BLACK SATURDAY AND A REFLECTION ON OUR RURAL
RESPONSE EFFORTS
Russell Chatfield- 1, Colin Hopwood- 1, Stewart Bairstow- 1, David Ratcliffe- 1, Sean &
Rebecca Daley- 1, Geoff & Bev Odgers- 1, Bruce Shaw- 1, Michael & Jan Loton- 1, Mike
Rayside- 1, Peter & Sue Harbridge & Family- 1, Nicholas & Anna D'Rosario- 1, Alistair
Salmon- 1, Tony & Raelee Kregor- 1, Russell & Helen Wilson- 1, Julie Aitken- 1, Ron
Reed- 1, Ron Harbridge- 1, Brian Meehan- 1, Nigel Beresford – 1, Anne Dalton- 1, Ian &
Claire Bubb- 1, Ian Street- 1, Maryann Street- 1, Barry Ellis- 1, John & Katrina Palmer- 1,
Arthur Del Monaco- 1, Laurie Finlay- 1, Travis McLaughlin- 1.
Assistance to the Salvos
Members assisted the Salvos by sorting donated goods in the Salvos warehouses. Some of
these members assisted over multiple days. Those members were:
Matt Warren, Fred Lubbe, Geoff & Dulcie Strahan, Shirley McNamara, Hilary Salmon, Ernie
& Barbara Isaacs, Jeremy Harris, Wilma Anthony, Wendy Hammerton.
Caravan Collection and Delivery
In addition, the following members assisted with the caravan delivery project:
Barry Walker; Bob & Lyn Marshall; Colin Van Leeuwen; Graeme Green; John & Bette
Campbell; John Burke; Nigel Beresford; Peter George; Richard Curnock & Jennie
Hawker; Ron & Carol Reed; Russell & Helen Wilson; Russell Chatfield; Chris & Cynthia
Rozinico; Max Hay; Ken Challenger; Rob Hailey; Fred Lubbe; Peter Moran; David
Turner & Enid Maloney
Doug Hammerton (570)
NOTE from RR : have a look, above, at the participation from members of the club – how do
you recognise this effort ???
The efforts continued with working bees, even delivering 5 trailer loads of firewood; the
cleanup of the Casanova Dog & Cattery.
By October the efforts were drawing to a close and a Wind Down gathering was arranged.
RRG WIND-DOWN 4 th OCTOBER 2009
Members who attended:
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Wendy & Doug Hammerton (570)
Chris & Laurie Finlay (267)
Ian & Hilary Salmon (1078 )
Liz & Brian McCarthy (676 )
Alison & Brian McLaughlin (618 )
Anne Dalton ( 664)
Jim & Kathryn Merrett (633 )
Norma & Mike Norris (1259)
Mick Bergin (1258 )
Danny Hall (1167)
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