Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by John Cowper 

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Upcoming Events

We are back having meetings in Springfield House. However, due to availability of the venue. The alternate week arrangement with Zoom may not be strictly adhered to. Some meetings may occur on other weekdays instead of customary Mondays. Please consult your calendar for changes.
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 Ros Hogan hoganros@gmail.com by 12noon on the Thursday prior to a face-to-face meeting. Charges for non-attendance will be incurred unless previously advised.

Club Zoom Meetings
Alternate week
Springfield House

7:15pm for 7:30pm 

6:30pm for 7:00 pm

Mon 14 March 2022
Combine Meeting with Rotary Club Of Pennant Hills
​Pennant Hills Golf Club
​Cnr Copeland Road & Burns Road South Beecroft 2119
Guest Speaker: Janelle Dodd - ‘Days for Girls’ 

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Mon 21 March 2022
Guest Speaker: Neville Hansen - Australian Tour

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Mon 28 March 2022
Youth Night - Partners Night
Guest Speaker: 

​Duty Roster

With COVID lockdowns now ending and even more restrictions being eased, effective 08/11/2021, we appreciate that many Club members may be eager to get out and about and take the chance to have a holiday. So, if you are going to be absent from meetings and events in the months up until July next year, please notify Janelle via email.
Equally now that we are back to face-to-face meetings at Springfield it’s important that we get back into the swing of advising Frank of numbers attending by the Thursday prior to Monday meetings. As per our existing RSVP procedures, if you are not attending you need to advise Ros Hogan otherwise you will be charged the cost of the meal. 
Thanks for your patience and understanding with these matters – it’s all part of adjusting to life post COVID!  

District Conference 2022

Do Browse Through This Website

This website is not just the bulletin. There are many useful information within. Please use the heading buttons at the top to the right of the Club's Rotary Logo and dropdown menus to navigate to other areas of interests. Just be aware that some information may not be up-to-date but come back often. It is a dynamic site and will be updated periodically.
 Westleigh Village Flood Relief Collection
Saturday 12th March 0900-1500
Contact David Turnbull 0408 246 669

Donations: Please refer to President Keith's Report Below

​President Keith's Report - 7th March 2022

The SkyHydrant as presented by Disaster Aid Australia looks to be a wonderful “piece of kit”.

Board meeting on Wednesday night approval was granted to donate:
$5,000 to RAWCS National Flood Appeal, and
$1,000 to Hawkesbury Community Kitchen (Windsor)

One of these payments included a donation from a Club member to our Fundraising account.  This allowed the member some privacy and transferred the prestige of giving, to the Club. 
Some of the Board wished to follow suit and contribute monies to the Club Fundraising account to support one, or both charities. 

The Board requested that the I inform you that you can also support these charities, via the Club’s Fundraising account.  An advantage of this form of giving is anonymity – they will not ring you back – they cannot sell your name.
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Club Fundraising account details:
      BSB                        633-000
      Account               165 073 115
      Please put your surname, and either, RAWCS or Kitchen

For details about RAWCS see RAWCS | Project Details

The internet is scant with respect to the Kitchen. This link shows the location hawkesbury community kitchen windsor - Bing Maps

The Kitchen supplies meals to 30 plus needy persons of Windsor.  Normally, the Kitchen open for Lunch and Dinner.  At present, for safety reasons (poor lighting, flooded roads, and new potholes) the Kitchen opens for Lunch and supplies a Take-Away Dinner. The manager informs that $1,000 will supply six months of meat and chicken needs.

The Kitchen was suggested by President of RC Windsor.

​I am looking forward to Monday night with RC Pennant Hills at the PH Golf Club.

Stay Safe and Dry
Keith

Learning And Development Officer

How to Access MyRotary
Petition for Guest Speaker recommendations
Please contact John Caruana if you know of any prospective guest speakers of interest to the club
johncaruana500@gmail.com       Mob: 0417 394 854

Night Report - 7th March 2022

Sergeant John opened the meeting and invited Edwina to propose a Toast, which she did….. to all Flood Victims, to Pets and the Services who take care of animals in need, to the People of Ukraine, and to Rotary….

President Keith welcomed our Guests for the evening,  Brian Ashworth of Disaster Aid Australia,  and Angelina Law and Maria Calibo Sales also from Disaster Aid.

Apologies received from Janelle, Jaswant and Tashi.
 
He noted that Members and Partners had a wonderful time at RC Epping meeting night which a number of our members attended.  He thanked Janelle for rearranging the Calendar to accommodate this visit.
He advised members that we are looking for a hands-on project.  If you have an idea, please come forward with it, talk to Neville,   it may be a simple idea to begin with which could be expanded to something much more.   Several ideas were discussed to be followed up.

Directors Reports
Edwina.. Vocational….  No news on this front.
Carol….  Membership…. Numbers are stable,  she spoke of the Visitor Night and reminded members to be active in inviting potential members to our meeting on 11th April… potential content of that meeting being discussed.  Encouraged members to reach out to those around them and to invite them just to come and have a look at Rotary, we may be something entirely different than what they thought.
Peter Stanton….  International.  Peter spoke of the Fund Raising Dinner being organised..  A flyer is being developed to advertise the dinner on 10th May, 2022  This a combined event with Chatswood-Roseville, Lane Cove, North Sydney Sunrise, Northbridge, as well as our club.
Max Henderson.. Fund Raising.  a new Silver Sponsor has been found, details to be announced shortly.
2 new BBQ dates have been set at Dural Bunnings.  Volunteers sought,  dates 30/4/2022 and 29th May, 2022.  Please put your hands up to help.
Giant Book Sale dates set for 13th/14th and 15th May. 
Trivia night date set for 20th August, 2022.
David Turnbull….  Foundation.  Encouraged everyone to be a Centurion by donating $100 These funds are used for all manner of good when combined with funds from District International.
Jim Simpson… advised members that Jaswant had a serious fall and had broken his hip, he is currently still in hospital, will be in rehab soon…. Best wishes from all the club to Jaswant, we are thinking of you.
Neville  Hansen….  has placed an article in the Dooral Roundup speaking of Clean Up Australia and our involvement,  the Visitor night – inviting everyone to contact the number provided to register their attendance, and of course the Book Sale coming up soon.
He also advised members that he and Bernard had attended a Thank You morning tea at Wesley Mission where they spoke of the huge appreciation of the results of the Tree of Joy and the gifts we had been able to give to the beneficiaries.
 
David then introduced our Guest Speaker for the evening…  Rob Ashworth of Disaster Aid Australia.  (DAA)  Also in attendance were Angeline Law and Maria Calibo Sales from Disaster Aid Australia.
Rob gave us a run down of the history of DAA and how it has evolved to the organisation it is today. Their goal is to provide International Aid for 3rd world countries where such a thing as safe drinking water, we take so much for granted, is not available.  
At first they delivered  Box style housing facilities to those in need but soon realised that this was not the best they could be doing so over time they began to focus on the safe water issue as one means of support. Today they work a little differently than in the beginning in that they work via local organisations to find out the area with the greatest need, and then expect those communities to be helped to contribute to the  implementation, so the residents have “ownership” of the project, rather than DAA installing and leaving.
A device called a SkyHydrant has been developed and improved over time and can provide a highly effective bacterial removal system which can be installed at a moderate cost of $5,000 which services a community of 700 people or a school of 1,000 children. This on its own improved the attendance of kids at school because they are no longer getting sick so often.

Since Tuesday 8th March was International Women’s Day,  a competition was organised (I suspect by Janelle) among members. The virtual bottle of wine was won by this Night Reporter. (I promise I didn’t know what the questions would be!!)
 
President Keith reminded the Board members of a Board Meeting on Wednesday 9th on Zoom,  that the next meeting is at Pennant Hills Golf club as a visit to the Pennant Hills Club.
The meeting closed with Keith hoping that we all stayed safe and dry during this particularly difficult period with flooding in many areas.
 
Night reporter… Carol Russell.

​Social Calendar 2022

Heritage Park Social BBQ Lunch - Monday 18th April 2022

ANZAC Dinner with Lions Club - Monday 25th April 2022

Book Sale Dinner - Saturday 14th May 2022

Bushwalk and Lunch - Sunday 5th June 2022

Friendship Lunches/Dinner Second Round - Commence Sunday 12th June 2022

​Tony Coote

​​Fundraising Dinner for NTA
Download Menu here 
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Welfare Report
​Updates

​Jaswant Thakorlal had a fall at home last week and suffered a fractured hip. He was admitted to the SAN and underwent successful surgery. He went to rehab on Tuesday and expects to be there for a fortnight. I have extended the best wishes of the club for a quick recovery.

TOJ -- Letter Of Appreciation from Marayong Public School


​Please watch this video
 

BUNNINGS SAUSAGE SIZZLE

​Dural
​Saturday 30th April
​Sunday 29th May

Help wanted

If you can assist please advise Kerry Mann
Bunnings have previously advised:
“The NSW government has defined the fundraising sausage sizzle premises as a hospitality venue under the Public Health Order.  As such, vaccination rules apply to all community volunteers operating the sausage sizzle and volunteers are required to be fully (double) vaccinated. “  

Street Libraries Update

​You may have noticed that street libraries are springing up in peoples’ gardens, especially if you have been doing a lot of walking as we have during the lockdown. It seems that the Board noticed too. They decided that it would be nice to have one, two, three - make it four at various locations. 
A suitable design was sourced – like the one at the end of New Line Road but taller to accommodate a shelf.
Cawas provided some marine ply courtesy of mates’ rates at Bunnings and I went to Bunnings and Mitre10 about a dozen times to purchase the other bits.
So with the help of Peter and Tony we assembled the structures, I painted them and Colin Sharpe provided some polycarbonate for the windows. It took a while but they came together well.
Now we needed a post to fix them to. Bunnings had some woofy posts designed for post boxes but Mitre10 came up with galvanised beasts suitable as a foundation for a tower block.
An erection team was organised of David, George, Keith, Bob and me and we burst into action like a well oiled machine – well actually more like a council work gang with one person doing all the work and rest watching. We decided that Bev’s place was a good place to start since it is a relatively quiet street.
Bob came up with a crowbar the size of a tooth pick and we set about digging a hole in the incredibly hard ground. At about 400mm we decided to stop before we encountered a 33kV cable and set up the post in lots of rapid setting concrete.
Bev provided an excellent morning tea while we waited for the concrete to go hard.
Finally we lugged the box into place and bolted it down.
The only thing missing is the Rotary sign.  This has been ordered and will be fixed later. It is large enough for the Amazon astronauts to read it on their next trip.
Colin Sharpe did a nice job of fixing his to his letter box and even painted the inside (they had already had two coats of lacquer but the paint is a nice touch and we fully expect Anne to install curtains).
Next week the council work gang is reassembling to install Carol’s library.
Thanks to the team and thanks to Bev, Carol and Colin Sharpe for providing the locations. The fourth will be fixed at the Uniting Church when Neville returns from wherever he is this week.

Tony Makin 
​The team continued their exploits 
​Erection of Street Library at Carol Russell's Business Premises

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​Read your digital edition online
​Here

Westmead Institute of Medical Research
“COVID -19 Variants and Vaccines, the Lockdown update”
COVID-19: Variants & Vaccines, the Lockdown Update - YouTube      

The presentation was accurate as of 9th July 2021. Some widening of the age group acceptability for the AstraZeneca vaccine have been made since that presentation date.
The 2 main speakers were Internationally renowned experts in immunology and vaccine development, Professor Tony Cunningham and Professor Sarah Palmer.
I have attached a link to that presentation. It is well worth watching.
I also took some Notes and attach for those who only wish to get a quick grab - but the notes don’t do the presentation justice.

Kind Regards
Colin McGowan

​Fun With ​Culture
Corner
More for your enjoyment or torture!

OMG (GOLF)!!

Covid Safe food handling

Training is on-line and takes about 20 minutes – so a few could do it
https://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/covid-19-awareness-food-service-training
 
The training has been developed for anyone working in NSW food retail and food service businesses and covers key measures recommended for COVID-19 control. Key topics addressed:
  • COVID-19 Introduction and background
  • Infection, signs and symptoms
  • Self-protective measures
  • Protective measures for premises and personal hygiene
  • Cleaning and sanitation practices
  • Social distancing measures
  • Record keeping.
The course is self-guided and will take participants approximately 20 minutes to complete.
There is a 20 question multiple-choice quiz at the end.
A ‘COVID-19 awareness for food service’ acknowledgement certificate will be emailed to all participants who complete the quiz.

... and We Should be Covid Safe at Our Activities

Centurion Program and Centurion Membership application

We are now in a new Rotary Year. Please consider renewing your Centurion membership, or if not already a member, why not make this the year to become a Centurion!!!

How you can become a Rotary Foundation Centurion?
Centurion Program Donation Instructions for WPHC Rotary Club - 2020.

Club Calendar

Editor's Note:  ​If you wish to download and print the Calendar please use the link below.
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Bulletin Editor - Douglas

Meetings
​Monday  6:30pm for 7:00pm - Springfield House - 245 New Line Road, Dural 2158
and Zoom Monday 7:15 for 7:30pm - on alternate weeks 
​- see Club Program for details.

Apologies
For Springfield meetings, If you are unable to attend or are bringing a guest (even if they are your partner) you must notify Ros. Email: hoganros@gmail.com before 1pm on the Thursday before the meeting.
For Springfield House meetings - if you are expected and do not show you will be required to pay for the meal.

Significant Club Fundraising Events during the year
TO BE UPDATED POST COVID LOCK DOWN

The Book Sale March 2020
As the result of a lot of hard work the March Book Sale was a great success, especially from  the organisers Andrew Little, Max Henderson, Neville Hansen and Rosemary Clarke. Funds raised exceeded $15,000.  Well done.
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. 


                       
 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.​​
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.. 

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 Keith (0478 599 155)

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 Keith 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