PRESIDENT REX SHIELDS welcomed members and guest speaker Jason Stevenson.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT:
Mental Health Week, fine session money to be donated to Mental Health.
$20 voucher to be presented to best crazy hat.
Show Us Your Wheels BBQ roster with two shifts.
Safety signs ordered for BBQ.
Visited Shepparton Central Rotary Club with Stephen Mills.
CHAIR: GEOFF STEWART.
Ran bakery for 40 years, now retired.
GUEST SPEAKER: JASON STEVENSON.
Jason Stevenson, proprietor of Stevenson Fabrications spoke to the club.
Grew up on a farm in Naring, wanting to be a stock agent, was advised by father to get a trade. Attended Numurkah High School technical wing, then apprentice for 8 years in Shepparton in vehicle manufacturing.
Rented a shed in MacDonald Street opposite GrainCorp, and established business Stevenson Fabrications.
Employ a staff of 15, predominately working for big companies including GrainCorp with 2 employees doing maintenance work. Fresh Milk Holdings another big company with 13,000 cows in barns, and Numurkah Solar Farm with 23 staff on-site and managing 120 employees during construction.
Pressure on small business is recruiting full time staff, relying on Secondary College for engagement of apprentices. Within workshop have to be versatile with big and small jobs. Installed a $300,000 laser cutter, and now a folding machine.
Looking to expand to a block on the highway, as running out of room in McDonald Street.
REPORTS
SECRETARY JEFFIFER RODGER:
Letter of thanks from Rosemary Kennet, Pioneers Lodge Auxiliary, for BBQ at Lodge Car Boot Sale.
P.E. JULIE ANDREWS:
Mental Health Week, with Hat Day today. Funds raised for Australian Rotary health who fund research projects in health and mental health.
Australian Rotary Health is one of the largest independent funders of mental health research within Australia.
Australian Rotary Health provides funding towards research grants, fellowships and PhD scholarships focussed on finding preventative and curative solutions for mental illness in young Australians. From 2022, our funding focus will narrow to the mental health of children aged 0-12.
Estimated 1 in 5 experience mental health problems.
MICHELLE SQUISH DAVIS:
Open Gardens 5th & 6th November. Roster for 5 gardens with two shifts of two people. Flyers available.
P.P. CHRIS SUTTON:
Hilda McNamara extends thanks for birthday wishes.
P.P. GEOFF HOLMES:
Attended Lions Convention. Like Rotary, Lions are seeking members.
ATTENDANCE:
7 apologies, 20 in attendance. 68.97%
FELLOWSHIP:
Birthdays: Ivan Routley 6th October, Allen Canobie 8th October, Kate Hodge 21st October, Jacque Phillips 28th October, June Mills 31st October.
HEADS & TAILS:
Rex Shields.
Winner Crazy Hats: Lou Hamon, with mention Ivan Routley and Linda Boyd.
$252 raised in fine session to be donated to Australian Rotary Health.
NEXT MEETING
DATE: MONDAY 17th OCTOBER 2022
VENUE: NUMURKAH GOLF & BOWLS CLUB
CHAIR: JOHN WATSON
APOLOGIES:
Ivan Routley
Phone: 0428 646 228
TO END WITH A SMILE
Q: Why did the woman go outdoors with her purse open? A: Because she expected some change in the weather.
