You all know about the passing of Dudley Mercer some 7 months ago. This was a sad loss to his family, the Rotary Community and his many friends. At the time Marilyn received countless condolences and regards as to Dudley’s contributions to his community and how much he will be missed. Many donations for a memorial were received from Past District Governors and Rotary Clubs he had been involved with from across Queensland Rotary District. At the time our club was organising the memorial for another passed member so Marilyn agreed it would be a good idea to hold Dudley’s gifts for the time being as she also wanted to talk with Myall Lakes Council and Myall Koala and Environmental Group to decide on the best place for Dudley’s trees to be planted.
Now the time has come to ask for donations from our club members and friends who would like to remember Dudley in this way. The trees will be planted in and around the Tea Gardens/ Hawks Nest region where Dudley and Marilyn spent many happy years. A walkway is to be built by Myall Lakes Council along the foreshore of Myall lakes where the trees are to be planted, we thought a good idea would be to install a “Buddy Bench” in Dudley’s and our club’s name along this walkway.
The Grove of Trees memorial has been approved by the Board so now we are looking for those of you who would like to honour Dudley and the many wonderful deeds he did. A lot of members have already expressed a wish to donate.
Each tree costs $5. Once the trees have been planted the clubs, donors and his family will be given a certificate of thanks in his name.
If you would like to be part of this please pay your money into the working account and the Environment Committee will organise the details. You are welcome to donate as many trees as you wish.
BSB 032-553 Charity A/C 114 346 Please put your name and Trees in the description
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