It was pleasing to see so many current and former Rotarians and their partners attend the funeral service for our Charter Member Ted Frank on 18 March.
Helen Frank was very appreciative of the support and the many condolence messages she and her family received. She paid tribute to Rotary and Ted's long involvement in her remarks.
Attending were:
Anwar Alishek, Cody Bettanin, Allan and Margaret Bruno, Edith Chen, Geoff Cawsey and Dulcie Heard, Peter and Beverley Cribb, Peter Donnellan and Kien, former Charter Member Bill Force, Anne Heyes, Rob Lawrence, Jason Marston, Lesley McCarthy, Beate and Anthony McManus, Lindsay Park, Paul Perrottet, Len Seddon.
Apologies were received from Lyn Borghouts, Chris and Rosemary Drenen, Anne Dynon, Olga Hilton, Ken Maxfield, Anne McMahon, Richard and Glenda Naudi, Sam Nicol and Stella Hyde, Lorry Rowe, Shraddha Sharma, Hugh and Glenda Stewart, Jon and Robyn Temby, Phillip Templeton, PDG Neville John and Rebecca.
PP Peter Cribb attended the virtual induction of Pubudu De Zoysa as District Governor for District 3220 Sri Lanka & Maldives last week. Pubudu has been a strong supporter of PDG Senake Ameresinghe and ORP in the past.. She mentioned Peter, RORP and our club in her remarks. We congratulate her on her appointment and wish her a wonderful year.
Work is progressing on a mental health forum to be organised by the club for 18 May: "Let's Talk about Mental Health" will be held at Kensington Town Hall and focus on mental health in young people in today's difficult times. Some speakers are already organised but work continues.
Please keep the date free and make an effort to attend.
The next meeting Wednesday 2 April is breakfast at Mama Bear Cafe.