NEWS

Local Service Clubs get together on a regular basis. Here the Presidents of Lions, Rotary and Apex host a joint meeting each year around May or June.

The Rotary Club of Clare has long been involved in community signs around the valley and our Rotary Club logo is found all around the area. However, the signs are showing signs of their vintage and we worked with Lions to update the information boards.

Working with other community groups like Lions. Here Rotary President Josie and Rotarian Julianne are with Lions President Alan and Lion Greg at the opening of the Lions shop.

We are always at the joint service club breakfast for Australia Day where we look after the supply of sausages while Lions look after eggs and Apex do the bacon. This is a high-profile event for the many community support groups and is much appreciated by Council, who sponsor the event.

Unfortunately, RYDA did not happen in 2020 due to Covid 19. The district pushed hard for us to send information to schools for their use in classrooms, but we decided given everyone’s circumstances including any students studying from home, that schools had enough to contend with RYDA aims to better prepare 16-17 year olds, who…

Sunday morning the largest accumulation of recycled paper ever loaded onto 2 semis

November’s meeting was held at the Gilbert Valley Council Chambers as the Rotary District 9500 Governor, John Phol, was to give the Club an update on Rotary’s community involvement and the future of Rotary. Rotary Districts are going to be re-numbered due to the loss of members. Rotary is also to remove the membership classification to allow…

Our Rotarians were on the job at the official opening of the new premises for the local newspaper, the Northern Argus. Providing a tasty sausage from our BBQ trailer for the occasion.