IT’S been a big few months for Shepparton Villages’ founding fathers and Rotarians, Keppel Turnour OAM and Lance Woodhouse OAM.
The Rotary Club of Shepparton made a donation of $45,000 to develop a garden courtyard in the new Maculata Place facility currently being constructed at Tarcoola. Rotary in acknowledgement of its members, Keppel Turnour OAM and Lance Woodhouse OAM and other Rotary members, Peter Twomey and Rob Waterson for their foresight, commitment and passion to the elderly of Shepparton through their incredible involvement in the development of Shepparton Villages over 50 years ago.
The donation will go towards developing the ‘Rotary Club of Shepparton Garden Courtyard’ at the new facility, which will be one of four light filled internal courtyards in the new building.
The garden courtyard will house a dozen self-watering raised garden beds, some excellent passive landscaping, and will allow for residents to grow their own.
Shepperton Villages CEO, Kerri Rivett said this courtyard will be an area of high resident engagement and will house a good-sized storage shed at the northern end.
The Rotary donation comes at the same time that Shepparton Villages announced it would be naming the corridors at Maculata Place after Keppel and Lance.
Additionally, Keppel celebrated 60 years as a Rotarian just recently and made the trip back to Shepparton from his new home in Melbourne to mark the occasion with the Rotary Club of Shepparton.
