VOLUNTEER VACANCY
Do you have spare time to offer your services to assist your community.
We are looking for dedicated volunteers to assist with servicing the local community by providing assistance in our popular Rotary Op Shop.
Flexible hours, comfortable workplace and rewarding conditions.
Please contact Lisa Walker - 0409 0122 48 for more information.
Southern Mitchell Rotary now operates the Rotary Recycling Op Shop at 84 Sydney Street, Kilmore. We are seeking more volunteers to help us grow the business so if you want to help out please call into the shop and talk to the team or talk to us at Rotary via www.rcsm.org.au/contact
There is ample parking in the side street and behind the shop.
Trading hours are: 9.30am-3.00pm Mon to Fri and 9.30am to 12.30pm Sat.
All profits are used for local welfare and wellbeing activities in our region and
watch for our increased focus on recycling plus
our mending, repairs and hem adjustment by Elizabeth continues.
Donations: all sorts are welcome during opening hours:
Volunteering: for information on volunteering, please message "Rotary Recycle Op Shop", manager, Lisa Walker or CLICK HERE.
05-07-2023
Lisa Walker
Rotary Recycle Op Shop Manager
At our this week’s meeting, we had a great talk from Lisa Walker, Manager of the Rotary Recycle Op Shop (RROP). I look forward to our Club working with Lisa in the long term. Lisa was accompanied by her husband Brad & younger son Kayne.
Tony Speers, Op Shop volunteer representative, also spoke about the work he does, which he clearly enjoys very much.
President Rose.
Op Shop volunteers “meet and greet” with Southern Mitchell members.
06-07-2023
Southern Mitchell Rotary took over the responsibility of their new Recycle Op Shop on 1st July. Today, many Rotary members took the opportunity to meet our highly valued Op Shop volunteers, and together we look forward to moving onward and upward.
The Rotary Club of Southern Mitchell took over management of the RUOSP Op Shop on 01-07-2023.
We are totally committed to supporting disadvantage in our local community, as well as promoting environmentally sustainable principles of recycling & reuse of materials. We look forward to continuing the fantastic work of RUOSP under our new name - 'Rotary Recycle Op Shop'. The service and quality of goods will remain unchanged under the leadership of manager extraordinaire, Lisa Walker.
MEDIA RELEASE BY TRANSITION VILLAGE, WALLAN.
To all past supporters of the Transition Village, Wallan project
It is with great regret that the Committee of Transition Village Wallan is announcing the closure of the TVW charity and project at the end of June 2023.
This has been occasioned by the disruption caused by the Covid pandemic and the continuing economic circumstances in Australia.
Despite our best efforts, increased building costs and the redirection of grant money means the Committee can no longer maintain a budget which will see the project come to fruition.
The TVW Committee is following all necessary legal guidelines as we close the charity and project. All monies are being refunded or redirected as legally required.
The good news is that the Recycled/Upcycled Op Shop Project will continue to operate as usual under the direction of Southern Mitchell Rotary (SMR). Profits will continue to be directed to local homeless support groups or activities. The TVW Committee of Management thanks Rotary for taking on the role of management of the op shop and its other activities, to continue benefiting the local community.
The committee, and myself personally, want to thank everyone who supported the TVW project. It is an innovative model which addressed the issues many are just raising now in the homelessness and sustainability fields. TVW was among the first to offer an integrated approach to homelessness support, climate change adaptation for this vulnerable group of people, and community involvement in aiding the Village residents to return to general community life.
The model is still current, the need is great, and the future is dim without this kind of support for local people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or just doing it tough! Please continue to remember those less fortunate and help out as you can.
Judy Clarke
CEO,
on behalf of Transition Village Wallan Committee of Management.
