A must-attend event and it is on THIS WEDNESDAY!
Guest Speaker
David Dippie PP Rotary Club of Keilor and PE RC Keilor East
Born in Scotland, arrived in Australia in 1957, lives in Essendon, married with three adult children and two grandchildren.
Business background; building construction - from Home Improvements to City High-rise, with significant involvement in Marketing and Franchising
He started and ran his own business, The Skylight Shop, which he sold after 12 years and has been retired for several years.
Joined the Rotary Club of Keilor District 9800 in 1993 and was President in 2004-5.
David helps to manage the Donations In Kind Store, is Co-Chair of the D9800 Environmental Sustainability Committee and is a member of the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group Oceania Chapter executive responsible for Project coordination and promotion.
He has made several trips to Timor Leste, some with members of our Club.
In August, he went to Tonga as a member of a 14-person RAWCS team. The project was the installation of dental chairs and facilities, which is similar to our involvement in the Balibo and Solomon Islands dental health and oral hygiene projects. David will reflect on this project and Rotary in Tonga.
Please note that the Rotary Club of Berwick is a full financial member of Rotary Donations in Kind (DIK), one of the very few in District 9820. David is our "Go To" person for all our activities through DIK. He is a wealth of knowledge on supplying overseas projects with equipment and goods as well as the many other aspects surrounding repurposing used equipment for other countries and local projects.
The meeting will be held at the Rotary Club of Pakenham
Deep Creek Golf Club
62 Cameron Way, Deep Creek Reserve
Pakenham VIC 3810
Meals can be purchased on the night at the Bistro, but please book (no payment required) through the invitation which Andrew Somers will send you so that we can forward the organiser our numbers. https://rotaryberwick.org/event/david-dippie/
