Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by John Cowper 

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Upcoming Events

We are back having meetings in Springfield House. However, due to availability of the venue. The alternate week arrangement with Zoom may not be strictly adhered to. Some meetings may occur on other weekdays instead of customary Mondays. Please consult your calendar for changes.
Ros Hogan is the Attendance Officer for face-to-face meetings at Springfield.  If bringing a partner or not able to attend, please notify Ros via email Ros Hogan hoganros@gmail.com by 12noon on the Thursday prior to a face-to-face meeting. Charges for non-attendance will be incurred unless previously advised.

Club Zoom Meetings
Alternate week
Springfield House

7:15pm for 7:30pm 

6:30pm for 7:00 pm

Mon 6 June 2022
​​Guest Speaker: Michele Rocheta
​Michele's Landfill Rescue
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Mon 13 June 2022
Social Meeting Only
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Mon 20 June 2022
​Guest Speaker: Keri Garnys
Lifeline

​Duty Roster

With COVID lockdowns now ending and even more restrictions being eased, effective 08/11/2021, we appreciate that many Club members may be eager to get out and about and take the chance to have a holiday. So, if you are going to be absent from meetings and events in the months up until July next year, please notify Janelle via email.
Equally now that we are back to face-to-face meetings at Springfield it’s important that we get back into the swing of advising Frank of numbers attending by the Thursday prior to Monday meetings. As per our existing RSVP procedures, if you are not attending you need to advise Ros Hogan otherwise you will be charged the cost of the meal. 
Thanks for your patience and understanding with these matters – it’s all part of adjusting to life post COVID!  

Do Browse Through This Website

This website is not just the bulletin. There are many useful information within. Please use the heading buttons at the top to the right of the Club's Rotary Logo and dropdown menus to navigate to other areas of interests. Just be aware that some information may not be up-to-date but come back often. It is a dynamic site and will be updated periodically.

​President Keith's Report - 30 May 2022

Wow!!!! Gemma Sisia gave a wonderful walk around St Jude’s Orphange, Tanzania. Well, it is really three schools. The looks on members faces demonstrated how much they enjoyed the presentation.
Next week we have a F-to-F at Springfield. I am looking forward to the presentation of Michele Rocheta on Michele’s Landfill Rescue. I understand that several opportunities exist for Community Service projects.
Please indicate to Ros Hogan your acceptance/apology to the Club Changeover invitation. This event is on 26th June.
We need your assistance on a BBQ at Pennant Hills High School on the evening of 25th June. Neville is talking about two teams of 12, 3hrs each, to feed a predicted 1500 sausage sandwiches.
Regards
Keith
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As we reported in the last bulletin, the Outgoing and Incoming Board have been challenged to undertake the Push Up Challenge. This means, that between 1-24 June they will be doing daily push-ups, sit-ups, or leg-ups to raise funds for mental health and suicide prevention in an attempt to complete 3,139 push-ups - this number representing the number of Australians who died by suicide in 2020.  To find out more information and to track their progress, click on the following "Our Club Team" link:

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PRIDE OF WORKMANSHIP AWARDS 2022
​Hi fellow Rotarians,
It is time for you all to  put your thinking caps on and nominate someone who you think would
be a worthy recipient this year for our
PRIDE OF WORKMANSHIP AWARD
which will be held in first week of July. The Nominees this ​​YEAR DO NOT  have to be actual business owners. They can be the little people who work in businesses; they can be a person who volunteers their time doing good in the Community!!!   
​Please submit nominations to myself or any member of the Vocational Services Committee (Keith, Rosemary, Douglas, George, Bernard, Cawas for this year) so that an awardee/s can be chosen. 

Centurion Program and Centurion Membership application

Please consider renewing your Centurion membership, or if not already a member, why not make this the year to become a Centurion!!!

How to Access MyRotary

Know Your Members
Alex Jugueta

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At the tender age of 62, I am still active in doing what I loved to do. I never give up. I wake up at 4:20am to get ready for my gym exercise session during weekdays. I do boxing, kickboxing and high intensity training before starting my day to work.  I feel dull and lousy when I don’t have the opportunity to do my morning exercise routine. During the weekend, I do bike riding with friends, gardening and house work and spending precious time with my wife. I love travelling and explore different cultures and traditions in different countries.
Being a Chartered Professional Civil Engineer, I have very demanding work. As a Senior Estimator in one of the top tier infrastructure companies in the world, I am a member of the estimating team, bidding multi billion dollar projects in Australia. It’s good to win projects and on the other hand, there are lots to learn to reflect when we are unsuccessful in winning the job.
Being happily married for 37 years to the most loving person that I know and having raised 3 children, I think I have accomplished where I need to be. I don’t consider my achievements as success in life, however, it gives me contentment and happiness. Having said that, I am ready to share my time to help others in the community when there are opportunities.
I am a mentor to young engineering professionals, exploring what they are capable of and leading them to the right career progression. Also, I am passionate about advocating the benefits of being fit and healthy living to never give up in life.  
“Being old is just a number, it is what you feel within that matters most.”
Petition for Guest Speaker recommendations
Please contact John Caruana if you know of any prospective guest speakers of interest to the club
johncaruana500@gmail.com       Mob: 0417 394 854

Night Report - 30 May 2022

​Social Calendar 2022

Bush Walk and Lunch - Cancelled

Friendship Lunches/Dinner Second Round - Commence Sunday 12th June 2022

​Tony Coote

Welfare Report
​Updates

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Looking for Work for our Barbecue Trailer

Hi Fellow Members. Here is our new flyer to help us find work for our renovated BBQ trailer.
Please pass it on to those who may be interested - schools, clubs, charities, etc. Electronic or hard copies available.
Tony Coote and Douglas Lam

BUNNINGS SAUSAGE SIZZLE

Results from Last Sunday

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​Read your digital edition online
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​Fun With ​Culture
Corner
Taking a Break

Humour

Club Calendar

Editor's Note:  ​If you wish to download and print the Calendar please use the link below.
club_calendar_2022t.pdf
File Size: 563 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Bulletin Editor - Douglas

Meetings
​Mondays  6:30pm for 7:00pm - Springfield House - 245 New Line Road, Dural 2158
and Zoom Mondays 7:15 for 7:30pm - on alternate weeks 
​- see Club Program for details.

Apologies
For Springfield meetings, If you are unable to attend or are bringing a guest (even if they are your partner) you must notify Ros. Email: hoganros@gmail.com before 1pm on the Thursday before the meeting.
For Springfield House meetings - if you are expected and do not show you will be required to pay for the meal.

Significant Club Fundraising Events during the year
TO BE UPDATED POST COVID LOCK DOWN
Gggggrrrrraaaaaddddduuuuuaaaaalllllllllllly!!!

The Book Sale 13th May 2022 - Watch this Space
May Giant Book Sale -- Report pending
2022 Trivia Night -- 20th August - To Be Updated

​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. 


                       
 The Garage Sale -- TBC
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.​​
BBQs
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​The club runs fund raising barbecues throughout the year, mainly at Bunnings  (Dural and Thornleigh) 
We are also present at elections (pictured at Eurambie Park Child Care during 2021 Hills Shire local elections), local public school fêtes, fun runs, to name a few. We have a trailer that can be hired for events. For details, please click HERE.

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.
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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:-
Carol Russell (0418 431 157) or President Keith (0478 599 155)

Club Details:
Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook meets every other Monday for Dinner at Springfield House
Arrive 6:30pm  Start  7:00pm  End  9:00pm
245 New Line Rd
Dural NSW 2128 Australia

Welcome to call Carol or Keith to get log on details and join us on Zoom instead

Meetings

The Club alternates meetings:
Generally, one "Face to Face" one Monday and a Zoom meeting the next Monday.
Face to Face
Meet at Springfield House
Arrive 6:30pm, Start 7:00pm, End 9:00pm
245 New Line Rd
Dural NSW 2128 Australia
​Zoom
Arrive 7:15pm Start 7:30pm End 8:30pm