Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by John Cowper 

Inside This Issue

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President's Report

Night Report

Humour

Club Calendar

Upcoming Events

Next Meetings

Gary Mangan - What Bendigo Bank does to support the community

Monday, 29th July

Dr Tim Wade-Ferrell

Monday 5th August

Dr Tim Wade-Ferrell is an Australian-based health professional.  Tim is trained as a Chiropractor and has a practice located in Carlingford.

Upcoming Events

Renovation of the Public area of the Lakes of Cherrybrook

Please support the Cherrybrook Residents Association project (MCP19-02295) to renovate the public area of the Lakes of Cherrybrook and vote for it here  mycommunityproject.service.nsw.gov.au.  The success of this application to the NSW My Community Project grants program depends on the degree of community support it receives through the project voting system.  Please also encourage your friends and neighbours to vote also.  For more information on how to vote, visit nsw.gov.au/mycommunityproject or please refer to the Fact sheet for voters. 

Galston Rotary Colour and Foam Festival 2019​

11th August 2019

Invite to Event at Beecroft Rotary

12th August 2019

​Trivia Night

Saturday 17th August

​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.

St Gabriel's Project

​Rotary helps children with disabilities

The West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Rotary Club has just completed its second project at St Gabriel’s in Castle Hill.  St Gabriel's is an independent, co-educational, Catholic school catering for students with disabilities such as sensory impairment, intellectual disability in the mild to moderate range, and autism.

Our first project was to provide a shaded sensory playground and storage shed.  This time we have built a vegetable garden for the children to experience hands-on gardening.  The garden has raised beds, a water tank and garden shed.
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Club members spent an enjoyable, rewarding and hard-working three days constructing the garden.

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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Centurion Program and Centurion Membership application

How you can become a Rotary Foundation Centurion?
Centurion Membership donation form.

Significant Club Fundraising Events during the year 

The Book Sale March 2019

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 $19,000.  Well done.

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2018 Trivia Night

​The Club held a very successful trivia night on Saturday 25 August 2018 at the Cherrybrook Community Centre, raising near $6,250 towards the charities we support. 


                       

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 The Garage Sale 2018

We have just had our best and most successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 13 & 14 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
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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.. 

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.

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President's Report  22nd July

Wow!  What a talk from Martha Jabour.  Martha gave a powerful talk that covered, inter alia, cot death, trauma support, Graces Place and Homicide Victim’s Support Group.  On your behalf I thank Martha for the talk, and partner Brian for being the driver.  Martha has recently joined RC of Carlingford.

With trepidation I raised the subject of Rotary Leadership Institute, hoping to find participants in Course 53.  Both Janelle and John volunteered to attend.  Hopefully, there are sufficient other volunteers to ensure the Course proceeds.

During the last week we received the resignation of Teresa from the Club.  Teresa emphasised that she still wishes to support the Club through our signature fundraisings efforts.

While attending a Foundation Seminar on Sunday, I learnt that the Foundation Dinner is to be held on 11th November.  This clashes with a tentative plan for another Combined Zone Meeting and we will need to settle on an alternative date.

I thank Max for agreeing to investigate whether the Club is eligible to compete in the Hills Shire Locals for Locals Awards.

Next week our Guest Speaker is Gary Mangan – Branch Manager of Bendigo Bank, Dural.  Gary will inform us of how the bank supports the community.  Be prepared for a discussion on Colour and Foam Festival.

Rotary Rocks
Keith

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Night Report 22nd July

Opening:  Sgt Tony Coote opened the meeting and welcomed our guest speaker Martha Jabore.  

President’s Report
President Keith Ball thanked all in attendance tonight.  His full report is contained in this bulletin.

Director’s Reports
Neville (Community Service)
Working Bee on 03/08/2019.  Currently in attendance will be: Adrian, David, Keith, Brian, John and Neville. Anyone else interested in participating please contact Neville.
West Pennant Hills Public School BBQ on 11/08/2019 - there will be two shift: 7.30am-12 noon, and 12 – 5.00pm.  Members who have volunteered to help are: Carol, Adrian, David, Neville, Jaswant, Peter Stanton and John. 
Bunnings BBQ at Dural 10/08/2019 – Peter Cleary volunteered to be on the swing shift for this event and will add to the roster such that: am = David, Adrian, Douglas and Janelle and pm = Keith, Angelo, Paul and Janelle.
David (Garage Sale and St Gabriel’s Project)
Garage Sale - David reported that the Garage Sale planning committee will meet tomorrow evening ie 23/07/2019 at 7.30pm at his place.
St Gabriel’s – the school is conducting a thank you morning tea for the Club on Friday 26 July 2019 at 10am. All are welcome particularly members who assisted with the recent building work.   
Potential project – David also advised that there may be a potential development project in India that the Club could become involved in; at this stage it is still under consideration – so he will keep us posted.
Peter (International)
Peter advised that he met last Friday with two members from the Lane Cove Rotary Club as well as a Director from NTA to finalise the agenda for the Flores trip.  They are also finalising the details and costings for the Donor Visit  and he will get this information to members as soon as it becomes available.  In the meantime, please let Peter know if you are interested in this.
Max (Social)
Max reported on the upcoming Trivia Night scheduled for Saturday 17 August 2019 at Cherrybrook Community Centre.  Max has left attendee lists on the tables and asked members to complete them.  As per last year, funds from this year’s Trivia Night will also be dedicated to Drought Relief.
Colin (Vocational)
Colin advised the Member Talks roster has been circulated and he encouraged anyone who hasn’t signed up to do so (otherwise the Sergeant will be chasing you up!!)
He also asked people to vote for the local community project based on upgrading Cherrybrook  Lakes (the link to do so will be provided in this week’s Club bulletin).
 
Member Talk
Colin gave a Masterclass in conducting a member talk.   His theme was Toyota Hilux ads in New Zealand in the1980’s.  Even without sound (bugger!) he demonstrated that a good talk can catch the audience’s attention and engage them in the content – and hey a little bit of humour never goes astray!! 
 
Guest Speaker
Colin Baxter welcomed and introduced our guest speaker, Martha Jabore OAM, who is the Director of the Homicide Victims Support Group.  Martha, who was a recent keynote speaker at the District Conference, gave an exceptionally moving and thought provoking presentation on this topic.  In particular she discussed the establishment of Grace’s Place at Doonside and the role it will play in supporting children and youth directly affected by homicide. 
 
In the question and answer segment at the conclusion of her talk, a number of ways were identified for our Club to work with her organisation, including sewing pyjamas for the children, preparing care packages for them, and by passing on goods left over from our Garage Sale that they can use for their fundraising market stall at Parramatta.
 
Sergeant at Arm’s
Tony conducted a lively fines session.   
Heads & Tails won by: Our guest speaker, Martha
Raffle won by: Tom
 
Night Reporter
Janelle

Night Photos

Editor Note:  Click on a photo to see a larger version.

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This Week's Humour

Cawas

Club Calendar

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

Bulletin Editor - Neville