School Bursary Presentation Night
Chairperson—David Anderson
David briefly spoke of volunteering, and thanked the school communities for their efforts, particularly catering on a regular basis for Rotary meetings, and tonight we have the Yea Water Tigers swimming club, volunteering to raise funds for their club. Thankyou!
David invited Julie Lynch, stepping up for Youth chair, Lily Cox who is overseas enjoying her honeymoon.
Julie introduced our visitors to Rotary’s focus on Youth, with programs Yea participate in including Youth Ex-change, RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) pro-gram, School Bursaries ($500 to each school, with funds awarded to student/s nominated by the school to assist with books, uniform etc.) and the Ruth Konig annual school to a Yr 12 student moving on to Tertiary Education ($6,000 over 3 years).
David briefly spoke of volunteering, and thanked the school communities for their efforts, particularly catering on a regular basis for Rotary meetings, and tonight we have the Yea Water Tigers swimming club, volunteering to raise funds for their club. Thankyou!
David invited Julie Lynch, stepping up for Youth chair, Lily Cox who is overseas enjoying her honeymoon.
Julie introduced our visitors to Rotary’s focus on Youth, with programs Yea participate in including Youth Ex-change, RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) pro-gram, School Bursaries ($500 to each school, with funds awarded to student/s nominated by the school to assist with books, uniform etc.) and the Ruth Konig annual school to a Yr 12 student moving on to Tertiary Education ($6,000 over 3 years).
 Flowerdale Primary School bursary recipient, Jake Wertz, Grade 3. Nominated for being kind, helpful to staff and students and respecting school values. Congratulations Jake. |  Yea Primary School bursary was awarded to Finn Duke,awarded for being respectful, resilient, responsible and always displaying the school values. |
 Matthew Jensen, Sacred Heart Primary School, awarded for willingness to participate in the community, displaying school values, respectful and resilient. |  Ella Harris, Yr 9, Yea High School, awarded for her academic achievements and for always being respectful and positive to students and staff. |
 Declan Fulford, Yr 9, Yea High School, awarded for his academic aptitude and willingness to extend his skills, undertaking an Information Technology internship with the school technicians. | |
Some of our catering team, Yea Water Tigers, who had a busy night and served us a delicious meal. Thankyou