Juliana ADDISON (Wendouree) (16:43): It was an honour to attend the Rotary Wendouree breakfast club meeting last week at the Grand Ballarat. Thank you to president Geoff James for the invitation to attend. It was great to see such a big turnout there to hear from district governor Ian McKay.

I want to thank the Rotarians of the Wendouree breakfast club for the volunteering and fundraising work they do across the Ballarat community, including raising awareness about mental health, suicide prevention and reducing family violence as well as working for decades to eliminate polio globally and malaria in the Pacific.

I wish to congratulate Ellie Beer and Robert McDougall on receiving the honour of being named Paul Harris fellows in recognition of their significant contribution to Rotary and the community. Well done.

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