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Numurkah Rotary Club
Bulletin
16th February 2026
Welcome to another issue of our weekly bulletin! Find out who our upcoming speakers are, what we covered during the last weekly meeting, and learn more about our Member of the Week.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Tony Cavallaro
February 10
 
Charlotte Andrew
February 15
 
Linda Boyd
February 28
 
Spouse/Partner Birthdays
Faye Holmes
February 7
 
Mark Oliver
February 8
 
Pam Brennan
February 8
 
Fred Hodge
February 20
 
Anniversaries
Phil Seager
Fiona Seager
February 14
 
Jeff Buzza
Gayle Buzza
February 20
 
Join Date
Chris Hardham
February 26, 2018
8 years
 
Ross Hardham
February 26, 2018
8 years
 
Upcoming Events
Combined Meeting with Shepparton South Rotary Club
Tunnock Road
Feb 16, 2026 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm AUS Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)
 
Club Meeting - Chair Jennifer Rodger South Shepp
Numurkah Golf & Bowls Club
Feb 16, 2026
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
 
Art Show Raffle Ticket Sales
Alternating Numurkah Home Hardware & Discount Chemist
Feb 19, 2026 9:00 am –
Feb 21, 2026 1:00 pm
 
Club Meeting - Chair Marie Austin
Numurkah Golf & Bowls Club
Feb 23, 2026
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
 
Art Show Raffle Ticket Sales
Ritchies IGA
Feb 26, 2026 9:00 am –
Feb 28, 2026 1:00 pm
 
St Joseph's Primary School Fun Run Marshal Duty
Mar 01, 2026
9:00 am – 10:30 am
 
Club Meeting - Chair Lorraine Greenwood RESCA
Numurkah Golf & Bowls Club
Mar 02, 2026
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
 
Art Show Raffle Ticket Sales
Ritchies IGA
Mar 05, 2026 9:00 am –
Mar 06, 2026 3:00 pm
 
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Guest Speaker Shepparton South RC

 
David Earle - Biggest Blokes Lunch
  • Recently celebrated 50 years for the club
  • Biggest Blokes Ever Lunch catered for 1200 people
  • Raised $260 K - $31.7K for Rotary
  • Big part of the club's projects is catering
  • Food Share
  • Big project is Tarcoola 
  • RSL and getting kids together (loneliness is huge)
  • Built a BBQ area at Tarcoola
  • Next project to build a playground there
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President Meg - Food Ladder Project & Fire Response
  • Work for Greater Shepparton 
  • Father Pat Fitzpatrick (past Rotarian at Numurkah)
  • Hydroponic set up for kids to grow their own food
  • Gowrie St & 
  • Longwood/Ruffy fires response - getting 2000 L fuel, beer, fencing supplies etc
  • Families aren't able to return to their property until there is a water tank there - so fundraising to help with water tanks - delivered 22 tanks so far
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Clay - Young Picasso Art Competition
  • Art Competition for kids
  • Last year was the first year
  • Yr 4 - Yr 12
  • Had 35 schools with 278 entries
  • Had 600 people turn up for the weekend
  • Moving into second year and hope to expand to outlying areas
  • Hoping to be a showcase into the future
  • Sponsor Scholarships as prizes
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Nigel Liggins- Global Grant
  • Cambodia Rotary Club
  • Formed from a Zoom meeting from Australia, Cambodia and America
  • Toilets are constructed with privacy
  • Construction by locals with assistance
  • Education for use by families
  • Education for maintenance
  • Commitment locally and internationally
  • Plan to be build 105 toilets 
  • There are currently 25 plumbers in Cambodia to assist in building 29 toilets
  • Hopefully will attract people to return to their village
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Reports
 
President Chris H
 
Welcomed Shepparton South Rotary Club
 
  • Welcomed guest Lee Naish as a potential new member
  • Looking for volunteers for Breakfast Club on Tuesday's
  • Blazeaid for Yarroweyah response to put to the club about fire response
  • A community response from an elderly lady to assist with helping cleaning out the back yard. Looking for volunteers in the next week - Please see Lyn H
 
Chairman Jennifer
  • Member for 10 years in various roles
  • Started up own Real Estate business last year
  • Run a rent role plus a buyers agent
  • Recently become a sellers agent
  • Was a property manager so now work as a locum property manager
  • Doing property inspections for a Co Op
  • Marriage Celebrant
  • Cardwells Travel Hostess
  • Grandma to a two year old
 
Treasurer Stephen
  • Received a $1800 donation from SUYW
  • Eftpos machine replaced with a newer model
  • A new Art Show sponsor - Jennifer Rodger Real Estate

Anthony Oliver

  • Attended a Rotary Community Leaders meeting with interesting developments
  • June 2028 is the new extension for the Regionalisation Pilot
  • RI Board to meet in June about Zone 8 - rezoning to be cut down to 10 districts

Geoff Holmes - 4WD

  • Currently 39 coming
  • Don't wait!
  • Get entries back ASAP
  • Looking for batteries please Nick, Ashley, Geoff place

Lorraine

  • Art Show raffle still needs to be filled
  • Bring back books please
  • In 2 weeks time Emergency Services evening to be held with presentation on RESCA

     

    Chris Sutton

  • First awareness day last week with pop up chairs around town
  • High School
  • GMCU
  • Library
  • Art Show is on track
  • Catalogue on track
  • The committee decided that the proceeds of the art show would be going toward the local bushfire response
  • Ride to conference with a team of ten people - Seymour
 
Heads & Tails
 
Allen Canobie - A bottle of red