DG David Holtshausen Governor of District 9350, visited Swellendam Rotary Club on the 17th and 18th of September. Starting with a working lunch with Rotary Club President Des van Jaarsveld and his Directors, followed by an afternoon visiting a number of current club projects. One of the projects visited was the "Uitreikende Hande" project in Buffelsjags. In the evening Rotarians and Rotary Anns joined the DG in a combined and very pleasant social evening and dinner. After a very informative and well received address, the Club President expressed the appreciation of the Rotary Club and thanked David Holtshausen for his visit and further wished him every success for the remainder of his term
Rotary Swellendam are proud to have been able to assist Fernal Abrahams who was elected as a member of the Western Cape Downs Syndrome Athletics Team, representing the province at the National Provincial Athletics event in Bloemfontein. Rotary Swellendam sponsored some of the costs to assist Fernal to compete in the event. Swellendam is proud to have one of our local athletes representing the province in Bloemfontein and wish Fernal and the team all the best of luck for the events in which he and the team will be participating in. Seen left to right: Father Mario Hendricks (Rotary) , Fernal Abrahams, Brian Cole (Rotary), Bernie Scholtz (CAP) and Nettie Abrahams - Fernal’s mother. (Articl
On Saturday 14 September a group of Rotarians representing four Clubs attended a RFHD (Railton Family Health Day) training session in the library at Rotary Park. The training was presented by Bev Frieslich, Head of Steering Committee D 9350 - Rotary Family Health Days and her team from Cape Town. The training was informative and cleared up issues with regard to implementation of RFHD. Attendees agreed that the training was helpful and beneficial. The RFHD takes place from 02 to 04 October. (Article -Corrie Cloete. Photographs - Danie Theron.)
