Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by Brendan Metcalfe 

Welcome to our Bulletin

Upcoming Events

Monday 3rd July Madel Guevarra-
​Acceptance, accessibility and friendship: how FirstSubs provides a safe place for women to thrive through basketball.

Monday 10th July
​Club Meeting at Pennant Hills Hotel

Monday 17th July
Technology Night

Monday 24th July
Club Meeting at:
The Vicar, 271 New Line Rd. Dural

Monday 31st July
​District Governor Christine Owen 
Ros Hogan is the Attendance Officer for face-to-face meetings at Springfield.  If bringing a partner or not able to attend, please notify Ros via email by 6:00pm on the Wednesday prior to a face-to-face meeting. Charges for non-attendance will be incurred unless previously advised.
Note: Meeting Times
Springfield House     6:30 for 7:00pm
 Zoom Meeting    7:15 for 7:30pm​

​Duty Roster

  • If you are rostered and be unable to attend the meeting, please contact the person doing your role in the following week(s) and arrange a swap. It is strongly advised to inform Anne.
  • If you are aware of an absence beyond the time frame of the above then refer to the 26 Week Roster and arrange a swap with another doing your role. Again, please advise Anne of your swaps.
  • If you are aware of future absences, beyond the 26 Week Roster, please inform Anne so, she does not roster you during your absence.
  • Anne is not an information conduit; you must also message Ros Hogan.
Club Changeover 
​Night Report and Night Photos
President Report
Although we are nearing the end of the current Rotary year, it doesn’t mean we’ve started to slow  ...​
Night Report
​Sargent Jim welcomed all along to the meeting on Zoom and offered a Toast to Rotary and in ...
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Photos ...
Contributors are Kaye, Neville, & Self.
Humour
A Cawas trio greets you. Many Thanks.
​​Humour Bank balance is​ sixteen. I am always looking for more.
Calendar

Additional Information from Colin relating to Melbourne Conference

Convention Program 2023 for Club meeting 26 Jun 23
Plastic Soup: The ​biggest soup in the world!
POWERFUL VIDEO: Why we need to Stop Plastic Pollution in our Oceans | FOR GOOD

The Perfect Murder - Now includes comments from Max

Hi everyone
Clive Denmark is a past president of our club, who relocated to the Central Coast about eight years ago and subsequently joined The Entrance club. He is now also a past president of that club.
Whilst at our club he was one of the members that instigated our “Giant Book Sale” and accepted the challenge of managing these annual sales until he relocated to “The Coast”.
He has continued to support our club on numerous fronts, including the provision of commercial recycling bins for our book sales at no cost, a significant saving for our club.
 
Subsequently, on the rare occasion he seeks our support, we do our best to reciprocate.
 
Those that were contacted by Clive have already indicated their readiness to support, which we are now extending to all members.
Given it’s about a one-hour drive, we will try to organise:
  • Car pooling
  • Dinner, possibly at the Woy Woy Hotel
  • For those that may elect to do the return drive on Saturday, details of a local motel
 
If you can support, please advise Max (email preferably) and transfer $45.00pp into our club’s General Account.
Please identify your payment with your surname and murder.
Ideally, we need numbers by mid-July.
 
The following email from Clive provides additional details of the night:
WPH & C Rotary club kindly supported a previous theatre night that we ran at the Woy Woy Little Theatre Company about 5 years ago
 The Entrance Club has booked out the Peninsula Theatre, Woy Woy (110 seats) for the evening of Friday 18th August.
 We are endeavouring to get corporate sponsors to cover the cost of booking the theatre and for the champagne & finger food that will be available
 The play that night is "the Perfect Murder" by Jeffery Archer & has the added interest for our members that our incoming President Gordon Crawford is playing the part of the Police Inspector.
 MR Google says the journey time is just over an hour from Cherrybrook (it’s around 30 minutes from the Entrance!)
 Barry Freeman & Janet Hamer (who now lives close by at Blackwall) have both expressed interest in coming.
 We have not yet determined the recipient for funds but it is likely to be a domestic violence of Health on the streets related project.
 We would very much appreciate your support. If my memory serves me right 2 carsful travelled north to support us last time!!!
 Clive

Max Henderson

Trivia Night

Rotary Myth Buster Flyer

2024 District Conference
Friday 15th March 2024 to Saturday 16th March 2024
Note: Special Room Rate closes 30th June 2023

  Clean-up Australia will continue to be a focus for the Club next Rotary year.
 
Clean-up Australia has just  released a booklet with 101 Small Steps to Reducing Waste in Your Life.  It is focused on plastic and is a good follow-up to my International Convention content presentation last Monday evening about plastic pollution.
 
“It’s almost July - which of course means ‘Plastic Free July’. Does that sound daunting? Transitioning to a completely plastic-free lifestyle overnight would be a challenging feat for most of us! But what if we all used July as a catalyst, and each took small steps towards reducing our plastic footprint? July could be a roadmap for year-round changes - we could make a real effort to actively seek alternatives, reduce unnecessary plastic packaging and make sustainable swaps. Remember, it’s all about starting small, and aiming big and we've got 101 handy tips right here to get you started!”
 
 
The TV program that put the spotlight on Australia's waste problems returns with a provocative new season next month! Will you join the War on Waste and take your reusable coffee cup, cutlery or containers to your local cafe on #BYOFriday?


 
WATCH THE TRAILER


If you would like a new BMW make a donation to Clean-up Australia
A fab way to support Clean Up Australia is to buy a ticket in the WIN WIN raffle - you could win a fully electric BMW SUV and we win with every ticket sold, as each $10 ticket means $5 comes straight to Clean Up Australia!

 
BUY A TICKET

 
 

Are You a Centurion?

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Please consider renewing your Centurion membership, or if not already a member, why not make this the year to become a Centurion!!!
How to Be a Centurion

To read a digital version of our favourite magazine, click below
Please contact Alex Jugueta if you know of any prospective guest speakers of interest to the club.
This BBQ Trailer needs to be employed!

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.
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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: -
Carol Russell (0418 431 157) or President Janelle (0412 064 336)
Club Details:
Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook meets every other Monday for Dinner at Springfield House
Arrive 6:30pm  Start  7:00pm  End  9:00pm
245 New Line Rd
Dural NSW 2128 Australia

Welcome to call Carol or Janelle to get log on details and join us on Zoom instead

Meetings

The Club alternates meetings:
Generally, one "Face to Face" one Monday and a Zoom meeting the next Monday.
Face to Face
Meet at The Vicar
Arrive 6:30pm, Start 7:00pm, End 9:00pm
271 New Line Rd
Dural NSW 2128 Australia
​Zoom
Arrive 7:15pm Start 7:30pm End 8:30pm