Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by Brendan Metcalfe 

Welcome to our Bulletin

Upcoming Events

Monday 22nd April
ANZAC Dinner with WPH&C Lions ​at WPH Sports Club

Monday 29th April
Vocational Visit - Grace's Place

15 April - Face to Face Meeting - guest. speaker Andrew Little - Teacher In A Box.
22 Apr - ANZAC dinner with WPH & C Lions Club @ WPH Sports Club
28 April - Working Bee at RFS & Guide Hall for Mother's Day market.
29 April - Vocational visit @ Grace's Place.
3 May - Working Bee at RFS and Guide Hall for Mother's Day market.
4 May - Norwest Sunrise Trivia Night
5 May - Mother's Day market

Save the Date

District Assembly
Saturday - 4th May, 8:30am to 4pm
Venue:  TBA

Bunnings BBQ's 
Saturday - 18th May, 8am to 4pm
Sunday - 9th June, 8am to 4pm
Saturday - 6th July, 8am to 4pm
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Club Changeover
Friday - 21st June, 6:30pm for 7pm start
Springfield House - 245 New Line Rd, Dural NSW 2158

Ros Hogan is the Attendance Officer for face-to-face meetings at The Vicar.  If bringing a partner or not able to attend, please notify Ros via email by 6:00pm on the Sunday prior to a face-to-face meeting. Charges for non-attendance will be incurred unless previously advised.
Note: Meeting Times
The Vicar - 6:30 for 7:00pm start
Zoom Meeting - 7:15 for 7:30pm start
Take me to "What's On"

​Duty Roster

  • If you are rostered and are unable to attend the meeting, please contact the person doing your role in the following week(s) to arrange a swap and advise Anne of the change. 
  • 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.
President's Report
Hi all,
Well this was our first meeting at the Vicar for two weeks due to Easter.  We had some 40 people attend.
Night Report 
President Neville welcomed the guest speakers, Rosemary and Rob Clarke and guests Zita Seymore, Aran and Nia sunder and Roman Goydych and partners and provided his usual full summary of events and ​....
Photos:​
Night Photos unavailable however, replaced with invites and other interesting info....
Humour
Many thanks to Carol  for this weeks humour
Do you think you can find some good humour? We need more please....
Calendar

 Ian Tenna Village - Global Grant

Hygience Training has commenced in Ian Tenna Village with Primary School children. The Monsoon rains are late this year and this has delayed construction of water tanks and toilets

Anzac Day Fundraising Products 

Let's get behind Hornsby RSL Sub-Branch in it's aim of raising funds to support veterans and non- veteran in need.
Kaye has some exciting new products 
  • Tin of Biscuits - $11.00 per tin
  • Chocolate ‘Bites’ - $5.00 per packet (caramel or milk chocolate peanuts)
  • Poppies - $5.00 (handmade)
Please contact Kaye Ph 0407 261 456 to place an order and delivery will be our Rotary meeting. You may pay cash on the night or direct transfer. 

Lawn Maintenance at Transition houses - Kenthurst

Maintaining the lawns at the two transition houses in Kenthurst is a collaboration project with the Rotary Club of Kenthurst. 
Colin S, Anne, Neville, George and Tony M set to work last Tuesday 9th April and had the job finished in an hour. They were only small lawns.  They then had a well deserved relax at the local café.  This is an ongoing project and volunteers will be needed about once a
month, maybe less during winter.

Sunrise Trivia - 4th May, Don't miss this one...

Hi All
Norwest Sunrise Trivia Night is just 5 weeks away on May the 4th. Given the day, there will be prizes for best Star Wars or science fiction costumes. Please note, given that not everyone is as into Star Wars as I am (who’d have thought), there will not be a round of questions on Star Wars.

If you would like to organise a table of friends or colleagues. Let me know if you want a table and I will name your table on Trybooking so that your friends can book for YOUR table. 

There will be a raffle and a silent auction AND the sort of fun activities that we are famous for.
You can book safely online at www.trybooking.com/CQMMA where credit card and PayPal options are available.     
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Regards, 
Robert Bredin
President 2023-2024
District 9685 Club Visioning Chair

Youth - Winter RYPEN

​We are excited to announce that Winter RYPEN is now open for applications!!
 
RYPEN - Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment, is a weekend residential camp, sponsored by Rotary clubs, where young people get to learn more about themselves, push the boundaries of their comfort zones, develop new skills and form lifelong friendships.
 
The Winter camp is held at Blue Gum Lodge in Springwood where we have 64 life changing spots for young people aged 14-16, from across our district to come together on Friday 14th June to Become, Discover, Be Challenged. They will emerge on Sunday 16th June as newer versions of themselves ready to take on the world.
 
For full details please see our information packs:
Club information pack
Carer and School information pack
 
For updates please see our camp facebook page: 
https://www.facebook.com/RID9685winterrypen
 
For applications see our application forms:
Participants' application form
Club nomination form 
Graduation Lunch RSVP
 
If you know of anyone who would be interested or if you have any questions, please contact me.
 
Applications close 5pm AEST on 18th May, 2024.

Regards
​Cawas Sahukar

Georgia Ryman - Outbound Exchange Student update - weekend away at the seaside and gateway of Pategonia

Iisa Vilander - Finnish Inbound Exchange Student trip update

Rotary Myth Buster Flyer

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 Neville (0412 064 336)
Club Details:
Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook meets every other Monday for Dinner at The Vicar
Arrive 6:30pm  Start  7:00pm  End  9:00pm
271 New Line Rd
Dural NSW 2128 Australia

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

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