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 12 April 2021 - Springfield Meeting

Guest Speaker: Ken Hind
Infrastructure
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Mon 19 April 2021 - Zoom
  Guest Speaker:  TBA

Mon 26 April 2021 - at WPH Sports Club

Special ANZAC event
Hosted by WPH&CB Lions Club

​Pop-Up Book Sale  Saturday 10 April 2021

Rotary 100 Years Commemorative Plaque - Celebration 
Sat 17 April 2021

District Assembly - 18 and 24 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 - 5 April 2021

An informal zoom meeting with 8 members.

• Mini Book Sale – this Saturday 10th April at Uniting Church, Cherrybrook 

            Neville has the roster organised.
            Friday working bee at 3pm at the containers
            Please wear new blue Rotary shirts
            Bring own lunch, morning and afternoon tea providedR100 area clean up  - Sunday

• R100 area clean up  - Sunday 11th April at 9:00am please bring whipper snippers, hard brooms etc.
• Springfield meeting Monday 12th April – Ken Hind, our guest speaker, is talking about all the work happening on roads around Sydney. We are also inducting Bob Whyms. Partners are very welcome. Please remember to either send in an apology for yourself or book in a partner.
• Please contact Rosemary re your attendance at R100 garden/plaque unveiling on Saturday 17th April at 2:30pm. RSVP by April 12th
• ANZAC dinner – Monday 26th April – at WPH Sports Club- no zoom meeting that night
• Assembly dates for the new board are in the calendar
• Pride of Workmanship night will be held on June 21 at Springfield
• Rosemary to find a contact to send unsold masks to Papua New Guinea

Rosemary

Photo from our Social Zoom on 5th April

Night Report -  29 March 2021   Ed: no report for 5th so I'll let this one run again, since I forgot it 

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 Heritage Park BBQ

Photos from Rotaract Charter

Trip to Hunter Valley  23rd to 26th May 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.

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

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Humour of the Week
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The Vaccine is coming, BUT.......  thanks Jim

​​Half of us are going to come out of this quarantine as amazing cooks. The other half will come out with a drinking problem.

I used to spin that toilet paper like I was on Wheel of Fortune. Now I turn it like I'm cracking a safe

I need to practice social-distancing from the refrigerator.
PS: every few days try your jeans on just to make sure they fit. Pajamas will have you believe all is well in the kingdom.

Still haven't decided where to go for Easter ----- The Living Room or The Bedroom

Homeschooling is going well. 2 students suspended for fighting and 1 teacher fired for drinking on the job.

I don't think anyone expected that when we changed the clocks we'd go from Standard Time to the Twilight Zone

This morning I saw a neighbour talking to her cat. It was obvious she thought her cat understood her. I came into my house, told my dog..... we laughed a lot.

Quarantine Day 5: Went to this restaurant called THE KITCHEN. You have to gather all the ingredients and make your own meal. I have no clue how this place is still in business.

My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when I pee it cleans the toilet.

Day 5 of Homeschooling: One of these little monsters called in a bomb threat

I'm so excited --- it's time to take out the garbage. What should I wear?

Classified Ad: Single man with toilet paper seeks woman with hand sanitizer for good clean fun.

Day 6 of Homeschooling: My child just said "I hope I don't have the same teacher next year".... I'm offended.

Better 6 feet apart than 6 feet under.

REMEMBER, NO STORM LASTS FOREVER. HOLD ON, BE BRAVE

 
More Wine Please - provided by Neville

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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Bulletin Editor - Douglas

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 Thursday 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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