Stefan Bradley
A NEW and exciting Rotary year is ahead thanks to a recent changeover. The Rotary Club of Sale in July inducted new president Lisa Burgess and board members for the coming year.
Ms Burgess has already stepped into her role running with new initiatives in place such as a breakfast club that meets on the last Tuesday of the month at Sale Showgrounds in the new agricultural building. Ms Burgess started the breakfast club in the hope of attracting new members that would like to be involved in active participation, share their cultural backgrounds and be part of an inclusive community.
Club community and projects manager Kerry McMillan said the club was looking to bring in new members, especially young people, for the benefit of all who lived in Sale.
“We are a community-based club and would like prospective members to bring their ideas and suggestions to their club and to further our commitment to the community,” she said.
“Without people in the community that want to do anything, nothing happens here.
“And our club has done some amazing things in Sale, like the walking track around the lake. The wetlands are being refurbished and we’ve had a lot to do with the skate park over the years. And we’re doing gardening at Ashleigh House.
“Some of these are not huge things – some of them are – but it’s all about drawing the community in.”
More recently, the club have worked on the children’s garden at the Sale Cemetery and erecting a gazebo.
And they continue to meet every Tuesday night at the Sale Greyhounds Club at 6pm.
Reach out to the Sale Rotary Facebook page for more information.
From left: Kerry McMillan, Community and Projects at Sale Rotary Club; Tanner McMillan and his father Ryan; and former President of Sale Rotary Club, Sandra Houghton – with a $3000 donation from the club to the Lyme Disease Association of Australia. The club is supporting the charitable Epic Hike for Lyme, with Tanner McMillan walking 90 miles at the Ninety-Mile Beach this November.
