The New Woodend Star Circulation of 3180 throughout Woodend postal district, Newham, Hesket, Ashbourne, North Woodend, Hanging Rock, Carlsruhe, Cobaw.
AN INITIATIVE OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF WOODEND AUGUST 2009
A Monthly Community Periodical
Support your local CFA and you could win a holiday for two in New Caledonia
Gabriel Gaté supports the Woodend CFA Following the horrendous fires of last summer, a group of very generous clients of Woodend CFA 1st Lieutenant Mike Dornau offered a fantastic holiday to be used as a fund-raising prize. It was then decided to broaden our horizons and run the raffle to raise funds for all CFA Brigades in the Mt Macedon Group. So proceeds will be shared amongst the CFA Brigades in Woodend, Gisborne, Macedon, Mt Macedon, Newham, Hesket-Kerrie, Riddells Creek and Bullengarook. A fantastic holiday worth up to $8,000 The prize for two people has generously been donated by New Caledonia Tourism and their partners, and includes the following: • Return economy airfares from Sydney or Brisbane to Noumea flying Aircalin (New Caledonia’s international airline) • Return economy airfares from your nearest capital city to either Sydney or Brisbane • 5 nights 5 Star accommodation at luxurious Le Meridien Resorts (3 nights in Noumea and 2 nights on the beautiful Isle of Pines • Return economy airfares from Noumea to the Isle of Pines with Air Caledonie • Return airport transfers in New Caledonia with Arc en Ciel Voyages • Travel insurance thanks to Travelscene Insurance. To top it all off former Woodend CFA secretary Andrew Wilson-Annan, who works with the ANZ Bank, continued page 3
First Publication 1997
Volume Thirteen No. 7
What’s life like as a …?
Wednesday 19 August, 7pm – 8.30 pm Woodend Community Centre The Rotary Clubs of Woodend and Kyneton together with the Careers teachers at Sacred Heart, Kyneton Secondary, Gisborne Secondary and Braemar Colleges, are inviting year 11 students from the Kyneton and Woodend districts to meet and interact with a group of interesting and experienced people representing a broad range of professions including Healthcare, Engineering, Law, Science, Arts & Entertainment, Architecture/Sustainable Living, Information & communication, and Business & Logistics. How do you choose a career? – Often by accident or because you admire someone, or you are interested in science (for example). But how much do you really know? We are offering a careers evening with a difference. Not how do you get into engineering or a health profession, but what sort of a life is it? What can you do with the basic qualification and where else can it take you? Each school can send about 15 students who can nominate the four professional groups they would most like to learn about. Groups will be limited to 6 – 8 students who will have 20 minutes to check out a few lives for each of their four chosen professions. We’ll open the evening with an inspirational speaker. In another room, your parents can also ask questions of other professionals and each other, so they can help you make your decisions. We believe that your basic qualification is just the start of a life that can be as interesting and varied or as predictable as you want to make it. We would love to take the opportunity to listen to your questions and to share some ideas about how you can make those choices. Your basic qualifications in engineering can take you into accountancy & business. Your basic health qualification can take you into travel and teaching. Law is a great grounding for business and farming. Everyone gets setbacks in their plans – and that is your greatest learning opportunity. People who learn to take manageable risks always grow more than people who take the safe option. Go boldly and invent your future! Submitted by the Rotary Club of Woodend
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