Moree Project

Aim:    To address problems for disadvantaged students, many of them Aboriginal, in the Moree area.

Goals:

• To provide computers for disadvantaged students in the Moree area
• To provide shelter for the ‘sit down’ lunch area at Moree East Public School
• To support indigenous literacy

Activities:

• Co-operation ascertained from the two Moree Rotary Clubs in July 2020
• Principal of Moree East PS, Lorinda Potter, spoke to Turramurra club via Zoom
• Forty nine iPads were donated by Abbotsleigh School, organised by the Rotary Club of Chatswood/Roseville.
• Rotary Club of Chatswood Sunrise donated $500 for covers, chargers etc.

• Pam Pritchard, a member of Turramurra Club attended the Official Opening of the Cafeteria and Mural at the school, March 2021.
• Chatswood/Roseville, Chatswood Sunrise and Turramurra Clubs combined to donate $8,956 for two commercial market-style umbrellas to extend the shade in the Infants’ lunch area.    
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• Six Rotary Clubs and 2 Rotary Districts combined to raise $9913 for the literacy project "Books in Homes" for the school. Students will receive two new books of their choice in Terms 1,2 and 4, a personalised book bag and a catalogue. District 9650 gave a $4000 grant to the project and District 9685 gave $2500. The Rotary Club of Young Leaders in D9650 applied for the D9650 grant, and North Ryde Club for D9685. Pudding sales by Turramurra, Chatswood/Roseville, North Ryde, Wahroongah and West Pennant Hills Rotary Clubs raised over $3,000. Turramurra and Chatswood/Roseville Clubs combined to donate over $2,000 to the project.
  

• Moree East PS won the Secretary’s School Achievement Award in September 2021 for their Learning for Life Cafeteria. This prestigious award recognises NSW Public Schools that have successfully created a sustainable learning environment through a whole-of-school-project.

In July 2022, nine members from Turramurra and Chatswood/Roseville Rotary Clubs travelled to Moree for the "Opening of the Umbrellas"

Participating Rotary clubs were thanked for the Shade Umbrellas and for "Books in Homes". 

The group attended the NAIDOC Culmination Day at the school where students displayed their work and enjoyed activities, all linked to their culture.

•  Turramurra, North Ryde and Chatswood/Roseville Clubs raised over $12,000 through
  District and RAWCS Grants and fundraising activities to extend the literacy project,
  ‘Books in Homes’, to 2023.
•  The project can be found on the RAWCS website No. 29.2022.23 and tax deductible
  donations can be made through RAWCS.
•  On the 3rd April 2023, Turramurra member Julie Owens and District Governor Mina Howard travelled to Moree to attend the ‘Books in Homes’ Assembly’ where the students received their new books.
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• Turramurra Club with support from Chatswood/Roseville and North Ryde Clubs, raised
  $12,600 for ‘Books in Home’ 2024.
• Funds were raised with a Trivia Night, District Grant, RAWCS Grant and Pudding Sales.
• On the 3 rd July 2024, ten Rotarians and friends visited Moree East Public School to participate
  in their NAIDOC Community Day.
• They were privileged to attend a meeting of local Elders.

N.B. RAWCS – Rotary Australia World Community Service
RYLA – Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

Sincere thanks to: Lorinda Potter; Abbotsleigh School; Bob Selinger, District Director Aboriginal Support; John Hartley, Rotary Clubs of Chatswood/Roseville; Chatswood Sunrise; Turramurra; North Ryde; Wahroonga and Pennant Hills.

Contact: Pam Pritchard

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