Our change over at the Toowoomba Golf Club was a real success. As always, with great nights like this, a lot of work goes into the background and big thanks to Fee, Robyn, Wendy and Jamie for their organisation. Our MC Paul did a fine job and kept everyone interested and threw in some good quality laughs along the way. Jamie presented his annual report which can be found here. It was a good year for the club and this melded into the induction of Wendy and her new Board. Wendy has some great ideas for the new year and already, at the time of writing this, they are in full swing. Amanda, our guest speaker from Protea Place did a wonderful job. She was enthusiastic, passionate about her subject and really enlivened us. A very special thank you to all those other Rotarians from other clubs who travelled from near and far to join us and it really made a special vibe for the evening. Our fundraising endeavours on the night brought some good additions to the club coffers - it's amazing how generous people are after a couple of wines and the ability to tap a card. Wendy has now donned the sombrero and bring on a fantastic year.  

Monte Carlo Night

 

Our Monte Carlo night is getting very close. 26 August at Cobb and Co. That's this Saturday night!!  This is probably our biggest fundraiser of the year apart from RTR. At the time of writing this, we have 76 people coming and we really want to get to in excess of 100. Have you got your tickets yet? Were you aware that there was a discount for club members? Please get on board this magical event that's been spearheaded by Corin and his team and in conjunction with our good mates at the Darling Downs Cricket 2020 Canon Photos where you're also support momentum mental health. Get your tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/recover-legal-monte-carlo-night 

 

Toowoomba Metro engaging with Community - supporting the educators of local youth, to engage them and their families as productive, valued community members. 

Toowoomba Metropolitan Rotary team were privileged to have the Good Samaritan College Hospitality students provide us with breakfast for our meeting 16th August 2023. This College accommodates the needs of High school age students who struggle with mainstream education facilities. Their vision is to empower each member of their school community to gain success through industry, the success rate is impressive with approx. 95% graduating with skills, knowledge, and the ability to apply those in a workplace or tertiary education setting.

The passion, respectfulness and compassion for the students and their families of their Principal Libby Rosentreter, Past Principal Maryanne Walsh OAM, of Centenary Heights High School and the Toowoomba Flexi School, (Toowoomba Rotary clubs supported through Mentoring etc) and Dr Pat Coughlan was inspirational. 

Toowoomba Metropolitan members identified how in the short term we can support the programs and school community, and many sustainable suggestions were made by members to explore further options to partner with the college team. We are looking forward to a long and lasting collaboration.

Rotary in action, we have a very proactive and responsive team at Toowoomba Metro.

Pictured are the Toowoomba Metro club members, our RYLA applicant Gabriel Burrows, Libby Rosentreter, Maryanne Walsh OAM and Dr Patrick Coughlan.

- Wendy Byron