A relatively quiet news week it seems - must be changeover season (not that the smile on the Pres's face didn't give that away!)
John Mc hosted the evening and brought along a guest David Crow. Welcome David and to our returning guests and possible new members Steve Clark and Geoff Ballard
John gave us 2 thoughts for the day relating to food waste
Firstly from Pope Francis
and this from Jose Graziano Da Silva - former Director General of the FAO 
“We live in a world where we grow enough food to feed everyone, yet one-third of all food produced is wasted.” - that statement was made 7 years ago and from statistics today it still holds true.
On to M.I.R - yes you know it as Matters In the Interest of Rotary
Art show still on till this coming Sunday - you have a chance to get down there and spend big!
Nora told those present that she had attended the inauguration of the Melbourne University Rotaract club sponsored by the Rotary Club of Carlton. A great start to their Rotary life with 56 members already.
She also provided a report on the recent packing event
Another successful FORaMEAL packing was held on Tuesday 18 June 2024 at Caulfield Grammar School – Caulfield Campus, 22,500 meals were packed. A big thank you is extended to two of the students, Holly and Tilly who provided leadership for their fellow students with their planning and organising all the processes for the day. We couldn’t achieve this without the support team. Our thanks are extended to Doug (and his family members for assisting to load the FaM truck), Kyle Wightman, David Chivers, David Zrna, Anthony Balocca, Gerry and Kate Cross, Elizabeth Shepherd, Marg Hamilton (RC of Port Phillip) Viraj and Ella (Melbourne University Rotaract). This means that around 330,000 meals have been packed for the financial year.
Next packing event is planned for the end of July
Elizabeth confirmed that changeover bookings have gone well and as of close we have 64 members and gusts attending. We will fill that room. DON"T FORGET - the theme is the colours of Rotary - yes officially that is Yellow and Blue but we have a lot more colours than that so make sure you are dressed brightly!
Due to logistical issues Doug was unable to send more food packs to Ethiopia this time so this food was distributed to Foodbank. 11 pallets = 110,000 meals. Another great effort
