A Helping Hand From Rotary At Moruya Showground
- The Beagle
- Jun 29, 2022
- 1 min read
Within a couple of weeks the $80,000 Showground kitchen renovation should be complete. The expanded kitchen will allow more fundraising opportunities for the Show Society, with the kitchen now catering for larger groups.
Chris Manahan of Moruya Rotary Club says "We all remember the devastating fires just over 2 years ago and the critical role the Showground played as an evacuation centre for displaced residents. The kitchen has been upgraded to cope more efficiently, should such an event occur again.
"There has been much Government grant funding available since those fires and the Show Society has been successful in their application. However there has been plenty of donated funds available as well".
The Rotary Club of Moruya has secured $30,000 from the Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland Disaster Recovery Trust plus another $10,000 via our local Rotary District Bushfire Recovery Fund, totaling $40,000 which is 50% of the Showground kitchen renovation cost.
Rotary International is an organization of over 36,000 clubs in 220 countries worldwide and Rotarians know that every donated dollar or Pound sterling will go directly to disaster zones where it’s needed. This time those funds have been directed down under to the Moruya Showground kitchen.
Moruya Rotary meets every Tuesday evening at the Golf Club. New members are always welcome.
Above: from left to right are John Browne (Show society), Mary Atkinson (Show society), Phil Armstrong (Moruya Rotary), Lindsay Boyton (Show society), Mark Brown (Builder) and Col Jay (Moruya Rotary).
