{"id":74585,"date":"2014-07-21T22:02:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T12:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=74585"},"modified":"2020-11-27T16:09:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T06:09:27","slug":"rotary-stretches-out-a-hand-to-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/07\/21\/rotary-stretches-out-a-hand-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotary Stretches Out A Hand To Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_75098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75098\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140721rotary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-75098\" title=\"20140721 Drought Relief\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140721rotary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140721rotary.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140721rotary-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Col Anderson and Ross Mackay, from the Taabinga Rotary Club &#8230; collecting donations of foodstuffs, clothes and personal items at the South Burnett Enterprise Centre for drought relief<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>July 21, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no need to tell South Burnett farmers the drought is still biting hard, and with predictions of an El Nino around the corner, there&#8217;s not a lot of good news on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>But the Rotary Club of Taabinga, in conjunction with AgForce and fellow Rotary clubs in Mooloolaba, Toowong, Brisbane Airport, Woombye-Palmwoods and Karana Downs, is trying to supply a little bit of hope and support to the local farming families that are doing it tough.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Members have opened an appeal for donations of\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tinned foods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Non-perishable food, including pasta, spaghetti and tea bags<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Clothes, particularly working clothes such as jeans, work shirts, winter jumpers etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Personal items such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, hair shampoo and conditioner, nappies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NB. At this stage scarves or toys are not needed.<\/p>\n<p>Donated items may be dropped off at the Rotary storage shed at the South Burnett Enterprise Centre, 6 Cornish Street, Kingaroy, which will be manned by volunteers on Mondays and Thursdays from 10:00am-noon (until the end of September).<\/p>\n<p>Taabinga Rotary will also have a drop-off point at Kingaroy Shoppingworld from next Monday (July 28) for a week.<\/p>\n<p>Donations can also be left at the National Australia Bank branch in Kingaroy Street, Kingaroy or pick-ups can be arranged by contacting Trevor Watkins <strong><a href=\"mailto:secretary.taabinga@rotary9600.org\">by email<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Cash donations for the appeal can also be posted to the Secretary, Rotary Club of Taabinga, PO Box 371, Kingaroy 4610. 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