President Karen Ritchie, Leagues Club Manager, Dave Brennan, IWD Coordinator, Wendy Neville, Committee member, Pat McCallum .
The Forbes & Parkes Phoenix published a request from Parkes Que Club for help to finance their International Women’s Day luncheon. This year the Club missed out on the $1000 grant which helps keep the costs of the event low. On the day the request was published, the co-ordinator of the event, Wendy Neville, received a phone call with an amazing offer from the Leagues Club. They would fund the whole $1000 shortfall! A huge thank you to Manager, Dave Brennan and his committee.
Dave spotted the story regarding the Parkes Que Club seeking community support and Dave said “I was disappointed to read that the Que club was unsuccessful in receiving a grant for delegates to attend the event and I was instantly compelled to make a phone call and support the group, without hesitation. It brings us great pride to assist our local community and endorse the valuable contributions of the Que club”.
Additional donations came in from Elders Real Estate and Bartley’s Barkers, as well as some individual donations.
Thank you to the amazing people of Parkes who support our town and especially our not-for-profit Club which raises money to support our local community.
This funding also allows us to pay for two senior students and a teacher from three local high schools to attend. Two wonderful guest speakers have been lined up in Tracy Hambridge, BAppSci(Nut), MNutDiet who is coming from Canberra and Janna Flanagan from the local Elders Real Estate business.
Our entertainment this year is from Adrian Day and the local Filipino Australian Choir. For the first time we have invited four local artisans to display and sell their produce and products and we are excited that Susan Maddison’s mosaics, Mel McIntyres craft/art, Kiki’s Candles, and Tumbling Downs Olives will be at the luncheon.
Add to all of that a raffle and lucky door prizes and the event is set for a wonderful afternoon around this year’s International Women’s Day theme which is “Inspire Inclusion”.
Tickets which are selling fast are available to purchase online from www.123tix.com.au/events