Club Bulletin 29th May 2017

The Next Meetings

Monday 29th May

Pride Of Workmanship

Monday 5th June

CareFlight Vocational Visit

Monday 12th June

No Meeting - Public Holiday

Saturday 17th June

Club Changeover

Duty Roster

Duty	Monday 29th May	Monday 5th June
Speaker Host	John Tchetchenian	Not Req'd
Night Reporter	Bernard Chandra	John T Leading
Front Desk	Bob Davison	Bob Davison
Front Desk	Roslyn Savio	Not Req'd
Steward	Nick Chuah	Not Req'd
Steward	Ricardo Raad	Not Req'd
IT Guru	Andrew Little	Not Req'd
Photographer	Peter Stanton	Peter Stanton
Member Talk	Not Req'd	Not Req'd

Inside This Issue

Upcoming Events

President's Report
Night Report
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Humour

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27th May 2017

28th May 2017

4th June 2017

5th June 2017

17th June 2017

1st July 2017

DIK - moving from Minchinbury to Castle Hill

Red Shield Appeal

Vivid Bus Tour

CareFlight Vocational Visit

Changeover Dinner

District Changeover

Donations In Kind

Hi Members and Others,
The club has agreed to assist DIK on 27th May 2017. DIK (Donations in Kind) collects things (mainly medical equipment) and sends them to third world countries where they can be used for the benefit of less fortunate people than us.
DIK has to vacate the Minchinbury warehouse later this year and needs to remove everything from this warehouse. Much of what is there now needs to be tipped.
Miriam Jacka (wife of PDG and PP of our club Larry) runs this organisation and needs your help.
This will be a lot of fun – we simply have to remove the stuff into a huge bin. There is a fork lift for heavy pieces. There is also plenty of light stuff for partners and those with weak backs.
We shall start at 8.30am on 27th May and will be finished by lunch time. There will be lots of morning tea as always. It takes about 20 minutes from Cherrybrook and we can organise some car sharing.
Please reply by email so I can put you on the list. We don’t have a lot of meetings before that date.
PS DIK is not closing – the good stuff is on its way to new warehouse in Castle Hill.
Look forward to hearing from you. Please call me if you want to know more about this fun event.

This will be my last email for DIK. It is on this next Saturday.
Location is at Minchinbury on the old Great Western Highway – immediately behind MacDonalds.
We have the following volunteers:

Freeman
Laroumanie
Stanton
Henderson
Davison (Bob and Bev)
Chuah
Paynter
Savio – Gino
Baseley (clerk of works)
Makin (Tony and Pamela).

Anyone else who can come will be welcome.
If anyone wants to car-share please call me. Looking at the addresses we seem to be well spread out so there are no obvious matches.

Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal - Looking for Club Member Assistance

Fellows,
I still have only 7 people on the list of attendees for Sunday 28 May for the Red Shield Appeal.
As I am away on leave from tonight I am forwarding the list to Jim Simpson and Rosemary Clark.
Jim will send off the names and WWC No.s and Rosemary will coordinate these and any further attendances.
Fellows, please see if you can attend, it is important to the salvation Army and the Club.
David

Thank You from Ronald McDonald House

May 18, 2017

Douglas Lam Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills & Cherrybrook PO Box 103W West Pennant Hills, NSW 2158

Dear Douglas,

From all the families staying at Ronald McDonald House Westmead, we would like to take this time to thank you for the delicious meal you provided from your hearts to our families on the 12th May 2017.

In 2016 alone, almost 700 families benefited from our ‘Meals From The Heart’ program. We expect that this year will be no different. Often the best partnerships happen when companies choose to make not only an investment of their money, but an investment of their heart. We know the real value they bring can’t be quantified in dollars and cents.

For our families to be able to return to the House to a cooked meal and some lovely company is a nice break away from the daily routine of Hospital visits and the stress of having to also provide a meal on their return home. Quite often, when families are thanking us for their stay, the meals provided by groups such as yours are always commented on.

Your selfless enthusiasm in giving to Ronald McDonald House Westmead ensures that our doors are always open to accommodate hundreds of families of seriously ill children who come from all over New South Wales and Australia.

Thank you once again, your support of Ronald McDonald House Westmead and the families staying here is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Belinda Woolford Acting Executive Officer

Club Changeover

It’s my pleasure to invite you to our Club Changeover to be held at Pennant Hills Golf Club on Saturday 17th June 2017 commencing at 6.30 for 7:00pm. There will be a 3 course meal with wine and the cost will be $65 per person. Dress is black tie.

This is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the year that has been and also to find out what is in store for the coming Rotary year.
Several awards and Paul Harris Fellows will be announced as well as a lot of fun and fellowship.

Would you please advise me by Friday 2nd June whether or not you will be able to join us?
If you have already filled in the sheet at our last meeting, thank you.

You can pay into the General Account BSB 062 890 Account 1005 2963 with your surname and changeover or make a payment next week, our last formal meeting of the year.

Yours in Rotary,

Rosemary

Erika Jansaker

Erika Jansaker was our club’s exchange student in 2007-2008. She was the first exchange student that Bev and I hosted, and she was a delight.
Her parents, Par and Anne-Marie, will be visiting our club on Monday 29th May. They wish to show a brief presentation from Erika with pictures of what she has been up to since exchange including a brief video greeting. They are looking forward to meeting us.

Bob D

Club Facebook Site

"I've found 7 so far - what has everyone else been drinking or smoking?!?"

Do you know who wrote this?
I can tell you that they are both right and wrong. (Actually wrong and right.)
I had just counted eight.
Anne found six.
However, some authoritive soul is telling the me/us there are fifteen.

Need to know more, then go to the Club Facebook site and click "Like"
You can then be kept up to date.

Carol has a lot to answer for, and she is none of the above.

Spamalot presented by SYMT - Hornsby RSL Club - Friday, 14 July 7:30pm

Written by Eric Idle, and presented by Sydney Youth Musical Theatre, Spamalot is lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. It retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

SYMT (Sydney Youth Musical Theatre) are renowned for tremendous quality shows featuring performers aged between 14 to 25 years. They have two productions pa with July for the older U25 age group and in November for the U18 age group.

Our club members and partners have developed a strong following over the past three years with usually twenty to thirty supporting each show. Combined with the recently refurbished bistro an affordable and enjoyable night out is readily achievable.

To book please deposit $32.00 per attendee into our Rotary General Account by Friday 23 June 2017 as follows:

BSB: 062 890
Account Number: 1005 2963
Please quote your surname and SYMT

District Changeover

May is Rotary Youth Services Month

RYLA 2017 - this is an excerpt from the latest DG's E News & shows why we support RYLA

RYLA 2017 was run and won by 84 new RYLArians. The Organising Committee chaired by David Clark, supported the Facilitators lead by Amanda Firkins together with Mum & Dad (David and Dianne Waterhouse) arranged an excellent program that actively engaged and developed the attendees. The outdoor activities were challenging and the indoor speakers were compelling.

Well Done and Thank you to all who made it happen....and I hope that the experience convinces the new RYLArians to join Rotaract so they can continue to enjoy and enhance the Rotary experience.

Significant Club fundraising events during the year

The Book Sale March 2017. 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 $13,000. Well done.

2016 Trivia Night
The Club held a very successful trivia night on Saturday 27 August 2016 at the Cherrybrook Community Centre, raising just over $5,000 towards the charities we support.

The Garage Sale
We have just had a very successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 8/9 October raising a record gross of over $30k. The combination of good planning and benign weather contributed to this result.

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 Jilda.
Phone 8484 7106 or email jilda.coles@wge.com.au before 11am on the day of the meeting.

If you are expected and do not show you will be required to pay for the meal.

President's Report 22nd May 2017

It was lovely to have so many guests at our last meeting. Several prospective members (welcome Linda, Joseph and Gordon), visiting Rotarians from Egypt – Raouf and Manual, Gwen Baxter and our guest speaker Rex Langthorne. Welcome back Sarah. You obviously loved the safari.

We were informed of the Special Olympics and the role it plays in making sure that intellectually disabled people can be included in sport and life in general. I’m lucky to be involved with some children from Marayong who are striving to do their best. Remember Robbie who we helped to send to Perth to represent NSW in disabled athletics? Maybe he will end up in the Special Olympics!

Don’t forget DIK and the Red Shield Appeal this weekend followed by our Pride of Workmanship meeting on Monday. John has worked extremely hard with his committee of one so let’s support him by attending.

For those who were not at the meeting, this is an invitation to attend our Changeover on Saturday June 17 at Pennant Hills Golf Club. There will be a 3 course meal with wine for approx. $65 pp. Dress is black tie and I know many people look forward to a “dress up” evening. We hope to see you there. Please fill in the sheets at the next meeting or email me of your intention to attend.

The Rotary year is winding up but there is still time to have fun and fellowship whilst serving Humanity.

Rosemary

Night Report 22nd May 2017

The evening commenced with Rotary Grace and The Loyal Toast after which Sargent Barry invited President Rosemary to make the opening remarks;

the visitor list included Rex Langthorne (guest speaker from Special Olympics);Joseph Degabriele; Linda Barrett; Gordon Wilkins; Megan McCartney; Visiting Rotarians from Egypt Raouf Elkholy and Manual Shoukry; Gwen Baxter.
she thanked the club for the good wishes received on the recent birth of her grand daughter Sophie Abigail Howe
she welcomed back our exchange student Sarah from her recent Australian Safari experience
thanked Charlie McCartney and Tony Coote for arranging Sarah ‘s smooth transfer to her last host family
thanked hosts for holding recent friendship meals
presented her list for this week’s Rotary Fact quoting the names of some well known Rotary people, past and present.
reminded members of the forth coming Change Over Dinner to be held on 17th June at the Pennant Hills Golf Club commencing at 6.30 p.m -.Black Tie.