The Next Meetings

Chief Inspector Gary Raymond

"Danger Was My Business"
​Chief Inspector Gary Raymond

• Australian Police Medal
• Order of Australia
• Retired

Monday, 6th August

Combined Rotary Clubs Meeting

Monday 13th August

Guest Speaker - Dr Ian Nicholson - a leading specialist in Adult and Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

Springfield House
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
​Organised by Daisy Montano

Youth Reunion Meeting

Monday, 20th August

Photos are coming.....

​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 Keith, so he can amend his records.
​Also, to avoid being rostered on, please notify Keith of any upcoming known absences (eg holidays) from meetings in the next twelve months.

Inside This Issue

President's Report
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​Night Report

​Humour

Club Calendar

Upcoming Events

12th August                     Bunnings BBQ - Dural

13th August                     Combined meeting at Springfield House

25th August                     Trivia Night - Cherrybrook Community Centre

Ronald McDonald House - Meal From The Heart

A number of us went to the Ronald McDonald House at Westmead Hospital on Friday night. We arrived about 3:15pm and had a tour of the premises, they now have some 61 units in the new complex and still have a waiting list. There is a mix of two bedroom and single bedroom. We then prepared and served dinner to some 130 people which was a lot of fun and very satisfying. We then had to wash up and clean up but we all got away about 8:30pm. A great night was had by all. If anyone wants to know how to work an industrial dish washer, Andrew and I are the go to men.
Neville

Be the Inspiration - Celebrating Service Above Self - Rotary Sydney

Description
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​You are invited to join us for a fun and inspiring evening to celebrate the Rotary concept of "Service Above Self."
This event is a joint initiative of several clubs located in District 9685 including the Rotary clubs of Norwest Sunrise, Pennant Hills, and Lower Blue Mountains. Rotarians and Non-Rotarians welcome.
Tickets (including dinner) are $40 per person, payable via your local Rotary Club or in person on the evening.
Guest speaker on the night will be Dr Ian Nicholson, a leading specialist in Adult and Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr Nicholson is actively involved in outreach programs through Rotary and Open Heart International performing Cardiac Surgery in developing countries of the Pacific region, South America and Africa.
Dr Nicholson will share some of his amazing life experiences and why he believes in the concept of Community Service to improve quality of life, develop stronger communities and to build a better world.
Seats are limited, so RSVP today so you don't miss out. Tables of 10 are available.

Date and Time

• Mon. 13 August 2018
• 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm AEST

Location

• Springfield House​

Trivia Night Flyer Released

The Trivia night charity donation will be made to Rural Aid and their “buy-a-bale” program to support drought stricken farmers.  The drought zone is segregated for donation purposes and we will support the Hunter Valley farmers.  Money donated will go to buy hay, water, transport diesel, and food hampers. 

BREAKING NEWS - Drought Relief Fund for Australian Farmers - RAWCS Project

Message from DG Susan Wakefield
I’m delighted to advise that a partnership has been formed between Rotary Australia, Channel 9 and the National Farmers’ Federation to help our drought-stricken farmers.  A fundraising appeal will be launched on Channel 9’s Today show TOMORROW MORNING - Thursday 2 August.

In Australia, farmers are the lifeblood of our country and they are in crisis.  Record breaking heat and lack of rain means farmers are struggling to feed sheep and cattle, and keep crops alive.  Families on the land are suffering and they need our help.  Channel 9 and Rotary Australia have partnered with the National Farmers’ Federation, launching an appeal to big business and everyday Australians, so we can provide some emergency relief.  100% of donations go to the farmers and are tax deductible via Rotary and RAWCS.  Every dollar counts. 
 
The link for the donation page for the project is:  https://donations.rawcs.com.au/17-2018-19
 
More details about District 9685's Drought relief support program will appear in tomorrow's DG's eNews.

Garage Sale is 13th and 14th October

August is Membership  and New Club Development Month

I found all this deep and meaningful stuff that is relevant to somebody....    ZZZZZZZZZ

So, I thought I would tell you that these people INSPIRE me.

Wanted - New Members

If 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 Tony C.​

Significant Club Fundraising Events during the year 

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 Andrew Little Max Henderson, Neville Hansen 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 2017at 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
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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 Carol. 
Phone 8850 6515 or email  carol.russell@ybr.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.

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Presidents Report 30th July

Considering the number of members travelling or on leave of absence it was pleasing to welcome 21 members and 4 guests.  Our guest speaker was Jason Miezis, the Principal at Cherrybrook Public School.  Our other guests were Honorary member Brian Furrer, Jill Marquette, and Larissa.

Thank you Keith, for looking after last weeks meeting.  The feed-back was very positive.  Thank you Ricardo for standing in as our Sergeant-at-arms for last week and this week.  It was noted that Ricardo has not lost any of his ability to extract fines.
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The combined meeting with Norwest Sunrise and other local Clubs on August 13th is in aid of Medicos in Bolivia.  It will now be held at Springfield.  We have 24 attending including 5 partners and Larissa.  If you have not paid $40 per person please pay next Monday or direct deposit to the Club general account.
The Hills Rotaract Club is in the process of being revived.  I attended a meeting of potential members and supporting Rotarians on July 18th.  Kirsty Webb (ex Rotaract) from the Norwest Sunrise Club is leading the revival.  Our club will partner with The Hills Rotaract Club and provide them support along with the other surrounding Rotary clubs.

Thanks to Carol we have put a Trivia Night advertorial into the Dooral Roundup.  Andrew has put an advert onto our Facebook page.  I hope we can raise at least $5000.  District have now established Drought Relief as an official project.  It is being coordinated by Barry Edmundson from Wahroonga Club and more details about how the District program will operate will become available during the next few weeks.  Thank you Jaswant for booking into the Rotary Leadership Institute August course.  It is not too late if anyone wants to join Jaswant.  The club will pay the $75 cost.  The course is on August 4th and 24th.  The two part course is held at our District Office, Thornleigh.  Morning tea and lunch are provided.  Each day starts at 8.00am for 8.15am and finishes around 4.00pm.

Important 2018-19 District dates;  Please put these into your diaries.
16 March 2019 - President-Elect Training Seminar (PETS) 
  - COMPULSORY Training for 2019/20 Presidents
29-31 March 2019- District Conference
14 April 2019 - District Assembly
                    - Training for all 2019/20 Club Board members and executives
29 June 2019 - District Changeover
 
The club received the following message of appreciation from an ex RYPEN student (Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment).  RYPEN is a weekend residential experience for youth aged 14-16 years designed to develop skills that will assist them in the transition to adulthood:
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"My name is Ashley Eaton and I am a student from Cherrybrook Technology High School.
 
Last year you sponsored me so that I could attend the RYPEN (Rotary Youth Enrichment) Summer Camp. At this camp I learnt many invaluable skills and tools that will support me well in my future and that gave me a lot of confidence in communicating, developing team work and leadership skills.
 
I wanted to advise that based on the skills that I received from this camp, I was successful in becoming part of the School Leadership Team for 2018/2019. I feel that my attendance at this Camp strongly supported my application and I wanted to thank you for giving me this incredible opportunity. I hope that I will be a strong and committed
Leader that will make my parents, the school and you all proud.
 
Thank you once again, Ashley (Ash)"

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­The District Website has just posted an article on Wheelchairs for kids and which we donated to last year.  This is a Rotary project run out of Perth that provides purpose built wheelchairs for children in less developed countries.  $200 provides one wheelchair (40,000 chairs to date).  Rotary clubs are encouraged to partner with local schools to raise money via a Wheelathon.  Recently the Clubs from the northern end of our district partnered with Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College to raise $5000.  Mosman Rotary is coordinating Wheelathons in our District and have 15 chairs available.
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Some potential opportunities for partnering with Cherrybrook Public School were explored during dinner.  One involving scholarships for extra circular excellence has merit and could be implemented immediately.
 
Next Week Chief Inspector (Retired) Gary Raymond will speak on “Danger was my Business”.
 
Over the next few weeks our numbers will be down – 11 on leave in warmers parts of the world.  4 on extended leave of absence.
 
Until we meet again on Monday August 6th for more fun and fellowship, have a great week.
 
President Colin

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Night Report 30th July

Opening: With Sgt Rosemary away past Sgt Ricardo opened the meeting
President Col’s Report: Refer President’s report in bulletin.
Director’s Reports

• Keith (Club Service), with the change in venues for our combined meeting Monday week (Pennant Golf Club to Springfields) Keith will amend the roster accordingly.
• Paul (Treasurer) advised his family will be the first host family for the new exchange student hosted by Kellyville and Norwest Sunrise Clubs. She is from Belgium and arrives next week.
• Paul is experiencing some teething problems (IT) in trying to establish a new electronic banking and accounting system for our Garage and Book Sales.
• Neville (Garage Sale) provided an update and a reminder that the Garage Sale is 13 & 14th September. The flyer has been finalised and was emailed to members today and he will be away on Holidays during August.
• Andrew (Trivia Night) also gave the Trivia Night a plug which is Saturday 25th August (usual venue etc) is rapidly approaching (only 26 sleeps) and time to organise your family and friends into tables of eight (ten at a pinch), alternatively if you don’t have sufficient numbers book a table indicate your numbers and we can create tables of eight. Important to indicate if you are on someone else’s table (so as we don’t inadvertently double book you).
• Trivia Night attendance lists will be out every week so please indicate if you are attending or not (very important when trying to establish numbers).
  
• Andrew has emailed 28 various clubs (Rotary, Probus, Lions) and aiming to achieve 180-200 people as per recent years. We will also be seeking volunteers to assist on the night, eg raffle sales, kitchen, hall set, etc. As all proceeds will go to “Drought Relief NSW” we are hoping for a very successful night.
  

Larissa (our exchange student)
Advised she was back at school last Tuesday after the school holidays. She enjoyed a birthday dinner for her host brother on Saturday night and caught up with friends on Sunday at Cherrybrook.
Members Talk
Ricardo is providing a car safety and basic car maintenance training session for young drivers this Saturday 4th August, 1.00 to 4.00pm at his workshop ($20.00/ head).
Guest Speaker
Jason Mezis
Principal, Cherrybrook Public School
Still Learning, Still Growing
Introduced and thanked by Cawas
Jason’s informative presentation will be available on Weebly via a link in this bulletin.
As part of his introduction Jason advised be has been principal of Cherrybrook Public (has 800 plus students and growing) since 2017, prior to which he was a director for 7.5 years and principal of Rouse Hill Public from 2003.
Sergeant at Arm’s
Heads & Tails won by our visitor Jill Marquette
Raffle won by Bob Davison
 
Max Henderson
Night Reporter

Jason Mezis's presentation:

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Night Photos

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This Week's Humour

What, no plastic bags.....

Bev Davison

The Blind Cowboy.....

He wanders over to a bar stool and asks the bartender for a shot of Jack Daniels.
He sits there for a while, then calls out to the bartender. “Hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?”
At that point the entire bar falls deadly silent.
In a very deep, husky voice, the woman next to him says, “Before you tell that joke, cowboy, I think it is only fair, given that you are blind, that you should know five things:

1. The bartender is a blonde girl with a baseball bat.
2. The bouncer is a blonde girl with a club.
3. I’m a 6-foot tall, 175-pound blonde woman with a black belt in Karate.
4. The woman sitting next to me is blonde and a professional weight lifter.
5. The lady to your right is blonde and a professional wrestler.

Now, think about it seriously, cowboy… do you still wanna tell that blonde joke?”
The blind cowboy thinks for a second, shakes his head and mutters,
“No, not if I’m gonna have to explain it five times.”
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Stan

Lemon Picker

Looking for a good job on the Murray River ??
 
Sally Mulligan of Paddington NSW decided to take one of the jobs that most Australians are not willing to do.

Sally applied for a job in a lemon grove and seemed to be far too qualified for the job.

She has a liberal arts degree from the University of Adelaide and had worked as a social worker and a school teacher.
 
The foreman frowned and said, "I have to ask you, have you had any actual experience in picking lemons ??"
 
"Well, as a matter of fact, I have," she said. "I've been divorced three times, owned two Jeeps, voted twice for Labor, and once for Clive Palmer.”

........ She starts in the morning.

Tony C

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Club Calendar

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