We had a truly inspiring presentation from Sandi Fulcher, Administration Coordinator for EndTrachoma. Sandi's father was once a member of RC Nunawading, and Sandi has been a Rotarian since 2003.
About Trachoma
Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness in the world - 1.9 million are blind or severely vision impaired from trachoma, and 200 million are still at risk.
Australia is the last developed country to still have trachoma
Australia’s coordinated effort in treatment began in 2009, resulting in significant rate reductions from 21% to 4.6% in 2015
Without prevention, trachoma will persist.
To stop trachoma transmission, and its resurgence, we must ensure that all children in affected communities are able to keep their faces clean, and have safe and functional washing facilities.
has been doing wonderful work in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders in a bid to eliminate this disease.
The event planned for Wednesday 8 Dec at the Canterbury International, Forest Hills. Currently I have 35 starters: 22 members (out of 47) have accepted plus 10 guests at present. 5 members have declined attending due other commitments.20 members undecided.
I need 50 to 60 to secure the price.
Could those members still undecided please
contact me and advise their intentions.
I will conduct a phone ring around this week to those members undecided to secure further numbers.
Christmas Breakfast
The Xmas Breakfast has been planned at Milano’s Restaurant in Rooks Road run by Ivan’s son Tom on
Wed 22 December.
A full breakfast will be available with eggs, bacon
and generous sides plus coffee or tea for $20/head.
Tim: 7:30 am to 9:30 am for member’s fellowship & some last minute Christmas cheer.
All are welcome to come and go as they please. I will need to confirm some numbers for breakfast to help with the catering.
The President’s Bar B Q
The Presidents Bar B Q planned for Saturday the 8 January will be moved to
Sunday 16th January
at the request of President Ben.
Final arrangements will be advised.
Fundraising
The series of Bunning’s sausage sizzles have been extremely successful
thanks to Russell and his team of Club supporters.
This fellowship and fundraising is vital to the Club’s success
and our partnership with Bunning’s Nunawading continues to grow.
We have banked some $3583 from our 3 opportunities to attend
and the members volunteering have enjoyed their sessions, and particularly the contact with the returning community members after our Covid lockdown.
Bring on the weekend before Christmas
to secure some further good times
and the great fundraising opportunities
that this partnership provides!
Bruce Simcox shared a memory of an encounter with the late Bert Newton.
Apparently Bruce did win a holiday for 2 on that occasion .
Packing Christmas Hampers at EERN
Wednesday, 1 December
Immediately after dinner at Buccatini,
we will be packing Christmas Hampers at Eastern Emergency Relief Network.
There are around 250 hampers to pack. Everyone is welcome to assist.
EERN is around the corner from Bucatini at Warehouse 1, 10-12 Thornton Cres, Mitcham.
Any questions, please contact Gabby.
Mitcham Community Meals
Sunday December 12
All Saints Church,
18 Edward St, Mitcham.
The shift will run from about 5:00 pm for a couple of hours and will include preparing a meal, serving and cleaning up afterwards.
Please contact Janetteif you can help.
MCM provides a 2-course meal at no cost every Sunday for local people who are doing it tough, and/or who are homeless. The volunteers also provide a friendly smile and a chat with the guests.
BUNNINGS SAUSAGE SIZZLE
We have sausage sizzles booked in for the following dates:
Saturday Dec 18th
Sunday Dec 19th
If you are available for any shift on those days, please contact Russell
Instructions:
We have set up a Clubrunner event for you to register easily, just like the normal Bucatini meeting.
Please pay Roger EFT to the RCN General Account
Please reference your name and the Christmas party.
For those not online banking or using Clubrunner, ring Harvey and he will gratefully accept your cash and register you.
Please get in early so we can confirm numbers
if you have any special dietary requirements please advise Harvey early.
FARMERS MARKET REPORT
from Judith
After a fabulous market on Sunday the results are:
Stallholders (67 stalls)
$4,395.00
Egg and Bacon
$474.50
Gate takings
$1,456.50
Total
$6,326.00
CLUB JACKETS
Sue Warmington will be placing orders for Club jackets.
Please contact Sue with relevant details
( size, etc) if you would like to order one!
Just to give you an idea of what they look like, I fished Peter's jacket out of the wash and photographed it with my phone. Peter loves his jacket, and finds it very comfortable to wear.
SAVE THE DATE
from James Tan
CHINESE NEW YEAR 2022
Our Club’s next Chinese New Year celebration will be a lunch event to be held on
Saturday, 05 February 2022
@ 12:00 pm meet for lunch start at 12:30 pm.
The next Chinese New Year is theYear of the Tiger.
For information about Chinese New Year click at the links
A man is stranded in the desert dying of thirst. As he crawls along he spots something on the horizon. As he gets closer, he sees the objects are market stalls.
He goes to the first stall and pleads for water. The stall holder tells him he only sells jelly with broken biscuit in it.
He crawls to the next stall and pleads for water put the stall holder tells him he only serves cold custard.
He crawls to the final stall and pleads for water. The stall holder tells him he only sells whipped cream.
The man cries in anguish and asks why the market only sells jelly, cold custard, and whipped cream but no water.
One of the stall holder’s replies
“Yes, it is a trifle bizarre, isn’t it?!”
MEMBERSHIP
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