By Linda Nash, Inner Wheel Club of Pakenham
Alwyn Williams from the Inner Wheel Club of Pakenham has been inducted as the chairman of the A62 Inner Wheel District at its 26th Changeover Celebration.
A62 Inner Wheel District comprises 11 Inner Wheel Clubs.
These clubs encompass a large geographical area as is evidenced by their names. The clubs are the Inner Wheel Clubs of Bairnsdale, Bayside, Berwick, Cranbourne, Latrobe, Moe, Narre Warren, Nepean, Phillip Island
and Warragul.
Many congratulations to Alwyn for this significant appointment.
Alwyn , her husband Terry, and their three children have been long term residents of Pakenham and Alwyn has been a member of the Inner Wheel Club of Pakenham for 21 years.
Within the club, she has held many roles including past president. Her active contribution and thorough, enthusiastic work ethic were lauded at the recent Induction Ceremony.
Also over Alwyn’s time in Inner Wheel, she has held many roles on the A62 Inner Wheel District Committee. For her now to be the district chairman is further evidence of the calibre of the woman and the respect she receives from the District Committee.
The A62 Inner Wheel District 26th Changeover Celebration was held on Saturday 3 July in “The Victory Room” of the Cardinia Club.
More than 80 Inner Wheel members from the A62 District and their partners attended. The evening was sponsored with a community grant given by The Pakenham Racing Club.
A huge gesture of support for Alwyn was shown by 18 members of the Inner Wheel Club of Pakenham in attendance with many of them helping decorate and set up the room.
One husband, George Blenkhorn, even made sure that each table sported home-grown pansies-a touching gesture for Alwyn.
The previous district chairman, Maria McEwen, from the Inner Wheel Club of Narre Warren, was thanked for her year’s leadership under difficult conditions brought on by the Covid situation.
The induction of Alwyn was conducted by Loris Begg, a member of the Inner Wheel Club of Pakenham and a past Inner Wheel Australia secretary.
Earlier in the night, Carole Buchanan-Smith, a member of the Inner Wheel Club of Berwick, the Inner Wheel Constitution chairman and a past International Inner Wheel president reminded everyone that Inner Wheel is all about friendship and service.
The Inner Wheel members enjoy their time together, make lasting friendships and also raise money to support worthwhile projects locally, nationally and internationally.
Under non-Covid circumstances, Alwyn’s three children, their families and special Inner Wheel friends from India would have attended the induction dinner. However, this could not happen so the next best thing was to have all those parties “present” on Zoom during the evening.
So Alwyn’s children ‘zoomed’ in from country Victoria, country South Australia, and the Netherlands. Special Inner Wheel friends also joined in from India and the Netherlands. A truly international affair!
Alwyn’s daughter, Kinta Wilson, a music teacher, also provided the musical entertainment for the evening; pre-recorded from a distance of course. She played the flute and entranced the listeners with her rendition of many pieces of music.
The night was a fitting applause to Maria McEwen for her year’s leadership and to Alwyn for the task she has so ably taken on.
Membership enquiries for the Inner Wheel Club of Pakenham can be forwarded to the secretary on iiw.au.pakenham@gmail.com
