Dear President Phil & Judith,
I was handed 1.4 kg of foreign coins and notes last night which I was told came from your Club. Thank you and please thank your Club for this collection for UNICEF. On average, this would be worth over $40. Coins and notes that would otherwise be worthless are converted into help for underprivileged children. This brings the total to 56.5 kg of coins and a large wad of notes. When it gets to 60 kg, I can send them off.
So far this District project has raised $ 9,124 from the 300 kg of coins and notes forwarded to UNICEF and has encouraged Mary Waite (Corporate Partnerships Manager at UNICEF Australia) to join Rotary where she is now her Club’s Youth Chairman and she is going to their conference this year. You never know where these projects lead as she now plans to get a similar collection going in her District.
Regards and thank you from the underprivileged children of the world,
Ron Brooks
District 9810 UNICEF Collection Coordinator