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THE ROTARY CLUB
OF
MOOLOOLABA INC,
53rd Year - Volume 53
01 Dec 2025
Website www.mooloolabarotary.org
facebook.com/RotaryMooloolaba
President Sandra Harrington

What a week it has been. Monday began with about 13 visiting Helimod at Caloundra
Airport. We were blown away literally - by the storm and hail that hit at about 3.30 pm and
by the passion, motivation, knowledge and skills, community spirit, and entrepreneurship of
Will Shrapnel who started the company in 2002. Many were sorry to miss this vocational
visit due to the risk of driving in the storm. Thank you to Malcolm for organising.

Tuesday, Donna, Roger and I attended the STEMM graduation at the Nambour RSL and
proudly presented our Mooloolaba Rotary Bursary to a worthy recipient. We listened to
many stories of resilience: stories of lives that changed through support and opportunities
provided for success within an inclusive learning environment and by community
organisations.

Tuesday was also supposed to be the Senior's Christmas Lunch but due to the teacher's strike
could not go ahead. Thanks to Suncare staff contacting attendees to change the day, Kawana
Waters State College being willing to change the date and Rotarians still being available, the
lunch went ahead on the Wednesday instead. Numbers were down on Wednesday however,
the 44 people who attended had a wonderful time and enjoyed the food provided by KWSC
Year 11 hospitality students, the singing provided by Jesse Anthony and the primary school
students and the gifts from Santa. Thank you to the Rotarians, staff and students at the
school, Suncare and the Sunshine Coast Council for making this day possible.

Next Club Meeting

The next Club meeting 01 Dec 2025

Our next club meeting will be held at the Mooloolaba Bowls Club. The guest speaker will be
Genevieve Irvine who will be talking on ‘What brought me to Rotary’.

Meet two of our newer members, Genevieve Irvine and David Wright fill us in on their
background and why they joined The Mooloolaba Rotary Club.

Director's Reports

Our 37th Senior Citizens' Christmas Party - 26th
November 2025

On Wednesday 26th November 2025, Mooloolaba Rotary in
conjunction with Suncare and supported by the Sunshine Coast
Council Grants Program put on our annual Senior Citizens Christmas
Party, a Youth Committee event in its 37th year. Due to a change