PROJECTS
Prostate and Breast Cancer support
The Street Party at the Wanda Beach Shopping Strip at Salamander Bay has become
an annual event with increasing community support. The shop owners and our Rotary
Club members combine to decorate the street and entice shoppers and fun seekers to
participate in raffles, face painting, plaster painting, hair spraying and lucky dip.
Shop owners provide their specialty foods at discounted prices with part of the
profits going to this worthy cause and our rotary club provides a sausage sizzle.
Relay for Life
The Rotary Club of Salamander Bay supports Relay for Life - joining with the Cancer
Council to run the event and being involved in fund raising over the year to contribute
to the funds raised.
Donations to Community Services
At the changeover dinner each year, our club presents donations to various community
services. in 2008 the groups receiving donations included: Soldier's Point Public
School, Sea Scouts, State Emergency Services, Tomaree Community Breast Cancer
Support Group, Tomaree Community Prostate Cancer support Group,Yacaaba Women in
Crisis Centre, Rural Fire Association and the Mando Village Project (PNG)
Wanda Beach Headland
A band of hard workers have reclaimed, replanted and now regularly maintain the
Wanda Beach Headland. This is an ongoing project and those who contribute finish
the morning with a social sausage sizzle.
The Newcastle Science and Engineering Challenge
This challenge is a cooperative venture between the University and the community.
It is a partnership between The University of Newcastle's Faculties of
Engineering and Built Environment and Science and Information Technology
together with Rotary District 9670. Our club contribute supervisors.
Anzac Day Book Presentation
Rotary attends the March and makes a presentation of a book to a local school at the
Memorial Service.
Assistance to the Needy
Rotary has assisted Bert Sheridan and Judy Stone raise money for a heated spa pool
for Georgia Trinkler. The provision of a wheelchair for an underprivileged community
member was also provided through RAWCS. Our club has also bought special software
for a programme at Soldiers Point Primary School
Pride in Workmanship Awards and Community Service Awards
Community members who excel are presented with a reward annually. This year the
recipients of the Pride in Workmanship were, David Boyd, Loretta Escott, Michelle
Fuentez, Anita McMahon and Jo O'Neil. Recipients of the Community Service Awards
were Sally Albert, Ken Dark, Sylvia Deering and Trevor Furner.
Book Sale
An annual book stall assists in raising funds.
Exchange Students
Ashleigh Dann is our outgoing exchange Student from One Mile Beach. She will be heading
to Germany in 2008 and says she is looking forward to this amazing opportunity.
Kristoffer Pinholt is our inbound student from Denmark for 2007. Kristoffer lives on a farm
near a town of 7500 people and loves computers. The hosting of this years exchange student
is a shared responsibility with the Rotary Club of Newcastle.
Mando Village PNG
The Mando project began with the village being supplied with chickens - enabling them to sell
eggs and chickens to others. This provided financial support to the village to send their children
to school. The project has become much larger with the recent provision of clean water for the
village and several other neighbouring villages. The project is now focussing on health care to
improve cancer and aids awareness, testing for bladder infections and women's health and
repairs to the school.
Oktoberfest night
 Octoberfest is becoming another annual event, as it proved to be as successful as 2006 and a
lot of fun. The event was held at the Soldiers Point Bowling Club where we were entertained
by the band "Shandila". Even those not dancing became involved in the fun on the floor as
volunteers participated in additional activities.