Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by John Cowper 

Inside This Issue

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President's Report

Night Report

Humour

Club Calendar

Upcoming Events

Next Meetings

Save Our Kids  (SOK)

Monday 3 Feb 2020

Club Assembly

Monday 10 Feb 2020

Upcoming Events

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Glenhaven have provided ongoing support for our Trivia Nights for at least six years and generally take two to three tables.  This is an opportunity for us to reciprocate.
Please see Andrew or Max if interested.

​Assistance for Bushfire Victims and Firefighters

The Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook have discussed a number of options to assist our Bushfire victims and Firefighters. The NSW and VIC Governments are indicating they do not want any more physical donations of goods as they are overwhelmed and are recommending donating cash.
If you would like to donate, attached is the link to the RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service) page where you can donate through Rotary and as always, what you give is what will be delivered. No overheads.
https://rawcs.org.au/
If you would like to donate through other organisations, then the Sydney Morning Herald had an article on Sunday 5th Jan, with a number of reputable organisations.
https://www.smh.com.au/…/here-s-how-you-can-help-australia-…
As always, thank you for your support, Happy New Year and give generously.

Recent Club Activities:
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Garage Sale 2019

12-13 October

We had a very successful Garage Sale.
This .pdf file attached contains some 90 photos of the event.
WARNING:  it is 9Mb in size

rotary_garage_sale_october_2019.pdf
File Size:	9039 kb
File Type:	pdf

Download File

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An Update from Youth
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Photos of Katherine Loueys departure on RYEP leaving 17 Jan 2020 for a year in Vienna, Austria

​Photos from the RYLA Dinner,  Janinda, Janelle and Keith

Donor's Trip to Flores Nov 2019
Presented by Peter Stanton and Paul Laroumanie

Download File

​Duty Roster

If you are unable to be at the meeting please contact the person doing your role the following week/s, arrange a swap and advise Douglas, so he can amend his records.
​Also, to avoid being rostered on, please notify Douglas of any upcoming known absences (eg holidays) from meetings in the next twelve months.

What it takes to be a Rotarian

There are members of the community who may have some misunderstandings about what it takes to be a Rotarian.
We are always looking for new members and, in fact, it is new people joining that keeps us alive as a Service club.  From time to time I hear people say things that make me think they don't consider joining or even visiting Rotary for all the wrong reasons.
​This article is about the things you don't need to join Rotary, and the things you do, just in case you are not sure.  The other thing you should know is that we are a very friendly bunch of men and women and we have a lot of fun, as well as achieving some pretty good things in the community.

Don't need:

• ​to be invited
• to be of a certain age
• to be male
• to be a business person
• to be retired
• to attend meetings every week
• to be available on weekends.

Must have:

• ​a sense of humour
• a willingness to give back to your community
• a willingness to pitch in when required
• some time available to help out on the occasional weekend event
• an interest in the life of the West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook communities
• a desire to contribute in some way to the running of the Club.

​If you would like to come along as a guest to see what it is all about just call either:-
President Keith (0478 599 155) or Tony (Membership) (0412 812 624) 

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

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Centurion Program and Centurion Membership application

How you can become a Rotary Foundation Centurion?
Centurion Membership donation form.

Significant Club Fundraising Events during the year 

The Book Sale March 2019

As the result of a lot of hard work the MarchBook Sale was a great success, especially from  the organisers Andrew Little, Max Henderson, Neville Hansen and Rosemary Clarke. Funds raised exceeded $19,000.  Well done.

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2019 Trivia Night

​The Club held a very successful trivia night on Saturday 17 August 2019 at the Cherrybrook Community Centre, raising near $6,600 all of which will go to assist drought relief. Click this link to read more. 


                       

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 The Garage Sale 2019

We have just had our best and most successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 12 & 13 October raising a gross - north of $35k.

​Excellent Project Management and a large number of dedicated volunteers, some putting in hours of effort, in the weeks before the weekend contributed to this result.​​

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Barbecues
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The club runs fund raising barbecues throughout the year, mainly at Bunnings  (both Dural and Thornleigh)  Here are Barry, Tony, Nick and David hard at work. at Thornleigh.. 

Meetings

​Monday  6:30pm for 7:00pm - Springfield House - 245 New Line Road, Dural 2158

Apologies

If you are unable to attend or are bringing a guest (even if they are your partner) you must notify Julie. 
Email  admin@altitudecapital.com.au before 1pm on the Friday before the meeting.
​Please no communication via phone (either verbal or SMS)

If you are expected and do not show you will be required to pay for the meal.

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President's Report  20 Jan 2020

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I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break and are ready for a new year of activities.
Since we last met I have attended

• Tree of Joy Sorting            An evening of organised chaos.  I thoroughly enjoyed the evening organising presents to the various charities.  Most importantly is the fellowship that was enjoyed by all that attended.
• RYLA Dinner                                    Janelle and I attended an excellent dinner to celebrate the RYLA event.  The Club sponsored Janinda to RYLA and his brother also attended the dinner.
• President’s Lunch              Some 30 of us attended Vanilla Cream Cafe at Amaroo Park for a most enjoyable lunch.
• Farewelled Outgoing Exchange Student        Janelle and I attended the Airport to support Katherine Louey, our outgoing student to Vienna.

Tonight we welcomed Martin Vandenberg and Felicity, his partner.  Martin is checking us out.
We also welcomed Patricia, Celine, Pamela and Julianne – all of whom had come to hear Peter and Paul report on their visit to Flores, Indonesia.  Both waxed lyrical about the trip and I suspect we have a wonderful basis of an enduring International Project.

Rotary Rocks
Keith

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Night Report - 2o Jan 2020

No Night Report but everyone had a great time as first night back.
​Keith welcomed everyone back and Peter Stanton and Paul Laroumanie gave a talk on their trip to Flores in Nov 2019.

Night Photos

Editor Note:  Click on a photo to see a larger version

This Week's Humour

I was standing at the bar at the RSL one night, minding my own business.
This quite hefty, very plain looking woman came up behind me, grabbed my arse and said,  "You are very cute. Do you have a phone number?"
I  said, "Yes, do you have a pen?"
She  said, "Yes, I’ve got a pen".
I  said, "Then you better get back into it before the farmer misses you."
Cost me 6 stitches...but,
When  you're over seventy...............who cares?

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I  went to the chemist and told the girl behind the counter, "Give me 3 packets of condoms, please."
Lady assistant:  "Do you need a paper bag with that, sir?"
I  said "No... She's pretty good  looking....."
 When you're over seventy............who cares?

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I  was talking to a young woman in the RSL last night.
She  said, "If you lost a few pounds, had a shave and got your hair cut, you'd look all right."
I  said, "If I did that, I'd be talking to your friends over there, instead of you."
Cost  me a fat lip, but...
When  you're over seventy.............who cares?

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I  was telling a woman in the Club about my ability to guess what day a woman was born, just by feeling her breasts.
"Really"  she said, "Go on then... Try."
After  about thirty seconds of fondling she began to lose patience and said, "Come on, what day was I born?"
I  said, "Yesterday."
It cost  me a kick in the nuts, but...
When  you're over seventy..............who cares?

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I  got caught taking a pee in the swimming pool today.
The attendant shouted at me so loudly, through a loud hailer - I nearly fell in.
When  you're over seventy...............who cares?

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I  went to our RSL last night and saw a BIG woman dancing on a table.
I  said, "Good legs."
The woman giggled and said, "Do you really think so?"
I  said, "Definitely! Most tables would have collapsed by now."
Cost  me 6 more stitches, but...
When  you're over seventy..............who cares?

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There’s a train travelling through the mountains and in one carriage there sits an old lady, a beautiful young blonde backpacker, a New Zealand guy and an Aussie guy. The train goes through a dark tunnel and all the lights go out. Suddenly there’s a loud ‘smack’ and when the lights come on the kiwi guy is nursing a large red hand print on his cheek. The old lady thinks to herself ‘that dirty kiwi groped that young lady and she smacked him, good on her’. The young girl thinks ‘that dirty kiwi must have gone to grope me but grabbed the old lady instead so she smacked him, good on her’. The Kiwi thinks ‘That bloody Aussie must have groped that young girl and she’s gone to smack him but got me instead’. The Aussie sits there thinking I can’t wait for another tunnel so I can smack that bloody Kiwi again’.

Thanks Stan & Colin S

Club Calendar

Editor's Note:  ​If you wish to download and print the Calendar please click here.

Bulletin Editor - Neville