Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by John Cowper 

Inside This Issue

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President's Report

Night Report

Humour

Club Calendar

Upcoming Events

The Board has agreed to the following:

• ​Cancelation of Changeover event at Pennant Hills Golf Club. (20th June)
• Cancel physical Monday Night meetings from now to the End of May.
  • This is an initial period and will be subject review for post May meetings.​
• Continue with the BBQ Trailer upgrade project, and, continue with installation of containers.
• ​West Pennant Hills Lions 2020 Anzac Commemoration Community Dinner - 20th April 2020 - Cancelled

Club Zoom Meeting

7:00pm for 7:30pm Mon 27 April 2020

This week’s theme will be “Cheese and Bickies” and will be a “Partners Night.”  We will also remember the ANZACs.  Looking forward to seeing you in Zoom.

Recent Club Activities:

Rotary Club of West Pennnant Hills and Cherrybrook held their first Zoom full Club meeting on Monday 20th April 2020.
"We are still here, and still intending to be here at the end of this time of isolation" said President Keith Ball.
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Come visit a Zoom meeting with us. Contact Carol Russell on 0418 431157 for log in details for next Monday night.

​Duty Roster

Irrelevant until meetings start

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.

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President's Report  20 Apr 2020

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Hi all,

​Last night we held our first regular meeting via Zoom.  Some 30 members participated.  I congratulate you all for making the meeting a great success.  Various directors reported on events in their portfolios.  Additionally Tom reported on the installation of footings for the containers at Galston.  I have attached a photo of the footings, however, they are not really exciting things to behold.  The containers are due for delivery on 30th April.

Carol presented a well-structured discussion entitled “Your finances in this Covid 19 World”.  John supplemented aspects of Carol’s presentation with his views on items that Carol raised.

Today I attended (using U-tube) a mass in memory of Kerry Mann’s dad.  He passed last Tuesday.

On Sunday members of next year’s Board attended a District Assembly.  Zoom/U-tube was the media used.  I believe I learnt more from this meeting than at any previous event.  Break-out meetings that cover portfolios are scheduled for the next few Sundays.

We agreed that next week’s theme will be “Cheese and Bickies” and will be a “Partners Night.”  Are there any volunteers for a “job talk”??

Wendy Carritt has supplied me with circa 140 facemasks.  Alan has requested four.  The others are available to members by request.

Rotary Rocks
Keith

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Night Report 

No meeting

Night Photos

No meeting

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This Week's Humour / Interesting Facts

Due to people being self isolated at home it has been very noticable by the number of jokes that have come in.   We will try to bring them all to you over a period of time.

Some Coronavirus Jokes:

Your Yearly Dementia Test ! (only 4 questions this year)

Yep, it's that time of year again for us to take our annual senior citizen test.

Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles.
As we grow older, it’s important to keep mentally alert.
If you don’t use it, you will lose it !!!

Here is a very private way to gauge how your memory compares to your last test.
Some may think it is too easy, but the ones with memory problems may have difficulty.

Take this test to determine if you’re losing it or not.

The spaces below are so you don’t see the answers until you’ve answered.

OK, RELAX, clear your mind and begin.
 
 


#1. What do you put in a toaster ?


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 













Answer: 'bread.' If you said 'toast', just give up now and go do something else.

And, try not to hurt yourself.
If you said, bread, go to Question #2
 
# 2. Say 'silk' ten times. Now spell 'silk.' What do cows drink ?







 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 








Answer: Cows drink water. If you said 'milk,' don't attempt the next question.

Your brain is already over-stressed and may even overheat.
 
Content yourself with reading more appropriate literature such as Women's Weekly or Auto World.

However, if you did say 'water', proceed to Question #3
 
 
 

# 3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from ?





 
 
 
 
 
 

















Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass.

If you said 'green bricks', why are you still reading this ???PLEASE, go lie down !

But, if you said 'glass,' go on to Question #4.
 
 # 4. Please do not use a calculator for this for it would be cheating:

You are driving a bus from New York City to Philadelphia.
In Staten Island, 17 people got on the bus.
In New Brunswick, 6 people get off the bus and 9 people get on.
In Windsor, 2 people get off and 4 get on.
In Trenton, 11 people get off and 16 people get on.
In Bristol, 3 people get off and 5 people get on.
And, in Camden, 6 people get off and 3 get on.
You then arrive at Philadelphia Station.
Without going back to review, how old is the bus driver ?
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Answer: Oh, for crying out loud !


Don't you remember your own age?!?!  It was YOU driving the bus!

If you pass this along to your friends, pray they do better than you.
PS: 95% of people fail most of the questions!
Thanks Stan

Some growing old jokes:

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.

Centurion Program and Centurion Membership application

How you can become a Rotary Foundation Centurion?
Centurion Membership donation Process (Process in Bulletin starting 4 May 2020).

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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