Rotary Club of Hawkesbury Chartered 1996

Sponsor Club  Richmond Rotary Club

1996 - 1998            Charter President         Teena Dwight

1998 - 1999            President                     Kerry Nicholls

1999 - 2000            President                     Kerry White

2000 - 2001            President                     Megan Wood

2001 - 2002            President                     John O'Grady

2002 - 2003            President                     Maree Fleetwood

2003 - 2004            President                     Rod Browning

2004 - 2005            President                     Deborah Mills

2005 - 2006            President                     Marilyn Mercer

2006 - 2007            President                     Margaret Fenech

2007 - 2008            President                     Rachael Goldsworthy

History

Hawkesbury Rotary Club started life as a lunch time club in the University of Western Sydney, Richmond Campus (known in a previous life as Hawkesbury Agricultural College) with a mix of members from the University staff and local businesses. It quickly outgrew its meeting room and moved to temporary sites. Subsequently it now meets as a Breakfast Club in Flares, The Conference Centre, cnr Dight and George sts Windsor

The Hawkesbury Club started off running. In the year of its Charter, with so few members the Rotarians succeeded in donating a piano to Bridges Disability Services; running a mushroom barbeque for the Hawkesbury Hospital Open Day; Gave assistance to the needy through Hawkesbury Care Inc; raised money for RAWCS which supplies Rotary Water Wheels to India; catered for the Hawkesbury Youth Forum; worked as gate and parking attendants at the Trivett Classic as well as running a Young Carers Adventure Weekend at Camp Mackay.

Despite supporting GSE Team visits, RYLA, PACE, YEP, the Rotary Foundation, the Australian Health Research Fund as well as numerous community needs, the ongoing focus each year has been on Young Carers.

From the original Young Carers Adventure Weekend this has grown to the

 Rotary (Club of Hawkesbury) Young Carers Assistance Program  or RYCAP

with Barbara Holborow as Patron. The club has sponsored at least one, and sometimes two, holiday/respite camps per year for 11 years. This has involved major fund raising activities such as the Charity Race Days.
The contribution for each camp has ranged from $13,000 to $15,000.   .

            In its short but eventful life the Hawkesbury Club has made a real difference to both its local community and the wider community of NSW.