Club Bulletin 9th Apr 2018

The Next Meetings

Monday 9th April

Mongolia Revisited - Andrew Little

Monday 16th April

Carers and our Society - Adrienne Mclean

Monday 23rd April

ANZAC Meeting with Lions Club - WPH Sports Club
6:30pm for 7:00pm

Guest Speaker - Annette Guterres

Australian Co-ordinator of the International Bomber Command Centre and part of the team of volunteers to interview veterans for the digital archives.

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 Max, so he can amend his records.

Inside This Issue

Upcoming Events

President's Report
Night Report
Humour

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7th April

22nd April

23rd April

29th April

Bunnings BBQ at Thornleigh

Car Run

ANZAC meeting with Lions Club

District Assembly

Club Calendar

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ANZAC Commemoration Dinner - hosted by Lions Club of West Pennants Hills Cherrybrook

Activity

Location

Date

Time

Cost

ANZAC Commemoration Dinner

WPH Sports Club

Monday, 23rd April

6:30pm for 7:00pm

$50.00 pp

Please make payment - either into Club General Account or at Front Desk by 9th April.
If paying into General Account please identify payment with your Surname and Anzac

Topic is Bomber Command
Speaker is Annette Guterres.

"There is a lot of interest in Bomber Command with the reunion in UK in April & very fortunate to get their top speaker in Annette. " Geoff Irvine

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2018 Book Sale Results

Dear All
After a slower start to the 2018 book sale last Friday (we were around $980 down on the Friday last year – not counting donations), Saturday & Sunday turned out to be absolutely unbelievable!
Both days were up on last year’s sales, $1400 & $450 respectively!

Hence the total gross takings, including donations of $878, was around $17,600 and the net takings (after expenses) was around $15,700.

This eclipses the 2017 book sale results, where the gross takings were around $16,800 and the net takings were around $13,500.

The expenses in 2017 were higher than this year’s expenses due to the initial cost of the boxes and additional corflute signs.

This is a great result & quite a surprise, given that we were down on the Friday, compared to last year – I believe that we had a lot less dealers come through this year, for some unknown reason.

There are a few other points that I would like to make:

I would like to thank the book sale committee who worked tirelessly during the whole of the book sale period.

On behalf of the book sale committee, I would also like to thank all those members, partners, West Pennant Hills & District Probus members & the three high school students that put in a big effort over the three book sort days, the Wednesday & Thursday final sorting and finessing of the layout and then the actual book sale days.

Once again, I believe we have broken the record yet again for dismantling & putting away the whole book sale infrastructure, which was done in an hour & a half and we were all packed up by around 3.30pm, thanks to the additional “fresh & younger” help from members sons & daughters!

I would also like to thank the drop off house members & partners, for without these we would not be able to collect books.

Once again, I would like to thank Clive & SMS for providing the 6 recycling bins, which were emptied after each book sort & then at the end of the book sale, Tom for coming with his truck to transport the priced book from & to the container and Frank, who provided his tipper truck to take the leftover books to the recycling station.

Having the various charity groups come & take the left over books at the end of the sale was also a big bonus and certainly minimised the quantity of books that had to take to the recycling centre.

Bowral Presbyterian Church took 58 boxes of books, Michelle took a total of 145 boxes of books DVD’s, CD’s records for the local Salvos & Vinnies (4 car loads – she sent me a photo of her garage & it is literally covered in boxes), Karo Haltmeier took 14 boxes of Children’s books that she sends to schools in PNG, Ed from Epping Salvos took a number of boxes of DVD’s & CD’s and the Castle Hill Rotary Club took around 20 boxes of books for their garage sale.

Hence Frank only took about one quarter of a tipper load to the recycling station (a lot of which was other cardboard boxes), which is a great result for us.

Thanks again to everyone who came & helped - having a lot of people turn up for the hard yards of the book sorts & the Wednesday & Thursday finessing of the layout is what really helps make a successful book sale.

Regards
Andrew

Book Sale Related

I closed an advertisement (for books) and was greeted by these smiling faces...

Tathra Fires

DG Peter Ward has received the following message from DG Steve Hill, from District 9710 covering the area of Tathra. Please share this with your club members:

Good afternoon all
Many clubs and Districts have rung me offering support to the victims of the recent Tathra Fires. In consultation with the IPP of Bega Rotary club we decided not to set up a Rotary account for donated monies but to utilise the local Council Mayoral account that has been set up.

Any clubs or persons wishing to donate can do this through:
Bega Valley Shire Council Mayoral Appeal fund
ANZ Bega
BS 012525
Account Number 837535154

For information we do have several Rotarians living in Tathra that are members of the RC of Bega. They are all fine as are their families and none of them lost their homes.
Steve Hill

Members are advised our Club has donated $2,000 towards this fund.

Car Run - "we are simply going on a leisurely drive in the country"

Country Music Dance

Chicago - Berowra Musical Society

Chicago is a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery, and treachery,all those things we hold near and dear to our heart. Set in the legendary city of Chicago during the roaring “jazz hot” 20s, Chicago tells the story of two rival vaudevillian murderesses locked up in the Cook County Jail. Nightclub star Velma Kelly is serving time for killing her husband and sister after finding the two in bed together. Chorus girl Roxie Hart has been tossed in the joint for shooting her lover who she’s been cheating on her husband with. Not one to rest on her laurels, Velma enlists the help of prison matron Mama Morton and slick lawyer Billy Flynn, who turn Velma’s incarceration into a murder-of-the-week media frenzy, thus preparing the world for a splashy showbiz comeback. But Roxie’s got some of her own tricks up her sleeve…
Berowra Community Centre, The Gully Road, Berowra
Saturday 2nd June 2018, 8pm
Adult: $30
Concession: $25
Family: $90 (2 adults & 2 children)
Extra children: $15 each
We have made this a club social activity for Saturday 2nd June, 8.00pm.
In November 2016 about 20 members and partners attended their production of “Back to the 80’s” which was very well received with requests to support another show.
This production will be cabaret style seating of 8-10 per table.

Mikaela

Life like the falling snow 21/3/18

Godaften,
As it would seem, yesterday marked two months after my arrival in Denmark. Time is no longer a concept here, whilst a day may be long, these past two months have gone by so fast, and yet I feel as though I have been living in Denmark a lifetime. It is spring time now, and although the warmer weather is yet to arrive, the sun shines high in the sky all day long. I can look forward to the many 'warm' months ahead.

Before I talk about the various adventures and activities which have taken place over the last weeks, I should explain the title of this post and what meaning it has to me. Throughout February, snow fell quite frequently which I enjoyed greatly. After some thinking, I came to the conclusion that snow was the perfect analogy for my experiences on exchange so far. The snow fell on roughly a three day cycle; day one was when it fell, day two was when it began to melt, day three was when it turned to ice, then the cycle repeated. I often experience a similar cycle of emotions between days. On the first day, I am very happy and calm, I can enjoy and appreciate the opportunity I have been given to come to a wonderful country like Denmark. This is like the beautiful snow falling over the town. On the second day, I am still quite happy although may be a little tired and by the evening simply would like to rest (exchange is very tiring sometimes). This is like the melting snow, still pretty but fading into dirty ice around the edges of the footpath. On the third day, I am okay, but need to work hard to get motivated and often face the lower points of my emotional state on this day. This is like the snow that has now turned into ice; it has become hard to walk on and it is easy to fall down. Then the snow falls once more, and the cycle repeats. Everyone will experience different emotional changes on their exchange, but I hope this offers some insight for future or current exchange students.

Now, onto the fun stuff.

As I have learned the Danes love their taxidermy, a lot. So, one afternoon Lousie and I visited the Zoologisk Museum where many stuffed animals are displayed along with fossils and bones. It is an interesting place; I never thought I would see a preserved whale heart or touch a taxidermy isbjørn (polar bear). Although nothing will compare to Mogens' deer which hangs proudly over the living room in Matthew's host family's house.

As Jan and Lene went away briefly to France, I was able to spend the weekend (March 8 - 11) with my second host family. It was a delightfully busy weekend, starting by visiting the Botanisk Have, or the Copenhagen Botanic Garden with Annika on Friday afternoon and going on a long hunt to find earrings, exploring many different shops in Copenhagen. The greenhouse is truly astonishing and very pretty, I know I will be visiting it again. On Saturday, Annette, Annika and I did a yoga class together which was plenty of fun despite my terrible balance and coordination. Annette's sister and niece celebrated their birthdays that evening, and it was lovely to meet my extended host family. Little Danish flags hung around the dining room, a tradition that I find both very Danish and sweet. On Sunday, Annette's sister and daughters joined us once again to go iceskating. I can't wait to live with them. Tak to Annette, Gorm, Annika and Max for a lovely weekend.

My class was able to visit the Staten's Museum for Kunst as part of a school project, looking at the Danish art featured in the gallery. I do not know much about Danish art, so this was a wonderful cultural experience for me. After visiting the gallery, I went to the Tøjhusmuseet, or the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum with the Rotary kids in my language school. The museum is in a massive old building in the centre of Copenhagen, and the exhibit we visited was about Danish troops in Afghanistan. The work that had gone into the exhibit was exceptional, even the dirt had been flown in from Afghanistan to make it as realistic as possible.

Macy and I visited Den Blå Planet, Copenhagen's aquarium, together and we both agreed it was a good decision. The building itself was wonderfully designed, almost representing the silver scales of a fish. Inside, we were able to see the typical aquarium fish, as well as a tank full of piranhas, sea otters and a dedicated tribute to 'Finding Nemo'. We both found the crocodile in the aquarium quite hilarious, as it was very small (no bigger than 40 cm long) compared to the saltwater crocs we are used to seeing in zoos and aquariums at home. Later in the week, Macy, Lene and I visited Kroppedal Museum, the national astronomical museum which is located only a short drive away from Taastrup. We went for a 'Star Night' but unfortunately it was too cloudy to use the telescope. However it was still a nice evening with Macy and Lene.

My lovely counsellor and her husband, Ninette and Stig, let me stay with them over the weekend and although it was pretty busy, I am glad I was able to spend time with them. On Friday night it was Simon's 16th birthday, so we all went to celebrate with Lian's delightful cooking. We enjoyed a Mexican dinner which was very delicious, but her asian cooking is unmatched. On Saturday, Stig and I went to brunch for his nephew's birthday. We played a little game of soccer and I managed to fall down in the mud, temporarily ruining my jeans, but it was very hygge and reminded me of many soccer and cricket games I have played with my own cousins and siblings. In the afternoon, we went to a musical put on by a youth theatre group at Taastrup Theatre. The story line was unusual, but the singing was very good and it was a pleasant afternoon. The evening consisted of eating sushi and watching movies in Stig's home cinema room. On Sunday, Stig, Matthew and I went to Roskilde. Roskilde a big town west of Copenhagen, and home to the Roskilde Domkirke, a large church where important Danish figures are buried. The church was very pretty and not at all modest. We also visited the Viking Ship museum, where the remains of five viking ships from around 1000 C.E. are held. The museum also builds ships in the tradition way a viking would have, going without modern machinery and using similar techniques and designs. Tak to Stig for being a wonderful guide.

Only 10 months to go and I already want to stay longer, but skol to the fun times ahead. I can't wait.

Venlig hilsen,
Mikaela

A few small videos from over the month;

Isbjørn

Matthew being a child

Falling snow

Danish sushi train

The main tank at Den Blå Plane

Another tank, more big fish

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Editors Note: I suspect we have a budding Jane Campion

Thank You from Cherrybrook Rural Fire Brigade

April is Maternal and Child Health Month

Rotary makes high-quality health care available to vulnerable mothers and children so they can live longer and grow stronger.

We expand access to quality care, so mothers and children everywhere can have the same opportunities for a healthy future. An estimated 5.9 million children under the age of five die each year because of malnutrition, inadequate health care, and poor sanitation — all of which can be prevented

Rotary provides education, immunizations, birth kits, and mobile health clinics. Women are taught how to prevent mother-to-infant HIV transmission, how to breast-feed, and how to protect themselves and their children from disease

TELEMEDICINE

LIFESAVING HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT

HEALING SCARS OF WAR

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Clubs in Japan and Brazil used a Rotary Foundation global grant to equip a hospital with lifesaving neonatal equipment.

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In the mountains of Poland, 26 children traumatized by violence get a chance to be kids again at Rotary camp where psychologists mix escape and therapy.
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SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS

CLEAN BIRTHS

KEEPING CHILDREN ALIVE DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR

Rotary programs improve women’s access to skilled health personnel: doctors, nurses, midwives, or community health care workers.

Rotary members distribute clean birth kits and train health workers in safe delivery of babies.

Rotary members teach mothers how to breast-feed, promote immunizations and regular checkups, and distribute insecticide-treated bed nets.

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 Keith.

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Like Tiny Tim - Please can I have more potential members?

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 Max Henderson, Andrew Little and Clive Denmark. Funds raised were circa $15,000. Well done.

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.

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.

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.

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

President's Report 26th March

President Colin welcomed 28 members to this our Club Assembly evening. There were no guests tonight.
Business

Thank you to all who gave up your time over the last month to prepare for the book sale then again last weekend for what was a record breaking sale, $15,700 and maybe more to come from on-lines sales. Thank you to Andrew for leading the sale ably assisted by Max, Neville and the committee. The help given before and during the sale by members, partners, friends of Rotary, family members, and students is very much appreciated.
DG Steve Hill, from District 9710 covering the area of Tathra. Sent the following message to our DG.

Many clubs and Districts have rung me offering support to the victims of the recent Tathra Fires. In consultation with the IPP of Bega Rotary club we decided not to set up a Rotary account for donated monies but to utilise the local Council Mayoral account that has been set up.

Your Board elected to donate $2000.

Rosemary has volunteered to lead the book sale next year. Thank you very much Rosemary.
Fund raising from physically challenging events was thoroughly discussed and ideas put forward that could be explored for future fund raising events. No one spoke against the book sale or garage sale, but many spoke for them as crucial to the strength of the club. Comments were recorded and they will be used to prepare some options for members to vote on via a confidential survey.
The need for members to signal their intent to support the activities required to set up and run the book and garage sale was raised. Without that information it is difficult for the event leaders to plan ahead.
2018-19 directors do not forget to book in for the District Assembly – Sunday April 29
Don’t’ forget to book in for the Car Run on April 22nd
No meeting next Monday – Easter Monday

Until we meet again on Monday April 9th for more fun and fellowship, have a great week making a difference.

President Colin Sharpe