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Highlights 2024-2025
Chair: PP PHF Gayle Barrot
Team: Rowan French, Susi Wilson, PP PHF Russell Marnock, Linda Culell, PP PHF Ian Ash
This year has been a fun and successful one for the Vocational Service Committee. We have had a variety of vocational activities to give us a better understanding of some of the challenges and benefits of different professions.
Our first outing was on 13th August to the Station House Pizza restaurant where we enjoyed a variety of pizzas whilst enjoying fellowship and then we were treated to a demonstration of pizza dough making.
We had a delicious dinner at Flavour Bomb restaurant on February 25, the new owners went out of their way to provide us with what could best be described as a banquet. From there we went to the Emerald Museum where we enjoyed a talk on some of the history of our area and were able to browse the displays of memorabilia. The museum volunteers made us very welcome and provided supper for us.
Held at Lakeside Discovery Centre on 18th March, the Pride of Workmanship Award dinner was a huge success with over 100 people in attendance and 13 award recipients. We received excellent feedback from attendees on the professional and friendly Rotary team. This event was led by Ian Ash whose preparation and attention to detail ensured that everything went smoothly, Ian also MC’d the night with humour and professionalism. Thanks to Rowan and Linda introducing me to Andrew Gardner of Bendigo Bank we were successful in securing a grant from Bendigo Bank Emerald to assist with the purchase of the recipients trophies. The silent auction held on the night assisted us to a profit of $1400 for this event.
A night of Burger and Bowls gave us an opportunity to enjoy Carl’s Jr hamburgers in Beaconsfield. The owner, Mark, then gave us a talk on running a fast food restaurant. From there we went to Oz Tenpin in Narre Warren where we did our best to get the ball down the alley and strike the pins, some more successfully than others. The winner on the night was Dan Moulday and the loser was me! Overall it was a great night. Special thanks to Linda and Rowan who had the contact with Mark at Carl’s Jr.
We had 3 applications for the MacLeod Murphy scholarship, Jaicob Barrot, Ebony Dasler and Nicholas Adams. All are studying in the field of medicine.
