At last week’s meeting we had Rhonda O’Connor and Shelley Cooper from St John of God Berwick as our guest speakers. We’re grateful to both for attending, but especially Shelley who stepped in at the last minute for Lisa Norman who was unwell. It was great to get their update on recent developments and especially to hear of the new trauma recovery unit for emergency services and defence force personnel at the Langmore Centre. The unit has 12 beds dedicated to providing inpatient services is particularly focussed on providing car and support to first responders suffering from the effects of PTSD.

 

Last weekend a small group of Berwick Rotarians visited the St John of God Berwick Hospital to start preparation works for an ambitious gardening project at the hospital site.

Our preliminary works involved identifying the viability of existing watering systems, removing the non-working pumps from the chapel garden pond and scoping the requirements for reinstating the pond to a working state, as well as measuring up for planter boxes for the maternity unit garden. 

This project marks the next step in our ongoing partnership with SJOG Berwick and will involve a number of working bees over the coming year which will provide all members a chance to get involved in whichever way they can assist.