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| Duty | Monday 13 March 2017 | Monday 20 March 2017 | Monday 27 March 2017 |
| Speaker Host | Howard Fleming | Tony Coote | Janelle Craig |
| Night Reporter | Peter Cleary | John Tchetchenian | David Turnbull |
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| Steward | Gino Savio | Carol Russell | Colin McGowan |
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TALDUMANDE
2017 Charity Dinner 2nd Major Book Sorting for Book Sale
Book Sale
WPH&C Rotary 30th Birthday
Please join us to celebrate another milestone of our Rotary Club Mark your diary now Partners Night Of Course |
Taldumande 2017 Charity Dinner
To help make this a success, we would be very grateful if you could support us in one or all of the following ways:
- Join us at the dinner on Wednesday 22nd March 2017.
- Make a tax deductible donation to Taldumande Youth Services at www.taldumande.org.au
Individual tickets are $185 or Table of 10 for $1750. Tickets covers entry to the event, entertainment, full three course meal and all beverages.
To purchase ticket, please go to https://www.taldumande.org.au/news/2017-charity-dinner or alternative, I can produce an invoice for you.
Your support would contribute towards the success of our fundraising dinner and our ability to provide these essential services to vulnerable and homeless young people.
Kind regards,
Kevin Marcus Tran
Fundraising and Events Coordinator
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2017 Book Sale
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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: |
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| 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 |
RYLA 2017 - this is an excerpt from the latest DG's E News & shows why we support RYLA
RYLA 2017 was run and won by 84 new RYLArians. The Organising Committee chaired by David Clark, supported the Facilitators lead by Amanda Firkins together with Mum & Dad (David and Dianne Waterhouse) arranged an excellent program that actively engaged and developed the attendees. The outdoor activities were challenging and the indoor speakers were compelling.
Well Done and Thank you to all who made it happen....and I hope that the experience convinces the new RYLArians to join Rotaract so they can continue to enjoy and enhance the Rotary experience.
Well Done and Thank you to all who made it happen....and I hope that the experience convinces the new RYLArians to join Rotaract so they can continue to enjoy and enhance the Rotary experience.
Significant Club fundraising events during the year
The Book Sale March 2016. As the result of a lot of hard work the March book fair which was a great success, especially from the organisers Max Henderson, Andrew Little and Clive Denmark. Funds raised were $14,000. Well done.
The Trivia Night
The Club held a very successful trivia night on Saturday 27 August 2016 at the Cherrybrook Community Centre, raising just over $5,000 towards the charities we support.
The Club held a very successful trivia night on Saturday 27 August 2016 at the Cherrybrook Community Centre, raising just over $5,000 towards the charities we support.
The Garage Sale
We have just had a very successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 8/9 October raising a record gross of over $30k. The combination of good planning and benign weather contributed to this result.
We have just had a very successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 8/9 October raising a record gross of over $30k. The combination of good planning and benign weather contributed to this result.
Barbecues
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..
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 Jilda.
Phone 8484 7106 or email [email protected] before 11am on the day of the meeting.
Phone 8484 7106 or email [email protected] before 11am on the day of the meeting.
If you are expected and do not show you will be required to pay for the meal.
President's Report 6th March 2017
Another incredible speaker at our last meeting! Jenny Knight kept us spellbound as she told us of her family’s efforts to help those in Cambodia. I’m blown away by people doing such wonderful work with such little money but making a huge difference in people’s lives. Money seems to go far in these countries.
The Book Sale is upon us! Please, please, please come and help with the sorting and set up. The actual sale is the easy bit. Max and his team need your help this Saturday even if it is only for a couple of hours. Think of the people in Vietnam or Cambodia that we could help, if we work that little bit harder. Our charities of Shine for Kids, Operation Hope, Country Hope and Taldumande will benefit as well.
Four of us will be at the District Conference on Saturday. Barry F, Colin S, Sarah and I will be there to be enthused and invigorated about Rotary. We hope to report back to you on Monday.
Many people attended the Youth Exchange meeting on Wednesday at CTHS however only one enthusiastic guy came with his parents. We will see what occurs when further information is distributed to our local schools.
Have a great week and remember that we are serving humanity!!
-- Rosemary
The Book Sale is upon us! Please, please, please come and help with the sorting and set up. The actual sale is the easy bit. Max and his team need your help this Saturday even if it is only for a couple of hours. Think of the people in Vietnam or Cambodia that we could help, if we work that little bit harder. Our charities of Shine for Kids, Operation Hope, Country Hope and Taldumande will benefit as well.
Four of us will be at the District Conference on Saturday. Barry F, Colin S, Sarah and I will be there to be enthused and invigorated about Rotary. We hope to report back to you on Monday.
Many people attended the Youth Exchange meeting on Wednesday at CTHS however only one enthusiastic guy came with his parents. We will see what occurs when further information is distributed to our local schools.
Have a great week and remember that we are serving humanity!!
-- Rosemary
Night Report 6th March 2017
In Sergeant Barry’s absence, David Turnbull stepped into the role and called the meeting to order.
Grace was said by Stan and the toast was given by Carol.
President Rosemary welcomed Paul Larouminie, Tina Su and also our speaker for the night, Jenny Knight.
Rotary Fact: From President Rosemary’s recent visit to Orange, she learnt that the town has 3 Rotary clubs, of which 2 clubs allow women to be members, but there is one club that does not allow female members, and it is also written into their constitution. The all-male club was busy with a BBQ raising money for a Guide Dog.
Director’s Report
- Neville on behalf of Max (Fund Raising) – Provided us again with the various dates leading up to the book sale. Please note, the 1st major book sort is this Saturday 11th March from 8am.
- Teresa – (Foundation) Bowel Cancer kits will be for sale from April – May 2017. Teresa has organised 3 days with Cherrybrook Shopping Village, being Sat 1/4/17 from 9am – 5pm, Thur 6/4/17 and Thur 27/4/17. The times for the Thursday stall will be advised soon. It was also mentioned that we should be more active with our Centurion program especially that the end of the financial year is fast approaching.
- Colin S, on behalf of Cawas (Community) – Attended the unveiling and handing over of the Meals for Wheels van to the Hornsby and Ku Ring Gai Council last Saturday. Our club contributed $1,000 towards this project. Colin also suggested that The Next Big Thing committee look at the various Federal and State Government support that was extended to the Meals on Wheels van.
- Colin S (Social) – It was agreed by the Social committee that the Lovedale lunch be cancelled due to low participation numbers. The 30th birthday celebrations plans are going well.
- Tony (Youth / Next Big Thing) – Have organised a meeting with the Mayor to discuss possible opportunities for the Next Big Thing. Glenda is seeking assistance/volunteers with the catering for the Book Sale. This Wednesday night has a district Youth presentation at CTHS for potential candidates for outbound exchange students.
- David – Provided us with an update on Graham Cuthbertson’s health and also seeking numbers on the work bee at Graham’s house. Mostly to complete the retaining wall and also to tidy up the garden, while work is being done on the wall.
- John (Vocational) – Confirmed that we have booked 2 Saturday stalls at Cherrybrook Shopping Village to seek community engagement and nominations to this year’s PoW awards. 1st stall is on 29th April from 9am – 3pm and the 2nd one is the following week 6th May again from 9am – 3pm.
- Janelle – Was seeking numbers for the upcoming Bunnings BBQ on Easter Saturday, 15th April.
Sarah provided us with another enthralling installment of her past 2 weeks and all the activities she has attended.
Member Talk:
Was presented by Ross Ballinger.
- Ross was born in NZ, in an unspecified year. He attended school with kids from the local orphanage, who would walk to school bare feet, even in the winter.
- Ross was in the school band and was also a member of the local riffle club.
- He worked full time as an accountant, while attending university part time.
- He met Helen in NZ and while they were pregnant with their first child, they moved to Australia due to Ross’ work.
- After some years Ross’ work moved them again, but this time to America
- After a few years in America, the family returned back to Australia and Ross worked in a sign printing and manufacturing company.
- Has been a member of the Rotary club for almost 29 years.
Guest Speaker:
Colin McGowan introduced the guest speaker, Jenny Knight, who was representing Reech Cambodia. Jenny is not only working full time, but also currently studying, but she still finds the time to be very active with her charity work in Cambodia.
Jenny didn’t know too much about Cambodia and only learnt about it from snippets from the news, such as the events of the Killing Fields. 11 years ago a friend asked her to donate some unwanted toys, as her friend was making a trip to Cambodia to donate the gifts. As the delivery was so heavy Jenny decided last minute to join her friend on the trip to Cambodia. That was 11 years ago and since then Jenny, her husband and her son have been very active in assisting local communities in Cambodia. The toy trips have grown since then:
2006 – 50 kgs of toys
2011 – 300 kgs of toys
2016 – 2 tonnes of toys
All from the kind donations of others.
The REECH program is an acronym, which stands for Resource, Equip and Educate. They achieve each of these by the various programs they assist with:
Resources – arranging and assisting kids with disabilities, pre-school kids, school supplies and sporting equipment.
Equip – tools for trainees and tradies, sewing machines, seeds to plant, supply bikes under the peddle power program and also supply pigs which will not only feed a family, but to also give the family a source of ongoing income. They supplied the pigs under the Pigs 4 Kids initiative.
Educate – organised teacher training, provided accessible toilets in schools, pay for teachers’ salaries so they can have enough teachers to educate the kids, pay for the students tuition fees, provide sanitary products under the Days for Girls packs, provide prescription glasses, wrap with love blankets and also they have the assistance of the Rotary Donations in Kind (DIK) program.
It was a very inspirational presentation and it’s amazing what can be achieved in ‘the smell of an oily rag’ when you have a clear goal and vision in mind.
Winners:
Raffle – Jim Simpson
Head & Tails – Ros Savio
David had a very interesting sergeant’s fine session and the meeting was closed with the president’s final remark. Also don’t forget to inform Jilda if you are not going to attend a meeting. Her email address is [email protected]. If you don’t inform Jilda then you will have to pay for your meal if you are a ‘no show’.
-- John Tchetchenian
Night Photos - Ross Ballinger
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This Week's Humour
-- Jim Simpson
Little Bruce and Jenny are only 10 years old, but they know they are in love. One day they decide that they want to get married, so Bruce goes to Jenny's father to ask him for her hand.Bruce bravely walks up to him and says, "Mr. Smith, me and Jenny are in love and I want to ask you for her hand in marriage."
Thinking that this was just the cutest thing, Mr. Smith replies, "Well Bruce, you are only 10. Where will you two live?"
Without even taking a moment to think about it, Bruce replies, "In Jenny's room. It's bigger than mine and we can both fit in there nicely."
Mr. Smith says with a huge grin, "Okay, then how will you live? You're not old enough to get a job. You'll need to support Jenny."
Again, Bruce instantly replies, "Our allowance, Jenny makes five bucks a week and I make 10 bucks a week. That's about 60 bucks a month, so that should do us just fine."
Mr. Smith is impressed Bruce has put so much thought into this. "Well Bruce, it seems like you have everything figured out. I just have one more question. What will you do if the two of you should have little children of your own?"
Bruce just shrugs his shoulders and says, "Well, we've been lucky so far."
Mr. Smith no longer thinks the little bastard is adorable.
-- Colin McGowan
Thinking that this was just the cutest thing, Mr. Smith replies, "Well Bruce, you are only 10. Where will you two live?"
Without even taking a moment to think about it, Bruce replies, "In Jenny's room. It's bigger than mine and we can both fit in there nicely."
Mr. Smith says with a huge grin, "Okay, then how will you live? You're not old enough to get a job. You'll need to support Jenny."
Again, Bruce instantly replies, "Our allowance, Jenny makes five bucks a week and I make 10 bucks a week. That's about 60 bucks a month, so that should do us just fine."
Mr. Smith is impressed Bruce has put so much thought into this. "Well Bruce, it seems like you have everything figured out. I just have one more question. What will you do if the two of you should have little children of your own?"
Bruce just shrugs his shoulders and says, "Well, we've been lucky so far."
Mr. Smith no longer thinks the little bastard is adorable.
-- Colin McGowan
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