Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by John Cowper 

Inside This Issue

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President's Report

Night Report

Humour

Club Calendar

Upcoming Events

Club Zoom Meetings
alternate with 
Springfield House

7:15pm for 7:30pm 


6:30pm for 7:00 pm

Mon 5 April 2021 - Zoom Meeting

Easter Monday:
  Social on Zoom - Informal

​Mon 12 April 2021 - Springfield Meeting

Guest Speaker: Ken Hind
Infrastructure
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Mon 29 March 2021 - Zoom
  Guest Speaker:  TBA

Heritage Park BBQ Monday 29 March 2021

Rotaract - Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Charter Celebration
27 March 2021

​Pop-Up Book Sale  Saturday 10 April 2021

Rotary 100 Years Commemorative Plaque - Celebration 
Sat 17 April 2021

​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.

Pres. Rosemary's Report - 29 March 2021

Rotaract Charter
On Saturday 27th March, the Rotaract club of Pennant Hills-Cherrybrook was chartered. District Governor David Clark assisted by Assistant District Governor handed the charter to President Jason Terry in front of the other Rotaract members. The new club is co-sponsored by Pennant Hills Rotary and our club after about 12 months of support and mentoring. We wish the new club great success, and we look forward to working together.
  
Report for the Bulletin
A beautiful evening, wonderful company, a great array of BBQ food and lively conversation. Where? At the Heritage Park, Castle Hill. Who could have asked for anything better? Thank you to Tony Coote and his team for organising a wonderful casual meeting.
The night report contains all I had to say except for the next Book Sale which will be at the Uniting Church garage on Saturday 10th April. Please watch this space for more details.
Also, please can I have your replies to the R100 plaque unveiling at the Rotary garden on Saturday 17th April at 2:30pm? We have invited many dignitaries and community leaders, but we need numbers for catering. Please can we order the same weather as we had at the BBQ on Monday evening!!!!
If you are heading away for Easter drive carefully and enjoy time with your families.

Rosemary

Night Report -  29 March 2021

Tonight we had an outdoor meeting at Heritage Park.  The weather was kind to us, it was cool and clear for our barbeque.
22 members and partners partook of assorted barbequed (or not barbequed) food ranging from salads to cordon bleu presentations.  There were assorted shapes of sausages and the odd steak or kabab but Neville took the prize for the best meal with his stir fry.
Rosemary had lots to report, including:
Thanks to the 7 members who attended the Charter of the new Rotaract Club. Congratulations to Jason and the team.
Reminder that we need final numbers for the R100 garden celebations by 12 April.  Please bring a cake or slice for the afternoon tea if you are attending.  
The blue shirts have arrived - thanks to Keith. They look amazing.
There was a Presidents Zoom meeting on Saturday morning. Here are the key points

• Holger Knack said RI should stop face to face meetings – Australia and NZ have said no.
• RAWCS is accepting donations for flood appeal.
• District has asked members to respond to a Conference survey.
• 25 photos of club activities requested from each club for a Powerpoint show at the District Changeover – Keith has this in hand.
• Moves to involve Rotary with Covid vaccinations – a trial is being carried out in Windsor – mainly a concierge role.
• Foundation donations are down this year – will affect the district in 3 years time.
• North Gosford Rotary is still busy with SOKS.
• Rotary Learning Institute RLI has vacancies at next session 15/16 May.

On Tuesday afternoon at 6:30pm the new sports building will be opened at Cherrybrook Oval. It would be good to have some members in new polos there.
Next face to face meeting is April 12 when Bob Whyms will be inducted.
Thank you to Tony Coote and his team for organising today.
Happy easter – travel safely – just an informal chat on zoom on Easter Monday.
(Thanks to Rosemary for providing a note of all this – night reporter.)
No other directors provided a report.
This was a very relaxing social Rotary meeting.  All agreed that we should do it again.
 
Night reporter – Tony Makin
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Photos from Rotaract Charter

Photos from Heritage Park BBQ

Trip to Hunter Valley
Details to follow after social committee meeting on 9th March 2021

Pop-Up Book Sale now at Cherrybrook Uniting Sale
(waterproof since now indoors)
Next Sale:  Sat 10th April

Friendship Dinners/Lunches
Photos from these events will be placed here
At the Coote's

At the Sharpes.

Clean Up Australia 2021

The Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook participated in its first Clean up Australia Day event on March 7.  In the past early March has been devoted to our Giant Rotary Book sale, however, that did not occur this year due to the constraints of COVID 19.

Fifteen club members, partners and family spent a couple of hours collecting rubbish from around the Cherrybrook fire station, guide hall, container  reverse vending machine, Lakes of Cherrybrook, and the bush area behind Kindalin at the Shopping Centre.  A couple of the participants even had a look in Bidjigal Reserve close to where they live.

The most interesting find was a Coles Shopping Trolley at Bidjigal which had strayed at least 5 km from the nearest Coles. 
A stash of tagger’s spray cans was found near the container reverse vending machine.  No syringes were found.

The residents of Cherrybrook are to be congratulated for the tidiness of this  part of their community.  We 0nly collected 4 bags of general rubbish  and 1 of recyclables.
We had time to clean-up the garden between the fire station and the guide hall as a separate event.​

To conclude a successful event some participants celebrated with a non-alcoholic drink..

eFun Run  - 18 to 25 April 2021

The Rotary Club of North Ryde is organising a virtual Fun Run to raise funds for mental health research and treatment. The eFun Run will be held from Sunday 18 March until Sunday 25 March inclusive.

Entrants can walk, jog or run 2km, 5kms or set their own distance challenge over the week. This can be done anywhere, anytime during the eFun Run week.

Friends, relatives and work colleagues can sponsor entrants help raise funds for Australian Rotary Health and the Centre for Emotional health's Cool Kids Program at Macquarie University.

Above is the flyer for the eFun Run with the QRCode and website link for registrations and more information.

Pamela Wood
Secretary 2020-21
The Rotary Club of North Ryde

Welfare Report

tell us ..... 

Humour of the Week
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Retiree Mental Fitness Evaluation....  thanks Cawas

​This test is to ascertain your mental state now. If you get one right you are doing ok, if you get none right you better go for counseling. (I'll meet you there.)

There are 4 test questions. Don't miss one.

1. Giraffe Test
How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? Stop and think
about it and decide on your answer before you scroll down.

The correct answer: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close
the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an
overly complicated way.

2. Elephant Test

How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?

Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close
the refrigerator? Wrong Answer.

Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the
elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the
repercussions of your previous actions.

3. Lion King Test

The Lion King is hosting an Animal Conference. All the animals attend
... except one. Which animal does not attend?

Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You
just put him in there. This tests your memory.

Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still
have one more chance to show your true abilities.

4. Crocodile Test

There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and
you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?

Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. Haven't you
been lis-ten-ing? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal
Conference. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.

According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the
Retirees they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got
several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively
proves the theory that most Retirees do not have the brains of a four-year-
old.

Send this out to frustrate all of your smart friends..
PS: Just the fact that I sent it to you should make you feel good.

 
The Golden Phone - provided by Bev

An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the world.
So, he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to Orlando, thinking that he would start by working his way across the USA from South to North.
 
On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs, when he noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read '$10,000 per call'.

The American, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by, what the telephone was used for.

The  priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 you could talk to God.

The American thanked the priest and went along his  way.
 
Next stop was in Atlanta. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the same looking golden telephone with the same sign under it.   He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he saw in Orlando and he asked a nearby nun what  its purpose was.

 She told him that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 he could talk to God.
 'O.K., thank you,' said the American.

He  then travelled all across America, Europe, England, Japan, New Zealand. In every church he saw the same looking golden telephone, with the same '$US10,000 per call' sign under it.
 
The American decided to travel to Australia to see if Australians had the same phone.

He arrived at Noosa in Australia and again, in the first church he entered, there was the same looking golden telephone, but this time the sign under it read, '40 cents per  call.'

 The American was surprised, so he asked the priest about the sign.

'Father, I've travelled all over the world and I've seen this same golden telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to Heaven, but in all of them, the price was $10,000 per call.

 Why is it so cheap here?'
 The priest smiled and answered, ​

'You're in Australia now, son - "This is Heaven," so it's a local call'.

 KEEP SMILING
 If  you are proud to be an Aussie pass this on!

Rotaract - Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Club
​Newsletter 30th March 2021

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Covid-19 and the Club

​Our Club Needs Training - Please Volunteer

Training is on-line and takes about 20 minutes – so a few could do it
https://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/covid-19-awareness-food-service-training
 
The training has been developed for anyone working in NSW food retail and food service businesses and covers key measures recommended for COVID-19 control. Key topics addressed:

• COVID-19 Introduction and background
• Infection, signs and symptoms
• Self-protective measures
• Protective measures for premises and personal hygiene
• Cleaning and sanitation practices
• Social distancing measures
• Record keeping.

The course is self-guided and will take participants approximately 20 minutes to complete.
There is a 20 question multiple-choice quiz at the end.
A ‘COVID-19 awareness for food service’ acknowledgement certificate will be emailed to all participants who complete the quiz.

... and We Should be Covid Safe at Our Activities

Centurion Program and Centurion Membership application

We are now in a new Rotary Year. Please consider renewing your Centurion membership, or if not already a member, why not make this the year to become a Centurion!!!

How you can become a Rotary Foundation Centurion?
Centurion Program Donation Instructions for WPHC Rotary Club - 2020.

Club Calendar

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

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Meetings

​Monday  6:30pm for 7:00pm - Springfield House - 245 New Line Road, Dural 2158
and Zoom Monday 7:15 for 7:30pm - on alternate weeks 
​- see Club Program for details.

Apologies

For Springfield meetings, If you are unable to attend or are bringing a guest (even if they are your partner) you must notify Julie.   Email  admin@altitudecapital.com.au before 1pm on the Friday before the meeting.
​Please no communication via phone (either verbal or SMS)

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

Significant Club Fundraising Events during the year 

The Book Sale March 2020

As the result of a lot of hard work the March Book Sale was a great success, especially from  the organisers Andrew Little, Max Henderson, Neville Hansen and Rosemary Clarke. Funds raised exceeded $15,000.  Well done.

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2019 Trivia Night

​The Club held a very successful trivia night on Saturday 17 August 2019 at the Cherrybrook Community Centre, raising near $6,600 all of which will go to assist drought relief. Click this link to read more. 


                       

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 The Garage Sale 2019

We have just had our best and most successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 12 & 13 October raising a 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.. 

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.

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:-
President Keith (0478 599 155) or Tony (Membership) (0412 812 624) 

Club Details:
Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook meets every Monday for Dinner at Springfield House
Arrive 6:30pm  Start  7:00pm  End  9:00pm
245 New Line Rd
Dural NSW 2128 Australia

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