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Edition 71
Monday, 11th April 2022
Message from our President
“Serve to Change Lives”
“The Art of Giving”
Our club has just received from ShelterBox Australia, its 2021 Partnership Impact Report.
The Club is proud to have received a certificate of appreciation as a Silver member/contributor to this Rotary organisation. This year, Rotary and ShelterBox are celebrating the 10th anniversary of our official partnership — and more than 20 years of working together to support families whose lives have been devastated by disaster and conflict. They have combined resources and provide emergency temporary housing and other vital equipment to help families immediately after a disaster — and to put them on a path to long-term recovery.
This partnership provides our club a realistic approach to responding to natural disasters that occur overseas. The reach of this organisation is far wider and more efficient than any approaches we as individuals or a club alone could achieve.
Likewise, in responding to natural disasters both at home and overseas, we have the arm of Rotary Australia World Community Services (RAWCS) as our vehicle that ensures that donated monies reach those in need and do not get lost in administrative charges, salaries or rental of office spaces.
We are indeed fortunate to have the integrity and honesty of the Rotary brand to work with. Organisations that report back where the monies are spent and provide full reports to all contributors in relation to the impact their work has created.
In today’s world there is a plethora of aid agencies internationally and at home. We are competing in a flooded market. For Rotary to remain relevant we need to demonstrate to the public who assist our fund-raising endeavours that our brand is unique, honest and operates with integrity at all times.
In this modern world we have much work to do in showing off our brand, making sure that we are connected to those we serve in the community and that in reporting our work we feature not the monetary value but the impact, how many benefitted, what partnerships have we managed to achieve and the social outcomes.
It takes more time and effort to work in this manner, however our future is dependent on it.
To those members of the Christian faith celebrating Holy Week and the churches teachings of resurrection and new life – I wish you Happy Easter
To those members of the Jewish faith celebrating Passover, I wish each of you Happy Pesach.
No Mosquito Picnic RAM Spit Roast event Saturday 30 April 12md - 4pm,
at Ralph and Lesley's Six Acres Winery ,Raising Funds to Eliminate Malaria while
Raising Awareness of the devastation caused my Malaria and hearing the history from Ralph of the delightful Six Acres Winery .
EVANSTON, ILL,. April 5, 2022 – Rotary announced today that it has raised more than $7 million to support locally-led relief efforts underway by Rotary clubs in Ukraine and neighboring countries.
“The need for immediate humanitarian aid is increasing with each passing day,” said John Hewko, CEO of Rotary International. “Rotary clubs in Europe and around the world, including our 1,100 members in Ukraine, have stepped up their relief work, with some on the ground helping those displaced by the war.”
This evening on Wed 6 April 2022, our club had he pleasure of joining Inner Wheel in a joint meeting. It was to have been held at Woodlands Golf Club, but with Covid lending its heavy hand, our meeting was held over Zoom – our faithful friend during these past two years. Inner Wheel President Margo Colquhoun was our meeting convenor and Janeen Randle organized the meeting over Zoom.
The Club had a special meeting at the Marine Hotel in Brighton so we could participate in the 2022 District 9810 Conference launch
Here are just a couple of photos - all photos are contained in an album here.
This week’s club meeting was held on Friday evening 25/3 in the Stables Room at the Marine Hotel, and was held in conjunction with the commencement of this year’s District 9810 conference. All clubs in the district were invited to participate and join in the conference opening and hear the opening address from D.G. Daryl Moran and presentations from the first two conference presenters using technology to Zoom in. The evening commenced with drinks and nibbles followed by the conference opening and the two presentations, before enjoying dinner mains and dessert. This year’s conference theme was working towards a Healthy World and Healthy People with a focus on sustainability.
The crisis in Ukraine is having devastating consequences on civilians as families flee their homes. According to the United Nations, more than 3 million people, most of them women and children, have sought refuge in neighboring countries and across Europe, while about 1 million more people have been displaced within Ukraine.
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Team members: Greg O’Shea, Roy Kaplan, Sam Langridge, Bill Chapman, Claire O’Brien (RYLA), Vivian. Visiting Rotarians: Ron Brownlees. Charles Renner, Alan & Julie Kempton, Charles Aigus (came to say hi)
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This year, Rotary and ShelterBox are celebrating the 10th anniversary of our official partnership — and more than 20 years of working together to support families whose lives have been devastated by disaster and conflict. They have combined resources and provide emergency temporary housing and other vital equipment to help families immediately after a disaster — and to put them on a path to long-term recovery.
No Mosquito Picnic RAM Spit Roast event Saturday 30 April 12md - 4pm, 
