Cromwell Rotary President Richard Broadhead (left) together with Rotarian Bill Wilson (right) surprised Bill Eady with a PHF award at the T&C meeting on 22nd April.
Bill has been a very active member of RSA for many years and has been a very conscientious Secretary for the past 13 years. For his outstanding participation and support to the local RSA group, his name was put forward to the Dunedin RSA for him to be made a Life Member of the Cromwell RSA. This application was agreed by the executive committee and we were very pleased that Bill was presented with his award on 7 June 2022.
Bill is also a Trustee of the Cromwell Community Welfare Trust and is very active in the Care and Friendship days, which happen 20 times a year and are funded by the Trust. Whenever possible Bill attends these days of conversation, food and entertainment and is always willing to collect anyone who needs transport to and from the day; he also often stays on when others have gone home to help put the hall space to rights again. As a CCW Trust person, Bill also makes pilgrimages around the shops and pubs to collect money from the donation jars for Foodbank. We value his commitment.
Helen Harrington, Store Manager, Salvation Army Family Store told us that Bill checks all electrical donations and issues Certificate of Safety and will quite often, voluntarily fix any faults. For many years he has spent a good number of hours each week testing and tagging electrical appliances for sale.
Our Rotary 4WD Safari organising team are also grateful to Bill who has acted as the official ‘Tail End Charlie’ and ‘Gate Shutter’ at several of our safaris.
Cromwell Rotarians congratulate Bill and thank him for his services to our community.