Inside This Issue

​President's Report
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​Night Report

​Humour

Club Calendar

Upcoming Events

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23rd February
9th March
19th March
20-21st March
​22-24th March

​9th March

​31st March
​15th April

Book Sale:
First Book Sort
Second Book Sort
Third Book Sort
Book Sale Setup
Actual Book Sale and BBQ

​Cherrybrook Public School International Evening BBQ

​NAB RunWest Festival BBQ
​Combined Meeting - Hills and Norwest Zones

The Next Meetings

Youth Night - Partners Night

Monday 18th February

Rotary Small Grants Project Indonesia - Peter Stanton

Monday 25th February

Social BBQ at Heritage Park

Monday 4th March

• BYO everything, plus although undercover seating and tables are provided, include some foldup chairs.
• Invitation is extended to families, not just partners.
• Start time say 6.00, with benefit of daylight saving.
• Toilets are closed on dusk (about 8.00pm in March).
• $10.00pp adult donaton towards funding another cow for Anna.

Extract from: 
https://www.thehills.nsw.gov.au/Venues/Parks-Recreation/Parks-Recreation-Directory/Castle-Hill-Heritage-Park
The park has been refurbished at a cost of more than $3.4 million. The new-look park was officially opened by Her Excellency Prof Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales, in March 2004 and features excellent interpretative signage on the colourful history of this park.
The park’s features include concrete walking tracks, picnic areas, playground and public toilets in a heritage-listed site within a bushland setting.
With its 20 hectares of rolling landscaped hills and remnant Blue Gum forest, Heritage Park is a great location for family picnicking, walking and learning about nature. It is the birthplace of Castle Hill

Fit Kidz Foundation   -  Ellen Witzlsperger

Monday 11th March

Completed Events

Very successful Bunning BBQ on Sunday 10th February.

Upcoming Events:

'Be the Inspiration' - Golf Day

Tuesday 12 March 2019

You are invited to Golf and “Be the Inspiration” to support research into head and neck injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder research on Tuesday 12 March 2019.
In 2019 the Rotary Club of Penrith Valley is supporting the Nepean Blue Mountain Medical & Research Foundation and Australian Rotary Health.
Playing Golf at the Home of the NSW Open, the Twin Creeks Golf and Country Club, will be a marque event!
For $90 you are supporting Professor Chin’s Robotic Surgery Research and to help Australian Rotary Health fund its research into PTSD!
You’ll enjoy 18 holes of golf in a shared motorised cart, with breakfast, refreshments and to conclude with a buffet lunch presentation.
The Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills & Cherrybrook could make up a Team to win the coveted best Rotary Club Trophy and prizes so come on you golfers.. 
Want more info: Telephone Terry 0412 229 994 or email for a registration on  terryd@penrithvalleyrotary.org

Rotary Giant Book Sale

22, 23, 24 March

NAB RunWest Festival BBQ

Sunday 31 March 2019

We will be running a BBQ at the Festival on Sunday 31st March 2019.   They are expecting some 15,000 participants in total in the 4km and 12km runs and then the Festival will be at Rooty Hill RSL which is at the end of the two runs.  We need to be in at 5am and setup by 6am and will need to stay until 2pm.   Can you pls let Neville know your availability on the Sunday.

Combined Meeting - Hills and Norwest Zones

Monday 15th April

There is a Rotary combined meeting scheduled for Monday April 15th at Springfield and Partners are welcome.   The speaker will be; Riccardo Bosi – Riccardo is a former member of the National Speakers Association of Australia, having achieved in his first year of professional public speaking, the award of Best New Speaker for 2007 by The Executive Connection.  Riccardo will speak about life while serving in the Middle East.  See below.
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Riccardo Bosi's Afghan Adventures

​Duty Roster

If you are unable to be at the meeting please contact the person doing your role the following week/s, arrange a swap and advise Keith, so he can amend his records.
​Also, to avoid being rostered on, please notify Keith of any upcoming known absences (eg holidays) from meetings in the next twelve months.

February is Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month

Promoting Peace

Conflict and violence displaced more than 68 million people in the past year, and half of those are children.

We refuse to accept conflict as a way of life. Rotary projects provide training that fosters understanding and provides communities with the skills to resolve conflicts.

HO​W ROTARY MAKES HELP HAPPEN

Through our service projects, peace fellowships, and scholarships, our members are taking action to address the underlying causes of conflict, including poverty, inequality, ethnic tension, lack of access to education, and unequal distribution of resources.

PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Australia Rotary clubs raise awareness and funds to prevent domestic violence and support its victims.
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BREAK MYTHS

Hunted for body parts and isolated by fear, Tanzanians with albinism are finding new futures through Rotary programs that fight pervasive myths and stigmas.
Read more

REBUILD LIVES

Canada Rotary club helping refugees from Syria start new lives.
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EDUCATE REFUGEES

A university president and Rotary club fight Boko Haram to educate refugees in Nigeria.

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Read more

ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE

Rotary Youth Exchange student learns understanding and appreciation of another culture and the key to global citizenship, progress, and peace.
Read more ​

​EMPOWER YOUTH

Young people from Rio de Janeiro’s infamous favelas find an outlet for their energy – and a chance at Olympic gold – through Rotary.
​Read more

Wanted - New Members

If you know of someone who would benefit from Rotary, or, from whom Rotary would benefit if they were a member, then contact Tony C.

​Click here for a PDF copy of the form to the right, and send or give it to Tony C.​

Significant Club Fundraising Events during the year 

The Book Sale March 2018

As the result of a lot of hard work the April Book Sale was a great success, especially from  the organisers Andrew Little Max Henderson, Neville Hansen and Clive Denmark.  Funds raised were circa $15,000.  Well done.

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2018 Trivia Night

​The Club held a very successful trivia night on Saturday 25 August 2018 at the Cherrybrook Community Centre, raising near $6,250 towards the charities we support. 


                       

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 The Garage Sale 2018

We have just had our best and most successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 13 & 14 October raising a record 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.​​

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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.. 

Meetings

​Monday  6:30pm for 7:00pm - Springfield House - 245 New Line Road, Dural 2158

Apologies

If you are unable to attend or are bringing a guest (even if they are your partner) you must notify Carol. 
Phone 8850 6515 or email  carol.russell@ybr.com.au before 3pm on the Friday before the meeting.

If you are expected and do not show you will be required to pay for the meal.

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President's Report  11th February 2019

President Colin welcomed 30 members, 5 partners and 4 guests present tonight (total 39).  Thomas Leonie and Sarah Kelloway were welcomed as guests of Carol and David and Kerry Pope as guests of Ros.  The partners present were Rob, Helen, Jill, Bev and Anne.  Thomas gave us an insight about being a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.

Thank you to Bill and the BBQ team for turning out a short notice to run a short notice BBQ at Bunnings Dural last Sunday.  Bill, Kerry, Peter Stanton, Keith, Janelle, Colin McGowan, Andrew added $602 to our fundraising account.

Then Ros, Gino, Bev, Bob, Jill, David, Anne and myself had a fabulous time weekend at Oberon and Jenolan Caves.    The self-drive approach worked well.

The District Conference group has settled on the dress theme for Rotary Rocks at the dinner and the decoration for the gnome. 

​Next week is Youth and Partners night so please come along and hear from our RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awareness Program), RYPEN Rotary Youth Program and of Enrichment and Youth Exchange young people.

A reminder that Neville is looking for 20 helpers at the NAB RunWest Festival on 31st March 2019 at Rooty Hill RSL so please consider asking family and friends to help.  We have the potential to raise around $6000.

A reminder that Carol is no longer able to continue as attendance office due to work pressure.  Please consider offering your services.  It is not an onerous job to record members who are not attending and partners who are.

There is a Board meeting at Peter Stanton’s next Wednesday.  Please send in your reports.

Thank you members partners and guests for coming along tonight to hear about, and see a wonderful journey around the Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia Islands.

Please support Rosemary and the Book Sale team as this is our second most important source of funds to help our charities.  This year the theme charities for the Book Sale are Saving our Kids, Angel Flight, and Operation Hope. 

Next Week Keith takes over as acting President until April 9.  I am sure Keith will do a sterling job.  See you all on April 15th which is our combined club meeting.

President Colin.

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Night Report 11th February 2019

Sergeant Rosemary opened the meeting at 7pm and invited Ricardo to propose the Loyal Toast.
President Colin then welcomed fellow  Rotarians, partners and visitors.
Please refer to his report for details.

Keith announced that our 4th of March meeting will be held in Heritage Park and will take the form of a social BBQ.  
Cost $10.00 per adult. BYO everything.   Proceeds towards the purchase of another cow for Vietnam.
Keith emphasised the need to urgently replace Carol as ATTENDANCE OFFICER as her additional responsibilities elsewhere
have significantly increased her workload.
Ricardo gave notice of another fishing trip around mid- April as part of his Vocational responsibilities.
Carol’s guest Thomas Leonie then described his move from Switzerland to Australia as part of a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship and
his decision to complete his studies in Australia and ultimately become an Australian citizen.

Ross and Helen were our speakers for the evening and provided us with an excellent presentation and summary of their recent trip to
parts of South America, Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia Islands.
They also circulated two excellent bound copies of their diary for the trip including some spectacular photos of scenery and wildlife
and provided us with fascinating stories of life from all parts of these regions.

​The Sergeant then conducted the fines session.
After the customary heads and tails, announcing the winners of the evening raffles and the singing of the National Anthem, Sergeant
Rosemary closed the meeting at 8.40pm.
 
Colin Baxter.

Night Photos

Editor Note:  Click on a photo to see a larger version.

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This Week's Humour

A Smile for Today

A burglar broke into a house in mid-afternoon one day.
He tied up the woman and at knife-point told the man to hand over the jewellery and all the money and credit cards otherwise he’d hurt her.
The man sobbed and said, “You can take anything you want, it’s all here.  You can kill me if you must, but please untie the rope and free her.”
Burglar: “You must really love your wife.”
Man: “No, but she’ll be home shortly.”

Jim


​*A Woman goes to a Psychiatrist and complains: “I don't want to marry. I am educated,* *independent, and self sufficient. I don't need a husband. But my parents are asking me to marry. What do I do?”*

*Psychiatrist replied : “YOU, undoubtedly will achieve great things in life. But* *somethings inevitably will not go the way you want. Somethings will go wrong. Sometimes you will fail. Sometimes your plans won't work. Sometimes your wishes will not be fulfilled. Then who will you blame?*
*Will you blame Yourself?”*

*Woman: “NO!!!”*

*Psychiatrist: “Yes... That's why you need a Husband!”*

Cawas


BREXIT

Stan

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Club Calendar

Editor's Note:  ​If you wish to download and print the Calendar please click here.

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