YOUTH matters are the District Topic for MAY and we have found that Wahroonga Rotary has raised almost half a Million dollars towards Youth in the past 15 Years!
The Rotary Club of Wahroonga’s Youth Committee has been a very active and vibrant part of Wahroonga for many years. In fact, over the past 15 years, the Wahroonga Youth Committee has raised over $485,000 for community projects…. which is an average of $32,000 per annum.
We chose a period of 15 years as we have clear records of where our $485,000 in Revenue and our $433,000 in expenditure was sourced and applied. We believe that the Award should not only recognise exceptional annual efforts but also recognise longer term sustainable progress supported by Youth innovations such as the NOVUS Foundation which allowed Wahroonga to maintain their Youth support over a quite lengthy period. We will provide a summary of this distribution in the next Wahroongla.
Over half of this was down to the Wahroonga Rotary’s biggest innovation, the NOVUS Foundation a not for profit organisation established to assist Youth in our Community.
The NOVUS Foundation was a cooperative effort by the SAN Hospital, the McCarroll Automotive Group and Wahroonga Rotary. It was a Not for Profit Foundation limited by Guarantee. NOVUS was established in 2007 and was active for over 18 years. The Gala Dinners raised around $2 million for Youth in our area. When we started, we thought it may have a life of only 3 years but due to the exceptionally effective effort by the three parties they were able to run 16 annual Gala Dinners and it ceased to operate in 2022.
When you add together the District Youth contributions over this same period, it would amount to many, many millions of dollars directed by our District Rotary Clubs.
Money that would otherwise not have been raised!
Our Youth Committee is made up of a group of dedicated individuals (12 in all) who each have an individual passion for specific activities which ensures they stay interested, committed and dedicated.
Membership has remained fairly constant with about half long term and others quite new. I should also like to thank all Club members for their support for our Youth activities over the many years.
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ABBOX BBQ at Knox | Raflle ticket selling Wahroonga | NOVUS dinner |