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

Sat 23 January 2021 - President's Lunch

At President Rosemary residence
Put it in your diary
Details soon
Please watch this space due to
Covid-19 Restrictions

​Masks will be for sale if you don't have one yet
for the special price of $5.00 ​including the Christmas masks.

Next Meeting

            No Meeting Until 1st Feb 2021
Season's Greetings

​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 - 14 December 2020

A magical Christmas evening on Monday where we all enjoyed each other’s company for a great celebration. The venue was sparling, the people looked festive and the food was delicious. Thank you to Tony Coote and his team for a wonderful evening.

It was followed on Tuesday by our Tree of Joy sorting. What a production with over 1,000 gifts to sort into 14 charities! The rain was not kind to us, but David and Jill were very well prepared thanks to the TOJ team. Special thanks to David and Jill for allowing us to take over their house, to the Sharpe’s for housing all the hampers and pamper packs for Coonabarabran, to the Tree of Joy committee lead by Cawas and to all the members and partners who helped on the night. Anna was amazed at the mountain of gifts to be sorted!
Safe travels to the Coonabarabran crew. I know you will be shown that wonderful country hospitality and may need a break after the visit to regain your sleep.

Finally, Rob and I would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas with loved ones and friends. Take some time out to relax and enjoy your families. Thank you all for your efforts this year – it has been a vastly different Rotary year. Best wishes for a happy , safe and healthy New Year – it’s got to be better than this year!

Merry Christmas
Rosemary

Night Report -  14 December 2020 

Christmas Dinner Meeting/Partners Night  was held at Springfield House.

Thanks to Frank for Champagne and canapes on arrival.

Sergeant Tony Coote called the meeting to order and welcomed everybody.

Max handed out Raffle Tickets and then raised the toast to Merry Christmas.

Followed by Presidents Message.

President welcomed everyone especially our guests and partners. She mentioned that it is time to celebrate the first half of the Rotary Year but more importantly Christmas and holiday season. She thank all for working so hard to make our club so successful and envy of many other clubs.

She thank the Bunnings BBQ crew for job well done and raised in excess of $1000. Thanks also to Douglas for overseeing this.

She thanked Tony Coote and social committee for organising evenings function and making the room look so festive.

Rosemary also thanked those who have contributed to Coonabarabran Xmas packs in lieu of Kris Kringle. The Sharp's lounge room is absolutely full, with hampers and pamper packs. 9 people from our club are taking them there on Thursday to spread the Xmas cheer.

TREE OF JOY

Cawas then gave us report on TREE OF JOY which he said was a great success. Only 150 baubles are left. He thank special thanks to Bernard for collection of GIFT PACKS from Cherrybrook Shopping Centre to David Turnbull's house.

There will be sorting out of Gifts on Tuesday from 7pm at Turnbull's.

Keith mentioned that TOJ collection is also going well at Westleigh Shopping Centre.

LUCKY DOOR PRIZES.

Conducted my Max. White Wine was won by Jaswant and Anna won Red wine.

Xmas cakes were distributed to all attendees by Tony Coote and Douglas Lam.

CHRISTMAS NOVELTY GIFTS

A very humorous session conducted by Anne and Jill. Every one was given gift.

CHRISTMAS TRIVIA

Was conducted by Douglas. All question were related to Christmas theme. The winners were Jason and Paul.

FINAL COMMENTS

Given by President Rosemary. She thanked everyone for attending. She thank Cawas and his committee for all the hard work and Bernard -the gift collector extraordinaire! She also thanked Sharpes for housing all the hampers and pamper packs for Coonabarabran and also David & Jill for providing their garage!

COMING EVENTS.

Presidents Lunch at Clarkes Residence on Saturday 23rd January .

District Australia Day event at John Wearne Park in Balaka Drive North Rocks.

Meeting Ended at 9.00pm

NIGHT REPORTER:

Jaswant Thakorlal-- Night Reporter

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Welfare Report

Tony Coote has further operation and recuperating.

Miriam Sonego is doing well and mobility is much improved.

Howard Fleming is home now and he is embarking on a new health regime.

 Photos from the Previous Meeting

 Photos from the Christmas Party

Photos from the TOJ Wrapping

Our article in the Latest Dooral Roundup - thanks Carol

NTA   November Monitoring Visit 
​ from Peter Stanton

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Humour of the Week
Editor's disclaimer:
Uploaded as provided

From Bob Davison

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 Provisional Club
​Newsletter 25th November 2020 

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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.

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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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