Thursday night was an exciting night. President Karen McCarthy surprised both the club members and PDG PHF Geoff James with a Royce Abbey Award, once he had finished presenting the Vocation Awards. The distraction of doing that allowed President Karen to make sure Geoff's daughter Cathy had arrived from Castlemaine in time for the Presentation. The arrival of Catherine so surprised him that he was speechless. He was presented with an artwork that was donated by Karen and previously owned by Past RI President, Royce Abbey. It was done by Gilles Peltier, a past Rotarian from Canada who produced the Artwork on Plexiglass in 1987 to be auctioned to raise money for a Canadian club. Along the way, it was presented to Royce Abbey in his year as RI President in 1988- 1989Royce Abbey Award
Thursday night was an exciting night. President Karen McCarthy surprised both the club members and PDG PHF Geoff James with a Royce Abbey Award, once he had finished presenting the Vocation Awards. The distraction of doing that allowed President Karen to make sure Geoff's daughter Cathy had arrived from Castlemaine in time for the Presentation. The arrival of Catherine so surprised him that he was speechless. He was presented with an artwork that was donated by Karen and previously owned by Past RI President, Royce Abbey. It was done by Gilles Peltier, a past Rotarian from Canada who produced the Artwork on Plexiglass in 1987 to be auctioned to raise money for a Canadian club. Along the way, it was presented to Royce Abbey in his year as RI President in 1988- 1989