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Monday 17th October

Crazy Hat Night - Shining a Light on Mental Health

Partners Night

Monday 24th October

Vocational Visit to a Brewery

Monday 31st October

Melbourne Cup Night

Partners Night

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​Duty Roster

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Speaker Host
Night Reporter
Front Desk
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Steward
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​IT Person
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​Member Talk

Monday 17th October

Howard Fleming
Roslyn Savio
Bob Davison
​Carol Russell
Alan Paynter
David Turnbull
Neville Hansen
Peter Stanton

​Gino Savio
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Monday 24th October

John Tchetchenian
Colin McGowan
Bob Davison
Stan Baseley
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Ross Ballinger

​David Turnbull

Monday 31st October

Colin Sharpe
Janelle Craig
Bob Davison
Brian Furrer
Andrew Little
Tom Westcott
Nick Chuah
Peter Stanton

​Daniel Tan

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Humour

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​22nd October


​28th October

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Chinese Lantern Festival 12noon to 9pm
​Manage information booth plus a BBQ

​Back to the 80's - Berowra Musical Society
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Garage Sale

"What a fantastic weekend."

The email that sums up our efforts

Neville sent an email to members that is repeated here for the wider audience.

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Garage Sale - Good News Stories
​Hi all, this has been buzzing around in my head since Sunday.  There are so many good news stories which came out of the whole Garage Sale and I would like to share some with you.
 
We really needed some stats to how many people attend our sale.   From the gold coin entry fee and entry in a raffle we estimate we had some 850 come through on Saturday and some 350 on Sunday, 1200 in total.
 
Here are some of the items donated to make the Garage Sale such a success

• SMS who Clive works for donated all the bins and the garbage truck yesterday to pickup the large pick of rubbish we created.   Four of the 1100 litre recycling bins were also emptied a couple of times prior to the sale
• ESI (Event Services International) donated the following items;  all the crowd control steel fencing, 20 tables, star pickets and 6 Marquees thanks to Tom
• Marayong Primary School donated 4 Marquees thanks to Rosemary
• Bendigo Bank at Dural donated 4 Marquees thanks to our connections.
• Yellow Brick Road donated the loan of 1 Marquee thanks to Carol.
• ESI were short of Marquees so Castle Hill Uniting Church generously donated 7 Marquees and did not even hesitate when we rang them last Tuesday.
• The public including Rotarians were so generous as by Thursday night we had run out of room in the awning, the Girl Guide Hall, the Church, Turnbull's, Sharpe's and Tchetchenian's.  We estimated we had 50% more stock than last year.
• We also had three full houses/units of furniture donated to us and we had to pick them up on Friday and put them in front of the Fire Station as we had nowhere to store them.
• Rebecca Simpson from Rotaract donated some 50 cup cakes plus loaned us a cake stand to display them.
• Daniel had organised some 500 Century 21 bags
• We would have been lost without Tom's truck and crew.
• Tom organised the loan of the coffee machine.
• Barry also donated the raffle prices, three  $100 Gourmet Hampers filled with the finest of goodies.
• Donations for the Cake stall were overwhelming.

Then on the weekend what a fantastic turn up as Rosemary mentioned we were fortunate to have so many other people to help us- partners, exRotarians, Rotaractors, relatives, friends, Probarians, work mates and Youth Exchange families.  This was fantastic as we were then able to have enough people on each stall most of the time.
 
Then in cleaning up on Sunday we were so lucky as what we threw away was in majority rubbish:

• Chantelle from Wayside took a van full from Bric a Brac and Baby Goods
• Westleigh Salvation army took all the books so we threw no books away on Sunday
• The Salvation Army is opening a new store at Baulkham Hills where Rivers used to be and they took all the Bric a Brac, the majority of the Toys, all the Haberdashery, all the clothes, all the plants, all the Vinyl records and any of the good items left in Furniture, Sport and Electrical.   We took two full truck loads including the trailer to their store.
• What a great outcome as it was very good for the soul.

Prior to the Sale starting on Friday Taldumande had been coming each week to identify items that they needed.   They have 7 safe houses in the North West area and we delivered three full truck loads of Furniture, Bric a Brac and Electrical to them in the weeks leading up to the sale.  They have been so appreciative of this as furnishing houses is a very expensive exercise.
We also donated to the Girl Guides a new Fridge/Freezer plus a couple of other small items and to the Cherrybrook Uniting Church some new second hand chairs which Sandy had acquired from ARV.
 
If I missed anyone I am sorry.
 
Rotary's motto "Service above Self" has been very much demonstrated over the Garage Sale period.
 
Thank you again everyone for your support and I believe fellowship won the weekend.
 
Bob is still crunching the final $ numbers.
 
Regards
Neville Hansen

An Example of Community Support

A series of emails that exemplify community support

Dear Mr Warren,
May I start by congratulating your school on its 50th birthday! A wonderful achievement for our community.
Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook    Garage Sale
During the September holidays, our club will be holding our annual Garage Sale held at the corner of Shepherd & Macquarie Drive, Cherrybrook on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th October.  Please refer to the attached flyer. 
We are raising funds for our main charities: Shine for Kids, Country Hope, Taldumande Youth Services and Operation Hope as well as other charities.  Being a teacher myself, you will find that many of our charities are child centred. 
In the past, our club has assisted some of your students to attend RYPEN Leadership courses, helped with Mock Interviews and sponsored your Relay for Life.
We love being able to assist our local schools.
 Would it be possible for you to include our flyer or parts of our flyer in your school newsletter?  Or even add some details to your electronic sign? Any advertising you could assist us with, adds to the funds available for us to help others.
 If you would like further details please contact me.
 Yours in Rotary,
​ Rosemary
Rosemary Clarke 
President   
Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook

Dear Mr Warren,
Thank you so much for including our Garage Sale flyer in your bulletin.  We had an excellent weekend with an all-time record takings so our projects and charities will be very happy. 
Our club is very grateful for your support. 

Yours in Rotary,
Rosemary Clarke
​President

Hi Rosemary,
I'm glad we were able to assist even if only in a small way. I am even happier that the weekend was such a success. It is testament to the hard work that you and your club members do in giving back to our local community. So I should really be thanking you.
Ross Warren
Principal
Pennant Hills High School

Elmo Does it Again

Col Sharpe drove from home to the Garage Sale dragging a chair (see photo below) to give it a "worn in" look. A recovery team found three other chairs subject to the same "wearing in" treatment a block away.

Here's some hard workers in action

A pictorial record courtesy of Peter

Friday Set Up

Close to Opening

The Sale (1)

The Sale (2)

The Sale (3)

The Review Meeting

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SYMT - Beauty and the Beast

Proudly presented by the Sydney Youth Musical Theatre
​Based on the Academy-Award winning animated feature, the stage version of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST includes all the wonderful songs written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman.
​When Maurice becomes lost in the woods on the way to the fair, he seeks shelter in an old castle, but the master of the castle is a horrible beast that takes him captive.  Maurice's daughter, Belle, must then give up her freedom to save his life.  Belle's taming of the unfortunate Beast and his ultimate transformation into a handsome prince enthralled Broadway audiences for over 13 years.
​SYMT is now in its 39th year of staging productions in the Sydney region, and it remains the largest exclusively youth musical society in Australia.  Each year, we stage two productions: one in July for our 14-25 year old members , and one in November  for our 10-18 year old members.

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Hi all.  Sydney Youth Musical Theatre is putting on Beauty and the Beast at Hornsby RSL in Mid Nov.  The most suitable performance for a club group booking is  Friday 18th November, at 7.30pm.  If there is enough interest I will arrange a group booking. .  Please let me if you are interested OR NOT by Oct 30th

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Didi Foundation Update

Just a quick hello from Kathmandu. All of our team has finally made it to Kathmandu and have been really busy touching base with projects and team members. The internet is totally unpredictable and my phone data was not working. Hence the delay in writing
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The children at BFLC have undertaken a huge growth spurt in the last 5 months and how worldly they are becoming. At  the  moment the house is full of  a consistent drone which is the sounds of the kids rote learning for their exams. It sounds like a group of Buddhist monks chanting. Love it.  
Currently, every spare moment, they are studying and must put in at least, 6 hours after each exam and then get up and start studying around 6am for that days exam. Very different culture to my school. We are all so proud of their dedication to their study and what beautiful people they are.
 Exams finish on Friday so we will be having quality time with them.

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Didi Headquarters
I visited the women’s centre yesterday and as always was overwhelmed with the gratitude of the women especially the literacy centre women, as they are so appreciative of the opportunity to learn. ​

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RC of North Rocks Trivia Night

On behalf of President Monika Tracey and the members of the Rotary Club of North Rocks, I invite members of your Rotary Club to attend our trivia night on Saturday 22 October, being held at North Rocks Public School to raise money for the Days for Girls project.  The money will be used by the Ryde Days for Girls project.
 
​(click on Flyer for a larger view)

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Epping Rotary 2016 Trivia Night- Saturday 12 November

We are aiming to raise $20,000 towards the extremely important counselling work undertaken by CCA in Epping through the Shack for young people with a range of mental health issues.  This services young people in the broader area.
This type of intervention is very expensive and requires considerable resourcing.
I am asking that you form a table of 6-10 people as a team representing your Rotary Club.

It would be great to have your support.

Please contact Ian Bittner for bookings- details on the flyer- or me on 0410685417

​Many thanks for your support
Peter Garrard
President
Epping Rotary

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Rotary Foundation

Centenary Foundation Dinner

Please contact Rosemary or self for contact/payment details if you wish to attend.

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More Rotary Graphics

​Thought I might follow a theme.  These images can be downloaded by left clicking and saving.

A way out of poverty is to create sustainable, measurable, and long-term economic improvements in communities and livelihoods by:

• Building the capacity of entrepreneurs, community leaders, local organizations, and community networks to support economic development in impoverished communities
• Developing opportunities for productive work
• Reducing poverty in underserved communities
• Supporting studies for career-minded professionals related to economic and community development

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Rotarians can make a huge impact by empowering local communities to be self-sustainable through economic and community development projects.

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Agricultural programs help families and communities learn practical food-producing skills, thereby directly reducing malnutrition. Improved crops and income bring better health to the farmer, his family and his community

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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.

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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.  Its not a secret - we just do not know yet but think over $30k gross. 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.. 

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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 26th September 2016

How disorganised was Sydney harbour during the Japanese mini submarine attack!!! Thank you to Noel Phelan for enlightening us as to the events leading up to and including that night. 
Can I say our Garage Sale is being meticulously planned – no disorganisation here!!! So many people are getting involved and helping out from collecting items, receiving items, cleaning the grounds, putting up shelves to store “stuff” under the church hall, etc. The list goes on. Please be involved – fun and fellowship go hand in hand with the hard work and you don’t want to miss that. Contact Neville Hansen to tell him when you can help.
The Taldumande team are becoming famous now thanks to all their hard work. Noel was gushing with thanks for all that is being done and I could see many happy faces knowing that some deserving young people were being helped.
When talking to Noel last night he was very impressed to see how busy and involved our club was in all our events. Evidently not many Rotary clubs are as involved as we are, so a huge WELL DONE.
Have fun and fellowship whilst serving humanity!! And go the mighty Swans!!
Rosemary
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Night Report  26th September 2016

President Rosemary welcomed all to the meeting and had lots of announcements/thanks:

• Welcome back Bob Davison (aw that’s who it is - remember the face).
• Reminder that the Garage Sale is the big thing for the next two weeks.
• Thanks to Barry Freeman for the donation of hampers for the Garage Sale raffle.
• Tom & Colin Sharpe had a bad time selecting wine for the club cupboard.
• Well done Charlie for the Facebook stuff – brilliant.
• Thanks to Cawas for Taldumande work.
• Thanks to Uniting Church shelf brigade.

Sarah is now on holiday from school for two weeks; served tea at a Days for Girls stall last Saturday; Bondi (at last??).  Sarah then presented the club with a hand painted gnome (maybe escaped from Zurich).
Tony Coote with his temporary treasurer’s hat on asked if anyone owned a receipt from Flower Power which is unclaimed.
Neville gave a run down of the Garage Sale:
o   Sunday mowing a success.
o   Vanessa from Taldumande has taken heaps of stuff for the house and will come back for more.
o   Ross Ballinger volunteered to take the phone for next week.
o   Cakes needed.
o   Church racking needs some timber tops – Tom has some.
o   Need more help for pickups and drop-offs Tuesday to Thursday this week and 1-5pm on Saturday and Sunday.
o   Made $2,000 so far.
Andrew asked for assistance in sorting books and records – 8.00am to 12.00 noon next Saturday at the Uniting Church Hall.
Barry Freeman is advertising the Sale to other clubs and asked for assistance – Cawas to visit Knightsbridge and Ricardo will visit Norwest Sunrise.
Colin McGowan reported that Graham Cuthbertson is on the road to recovery and is home and walking about.  It is a bit early for visitors (Graham will advise when) but he hopes to attend a club meeting in November.
John advertised the Vocational trip to the Australian Brewery at Rouse Hill (next to Bunnings on Annangrove Road).  6.30 for 7.00pm. Partners welcome, especially if they like driving home.  $30/head plus $10/head for sample beers and a schooner of your choice.  John needs numbers – please email him.
David Turnbull is in need of assistance in sorting clothes for the Sale – any day except Thursday afternoon and Friday morning – suggest you call David or Jill to register your enthusiasm.
Janelle reminded the team there is a Bunnings BBQ this Sunday (2nd October) at Dural.
Ian has advised that Bunnings is right behind the Mad Hat day.  Also, they may have BBQ slots for Anzac Day and Australia Day next year – looks like we could fill these slots.
Colin Sharpe:
o   Tested the water for a round of Friendship Dinners – probably early next year.
o   Advertised the Rotary Leadership course.  All who have attended these courses have found them useful and entertaining.
o   Keep the mad hats for Melbourne Cup night.
Barry Freeman then did his best to destroy the bell but failed.
Steve Baker introduced Noel Phelan from the National Maritime Museum, also PP of Northbridge Club and Director of Taldumande.
Noel reported that the various Taldumande houses are going well with Bunnings supplying lots of paint and several clubs applying it.
The main purpose of his talk, which included a tempting sell of the Museum generally, was the attack by mini-subs on Sydney Harbour on 30th May 1942.
Noel described the mini-subs which are two-man subs with minimum accommodation but very sophisticated.  Japan made over 500 of them and the training to man them was very selective and intensive.  He also described a maxi-sub which most people have not heard of.  This was capable of launching bombers and could carry three planes – a remarkable technical achievement.
Noel’s talk included masses of names, facts and times which are way beyond the scope of this report, however here are a few comments:
o   The show was a complete stuff up on our side – the main players were getting written off at a party and did not show any interest until the port ran out.
o   The boss was an admiral from a place called “Britian” according to the slides – not sure where this is.
o   Reconnaissance flights by the Japanese in February, March and May were noted but were ignored.
o   5 maxi-subs approached Sydney – 3 with subs and 2 with planes.
o   Three subs entered the harbour:
o   One got stuck on a net and was blown up by the crew.
o   One was spotted by the Chicago (US battle ship) but let off two torpedoes, one of which caused a large number of deaths on a ferry parked in the harbour, the other failed to explode.
o   The third entered the harbour twice and finished up off the Northern Beaches.
o   The maxi-sub drivers were a bit miffed at the apparent failure and fired some shells into Sydney and into Newcastle on the way home.
o   The min-sub crew were given a full military funeral by the Aussies.
Rosemary won the raffle and Janelle the heads and tails.
Andrew was fined for doing such a good job on the night report last meeting.  I have made sure this doesn’t happen to me.
Tony Makin

Night Photos 26th September 2016

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Birthdays

Rob Clarke - 27th September
Alan Paynter - 7th October
Pat Baseley - 9th October
​Brian Furrer - 14th October
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Anniversaries

Teresa & Marc Janowski - 15th October

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This Week's Humour

RETIREMENT BONUS..........

If this doesn't make you laugh, you are truly humor impaired!

The Navy found they had too many officers and decided to offer an early retirement bonus. They promised any officer who volunteered for Retirement a bonus of $1,000 for every inch measured in a straight line between any Two points in his body.. The officer got to choose what those two points would be.

The first officer who accepted asked that he be measured from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. He was measured at six feet and walked out with a bonus of $72,000.
The second officer who accepted was a little smarter and asked to be measured from the tip of his outstretched hands to his toes. He walked out with $96,000. 

The third one was a non-commissioned officer, a grizzly old Chief who, when asked where he would like to be measured replied, 
'From the tip of my willie to my testicles.'

It was suggested by the pension man that he might want to reconsider, explaining about the nice big cheques the previous two Officers had received.
But the old Chief insisted and they decided to go along with him providing the measurement was taken by a Medical Officer.

The Medical Officer arrived and instructed the Chief to 'drop 'em,'which he did. The medical officer placed the tape measure on the tip of the Chief's weenie and began to work back. "Dear Lord!", he suddenly exclaimed, 
''Where are your testicles?''
The old Chief calmly replied, '' Vietnam ''. 
  
​Colin McGowan

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