Club Bulletin
Volume 31, Issue No. 40- 28th May 2018
The Next Meetings |
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Pride of Workmanship Awards
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Monday 28th May |
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Partner Night
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Collaboration Outcomes through Film - Hardeep Girn, Know My Group |
Monday 4th June
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Be Scam Aware - Shobhna Pandaram, NSW Fair Trading |
Monday 25th June |
Inside This IssueClick on an item to go there
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Upcoming Events
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Changeover is on June 16 at Pennant Hills Golf Club at 6:30pm for 7:00pm.
$65 per person – 3 courses and 2 bottles of wine on table. Guests District Governor - Peter & Anne Ward District Governor Elect - Susan & John Wakefield Assistant District Governor - John and Eszter Fennessy Anna Papoutsakis - Mission 'Nam Possible Guest Speaker - A Past Club Outgoing Exchange Student Please pay into the club general account or at the front desk before June 2. |
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Interact clubs bring together young people ages 12-18 to develop leadership skills while discovering the power of Service Above Self.
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Rotaract brings together adults ages 18-30 to take action in their communities, develop their leadership and professional skills, and have fun.
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RYPEN, The Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment, is for young people aged 14 to 16 years and caters for teenagers who have shown qualities of decency, courage, persistence, sincerity, and application in everyday life, which deserve further development.
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RYLA is a transformational leadership program designed for young adults aged 18-27. Spanning over 7 days, the program combines some of Australia's finest speakers with engaging activities and challenges, as well as a supportive environment that enables your leadership to grow and develop to its full potential. RYLA is run annually, with close to 90 candidates in Elanora Heights, on Sydney's Northern beaches.
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Rotary Youth Exchange builds peace one young person at a time. Students learn a new language, discover another culture, and truly become global citizens. Exchanges for students 15 to 19 years old are sponsored by Rotary clubs in more than 100 countries.
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Wanted - New MembersIf you know of someone who would benefit from Rotary, or, from whom Rotary would benefit if they were a member, then contact Keith.
Click here for a PDF copy of the form to the right, and send or give it to Keith. |
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The Book Sale March 2018
As the result of a lot of hard work the April Book Sale was a great success, especially from the organisers Max Henderson, Andrew Little and Clive Denmark. Funds raised were circa $15,000. Well done.
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2017 Trivia Night
The Club held a very successful trivia night on Saturday 26 August 20167at the Cherrybrook Community Centre, raising just over $5,000 towards the charities we support. |
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The Garage Sale
We have just had our best and most successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 7&8 October raising a record 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
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.. |
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 Carol.
Phone 8850 6515 or email carol.russell@ybr.com.au before 11am on the day of the meeting. |
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If you are expected and do not show you will be required to pay for the meal.
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Eighteen members and Larissa were welcomed to the meeting held at the Hornsby PCYC Cafe. We welcome Larissa back from her Safari and I am sure she will tell us about her adventures at a meeting over the next few weeks. A big thank you to Rotarian Stan for bringing Larissa from the Loves to the meeting. This weeks meeting was not the normal dinner meeting and no Rotary business was conducted other than a reminder about Pride of Workmanship awards next week and the Carmen Drive Shops BBQ on Saturday. Next week is also a partners meeting and we will farewell Barry who leaves us at the end of the Rotary Year.
A big thank you to Peter Kirkwood who was our host at PCYC and to Rosie News who provided a wonderful meal. A reminder that changeover is on June 16th at Pennant Hills Golf Club at 6.30pm for 7pm. The cost is $65 per person – 3 courses and 2 bottles of wine on tables of 10. Our distinguished guests are District Governor Peter (and Anne) Ward, District Governor Elect Susan (and PDG John) Wakefield , Area Governor John Fenessy. Anna Papoutsakis (Little Shoes) who will be receiving money for 3 cows, and a guest speaker (Ngaire Ralph) who was our outgoing exchange student to Sweden in 2007/8. Please pay into the club general account or at the front desk before June 2nd. This means next Monday is the last opportunity to pay at the front desk. Doc Wansbrough has requested support for the Carmen Road Shopping Centre Community BBQ (in aid of Neighbourhood Watch) on Saturday May 26th 8 am to 1 pm. Current Board Directors – Please send me you end of year reports ASAP and by May 31 at the latest. So far I only have one report. New Board directors please send me your updated plans ASAP and by May 31 at the latest. Paul needs the funding requests to do a budget. A final reminder: Members and partners who do NOT have the small name badge to wear at functions and would like one could you please let me know. The badges look like the example to the right. Charlie is still in the Hills Clinic. Please visit her if possible. Until we meet again on Monday May 28th for more fun and fellowship, have a great week making a difference. President Colin |
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Powerful stories, to be so short.
These twelve short stories are all very good stories and make us think twice about the daily happenings in our lives as we deal with others!! 1. Today, I interviewed my grandmother for part of a research paper I'm working on for my Psychology class. When I asked her to define success in her own words, she said; "Success is when you look back at your life and the memories make you smile." ------------------------------ ---------------------- 2. Today, I asked my mentor - a very successful business man in his 70s what his top 3 tips are for success. He smiled and said; "Read something no one else is reading, think something no one else is thinking, and do something no one else is doing." ------------------------------ ------------------------ 3. Today, after my 72-hour shift at the fire station, a woman ran up to me at the grocery store and gave me a hug. When I tensed up, she realized I didn't recognize her. She let go with tears of joy in her eyes and the most sincere smile and said; "On 9-11-2001, you carried me out of the World Trade Center." ------------------------------ ------------------------- 4. Today, after I watched my dog get run over by a car, I sat on the side of the road holding him and crying. And just before he died; he licked the tears off my face. ------------------------------ ------------------------- 5. Today at 7AM, I woke up feeling ill, but decided I needed the money, so I went into work. At 3PM I got laid off. On my drive home I got a flat tire. When I went into the trunk for the spare, it was flat too. A man in a BMW pulled over, gave me a ride, we chatted, and then he offered me a job. I start tomorrow. ------------------------------ ------------------------- 6. Today, as my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my mother's hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before she died. She simply said, "I feel so loved right now. We should have gotten together like this more often." ------------------------------ ------------------------- 7. Today, I kissed my dad on the forehead as he passed away in a small hospital bed. About 5 seconds after he passed, I realized it was the first time I had given him a kiss since I was a little boy. ------------------------------ ------------------------- 8. Today, in the cutest voice, my 8-year-old daughter asked me to start recycling. I chuckled and asked, "Why?" She replied, "So you can help me save the planet." I chuckled again and asked, "And why do you want to save the planet?" Because that's where I keep all my stuff," she said. ------------------------------ ------------------------- 9. Today, when I witnessed a 27-year-old breast cancer patient laughing hysterically at her 2-year-old daughter's antics, I suddenly realized that, I need to stop complaining about my life and start celebrating it again. ------------------------------ ------------------------- 10. Today, a boy in a wheelchair saw me desperately struggling on crutches with my broken leg and offered to carry my backpack and books for me. He helped me all the way across campus to my class and as he was leaving he said, "I hope you feel better soon." ------------------------------ ------------------------- 11. Today, I was feeling down because the results of a biopsy came back malignant. When I got home, I opened an e-mail that said, "Thinking of you today. If you need me, I'm a phone call away." It was from a high school friend I hadn't seen in 10 years. ------------------------------ -------------------------- 12. Today, I was traveling in Kenya and I met a refugee from Zimbabwe. He said he hadn't eaten anything in over 3 days and looked extremely skinny and unhealthy. Then my friend offered him the rest of the sandwich he was eating. The first thing the man said was, "We can share it." ------------------------------ -------------------------- The best sermons are lived, not preached. ------------------------------ -------------------------- I am glad I have 'you' to send these to. ============================== ====================== These are worth passing on... hope you enjoy them as much as I did ! The only thing to be added to this is “WOW” !!! |
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Russ and Sam, two friends, met in the park every day to feed the pigeons, watch the squirrels, and discuss world problems.
One day Russ didn't show up, but Sam didn't think much about it and figured maybe he had a cold or something. But after Russ hadn't shown up for a week or so, Sam really got worried. However, since the only time they ever got together was at the park, Sam didn't know where Russ lived, so he was unable to find out what had happened to him. A month had passed, and Sam figured he had seen the last of Russ, but one day, Sam approached the park and lo and behold!, there sat Russ! Sam was very excited and happy to see him and told him so. Then he said, "For crying out loud Russ, what in the world happened to you?" Russ replied, “I've been in jail!” “Jail, cried Sam. What in the world for?" "Well, Russ said, you know Sue, that cute little blonde waitress at the coffee shop where I go?" "Yeah, said Sam, I remember her. What about her?" "Well, the little gold-digging witch figured I was rich and she filed rape charges against me. At 89 years old, I was so proud that when I got into court, I pled guilty." "So, The judge gave me 30 days for perjury." Jim
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Text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga to his Mum and Dad. (Eromanga is a small town, west of Quilpie in the far south west of Queensland.)
Dear Mum & Dad, I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers Doug and Phil that the Army is better than workin' on the farm - tell them to get in bloody quick smart before the jobs are all gone! I wuz a bit slow in settling down at first, because ya don't hafta get outta bed until 6am. But I like sleeping in now, cuz all ya gotta do before brekky is make ya bed and shine ya boots and clean ya uniform. No bloody cows to milk, no calves to feed, no feed to stack - nothin'!! Ya haz gotta shower though, but its not so bad, coz there's lotsa hot water and even a light to see what ya doing! At brekky ya get cereal, fruit and eggs but there's no kangaroo steaks or possum stew like wot Mum makes. You don't get fed again until noon and by that time all the city boys are buggered because we've been on a 'route march' - geez its only just like walking to the windmill in the back paddock!! This one will kill me brothers Doug and Phil with laughter. I keep getting medals for shootin' - dunno why. The bullseye is as big as a bloody possum's bum and it don't move and it's not firing back at ya like the Johnsons did when our big scrubber bull got into their prize cows before the Ekka last year! All ya gotta do is make yourself comfortable and hit the target - it's a piece of piss!! You don't even load your own cartridges, they comes in little boxes, and ya don't have to steady yourself against the rollbar of the roo shooting truck when you reload! Sometimes ya gotta wrestle with the city boys and I gotta be real careful coz they break easy - it's not like fighting with Doug and Phil and Jack and Boori and Steve and Muzza all at once like we do at home after the muster. Turns out I'm not a bad boxer either and it looks like I'm the best the platoon's got, and I've only been beaten by this one bloke from the Engineers - he's 6 foot 5 and 15 stone and three pick handles across the shoulders and as ya know I'm only 5 foot 7 and eight stone wringin' wet, but I fought him till the other blokes carried me off to the boozer. I can't complain about the Army - tell the boys to get in quick before word gets around how bloody good it is. Your loving daughter, Sheila Colin McG
Joke Bank content is 12 jokes.
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MeetingsThe 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 |
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