Well fellow Daybreakers we have had a busy month with BBBQs, various zoom meetings and helping other clubs like Bathurst for their Bunnings day, and Oberon for Mayfield garden car parking and wristband checking. I attended Blayney Rotary’s Peace Communities talk which was very informative. It’s great that we are a Peace City already and we can use this for promoting Peace Begins With You and Me. In the spirit of Uniting for Good, we certainly have!!!
Our Rotary Regional Northern group held a Zoom meeting on Sunday to discuss promoting Rotary to the wider community via TV ads which is a work in progress for the district. Sharing our activities and those of other clubs on Facebook is really taking off and everyone please continue to share and like all of our local clubs and beyond posts. This weekend we have ours and Bathurst Bunnings BBQ on Saturday and Sunday. In June Dave and I plan to travel to Woy Woy for their anniversary meeting on Friday 6th. I have started to investigate the swimming lessons for new Australians via BINC, so will keep you posted on any progress. So let us carry on sharing, caring and raising money for our next projects!!!
MORE than two dozen Bathurst women left their families and life as they knew it behind to provide extraordinary care to soldiers on the battlefields during World War I.
Muriel Wakeford was one of two Australian nurses known to have witnessed the Australian troops landing at Gallipoli from her vantage point on a hospital ship, and her recollections of the war have survived a century.
Then there was Maud Kellet, who ran a 2500-bed hospital on the western front, ensuring every wounded soldier was given the best chance of survival.
Towards the end of the war, she helped to round up all the records of Australian servicemen, in particular their medical records, so their care and treatment could be continued at home.
On Wednesday 14th May our guest speaker was Nick Packham.
Nick spoke about his 35 year career in the Disability Services Sector spending 29 years in Government with NSW Department of Aging, Disability and Homecare, to becoming the CEO of not-for-profit organisation, Vivability Ltd in 2016. This organisation is now a major provider of NDIS services in the Central West.
Nick is passionate about skills development within the disability sector as a pathway to ensuring providers meet the demand for the range and quality of services from people with disabilities.
The Vivability Cafe in Keppel Street is a fantastic example of how lives can be changed for people with a disability, All employees are on award wages.
Members of Bathurst Daybreak were also excited to learn that Vivability had just commenced work on the old Bathurst Ambulance Station where the ground floor will be set up as Cafe during the day and a cocktail bar after dark.
Pauline presented a synopsis of the Draft Community Plan
THE DRAFT BATHURST COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLAN
2025 -2045
All documentation is available on Bathurst Regional Council's your Say
website.
Why is it important? Those of you who may still be here in 2025 to see the results, please throw a party to see if it passed the pub test.
Documents such as the Draft Community Strategic Plan evolve as each new council reviews and updates what has been achieved by the former council and builds on the next stage. Following the public review for this
draft which closed last week, it will be endorsed at a meeting on the 18th June.
Built on the 2040 Bathurst Community Engagement plan, the Community Strategic Plan outlines the community's priorities, vision and strategic directions for the future.
The Copenhagen International Rotary Club (CIRC) was chartered in 1995, and is the only fully English-speaking club in Copenhagen. Copenhagen International Rotary Club is a club for international expats in Copenhagen and for Danes with international inclinations. Our club is a vibrant group of professionals and social activists from over 15 countries. Together, we create impactful projects, host inspiring events, and share great conversations.
Meets at the Axel Guldsmeden Hotel on Monday evenings from 5.30 to 8.00. From 6 -7.15 they have a speaker and then a networking dinner ($65).
Members of the Rotary Club of Bathurst Daybreak were pleased to help out at the Family Fun Day on Saturday 17 May at the Adventure Park. Members worked hard the Friday evening before hand to slice up all sorts of fruit and on Saturday morning placed a fruit salad into individual serving bowls to give away.
The Bathurst Family Day Out is held to celebrate the importance of families in the community and celebrate the value they bring to the fabric of the whole community.
The day is organised by Centacare Central West and Orana.
Service above Self
