It was great to look back at the wonderful year that the club had in 21-22 under President Sam Saunders. Sam had a tremendously productive year as President, and even found time to give birth to Millie early on in the year. Sam paid tribute to her Board for the year, who have supported her and worked behind the scenes to ensure the club was able to charter and to set some great foundations. The outgoing Board included President Elect Sam Doyle, Secretary Tara Pullen, Treasurer Patricia McDonell, Membership Director Peter Hill, Immediate Past President Emma McVeigh and Community Services Director Kate Wiencke.
What a great service activity on 28th May, painting BBQ tables, fencing and seating in a communal area between buildings at Oaks Estate. This supports work by Ben and the Vinnies Canberra/Goulburn Community Inclusion Program (
The Canberra Sundowners held our birthing kit packing event on Sunday the 15th of May. This is the fourth year the club has supported this great cause, with each year being bigger and better than the last. 
It's not all hard work volunteering in Rotary. We like to have a lot of fun in meetings and social events as well. Our social event for April was tasting French wine and produce and learning about French wines and wine regions at French Flair in Manuka.
As in past years we joined Ahmed & friends from @Ahmadiyahmuslimcommunity at their Clean Up Australia Day event, held on 6th March. The Ahmadi's ethos is around peace: "Love all, hate none" which seems timeless. 
ra Sundowners finally got to formally celebrate our recent chartering as a Rotary Club with over 80 Rotarians, family and friends. It was a wonderful evening, with great memories of our path to chartering, some amazing silent auction items and raffle prizes and much more. 
The Sundowners launched our second street library last weekend - this one in Tea Gardens in Gungahlin. It was the culmination of a great deal of effort by a number of people, including our resident artist extraordinaire - Ash, who created a marvellous forest landscape on all sides of the library. 
Our first meeting for 2022 was a busy affair. With a hybrid face-to-face and online meeting format, we had 20 members and friends in attendance. 
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