Rotary's Top Award:
Rotarian Peter Thompson receives one of Rotary's highest awards, the Paul Harris Sapphire Pin from Parkes Rotary Club President, David Hughes at last Monday night's meeting.
Club Social Night:
Members enjoyed a social night out at Parkes Coachman Hotel last Monday night, June.
MHERV Visits Parkes
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“Saving local lives” is the objective of the Rotary Men’s Health Education Rural Van (mherv) which, thanks to the Rotary, recently visited Parkes.
mherv is operated by the Rotary Club of Warners Bay in collaboration with local NSW Rotary clubs and other local community organisations.
The mherv Project has been operating for over 6 years travelling regional and rural NSW offering free health checkups to people who haven’t seen the inside of a doctor’s room since they don’t remember when! In that time, blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels may have reached seriously high levels and there are no symptoms… until it’s too late and a heart attack or stroke strikes!
The program is focussed on men because unlike the womenfolk, they are not good at caring for their own health!... But nobody is turned away.
The service is offered in a relaxed, confidential and informal setting. The mherv Registered nurse conducts the tests and discusses any health concerns seated in the privacy of the van.
Mherv screenings have saved many lives and improved health outcomes for many men and women throughout NSW.
Wings 4 KIDZ
Guest Speakers:
Rachel Goodfellow and Amanda Mongan spoke about the services of "Wings for KIDZ" at our Rotary meeting on Monday 25 May. 
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.Wings 4Kidz mission is to keep families together during their child’s treatment by providing safe travel for their journey to and from their appointments. With our flight services, we are able to help alleviate some of the stress in the process and have a positive impact on the community.
Parkes Rotary President David Hughes handed a cheque for $500 to Rachel and Amanda to assist Wings 4 KIDZ.
Healthy Harold at Parkes
On Wednesday 20 May Parkes Rotary members cooked a BBQ sausage sandwiches and provide drinks for all the school children that came to the Color Fun Run at Keast Park.
Local Member for Orange, Phil Donato even came to see Harold and catch up for a sausage sandwich. Pictured below are Rotarians, Phillipa and Graeme cooking on the BBQ. We also had bananas provided for the children by the Banana Growers Association.
Parkes Rotary Driving Simulator
Parkes Rotary Club also provides our Driving Simulator in conjunction with neighbourhood Central to Schools in the Central West NSW, where students learn to use the driving simulator
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Service Above Self
Parkes, NSW 2870
Australia