Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by John Cowper 

Inside This Issue
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Upcoming Events

Club Zoom Meetings
alternate with 
Springfield House


7:15pm for 7:30pm 


6:30pm for 7:00 pm

Mon 22 March 2021 - Zoom Meeting

Guest Speaker
TBA
Mon 29 March 2021 - BBQ Social
  Heritage Park, Castle Hill  5pm until dark
  BYO everything
  This social event is for members, partners, friends

Mon 5 April 2021 - Zoom Meeting

Easter Monday:
  Social on Zoom - Informal

Bunnings BBQ @ Dural Saturday 20 March 2021

Heritage Park BBQ Monday 29 March 2021

Rotaract - Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Charter Celebration
27 March 2021

Rotary 100 Years Commemorative Plaque - Celebration 
Sat 17 April 2021

​Masks are for sale for the special price of $5.00 - triple layered (front fabric, filter, backing fabric) - washable - many patterns to choose from
Contact:  Bev Davison or Ann Sharpe

​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 - 15 March 2021

After a busy Rotary weekend with the mini–Book Sale and 4 Friendship dinners, attendance was down at our meeting but how sad for those members who missed out listening to Sandra Hanna from Duplexity. A very interesting concept!

Thank you to Neville and the Book Sale team for a great day – just over $800 raised and it was nice to work with fellow members.

The Friendship dinners were a great success. Many reports of late afternoons/evenings, great food, stories and empty bottles! Thank you to the Cootes, Tchetchenians, Turnbulls and Sharpes for their wonderful hospitality!

The R100 Commemorative Plaque event is taking shape. Please keep Saturday afternoon 17th April free for our celebration and afternoon tea. Invitations hopefully go out this week. Thanks to the committee for your input.
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Please don’t forget to let Tony Coote know of your attendance at the ANZAC dinner on April 26th at the West Pennant Hills Sports Club. Numbers and payment is required by this Friday.
Bunnings BBQ this Saturday, Rotaract Charter on Saturday 27th April, BBQ at Heritage Park on Monday 29th March. There is plenty going on so please be involved. What an amazing club!!


Rosemary

Night Report -  15 March 2021

Tony Coote called meeting to order 7.35pm
Toast by Colin Sharpe to Friendship and comeradery in our club.

Presidents Report
Rosemary thanked the team led by Neville for the Mini Book Sale last Saturday
The hosts of the Friendship dinners were thanked namely Cootes, Turnbulls Sharps and Tchetchenians
The District Conference can still be viewed on line.

Directors Reports
    Keith  Ball  -  Polo shirts have been ordered and should be available in a week or two.

    Neville Hansen- Mini book sale raised $ 800.00 to boost the club funds.
                              Next book sale will be on Saturday 10th of April.

    Colin Sharpe,- A plant and tools mini sale is being considered in the future.

International -  The Club has donated $1000 to NTA to assist the people in Flores.

Jason Terry  announced that the new Roteract  Club of Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook will be chartered on
 27th March, 12 noon at Glenhaven Community Centre.

    Club trip to Hunter Valley 23rd to 26th May.  So far we have 24 starters..

    Heritage Park Rotary Picnic meeting is on Monday 29th March at 5p.m.
    BYO everything   BBQ’s available

    Combined  Anzac meeting with Lyons Club is on 26th April at Pennant Hills Bowling Club.

    Visit to the Races  on 5th June.. Wanting more starters, contact Bernard or Jim.

    Sunday 11th April a.m.  Clean up area  at Guide Hall
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Our Guest Speaker for the night was Sandra Hanna. of “Duplexity” a  firm designing and building Granny Flats.
They organise and co ordinate the whole process from design, approvals supervision, trades and engineering etc. even down to help with colour schemes and selection of materials.
A  small family owned company offering personal involvement from start to finish.
Average cost of a granny flat is approx. $130,000
Projected Rental Return of approx $300 per week

The evening was finished off with a couple of humorous videos, from Tony aimed at the not so young.
Meeting closed at 8.30pm

Night Reporter:  Alan Paynter
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Trip to Hunter Valley
Details to follow after social committee meeting on 9th March 2021

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..
Please RVSP by buying a free ticket:
https://events.humanitix.com/the-rotaract-club-of-pennant-hills-cherrybrook-charterting-celebration
or
send myself an email at
President@phcrotaract.org.au
 
Kind Regards
 
Jason Terry
President
The Rotaract Club of Pennant Hills - Cherrybrook Incorporated
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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

Tony Coote received radiation treatment on Monday 1st and is back at home convalescing

Vale

Gladys Wilson -- Beloved mother of Lynne Henderson
Humour of the Week
Two this week :)

Those literate animals....  thanks Bev


Try Not To Lose Your Marbles

Rotaract - Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Club
​Newsletter 28th February 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 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.
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. 


                       
 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.​​
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.
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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

Meetings

The Club alternates meetings:
Generally, one "Face to Face" one Monday and a Zoom meeting the next Monday.
Face to Face
Meet at The Vicar
Arrive 6:30pm, Start 7:00pm, End 9:00pm
271 New Line Rd
Dural NSW 2128 Australia
​Zoom
Arrive 7:15pm Start 7:30pm End 8:30pm