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

 Rob Byrne  -  Rotary Foundation

Monday 9th September

Club Assembly

Monday 16th September 

Upcoming Events

Ride Like a Girl

Saturday 14th September

Proposed Rotary viewing at Castle Hill of this film to raise funds for Rotary Foundation. Please support.
Review the trailer:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLn7UOw-tF8

Train Ride to End Polio

Thursday 24th October

Recent Club Activities:
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Rotary Leadership Institute

18 August

John and Janelle just completed the two day Rotary leadership institute course

Support to Lawn Bowls team from Norfolk Island

13-15 August

Our Club with the Entrance RC recently provided some assistance to three young girls from Norfolk Island Public School who came to the Central Coast to play in a NSW Combined High Schools Lawn Bowls competition held at Bateau Bay. Competing were Ellie Dixon, Maycee Deszecsar  and  Tracey Wora. who were accompanied by their mothers. Norfolk Island is an external territory some 900klm off Tweed Head with a population around 1700. We assisted with their travel costs, and with a cheer squad, Bob and Bev from our club, and Pres. Robin and Clive from Entrance RC.
The girls played well against tough competition, but didn't make the finals. One challenge they faced was the difference in the greens - this time of year the Bateau Bay greens were dormant for winter, hence a lot faster than those on Norfolk which is sub-tropical. The girls had a great experience, and it was fun to watch.  

An International article on:
PEACEBUILDING THROUGH CROSS-BORDER LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

​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.

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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2019 Trivia Night

​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. 


                       

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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  02 September 2019

Unfortunately our guest speaker remained at home.  Brian has since sent apologies to Kerry.  He simply forgot.
Peter gave an excellent Job Talk on the process of moving from Cherrybrook to a spot closer to the offspring.
Carol and I attended the Hills Council event Local for Locals, on Friday night, where we received a Certificate recognising the Club as a finalist for Community Contribution.
Adrian and I appear to be the only members attending Grace’s Place, for the Sod Turning, this coming Saturday.
The Foundation fundraiser film “Ride like a Girl” will take place at Events Cinemas Macquarie on 17th September at 5:30pm for 6:30pm.  I have emailed members and partners with the details and seeking an RSVP.
See you next week when our guest speaker will be Rob Byrne from Rotary Foundation.
 Rotary Rocks
Keith

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Night Report 2nd September

Opening: Sgt John opened the meeting and requested Rosemary to propose the toast.
John then introduced President Keith who welcomed all the members who attended. President Keith presented his report and thank those who had assisted. Keith referred to upcoming events.Saturday 7 September is the "sod-turning" for Grace's Place, Doonside, and Keith and Adrian will be going to see the movie ' Ride Like Girl' next Saturday.

He welcomed Past President Howard Fleming.
Peter Stanton: Has booked flights to Indonesia. Adrian will be accompanying him.

Carol Russell: Attended official opening of Orange Blossum Festival.Finalist at official opening.

Janelle Craig: Advised that the selection of new Rotary Shirts was underway ans assistance and input was appreciated.

David Turnbull : Advised that Garage sale is now only 6 weeks away and all should keep the dates of 11,12 &13 October free to fully participate as well as considering the 2 weeks prior to assist with collections ,sorting,storge etc. He is looking for volunteers for managing online sales.David showed plans and reported on the submission of details to Council in reference to the proposed 2X40 foot containers to e located in the grounds of thr old Galston Pony Club.

Regarding Dental Project in India. He has found the sponsor who is putting all the money but there is no Rotary Club to take the PROJECT. 

Member Talk: In the absence of Guest Speaker,Peter Cleary did a good job enlightening members on challenges facing people down sizing their homes.

Sergent John the proceeded to extract money from all concerned by his dubious means. Max won the raffle and he opted for WHITE , while Jim won the heads & Tails and opted for RED.

Night Reporter
Jaswant Thakorlal

Night Photos

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

This Week's Humour

A man walks into a rooftop bar and takes a seat next to another guy. “What are you drinking?” he asks the guy.

“Magic beer,” he says.

“Oh, yeah? What’s so magical about it?”

Then he shows him: He swigs some beer, dives off the roof, flies around the building, then finally returns to his seat with a triumphant smile.

“Amazing!” the man says. “Lemme try some of that!” The man grabs the beer. He downs it, leaps off the roof – and plummets 15 storeys to the ground.

The bartender shakes his head. “You know, you’re a real jerk when you’re drunk, Superman.”

Ed

Joke bank is at 5

Club Calendar

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

Bulletin Editor - Douglas