On Saturday, 29th April, members from the Rotary Clubs of Cranbourne, Pakenham and Berwick banded together to load a full truck of school teachers' desks and chairs. The desks and chairs were loaded from Marnebek School in Cranbourne East.
Our contact, teacher Katherine Toth did a fantastic job sorting out good from damaged equipment before we arrived. District 9820 DIK Rep, Roger Thornton did a good job explaining what Rotary Donations in Kind (DIK) did to Katherine during the loading process. While Roger talked, the rest of the Rotary team made an efficient effort to load the truck with plenty of joking around as we all got to know each other a little better. More information about DIK can be found at https://rotarydik.org/
It was interesting to learn that the Education Department recommended DIK for any equipment worthy of repurposing to other schools before sending it to landfill. I think Katherine was very happy that most of what she had could be reused. There inlies the reason that Rotary Donations in Kind is so important to our Rotary projects, both local and overseas and also why the Rotary Club of Berwick are a member of Donations in Kind Inc. It is important to us that DIK are there when we need them and I have to say we use them more than most Rotarians think!
A big thank you to Lloma and Gary from RC Cranbourne for their work loading the truck! Roger, Laury (DIK) and David got to unload it all at the Footscray Warehouse.
Rotary has many inspiring programs which give opportunities to work with many inspiring and fun people. This morning outting was no different and will make a big difference to people we will never meet in ways we will never know. Go Rotary! We are People of Action.
