Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by Brendan Metcalfe 

Welcome to our Bulletin

Upcoming Events

Monday 14 November
Joint Meeting with RC Coonabarabran

Monday 21 November
Youth Night

Monday 28 November
​Kris Kringle

Monday 5 December
​Annual General Meeting
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 12noon on the Thursday 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 Neville.
  • 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 Neville of your swaps.
  • If you are aware of future absences, beyond the 26 Week Roster, please inform Neville so, he does not roster you during your absence.
  • Neville is not an information conduit; you must also message Ros Hogan.
President Report
Greetings all. I hope this bulletin edition finds you well and enjoying a week free from a formal Clu ...
Night Report
No Night Report as Club attended RC Carlingford's 50th Anniversary celebrations
Photos and more ...
Toys transfer to Terry the Toy Man, and photos of Carlingford's 50th Anniversary.
Humour
Have used contributions from Max, Tony C & Neville. Many Thanks
Humour Bank balance is​ Three. Need help raising this balance.

Notice of Annual General Meeting received 6 November

Members are advised that the Annual General Meeting of the Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Inc. will be held on 5th December 2022 by ZOOM at 7.30pm.
Business to be conducted includes acceptance of minutes from the previous AGM, presentation and acceptance of the annual financial statements for 2021/2022, confirmation of auditor for 2022/23 and election of office bearers for 2023/24.
Copies of financial statements and Auditor’s Report are attached.
Members wishing to nominate for board positions should contact Secretary Tony Makin or President Janelle Craig for information.  A nomination form is attached.
Regards
Tony Makin
Secretary

Grace's Place - Saturday - Briefing email
Dear all,
 Thank you so much for your commitment to be at Grace’s Place this weekend to assist with the preparation of the centre for the Government unveiling ceremony taking place Monday 14 November.    We appreciate your help so much.
 We are expecting to host between 50 – 60 volunteers, staff and contractors at the working bee.    Tim Carrick our Project Manager and Sam Robinson our Interior Decorator will be onsite from 07:00.    We expect that our volunteers will come and go during the day to suit their own schedules.
 Please note that the site is still in construction phase and therefore care will need to be taken in and around the building.   We request that at a minimum closed in shoes be worn during the day.   Works will be predominantly focussed on outdoor/gardening activities (planting, pruning, mulching, watering) please also bring hats and sunscreen.   If you have tools readily available we would also appreciate you bring them with you (basic gardening tools, brooms, etc.)
 Some indoor activities will also be scheduled in the Program Arm of the centre.     These include, assembling flat pack furniture, styling rooms, packing items for storage and cleaning.    For those who will be assisting indoors, old towels, stanley knives, stick vacuums etc might be needed on the day.

 Refreshments and lunch will be provided for all 😊
 Date:                    Saturday 12 November
Time:                    07:00 – 15:00
Address:              38 Doonside Road, Doonside Google Maps
 
Thank you again for your ongoing commitment to Grace’s Place.     I am very much looking forward to meeting you all there.
 
Best regards,
 Paula McKain
Logistics Team Co-ordinator | Grace’s Place
Background photo: Sod Turning Ceremony Sep 2019

Black Dog Institute - Thank You & Info
From:    Claire Thorpe
To:         Tony Coote
Hi Tony,
Thank you so much for calling and speaking to Sana yesterday and my apologies for the delay in contacting you. I have been working very limited hours post event, as well as taking time off whilst my mum is visiting from the UK. I am in today and wanted to contact to say a HUGE thank you to you, Janelle and everyone at West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Rotary for the incredible efforts, time and delicious food at my event in Metcalfe Park a week last Sunday. It was a wonderful and amazing day and to have you and your members come along and be a part of it really helped to make the event the success that it was. I am so very grateful and truthfully could not do these events without people and organisations like you.
 
I estimate that we had 1,200 people attend. The exact figure is tough to know as not everyone checked in at the registration. This is something we’re now reflecting on improving next year. We couldn’t do QR code check in due to some website platform limitations making it more difficult than we’d have liked, but we did a rough count on the day we think this figure is about right.
 
I have also attached our banking information as requested by Janelle. She mentioned that you would like to make a donation which is so incredibly generous. I appreciate this so much. Does this have everything you need?
 
Thank you once again for the wonderful work on the day. People loved the food and I had so many wonderful comments about you all after the event. It was such a joy to meet you all and thank you once again for your amazing contribution.
 
Thanks so much and do let me know if you have any questions.
Claire Thorpe
Fundraising Events Manager 
Black Dog Institute 
Hospital Road, Randwick NSW 2031

Pavillion Theatre - Wednesday 16 November

A gentle reminder that we need numbers for the next theatre night by next Thursday 10th November 2022.
 We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
To friends of the Rotary Club of North Rocks
 The Rotary Club of North Rocks is pleased to announce our next theatre night..............  
 Castle Hill Players are pleased to return with a great theatre for all to enjoy at: 
    Pavilion Theatre, 
    Castle Hill Showground, 
    10 Doran Drive, 
    Castle Hill.
 This comedy is on Wednesday 16th November 2022.  The Rotary Club of North Rocks looks forward to seeing you for a night of excellent theatre at the cost of $30 per person.  Cash payments will be collected on the night.
​Picasso at the Lapin Agile
By Steve Martin
Albert Einstein meets Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before Einstein transformed physics and Picasso set the art world on fire. These two geniuses banter and muse on the century passed and the century yet to come with infectious dizziness. 
Montmartre locals, including the bartender and his mistress, Picasso’s agent and his date, an elderly philosopher, a Countess, and an idiot inventor round out the ensemble and stamp their own indelible mark on proceedings. The final surprise patron to join the merriment at the Lapin Agile is a charismatic, dark haired, time traveller with blue suede shoes. 
Renaissance man Steve Martin’s first play, Picasso at the Lapin Agile is wildly inventive, revelling in ribaldry, witty wordplay, and a healthy sense of the absurd.
By Arrangement with ORiGiNTM Theatrical On Behalf of Samuel French, a Concord Theatricals Company.
We will be serving cheese and wine in the foyer before the play, as approved by the Board of the Pavilion Theatre.
The doors will be open from 7:30pm, with the play starting at 8:00pm.  As those who have attended previously will know, parking is extremely easy.  For those who are uncertain about directions, the theatre is in the Castle Hill Showground precinct, off Showground Road at Castle Hill.
Can you please let us know how many of you and your friends are coming by Thursday 10th November 2022?
We look forward to seeing you there!
**The Pavilion Theatre is a registered COVID Safe venue with the NSW Government. We have enhanced health and hygiene measures in place to keep our visitors to the theatre safe. We will be operating in line with the NSW Public Health orders in place at the time of reopening.  These include wearing a facemask in the theatre.
The 2023 season has not yet been announced - however a sneak preview has let us know that the first play in 2023 will probably be 'A Few Good Men'
Kind regards
Fay Kitto
Rotary Club of North Rocks
Picasso at the Lapin Agile's director Dave Went talks about why he got involved in this production.…

Christmas Puddings (rotary fundraiser)

From: kaye carter
Date: October 24
To: Janelle Craig 
Subject: Fwd: Puddings rotary fundraiser
Hi Janelle
 I bought some puddings last year. I still have one so I'm not buying any this year. Maybe our members may be interested? 
 Best wishes
Kaye
 ---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Bob Selinger 
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 
Subject: Puddings
To: Peter Nathan 
 The good news - final date for pudding orders has been extended to Friday 25th November. Delivery should happen in the first week of December. Updated order form and price list attached. You may be interested to know that the two most popular puddings so far are Round Classic 1 kg and Chocolate Rum and Raisin Log 500gm. 
Best regards
Bob Selinger
Rotary Club of North Ryde
On Wallumattagal Country
Some Details
  • Funds raised go to Moree East Public School's "Books in Homes" project
  • There is more than Christmas Puddings on offer.
  • Recommend order before 25th November - as an individual.

Christmas Market - Stalls available

The Flyer for the Christmas Market was released in late October.
Despite an initial rush of applications from stallholders, there are still stall sites available.
​If you know of a potential stallholder, can you please contact John Caruana or Neville Hansen.
In addition, you could supply the potential stallholder this link:
http://www.wphcrotary.org/2022-christmas-market.html
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CUC Community Chat

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Cherrybrook Uniting Church has started an externally focused midweek activity.  This is called CUC Community Chat. 
  • CUC Community Chat provides an opportunity for people within our community to meet and engage in discussion on social justice, current affairs and important topics.
  • CUC Community Chat is broadly defined as: Meet, Listen, Respect and Share as we understand everyone has different views.
  • CUC Community Chat is held on 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.  It runs from 8pm to 9:30pm in the Bethlehem Hall at Cherrybrook Uniting Church (134 New Line Road, Cherrybrook)
  • Tea and coffee is available or you can BYO if preferred.  You can also bring beer/wine and nibbles if you so desire.
The next meeting is on Tuesday 15 November  and the topics are:
  • Politics: Monarchy versus Republic.
    • Is it time Australia released the shackles of the Monarchy?
  • Family & Relationships: Impact of working from home on family life.       
  •        Apart from the simple logistics of it, what impact is this having on the structure of the family
Japanese Gardens, Cowra courtesy Dave MAY 2021

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 Springfield House
Arrive 6:30pm, Start 7:00pm, End 9:00pm
245 New Line Rd
Dural NSW 2128 Australia
​Zoom
Arrive 7:15pm Start 7:30pm End 8:30pm