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Club Bulletin

Volume 30, Issue No. 24-16th January 2017

The Next Meetings

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Have a safe and happy Christmas and New Year!

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Monday 12 December
No Meeting following Xmas Lunch & no more meetings for 2016
Monday 16 January 2017


Monday 23 January
First Meeting In 2017!
Steve Baker will be speaking on his experiences of living in Samoa
The speaker will be David Waterhouse who is a member of Clive’s new Rotary club (The Entrance).  He has been doing work in Nepal for years under the Rotary RAWCS banner.  He has been about 14 times, including building a hospital and earthquake relief.
 David will be speaking on his experiences in Nepal.


​Duty Roster

Duty   Monday 16th January 2017 Monday 23 January 2017 Monday 30 January 2017
Speaker Host Steve Baker Tony Makin Charlie McCartney
Night Reporter Ricardo Raad Colin Baxter Teresa Janowski
Front Desk Ian Roberts Tony Coote Tony Coote
Front Desk Colin McGowan Keith Ball Stan Baseley
Steward Cawas Sahukar Neville Hansen Tony Coote
Steward Gino Savio Allan Paynter Tom Westcott
​IT Person Sarah Zender Nick Chuah Neville Hansen
​Photographer​ Peter Stanton Ross Ballinger Peter Stanton
​Member Talk Colin Sharpe Peter Stanton Nick Chuah

Inside This Issue

Upcoming Events

President's Report
Night Report
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Humour
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Club Calendar

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Saturday 17 December




Sunday 8 January 2017

Carols In The Valley - Run the BBQ's from 2pm to 6pm for Wesley Mission's carols in the valley to be held at Vision Valley at Arcadia.

Click here to go to their web page.
President's Lunch at Rosemary Clarke's residence, 17 Patricia Place Cherrybrook, 12.30pm to ?
BYOG and Meat
If you haven't already marked the attendance sheet, please let Rosemary know if you (& your partner) are coming


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District Conference

The District Conference will be held at the Penrith Panthers on Saturday 11th of March 2017.
 
Register and fully pay for your Conference registration before 31st December 2016 and go into the Draw to be one of four lucky delegates receive your Conference Registration refunded!
 
Registrations at conferene2017.rotarydistrict9685.org.au

For a video on the District Conference at the Penrith Panthers click the video arrow below
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Latest Update From Amelia (our outbound student in Switzerland)

Hey everyone! 

I hope everyone is going good back in sunny Sydney during this holiday season! 
 It is freezing here, I mean cold as!  Currently minus degrees outside and I'm rugged up to the max! 
I've had a great time since I've updated you all. 
Every exchange student in Switzerland went to Matterhorn as our final weekend away with rotex- was very sad but very beautiful.
 
Unfortunately last Saturday, was my last Handball match with HC Amriswil. I've really enjoyed my time with these girls and it's been one of the best times of my exchange- I am very sad to leave them. 

 I hope everyone back home has a safe and merry Christmas- I'll see you all very soon! 

Liebe Grüße,
Amelia.
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 DIK - Letter of Thanks

President Rosemary,
 
Could you please pass on my gratitude to the members go your club member who assisted in the packing of our 40 foot container of hospital equipment including beds, humidicribs, anaesthetic machines and other medical equipment for Santo Hospital.  Included in the container building materials and water tank for the Area Provincial School on Vanua Lava animal island in the remote northern part of Vanuatu.
 
Their commitment to the ideas of “Service above Self”  and to Serve Humanity is to be commend.
 
I have included a couple of photos you may seen to use in your newsletters
 
Yours in Rotary Service
 
P.P John van den Burg

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Club members loading the container bound for Vanuatu.

Tree Of Joy

Together with the Cherrybrook Village Centre Management, the Club's Tree of Joy at the Cherrybrook shopping centre has been a great success with presents being received for 800 requests on cards placed on the tree.  In addition, a further 100 presents were received without requests.

The requests were created by the various charities that the Club has a relationship with, including Wesley Mission and Paramatta Mission.  These requests were for Christmas presents for disadvantaged people in their care and included a short message to identify the reason they required the present.  Anonymity was kept at all times, with only codes to identify each recipient that only the charity could identify.

As you can see from the photos below of all the presents in the Turnbull's garage prior to sorting into the various charities 900 presents takes up a lot of room.

We would like to thank the very kind, generous people that donated presents to the Tree of Joy, who made this year's Tree of Joy such a great success.
The Club would also like to thank the Cherrybrook Village Centre Management for their support and cooperation.

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The 900 Christmas presents in the Turnbull's garage.
Club members sorting & placing cards on each present

Club's Child Protection Manual
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Attached to this email is the Club's Child Protection Manual, agreed to by the Board, that we are required to have by law. You are encouraged to become familiar with the requirements as stated in the manual.
As you would know by now this is a serious matter for all clubs and associations that work with children as part of their regular operations. This club has a big focus on youth with a significant amount put aside each year for our youth activities so it is an important issue for us. All members should by now have their working with children clearance, or be in the process of obtaining same. If any member is having problems with their applications please let me know.
The manual will be uploaded to our website (click here) and any future changes will be made to the website version. You will be advised when these occur.
Jim Simpson
Secretary


More Rotary Graphics

​Some more Rotary graphics. These images can be downloaded by right clicking and saving.
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Significant Club fundraising events during the year 

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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.

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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. 

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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.
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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.. 


Meetings

:Monday  6:30pm for 7:00pm - Springfield House - 245 New Line Road, Dural.

Apologies

If you are unable to attend or are bringing a guest (even if they are your partner) you must notify Jilda.  Phone 9439 1422 or email accounts@lhogroup.com.au before 11am on the day of the meeting.
If you are expected and do not show you may be required to pay for the meal.
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President's Report 11th December 2016

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“And so this is Christmas” as John Lennon once sang!      

What a delightful afternoon we had last Sunday at our Christmas party. It was lovely to see so many members, partners and children there to celebrate the end of 2016’s activities (with a couple to come!!) The weather was fantastic, the food delicious, the table decorations wonderful, the Santa and his elf, well, a little bit naughty and a little bit nice!! It was a fun time when we could relax and enjoy each other’s company. A huge thank you to the Social committee on a job very well done.

Many of our charities are looking forward to receiving gifts from the Tree of Joy this week. Please come and continue the fun times on Wednesday and possibly Thursday as we sort out and relabel the gifts at David and Jill Turnbull’s place. Plenty of time for Christmas frivolity.

May I take this opportunity to say a huge thank you for a fantastic 2016 with so many projects completed. My head is reeling trying to take in all our activities!

Have a wonderful and save Christmas with family and friends. I hope Santa is good to you and I look forward to 2017 with new projects (as well as a few old ones) and renewed enthusiasm and vigour after a well-earned rest.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!


Rosemary

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Night Report 11th December 2016 - Christmas Lunch - No report


Day Photos Christmas Lunch 11th December 2016 - Ross Ballinger

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Anne & Helen having fun with the kids at the Christmas lunch! (From Rosemary)
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Birthdays

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21 Dec Ross Ballinger
28 Dec Lynne Henderson
31 Dec Pamela Makin
7 Jan Cawas Sahukar
16 Jan Rosemary Clarke

Anniversaries

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16 Dec Neville & Heather Hansen
21 Dec Nick & Alison Chuah
27 Dec Charlie & Rob McCartney
28 Dec Graham & Margaret Evans
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This Week's Humour -  From Stan for all the golfers in the club....

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Club Calendar

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​If you wish to see a PDF of version of the Calendar then click here.
Bulletin Editor - Andrew Little

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
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