Welcome to Our Rotary Club
Club President’s Message 2020-21 Rotary International is an amazing organisation – it is one of the largest and best-known international humanitarian groups in the world. What a joy and privilege to be part of that! How wonderful it is to be involved with such a dynamic club as the Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook. This Rotary year there are many challenges but with planning and enthusiasm I am sure we will “give it a real go!” Our International President, Holger Knaack, has chosen the theme “ROTARY OPENS OPPORTUNITIES.” What opportunities will we discover this Rotary year? New members? co-sponsoring a Rotaract Club? helping the youth in our area? reaching out to community members? ensuring those in Flores receive our help through our Nusa Tenggara Association (West Timor) project? keeping our image strong in the local media? continue to work with Coonabarabran Rotary club to help our “country cousins”? The list is endless! As fundraising is an unknown quantity at the moment, our support will continue with NTA in Flores, community projects such as Tree of Joy, the Foundation and Polio Plus, Coonabarabran Drought Appeal (if needed) and our Rotary projects such as RYLA, RYPEN etc. When health restrictions change, hopefully our fundraising can continue maybe in an altered form. Thank you to Keith, his team of board members and you, the club members, who ensured we had a remarkably successful year despite the onset of Covid 19. We have seen that we can accept change. Who knew how to Zoom four months ago? Let’s keep the momentum going and adapt to the new way of Rotary happenings. We will all benefit. Rosemary Clarke |
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Contact Details:
President 0412 064 336 Tony C (Membership) 0412 812 624 Email wphc.rotary@gmail.com Post PO Box 103W, West Pennant Hills, NSW 2125 Club Details:
Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook meets every Monday for Dinner at Springfield House Arrive 6:30pm Start 7:00pm End 9:00pm 245 New Line Rd Dural NSW 2128 Australia |
Interested in Joining Us?
Come along to a meeting and check us out. We will for your first visit supply a meal free of charge. Contact either:
Rosemary (President) 0412 064 336 or Tony (Membership) 0412 812 624
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Rosemary (President) 0412 064 336 or Tony (Membership) 0412 812 624
If you need information about our Club or about Rotary in general then - Click here. Browsing the rest of this site is also a good idea.
Major Recipients from our 2019/20 Fundraising Activities
Ongoing Drought Relief Coonabarabran
Cows For Vietnam
Cows For Vietnam
"Next Big Thing"
Background
The Club identified that it could support a large project over multiple years. A committee was formed in 2016/17 to identify suitable projects and associated issues in supporting such a project. The "Next Big Thing" was adopted as the project name for this activity.
After several months search a suitable singular project failed to be identified, and, the focus changed to supporting a number of major projects.
St Gabriel's School is one of these and reported on below.
Two others projects are currently being investigated
The Club identified that it could support a large project over multiple years. A committee was formed in 2016/17 to identify suitable projects and associated issues in supporting such a project. The "Next Big Thing" was adopted as the project name for this activity.
After several months search a suitable singular project failed to be identified, and, the focus changed to supporting a number of major projects.
St Gabriel's School is one of these and reported on below.
Two others projects are currently being investigated
- Supply of a cardiac arrest defibrillator to a major community facility (shopping centre or sports ground)
- Support work at Bidjigal Reserve supplying equipment that enhances the general publics visits to this reserve.
St Gabriel's School
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Our current projects at St Gabriel's School at Castle Hill are completed. At the request of St Gabriel's we supplied and erected a storage shed for all their outdoor activities equipment. Through Tom Westcott's company Alfresco we supplied shade sails for their outdoor learning area.
Thanks to Tom's design and creativity, the shade sails look amazing, and have turned a disused outdoor area into a very friendly play area for the children. We all had a great time working at the school, and Brenden Jones and his team were a pleasure to work with. |
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We felt a real sense of gratitude from the Staff at St Gabriel's and we will be placing a plaque on each of these projects to advertise our club's contributions. There will be a function arranged at the school shortly to thank all the contributors to this first phase of their project.
I hope we will consider further contributions to the school in the future as part of our "Big Thing" Projects.
Tony C
I hope we will consider further contributions to the school in the future as part of our "Big Thing" Projects.
Tony C
Wesley Operation Hope
Wesley Operation Hope began in 1992 as a brave initiative to give disadvantaged children a break from their everyday life and offer them a week of encouragement, support and care.
The sponsored, one week camp began with children who were already involved in Wesley Mission’s services, particularly those in foster care, and grew to encompass children who were referred via a range of community services.
Wesley Operation Hope camps are run in conjunction with Wesley Vision Valley, a recreation centre in Sydney’s north west. Wesley Operation Hope works with a group of young people aged 12–18 over a minimum of a 12 week period, using an adventure therapy model to foster change amongst these young people. The program is facilitated in different urban and wilderness environments as well as at Wesley Vision Valley utilising the adventure activities onsite. Each group entering the Wesley Operation Hope program consists of 15 young people, and works on personal goals as well as leadership development, self-awareness and self-actualisation.
Over the years Wesley Operation Hope has transformed the lives of hundreds of children who have flourished through the experience of spending a week away in a positive, supportive environment. The program has now evolved to work alongside these young people for an extended period of time to provide support and direction, allowing them to be more successful in their teenage and early adulthood years.
The sponsored, one week camp began with children who were already involved in Wesley Mission’s services, particularly those in foster care, and grew to encompass children who were referred via a range of community services.
Wesley Operation Hope camps are run in conjunction with Wesley Vision Valley, a recreation centre in Sydney’s north west. Wesley Operation Hope works with a group of young people aged 12–18 over a minimum of a 12 week period, using an adventure therapy model to foster change amongst these young people. The program is facilitated in different urban and wilderness environments as well as at Wesley Vision Valley utilising the adventure activities onsite. Each group entering the Wesley Operation Hope program consists of 15 young people, and works on personal goals as well as leadership development, self-awareness and self-actualisation.
Over the years Wesley Operation Hope has transformed the lives of hundreds of children who have flourished through the experience of spending a week away in a positive, supportive environment. The program has now evolved to work alongside these young people for an extended period of time to provide support and direction, allowing them to be more successful in their teenage and early adulthood years.
Rotary Foundation
The Rotary Foundation can be viewed as the Heart of Rotary.
The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of The Rotary Foundation who share its vision of a better world.
The Rotary Foundation was created in 1917 by Rotary International's sixth President, Arch C. Klumph, as an endowment fund for Rotary "to do good in the world". It has grown from an initial contribution of US$26.50 to more than US$245 million contributed in 2007-08. Its event-filled history is a story of Rotarians learning the value of service to humanity.
The Rotary Foundation is dedicated to six areas of focus to build international relationships, improve lives, and create a better world to support our peace efforts and end polio forever.
The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of The Rotary Foundation who share its vision of a better world.
The Rotary Foundation was created in 1917 by Rotary International's sixth President, Arch C. Klumph, as an endowment fund for Rotary "to do good in the world". It has grown from an initial contribution of US$26.50 to more than US$245 million contributed in 2007-08. Its event-filled history is a story of Rotarians learning the value of service to humanity.
The Rotary Foundation is dedicated to six areas of focus to build international relationships, improve lives, and create a better world to support our peace efforts and end polio forever.
Promoting peace
Rotary encourages conversations to foster understanding within and across cultures. We train adults and young leaders to prevent and mediate conflict and help refugees who have fled dangerous areas. |
Fighting disease
We educate and equip communities to stop the spread of life-threatening diseases like polio, HIV/AIDS, and malaria. We improve and expand access to low-cost and free health care in developing areas. |
Providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene
We support local solutions to bring clean water, sanitation, and hygiene to more people every day. We don’t just build wells and walk away. We share our expertise with community leaders and educators to make sure our projects succeed long-term. |
Saving mothers and children
Nearly 6 million children under the age of five die each year because of malnutrition, poor health care, and inadequate sanitation. We expand access to quality care, so mothers and their children can live and grow stronger. |
Supporting education
More than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. Our goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy. |
Growing local economies
We carry out service projects that enhance economic and community development and create opportunities for decent and productive work for young and old. We also strengthen local entrepreneurs and community leaders, particularly women, in impoverished communities. |
Ending polio forever
Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for over 30 years, and our goal of ridding the earth of this disease is in sight. We started in 1979 with vaccinations for 6 million children in the Philippines. Today, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan are the only countries where polio remains endemic.
Our Sponsors
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Joseph Tan Real Estate
20 Castle Hill Road West Pennant Hills, NSW, 2125 Phone: 02 9980 1222 Fax: 02 9980 1922 Email: sales@c21wph.com Web Site: www.century21.com.au/wphills |
West Pennant Hills Sports Club Ltd.
103 New Line Road West Pennant Hills, NSW, 2125 Phone: 02 9980 8500 Fax: 02 9980 8522 Email: memberservices@wphsportsclub.com.au Web Site: www.wphsportsclub.com.au |
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Hills Storage Pty Ltd
Galston 36 Mid Dural Road Galston NSW 2159 ph: 02 9653 1122 Email: galston@hillsstorage.com.au Web Site: www.hillsselfstorage.com.au 
Cherrybrook Pharmacy
Shop 8, 132 Shepherds Drive Cherrybrook NSW 2126 Phone 02 9484 3765 Email cherrybrookpharmacy@pharmasave.net.au |
Altitude Capital
West Pennant Hills ph: 0401 294 242 Email: john@altitudecapital.com.au Web Site: http://altitudecapital.com.au/ |
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The Dental Touch
Room 6, Thorby's Arcade 562 Pennant Hills Road West Pennant Hills NSW 2125 Phone 02 9484 4349 Email reception@thedentaltouch.com.au Web Site: www.thedentaltouch.com.au. |
Yellow Brick Road
16/ 10-12 Old Castle Hill Road Castle Hill NSW 2154 Phone 02 8850 6515 Website https://www.ybr.com.au/branches/castle-hill |
Galston & District Community Bank® Branch of Bendigo Bank
348 Galston Rd Galston NSW 2159 P: 02 9653 2227 M: 0418489545 F: 02 9653 2811 |