banner
September is Basic Education and Literacy Month
 
22nd September 2021
 
OUR MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY
 
on ZOOM 
 
Program:   
 
GRAND FINAL CELEBRATION
details below
 
Future programs at  SPEAKERS
 
 
For Meeting Information, Club Website and Facebook links, and contact info:
Read more...
 
Grand Final Club Night
 
on Wednesday 22nd September
Covid restrictions will ensure we celebrate the evening via zoom
 
GUEST SPEAKER:  Brock McLean
 
SUBJECT:                All Things Football
 
Members :                Please wear your Club colours and participate in the night's events.
 
We plan to have a series of competitions to pick the winning team and margin, first goal kicker and Norm Smith medallist.
Harvey has emailed you all with details
LAST WEDNESDAY
 
 
Mitcham Community Meal
 
Their Motto:
 
Community
serving
Community
 
 
Each Sunday  at 5:30 pm in Mitcham, this group provides a warm meal and company for those who need a decent feed and a  friendly chat .
 
Ben Frawley, CEO of Mitcham Community Meals spoke to us about this fantastic project .
 
Nearly 3 years ago Ben and his wife began providing hot meals for rough sleepers.
 
Beginning with only 6 guests, the program now caters to 50 - 60 individuals each week.
In addition to this, they provide a mid week meal served on the street for rough sleepers, hampers, blankets, outdoor sleeping mats and  haircuts. A mobile shower van will start as soon as Covid restrictions are eased. (Our Pres. Ben Stennett played an important role in securing a special parking permit for this facility to be provided.)
 
Ben's guests cannot be categorised, but range from homeless rough sleepers, the mentally ill, those in transit fleeing domestic violence, drug and alcohol addicts, and the lonely and / or elderly, seeking a kind word and a friendly smile.
 
Volunteers and donors play an important role in the preparation and serving of food, and his volunteers are just as diverse as his guests.
Among them you will find church groups, school groups, families, scouts and guides, sporting clubs, business groups and service clubs. 
 
This may well be a project that we, at RC Nunawading may like to engage with.
 
REPORTS
VOCATIONAL
from John Lynch
 
Whitehorse Excellence in Business Awards 
  • Whitehorse Excellence in Business Awards dinner cancelled .
  • Awards will go ahead as virtual event.
  • As sponsors, we  will be able to have a pre-recorded segment about RC Nunawading.
 
 
    Pride of Workmanship Awards
    • 16th March is the Date set for the Awards
    • Rob McQuade to be compliance officer for event
    • Various members will be called upon to help
      INTERNATIONAL
      from Bob Allardice
      • the first playgrounds to be despatched will probably go to Fiji.
      • volunteers needed to remove a playground in Sunshine
       
      from Peter Koens
      • Bev Hoskins delivered a CPAP machine (for sleep apnoea.) . Peter will contact Lawry Fisher at DIK re potential recipient / transport etc.
      • All things COVID allowing, we will be installing a Cath lab in CWM Hospital Suva in Feb 2022. Team to include Graeme Moorfoot, Colin Read, a volunteer from Wagga and another volunteer engineer from Philips.
      NOMINATING COMMITTEE
      Judith Eadon
       
      Judith reminded us that it was time to set up a new nominating committee.
      The following members have been appointed:
      • Gabby Knaepple
      • Ben Stennett
      • Judith Eadon
      • Neil Ibbott
      • Bob Davis
      • John Lynch
      FARMERS MARKET REPORT
       
           
      A FABULOUS MARKET!!!
      57 Stalls:$3755.00
      Donations:$1933.60
      Egg and Bacon:$617.40
      Total$6306.00
       
       
       
       
       
      As we strive to serve to change lives, it is worthwhile reflecting on how the work we carry out under the Rotary Banner, changes not just the lives of those whom we seek to serve, but our own lives as well. The very act of service enriches us all.
       
      If you have such a 'Rotary Nunawading' story, I would love to publish it in our newsletter.
      Bev Hoskins shared this story .
       
      In 1972 Bob and Bev Hoskins were among the RC Nunawading families who welcomed Siraporn Wongkhan -an exchange student from Thailand - into their family. She stayed with the Hoskin's and another family and attended Blackburn High School.
      She arrived in Nunawading a very shy young exchange student and left Australia a year later - a confident young lady.
       A very dear and special relationship developed between Siraporn and the Hoskins family- one that has endured for nearly 50 years.
      In the intervening years there have been countless letters as well as a few visits exchanged.
      Bev mentions in her notes that they consider Siraporn to be
       
                      “a very precious member of our family”.
       
      On returning to Thailand, Siraporn became a teacher and married an airman.
      Sadly, her husband was killed in an air crash some 12 months later.
      She returned to her studies, successfully completing a doctorate in the USA and returning to Thailand as Professor Siraporn Wongkhan - a department Head at a High School in her hometown Lopburi.
      Siraporn is now a member of the Rotary Club of Lopburi, Thailand.
       
      Since her retirement, Siraporn has established a private Kindergarten school specialising in English classes.

       
      Julie Hoskins (daughter of Bob and Bev) -an English teacher at Ruyton - has re-established contact with Siraporn and set up English reading groups between her year 9 and 10 students and the Thai students. This has been the source of great enjoyment for both Australian and Thai students, and Julie has observed several students making contact during their lunch breaks.
       
      RC Nunawading and Rotary Student Exchange
      Read more...
       
      Whitehorse Rotaract is stepping up as a team
      to support people living with cerebral palsy.
       
      Alice, Daniel, Sean, and Jasmine will each be taking
      10,000 steps a day for 30 days .
       
      They would appreciate your support, and ask you to donate and help them reach their STEPtember fundraising goal.
       
      Together, we can make a real difference.
      FORTHCOMING EVENTS
      Sunday September 19
       
      RYLA LAUNCH - Q&A
       

      Young people are struggling with lockdowns, as we all are

      but Rotary Clubs have an opportunity to support and upskill our future leaders….

      Details at

      https://9810rotary.org.au/event/ryla-launch/

      Monday September 27
       
      Community Service Seminar
      Details at
      BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
       
       CELEBRATE
       
      this month's
       
      BIRTHDAYS ANNIVERSARIES
       
       
      Click   SEPTEMBER
       
      JUST FOR FUN
      Sharing some interesting old fashioned values with you!
       
       
       
       
       
       
      RI & DISTRICT 9810 LINKS
      Read more...
      MAGAZINE LINKS
       
      Rotary Districts and Rotary Special interest Groups provide a wide range of informative and engaging on-line magazines and journals. Access some of them from the links provided..
       
      ARCHIVED BULLETINS
      Click read more to view archived bulletins from July 2020 onwards
       
      Read more...
      COLLECTIONS
       
      Club members collect a wide variety of items to provide resources in cash or kind for organisations we support. 
      Read more...
      ClubRunner Mobile