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 Meeting

7:15pm for 7:30pm Mon 22 June 2020

Member's Survey on Meetings
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The member talk is by Cawas Sahukar.

​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 Douglas, so he can amend his records.
​Also, to avoid being rostered on, please notify Douglas of any upcoming known absences (eg holidays) from meetings in the next twelve months.

BBQ Trailer

Last Saturday 13 June, we met at Ricardo’s workshop for another working bee to upgrade our BBQ trailer. Thank you, Tony Coote, Peter Stanton, Douglas Lam and Ricardo Raad, for all your work, and especially a big thank you to Ricardo for letting us use his workshop and Neville Hansen for the loan of his trailer. David Turnbull also joined us on an earlier work day we had on Saturday 30 May.

The main task last Saturday was the installation of the new BBQ’s.  This was not a simple task, but Tony C had designed all the steps and had measured and remeasured all the fittings, made templates, and measured everything again, and got Douglas and others to check measurements again and again, and then he didn’t sleep for the last month whilst he worried if the BBQs would fit into the tight space. But in the end the BBQ’s went in perfectly. And during all this, Peter Stanton was coming up with very good alternative fitting options and MasterChef Douglas was constantly consulted to make sure the BBQ’s functionality is optimal. Finally, after a very successful day, Tony C was able to go home happy and ready for a proper sleep.

We have planned the next work day on Saturday 4 July, when we will install the wash station, new door seals and locks etc etc.
I’ll keep everyone updated on progress.

Keep safe.
Adrian Sonego

Excellent Articles in Dooral Roundup
thanks Carol

Cherrybrook RFS Captain request for help

Gavin Pringle (Cherrybrook RFS Captain) is seeking part time work for his Year 10 (CTHS) son Luke between now and September.
 
Luke has been successful in gaining one of two available places to attend Space Camp USA. Luke is very excited.  He has a scholarship from  One Giant Leap Australia which will pay for half the cost.  He is looking for work to raise another $3500.  Luke is available to work after school and at weekends.  If you know of a potential job please contact  Colin Sharpe or send a message to colin@sharpe.id.au or wphc.rotary@gmail.com .   

Below is an extract from the One Giant Leap Australia press release.  In his application, Luke highlighted the issue of interplanetary travel. “My dream is to one day walk on Mars and even though there are many difficult challenges to overcome such as fuel, finances, political issues, propulsion, habitation, sustainability, calculations etc. I believe that no goal is unachievable. Whether it is me or someone else standing on the red planet, I want to know that I have contributed in some way to this milestone in human achievement.”
 
To gain the scholarship applicants first answered several questions. The answers were scrutinised by the One Giant Leap Australia Foundation Student Ambassadors. They selected the top 10. These
applicants who then had a virtual interview for more than 30 minutes.  Contenders were questioned and grilled – answering many different questions and asked about the finer points of their applications. The top 4 were selected and then had a phone interview from which 2 were selected.
 
Further details of the Space Camp can be found at  https://onegiantleapaustralia.com/

A Thank You from Taldumande

​Dear Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook
 
As we all celebrate National Volunteer Week mostly from our home offices, Taldumande Youth Services would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to all our volunteers who have helped us support over 600 vulnerable children and young people in our care from all across Sydney, over the past year.
 
Whether you’ve participated in a corporate backyard blitz, done regular gardening at any of our properties, designed our annual report, raised funds to help us maintain our properties and support our programs, volunteered at a fundraising event or at the young people’s Christmas party, organised donations for our young people or helped us at head office in research or administrative roles, each and everyone of you are so important to us.
 
Without our volunteers, the success of the provision of our services would be so much harder to achieve. You truly are Changing Communities and Changing Lives and again this year we thank you for generously performing roles that would be extremely costly to our not-for-profit organisation.
 
Attached is a certificate of appreciation, which is only a small token of our appreciation. If you’d like a hard copy, please email your address and I’ll arrange for a copy to be posted to you.
 
In the meantime, keep an eye on our Facebook  and Instagram  pages. We’re posting every day and we’d like you to share and like our posts so our wider community can learn about our treasured volunteers.
 
Have a wonderful National Volunteer Week and everyone at Taldy hopes to see you soon.
 
With much gratitude
 
 
Liz de Rome
Community and Volunteers Officer
Taldumande Youth Services

passed on by Cawas

Emergency Services Community Awards

​The 2020 Rotary Emergency Community Service Awards are designed to recognise our emergency service personnel whom have gone above and beyond their call of duty and reflected the Rotary moto of “Service above Self”.
RESCA is a community nominated Awards, therefore it is based on the reputation of the personnel from their local communities viewpoint.
 
These awards were developed in 2009 by Rotarians in the Illawarra who recognised the value of not only our paid, but also our volunteer Emergency Services Personnel.  The project moved to a State Project in 2015 and national in 2019.  The Project has enjoyed Vice Regal Patronage by the Governor of NSW since their inception.
In keeping with the Rotary’s motto of “Service Above Self”, RESCA acknowledges and celebrates the selfless Community Service of Emergency Services Personnel whilst also supporting and funding two important Rotary initiatives:

• Australian Rotary Health – PhD Research Scholarship investigating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Emergency Services Personnel
• Emergency and Disaster Preparedness training by a competitively selected Vocational Training Team connected with a developing country in the Asia/Pacific Region

RESCA is a community-nominated Awards, therefore, it is based on the reputation of the personnel from their local communities’ viewpoint. Up to four (4) Finalists will be selected from each ESA (can be paid or volunteer). One winner per ESA (i.e. Seven (7) Agencies/Category Awards) a total of 28 Finalists and two (2) overall winners (i.e. one (1) Paid and one (1) Volunteer) who are announced at the Awards Dinner.
This year our Club has participated by encouraging the Cherrybrook RFS to nominate one of its members.  Nominees are selected on three (3) criteria:

• Community Service over and above the normal duties which best exemplifies Rotary’s motto, “Service Above Self’. (i.e.. a community involvement where they are not working in their role)
• Personal attributes
• Contribution to their organisation.

Should our candidate be successful the award will be made at a ticketed dinner on August 1 at the Bankstown Sports Club in The Grand Ballroom.

Rotary Shipping Container at Galston

We now have two 40 ft High Cube containers on Hornsby Council land at Galston.  We thank Councillor Vince Del Gallego for initiating the approval process with Hornsby Council and Perry Spence from the Council for his assistance at the Galston site following approval from his managers.  Thank you to Tom, Gino, David and Keith for getting the containers installed.  Tom also provided the steel tubes for the footings and arranged for their installation by a concrete contractor.  We now just need to install shelving then we can use them to help generate funds.  Based on the cost of renting containers of a similar capacity at the next door Hills Storage we recover our storage costs within 15 months.
Galston Containers Club information 2020 05 18
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Centurion Program and Centurion Membership application

The end of the financial year is approaching, it is time to consider becoming a Centurion!!!

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

2020 Rotary Virtual Convention

20-26 June 2020

For more information:

NTA (Nusa Tenggara Association) Update

NTA Update:
·        NTA’s response to the Challenges of COVID-19.
·        How NTA monitors progress of the projects YOU help to fund in Eastern Indonesia.
·        DATA COLLECTION
NTA is ramping up systems to report on success using electronic data systems
They visit all our participants twice a year to monitor progress and better understand their needs.
During these field visits, data is collected, including information on crops, issues affecting crops,
health information, and income information.
They are now in the process of training our Indonesian counterparts in using the electronic questionnaires
so we can continue to collect similar data on a more regular basis.
This data is uploaded to a Cloud-based system providing live access to information in Australia.
It also allows the uploading of photographs showing progress and completed projects.
Many thanks to the Rotary Club West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook and Telstra for donating Tablets.

Peter and Paul present our donation of
3 X Tablets to NTA in Flores last Nov 2019.

NTA (Nusa Tenggara Association) June 2020 Newsletter

Click here to read the Newsletter

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President's Report  15 June 2020

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We had 31 attendees tonight and that included Dr Anna Vass, a friend of Carols, who is “checking us out”.
Another bearded sergeant.
Unfortunately our Guest Speaker needed medical attention.  We hope she is available for 29th June.
Jaswant revealed all his family secrets.
Recent discussions with Frank Anise indicate that RC Glenhaven are seeking a new venue.
Next week we will experience a survey on Regular Meetings (Mondays).  This will be via Zoom and our answers will be available at the end of the survey.  Whatsmore, each vote is confidential.
Don’t forget the 2020 Rotary Virtual Convention – 20 to 26 June.  Most events start circa 11pm.
Have a safe week.

Rotary Rocks
Keith

Night Report - 15 June 2020

Sgt John opened the meeting welcoming all the Rotarians.

Rosemary raised a Toast.

President Keith’s welcomed.

Director’s Report
Tony C - Membership Committee along with the board have been discussing post Carona virus issues such as do we continue to using Zoom, How often do we continue to meet etc. Next week we will have a vote on that and 4 questions will be circulated in advance.

Neville - thanked Adrian for delivering and collecting the Bowel Cancer kits. Altogether the pharmacies sold 126 kits.

Rosemary- our gold sponsors WPH Sports Club is back in business and would love your support. We will have our Change Over meeting on 6th July through Zoom. More details later.

John - please give generously to the Centurion program for more details contact John or Paul.

Member talk - Jaswant Born on the western side of Fiji the youngest of the seven siblings.
1965 - moved to Suwa capital city of Fiji
1966 - went to New Zealand and studied Bachelor of Pharmacy.
1971 - Returned back to Fiji
1972 - started his own pharmacy and was extremely successful
1987 - there was a military coup and hence decided to move to Australia at the height of their business they employed 200 people in Fiji and 8 in Sydney
2014 - due to a health scare decided to sell his business to his nephews.
On a personal note theirs was an arranged marriage and they have 4 children all settled and successful in their own right.

Instead of Heads & Tails Sargent John had a quiz competition which was won by Brian.

Night Reporter
Cawas

Night Photos:

because our guest speaker couldn't join us we had a Bill and Melida Gates interview recording...... Ed

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This Week's Humour / Interesting Facts

​For the Car Guy

This video runs just 1 min
.... petrol heads will appreciate
.... their partners may not

​Thanks Stan

Dating Ads for Seniors    (Thanks, Stan)

These are actual ads seen in ''The Villages'' Florida newspaper.   
Who says seniors don't have a sense of humour? (the last ad is really good)
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*FOXY LADY*
Sexy, fashion-conscious blue-haired beauty, 80’s, slim, 5'4' (used to be 5'6'), Searching for sharp-looking, sharp-dressing companion. Matching white shoes and belt a plus.
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LONG-TERM COMMITMENT*
Recent widow who has just buried fourth husband.
Looking for someone to round out a six-unit plot.
Dizziness, fainting, shortness of breath, not a problem.
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 SERENITY NOW*
I am into solitude, long walks, sunrises, the ocean, yoga, and meditation. If you are the silent type, let's get together, take out our hearing aids and enjoy quiet times.
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WINNING SMILE *
Active grandmother with original teeth, seeking a dedicated flosser to share rare steaks, corn on the cob and caramel candy.
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MEMORIES *
I can usually remember Monday through Thursday. If you can remember Friday, Saturday and Sunday, let's put our two heads together.
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 MINT CONDITION *
Male, 1932 model, high mileage, good condition, some hair, many new parts including hip, knee, cornea, valves. Isn't in running condition, but walks well.
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AND FINALLY *
A lady in The Villages, in Florida (a senior retirement community), was sitting on a bench, near another bench where a gentleman was sitting. She asked him if he was new to the community and he said, “No, I have owned a condo here for 20 years".
 
She said, I have been here for 15 years and I have never seen you around!"
 
He said, I have been in prison for the last 17 years!"
 
She was stunned, and finally asked him what he had done.
 
He said that he had murdered his first wife!
 
She was stunned again, and after a long pause she said:
 
“So, you're SINGLE???”
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Don't regret growing old, it is a privilege denied to many.

Club Calendar

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

Bulletin Editor - Neville

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 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 MarchBook 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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