Club Bulletin
Volume 30, Issue No. 35 - 3rd April 2017
Monday 3rd April
Monday 10th April
Monday 17th April
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Wheel Chairs Overseas - Tony Mylan
No Meeting After Book Sale
No Meeting Easter Public Holiday
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Duty | Monday 03 April 2017 | Monday 10 April 2017 | Monday 17 April 2017 |
Speaker Host | Charlotte McCartney | ||
Night Reporter | Gino Savio | ||
Front Desk | Peter Cleary | ||
Front Desk | Stan Baseley | No Meeting | No Meeting |
Steward | Tom Westcott | ||
Steward | Andrew Little | ||
IT Person | Neville Hansen | ||
Photographer | Ross Ballinger | ||
Member Talk | Nick Chuah | ||
Inside This Issue |
Upcoming Events |
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25th March
4th April
7th - 9th April
8th May 2017
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2nd Major Book Sorting for Book Sale
3rd Major Sorting and Set up Tables
Book Sale WHP&C Rotary 30th Birthday
Please join us to celebrate another milestone of our Rotary Club Mark your diary now Partners Night Of Course |
On March 28, Cyclone
Debbie a category 4 cyclone devastated areas from Bowen South to Mackay region,
these communities which are located in Rotary D9550 and Rotary D9570 need
assistance.
On behalf of DG Craig
from D9570 and I, we have set up an appeal to assist those in need following
the aftermath of the cyclone. Please see below details below with links to
the RAWCS website for clubs or individuals wanting to make tax deductible
donations. If you could distribute through to your clubs and your
contacts, this would be greatly appreciated.
Rotary Down under
will also be sending out a newsletter with this information.
Thank you Debbie and
the crew for your follow up on this and thank you Michael Willis from RAWCS in
making it happen so quickly.
Project Cyclone
Debbie Rotary Appeal D9550 and 9570 (DCDF) with number 66-2016-17 on the RAWCS National website.
Please use this
number on all documentation to your Regional Coordinators, Regional Treasurers
or National Treasurer.
ATO rulings applying
to Deductible Gifts Recipients (refer - Income tax: tax deductible gifts -
what is a gift - TR 2005/13).
The sponsoring Club
is Rotary Club of District 9550 and 9570 This is a National Region project
registered for project funding.
Tax deductibility is
granted through "Rotary Australia Disaster Funding Appeals" –
ABN 54 563 288 318.
If you have a website
for your Club or District you can insert the hyperlink below. This will take
donors directly to our secure donations page.
https://donations.rawcs.com.au/Default.aspx?ProjectNo=66&YearRegistered=2016-17.
Thank you and should
you require further information please do not hesitate to contact me on the
details below or Rotary D9550 Disaster Management Co-ordinator PP Bruce
Scott mobile 0481055753 Email brucescott@tmrc.com.au
Ronald McDonald House Westmead Fund Raising Event
Please support and Laugh For The House!! Tickets $50 from riversideparramatta.com.au |
The 2017 book sale is fast approaching and it is time to start preparing! This year the book sale has been postponed by a couple of weeks from the usual timing in late March to Friday 7 (9am to 5pm), Saturday 8 (9am to 5pm) and Sunday 11 (11am to 2pm) of April.
This is due to the fact that some of our key players will be overseas during the lead up to the actual book sale itself. This includes Andrew & Desley (13 Feb to 20 Mar), Bob & Bev (16 Mar to 14 Apr) and Colin & Anne (start Apr to end May). Whilst we now have some great additional people on our committee (Neville & Heather Hansen & Charlie), we will need all the help we can get from club members & partners to make this year’s book sale a success. This is especially true for the book sort days Saturday 11th, 25th March and Tuesday 4th April) where we really need people to help us for the whole day up to around 3 or 4pm. One of the most onerous jobs is packing the sorted boxes of books away on the book stands at the end of the sort day. Many times this is left to a small number of very dedicated people. Likewise we need assistance with the set up days Wednesday 5th & Thursday 6th April. In order to make it easier on our backs, knees, hips, etc, we are ditching the conventional fruit boxes (which are also extremely difficult to source) and are moving to the Lifeline size cardboard box which is about 2/3 the size of the fruit box and will hence will limit the total lifting weight to around 10kg. This is why Lifeline went to this style & size of box in order to comply with OH&S requirements for their ever aging members! These boxes come flat packed & are taped together as required. At the end of the book sale the tape will be cut & the box flat packed for storage. (See photo on right showing these boxes - note the 10Kg written on the side of the box in the foreground!). The Church has agreed to let us run the book sale on the Sunday from 11am to 2pm when we will start the usual pack up routine. This will provide an extra 3 hours on the Saturday and 3 hours on the Sunday, ie a total of 6 extra selling hours. The 2016 book sale raised around $14,000 and we are aiming to better this in 2017. To do this, we need help from ALL club members during the book sort days - Saturday 11 March Saturday 25 March Tuesday 4 April and during the sale itself from - Wednesday 5 to Sunday 9 April The milestone dates for this year's book sale are as follows: |
2017 Book Sale Committee Meetings | |
First Book Sale Committee Meeting | Thurs 9 Feb 17 |
Second Book Sale Committee Meeting | Wed 1 Mar 17 |
Third Book Sale Committee Meeting | Wed 29 Mar 17 |
2017 Book Sale Schedule | |
Banners & Flyers out | Sat 25 Feb 17 |
First Major Sort | Sat 11 Mar 17 |
Second Major Sort | Sat 25 Mar 17 |
Third Major Sort & Set Up Table Layout | Tue 4 Apr 17 |
Continue to set up tables, boxes and signs | Wed 5 Apr 17 |
Fine Tune Layout, etc | Thur 6 Apr 17 |
Book Sale | Fri 7 Apr 17 |
Book Sale | Sat 8 Apr 17 |
Book Sale & Clean Up | Sun 9 Apr 17 |
Book Sale Dinner | Sun 9 Apr 17 |
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Contributed by Barry Freeman
Warning -- Some may find it inappropriate. Ed -- RIP Reagan. If you agree , leave it at that. If not, ignore it. |