New president for Rotary Club

Local businessman Jay Thorogood has been named the new president of the Rotary Club of Umina Beach.

At the club's annual Changeover Dinner, the outgoing president was Mr Peter Doherty.

Mr Thorogood announced that plans for the coming year included two "new and exciting projects".

The projects include an NRMA Senior Driving talk and subsidised driving instruction for senior residents on the Peninsula, and also four Debt Reduction Workshops.

The NRMA Senior Driving courses will be held four times throughout the Rotary year and the first course will start on Tuesday, July 24.

In conjunction with the Central Coast Community College, Umina Beach Rotary Club will also conduct four Debt Reduction Workshops to "assist young people to budget, take control of their finances and remain out of debt".

For more information, telephone 0418 634 966.

Press release, 22 Jun 2007 Geoff Melville, Rotary Club of Umina Beach