Bayside Geelong Rotary Club’s recent Changeover dinner was fairly jumping with special awards!  Well done to all members for throwing your weight behind the many programs you’ve partaken of this year and thank you to DG Ken McInerney for the awards.

• 2013-14 PRESIDENTIAL CITATION for actively working to Engage Rotary, Change Lives

The club needed to participate in 3 categories of projects with at least 3 activities in each, by the end of March. We qualified with distinction by having 4 or more activities in each.

• 2013-14 ROTARY CLUB CENTRAL AWARD

For setting strategic goals to Engage Rotary, Change Lives this year and in years to come. Goals needed to be placed on Club Central; explained, costed and manpower hours calculated. At least 15 were needed by the end of May and as we are a small club and do many activities and projects with 100% member assistance, it wasn’t an arduous task.

• SPECIAL PRESIDENT’S AWARD:

I wish to acknowledge the work done by all of our members, and I’ve attempted to make reference to that each week. But there’s one lady whose enthusiasm, commitment and devotion to all things Rotary, has really shone this year:

• She’s a delivery person for Bowelscan

• She has been on the Board for the Careers Expo for many years

• She’s involved with ‘Look Good, Feel Better’ – giving a helping hand and a morale

boost to cancer sufferers

• Through Nutrimetics she’s involved with the E3 group – Enlighten, Empower, Educate, very similar ideals to Rotary’s

• We all know how she loves to organise activities and fun times within Rotary, and she’s just done that with the very successful ladies membership drive last weekend

• She’s a PP, PHF and Five Avenues of Service Citation recipient

Jo said to me once “Other than family and work, Rotary’s my other love”.

She makes me feel very humble.

Telsa Stubna