Volunteers of Pambula Rotary arrived to a small drought stricken town near Dubbo in the middle of a dust storm, although their mission remained clear as they didn’t allow the uncomfortable conditions to deter.
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Their trip to Trundle was a success! Rotarians met with the locals, painted their child care centre, helped run school activities and delivered gifts to children in a massive effort to establish a long term connection.
Nine volunteers of Pambula Rotary spent three days over the weekend to establish a sister town relationship with Trundle.
First on their agenda was a visit to Trundle Central School where three Rotarians, Steve and Jill Goodchild as well as Liz Bellette-Stubbs conducted lessons. Rotarians visited two other schools which enabled them to explain why they were visiting and establishing links.
“I was a bit nervous at the beginning and told to act low key so I wasn’t invading them," Pambula Rotary youth director Liz Ms Bellette-Stubbs said.
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“Once we met people of Trundle and they asked what we were doing here, they were blown away and couldn’t believe we were here doing this.”
The camaraderie continued with a dinner at Trundle Citizens Club which was attended by Parkes deputy mayor Barbra Newton, Progress Association member Peter Kelly and Parkes Rotary president Jenny Jewell.
As for the success of the trip, Ms Bellette-Stubbs said, “we were received with open arms and couldn’t have had a better beginning to the sister town relationship.”
Pambula Rotary are already planning to strengthen ties with Trundle through events to be held in 2019.
