Warwick went to Jill’s house and made over 20 litres of soup for Loui’s Van.  We each brought some ingredients and enthusiasm and we created four different soup varieties.  We poured these into ice cream containers to be eventually kept frozen in the the freezers at St Vincent de Paul.

Anya Row - National Winner,
Special Audience Appeal
Award, 2008

We have just put a new FAQ for Storm the Stage on our www site: www.citycentralhobart.org.au/storm-the-stage/faq-storm-the-stage/.

The FAQ answers more then 25 questions including entry fees, key dates, choosing a performance piece and judging.

We have tried to answer all your questions about the event. If we missed something please email your question to Stuart and Peta: tassts@gmail.com.

On April 10th and 11th Meegan, Michael, Grace, Phil, Lucy, Ange and Tracy went on a camping trip to Maria Island.  The main purpose was for a nice getaway for the Easter break but we also wanted to catch up with park rangers Pete and Donna Lee to let them know we would be interested in going back sometime to do some work for them.

Meegan, Michael, Grace and Phil went for a walk up Bishop and Clerk which was a 4 hour return hike (see photo) while Tracy, Lucy and Ange spent most of the time sitting around the camp site enjoying the nice weather, watching the potoroos and Cape Barron geese and nursing Ange’s sprained ankle which she did on the ferry on the way over (see photo).  Lucy and Tracy also went and explored the painted cliffs.

We plan to return to Maria Island in the warmer months to do some “broom control” with the friends of Maria which will involve cutting and pasting or hand pulling this plant to remove it.

Ange & Lucy relaxing

Phil, Meegan, Michael and Grace about to go for a walk

This morning seven members of our club spent several hours delivering nearly 870 leaflets about Loui’s Van in Clarendon Vale and Rokeby.  Loui’s Van recently started serving Clarendon Vale, Rokeby, and Gagebrook in March 2009 in addition to the regular locations in Glenorchy, Hobart and Bridgewater.  It provides food, information and support for anyone who comes and operates in the evenings from around 7pm to 9pm.  “In the last year [2008] Loui’s Van served over 11,000 people.  Half of these people are under the age of 30 and two thirds of these people are male.” (from the leaflet delivered).

For further information contact Loui’s Van (St Vincent de Paul Society) on 0362 344 244, or louisvan@stvinnies.org.au, or visit them at 212 Argyle Street, Hobart, TAS 7000.  Loui’s Van volunteers usually are rostered as part of a team and go our once every four weeks.  Please contact them if you would like to become a volunteer or would just like some more information.

Loui’s Van Brochure (April ‘09) (650KB)

This week’s speaker

Michele McGinity from Greening Australia talked passionately about this apolitical organisation dedicated to restoring Australia’s environment for all Australians.  Greening Australia is the largest environmental organisation in Australia and was formed 26 years ago. Michele spoke about the ways they are trying to reduce carbon pollution by creating resilient ecosystems and forestry techniques. They are also helping farmers to have water and shelter, and have just received funding to build a sustainability leaning centre at Mount Nelson.

Coming up

24th May: Angela Davis from Salvation Army will talk on Wills and Bequests.

22nd June: Rebecca Round from the  Post Polio Network - Tasmania will talk on her personal experiences since she contracted polio

29th June: Andy Vagg from the Resource Work Cooperative will talk on recycling and reuse

9830 District Conference 2009

The conference was held at the Tailrace Centre in Launceston from Friday 20^th to Sunday 22^nd March.

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On Monday we inducted Jill Brown as the latest member of our Club.

Jill’s classification is Communications.

As you can see in the photos, Jill is nearly 8 months pregnant.  The club is looking forward to welcoming her newborn into the club’s Rota-babies program.