2021 Childrens Festival...............Razzamatazz

This will be the 21st consecutive childrens festival and the Rotary Club of Gosford gives a huge THANK YOU to to all of the Central Coast businesses that have supported the event over all these years.

           Over $500,000 has been raised to provide support for many local causes like Lifeline, a car for the Shirley Shuttle, a car to provide driver training for local disadvantaged young persons and many more.

This year the funds will go to the Kariong Scout Camp to pay for property works at the site.         These include a new pump shed, fresh water tank,food preparation area and to replace rotting floor boards in the main hall.        This will allow many scouting groups to continue to use the site in a beneficial and safe manner for many more years.

           Already the Razzamatazz show has been live streamed for many local children and families to watch...........but.........in breaking news

          RAZZAMATAZZA IS BREAKING THE COVID SHACKLES AND GOING LIVE ON AUGUST 15

once again at Niagara Park, with real live entertainers and magicians for the fun and enjoyment of the many children and their families with tickets provided free of charge by the Rotary Club of Gosford

This Rotary year is just steaming along with projects and activities........so much to do, so little time.

                 Coming up at the end of April is our on line Razzmatazz concert for people who might not usually go to a show as good as this.                  Thanks to our legion of supporters who every year pick up the bill and MAKE it POSSIBLE..

              The great news going forward is with Covid on the run we expect to return to areal live show sometime around August.        Watch this space for an update.

        The proceeds from last year's show were spent wisely when we purchased a new car for Coast Shelter.               This car will be used solely for the purpose of assisting young people to gain a drivers licence.            At last count more than 20 young persons have progressed to their P plates and with transport several have been able to find employment and a home.

       Bob Thomas, Past President said " Gosford Rotary understands that everyone on the Central Coast needs a licence.                  Young people need a licence for employment, education and freedom.      Having a licence can change your life".    And for a growing number of young people it has, thanks to those generous supporters.

 

 

 

                             On April 17 Gosford Rotary will host its 19th consecutive Razzamatazz fundraiser.                 Last year an estimated 1000 young persons, many of whom came from families doing it tough, attended one of three variety shows.             Without exception they all really enjoyed a mixture of fun, magicians tricks and great audience participation.            We see no reason why they will not enjoy this years show just as much.

 

                              Gosford Rotary would like to take this opportunity to thank those many Central Coast businesses and individuals whose sponsorship makes this possible.

            The many beneficiaries of this fundraising in the past include Lifeline, Coast Shelter, the Shirley Shuttle and victims of domestic violence.

 

                              This year, in an exciting initiative, we are going to devote the majority of funds raised to breaking the cycle of  troubled young people making bad choices leading to a poor outcome.          We intend to donate a car in a highly regulated environment administered by Coast Shelter with the aim of providing those same young people with disciplined driver training.            It's not inexpensive to gain a driver's licence these days and for most of these young persons it would be unobtainable.             Without a driver's licence many employment opportunities do not exist and every day we see unlicenced or poorly trained drivers causing accidents.

 

                               We intend to start breaking that cycle!               If just one life is turned around it will be a great result.

 

 

                Like all of life's experiences the more you see of them the more you know about them.

          There can be very few persons on the Central Coast with more experience in the field of estate planning, organising enduring guardianship and things of that nature than Stuart Tipple.

 

           For more than 40 years Stuart has been advising coasties how best to prepare their affairs for the future.            Its not too much of a stretch to say if Stuart doesn't know the best plan for you, no one does.

           A long time Central Coast resident Stuart has long been prominent in community events and has a well deserved reputation for the utmost integrity.........not something easily earned in today's rapidly changing world.

 

          Its certain Stuart will keep us well entertained with a few selected stories from his illustrious career.......will they be good....will they be bad?

 

          Come along and hear for yourself........all welcome, just contact us for catering arrangements.

                      Normally of course you"d have to go to a theatre to see the movies, but after our recent sponsorship of Gosfest, the movies are coming to us.

                      Gosfest was a short film festival organised and presented by the students of Gosford High School and as a result of our sponsorship those same students are bringing the best of the entries to us for a private viewing.

                      Not really private though because Gosford Rotary welcomes visitors at any time.          Just let us know you're coming for catering requirements.

                  For 2 full on days Gosford Rotary has combined with the University of Newcastle and nearly every other rotary club on the Central Coast to stage the Science and Engineering Challenge 2018.            More than 400 of the best year 9 and 10 students on the coast pitted their problem solving and innovative skills to construct solutions to engineering problems.                   And they had lots of fun at the same time !

           Problems ranging from connecting electricity grids to constructing bionic hands and from encoding fibre optic signals to building a Mars buggy chassis were no problem for our scientists and engineers of tomorrow.

 

           In a bid to encourage more enrolment in STEM subjects the University of Newcastle has combined with 11 of the 14 rotary clubs on the Central Coast to design and present an incredible variety of challenges, sometimes using  really simple components, and the results are there for all to see.

 

            From a very small beginning right here in Gosford 18 years ago this is now a national event travelling to every state and territory.       More than 550,000 students have "done the challenge" and every year another 22000 add to that number.                   

 

                   Gosford Rotary is very proud to have started such an event and we are very grateful to the other rotary clubs on the coast without whose support we simply could not manage.                 We are also priveliged to be given free use of the mighty St Edwards College Hall with undertakings to continue to the foreseeable future.

                     More than 40% of enrolled university physics students in Newcastle report being motivated by "the challenge".

 

                       Please see the event photos on our photo album.

 

 

          The Battle of Villers-Bretonneux

 

 

               After a distinguished career in meteorology Dick Whitaker became the face of Sky News Weather..........for once giving the viewer a weather report from an actual meteorologist.

Now a resident of the Central Coast Dick is going to describe and show some of the most dramatic weather events seen in NSW.

              The power of nature through the eyes of an expert............an event not to be missed.

Join us on feb 15, visitors welcome.

                   December 14

 

 

 

Iron ore is a massive part of the Australian mining portfolio and probably our biggest natural resource.

            But how much do you know about how we mine it, transport it and export it.

       On Nov 16 Matt Aldrick will tell us all about his experiences in this vital part of the Australian economy.

                              Contact us for catering purposes.

                                  September 28

             Jodie Smith and Milka Roach are going to to speak about one of the very most interesting topics in our country today.             We've all heard the term "Multi Culturalism" but here on the Central Coast not many of us have first hand experience.

              This is a wonderful opportunity to hear and learn about the activities of our own Central Coast Multi Cultural Centre and to offer the usual full Gosford Rotary welcome to our fellow community members, of all cultural backrounds.

           Cultural diversity enriches us all so come along and join us.          Use contact us for catering arrangements.

                           Not many people know how to run a radio station and even less of us know about the unusual events that can be thrown at such management.           Peter Little has a long and distinguished back round in the day to day management of a radio station right here on the Central Coast and on Sept 14 he is going to share with us not only the day to day issues but some of the really curly ones with which  he has had to deal.

             

                    It takes a wily approach to lure such a speaker out into the open but Gosford Rotary has found the way.      Come and join us, visitors welcome, just let us know for catering purposes.