Rotary raise an eye-watering amount for drought relief

Letitia Fitzpatrick
Updated January 29 2019 - 1:10pm, first published January 23 2019 - 4:06pm
A farmer on an empty dam on his property in Gundy in the Hunter region of NSW.
A farmer on an empty dam on his property in Gundy in the Hunter region of NSW.

As the drought took hold last year, Wauchope Rotary president, Reg Pierce registered a project with RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service) which went on to raise an eye-watering $250,000.

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Letitia Fitzpatrick

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Senior journalist, Wauchope Gazette

Worked as a journalist and assistant producer for BBC news and current affairs in the UK, Ulster Television, Q Radio and the Irish News in Northern Ireland. Moved to Australia and joined Fairfax Media in 2016. Won a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award in 2018 for reporting the Pappinbarra bushfires and the subsequent Rotary appeal which raised $30,000.

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