Sharing the Rotary Love

Anoop and Neeru Sud from the Rotary Club of Pennant Hills hosted a post Diwali dinner in their home last weekend. From left: Kaye Carter, David Firth Annop, Ida Shi. Front: Heather firth, Neeru. Other guests included Lindsay and Tania Mace.

​Thank You from Samantha 

Following is a copy of the lovely text message I just received from Samantha from the WPH Public School P&C
Regards 
Adrian 

“Thank you so much Adrian to you and the team. The BBQ ran with absolute precision and we are so grateful to your service and support of our community. We managed to raise almost $40k today, which will all be invested into our Arts and STEM centre that we have an ambition to build. Thanks again and see you on Saturday at the election. Attached is a post I made on our social media.”
 
Thank you so much Adrian to you and the team. The BBQ ran with absolute precision and we are so grateful to your service and support of our community. We managed to raise almost $40k today, which will all be invested into our Arts and STEM centre that we have an ambition to build. Thanks again and see you on Saturday at the election. Attached is a post I made on our social media.

Social Activity to Welcome Tahni & Ella from Coonabarabran

Fellow Rotarians and Partners
 I am pleased to inform you that Tahni Bowmaker and Ella Atkinson from Coonabarabran High School will be arriving on Tuesday 3rd October to attend the Science Experience at Macquarie University
To make them feel welcome Anne & Colin Sharpe are organising a dinner at Newtown along with Iisa and Ingrid.
Please contact Anne or Colin for further details.
Glenda and Tony Coote have kindly agreed to organise a farewell dinner for Tahni & Ella on Friday 6th October 2023 at Enzos Cucina at Dural a beautiful Italian restaurant with a lively vibe.
Since it's a Friday and a busy time for the restaurant we have been requested by Enzos to go for a set menu in order to avoid delays. 
We are planning for a set menu for $45/- which we feel is value for money. It's a BYO wine only with a corkage of $10/- per bottle. Please see the menu attached. 
Kindly confirm directly to Glenda latest by  Thursday 28th September 2023. Also, please let Glenda know if you have any specific dietary requirements.
We look forward to seeing you all. Thanks. 
Cawas

Hi Members and Partners
Following on from Cawas's email.
 If you would like to join us at Enzo's at Dural on Friday 6th October, can you please deposit $45 per head to the Club General Account.  Please identify your transaction with your surname and "Enzo". BSB 633 000 Account 165 073 016.  As Fridays are busy evenings, the restaurant needs confirmation by Friday 29th September. We have made a tentative booking for 20 people.
 Tables are booked for 6.30PM. The address is 2/286 New Line Road Dural. (Near McDonalds).
 Hope to see you there.
 Glenda 

ENZO'S MENU

Australian National Busking Championships
Central Coast Regional Heat

Sunday​ 24th September

The Rotary Clubs of Erina and The Entrance are holding their annual busking competition again on September 24th at the Entrance. Around 10 members of our Club will be going to assist in running the event.   Full details for competitors and the spectators are provided in the flyer.   Please share with your families and friends.

 

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ANZAC Commemeration Dinner 
Superb Photography from Lion Geoff Irvine

Hi Janelle and Max,
As promised, a group of photos from last Monday evening’s Anzac Commemoration Dinner. I hope I haven’t missed anyone. 
I’m not certain if all photos relate to your Club but wearing name badges helped me a lot. 
What wonderful speakers we had and a life-or-death story brilliantly told by Captain Heng Khong. A story of desperate survival against incredible odds during those dark days in WW2. It must have been terrifying.  
It is the first time we’ve had duo speakers using the question/answer format to entertain the audience. I've had good feedback.  
It was a pleasure to welcome your members and share fellowship & fun, after all, we are all brothers & sisters in service and our communities benefit from our various projects.  
We are looking forward to supporting your Triva Evening in August. Please send us an invitation in due course. 
I’m sending the photos in large format in case some members what to share them with family and friends etc.  
I was generally happy with my shoot even though some of the lighting conditions were challenging in that room. Down lights are not my favourite lighting - too many shadows. 
Could you please distribute the shots to your members accordingly. 
Enjoy and best wishes, 
Your’s in Service 
Geoff Irvine

Peter - Guest Speaker at NTA Dinner 28/4/23

From:   Phil Domaschenz
Subject:    Thank you from the NTA
Dear Friends,
 Wow – what a great night!!! NTA extends its sincere appreciation to all those that attended and otherwise supported our fund-raising dinner last Friday.
 In total we raised an amazing $6500 with 104 guests.
 This income is very important for continuing our work with poor farming communities in Eastern Indonesia. This is enough funds, for example, to provide 13 household water tanks.

Special thanks to Peter Stanton for his presentation on NTAs work from a donors eye, Bapak Mohamad Syarif Alatas for his wonderful words on the NTA, Wendy Emerton for outlining the enormous contribution of Dr Colin Barlow, Pak Gede for the wonderful music, Berno for lending the sound equipment and to our donors and all that helped make the evening such a resounding success ...
Best wishes and many thanks to all
Phil

Night Photos courtesy of Gino

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District Conference Photos - courtesy​ of Janelle

Silent auction winner of the Club's Hiking Stick at District Conference

Cher Gonzales from Gosford City Rotary Club, pictured with Pam and Janelle.

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A Tribute to Colin Barlow - Founder NTA

Vale Colin Barlow 2023-01-18

Colin Barlow Ambassador for Humanity 2023-01-18

Dear Club Members.
Sometimes we have the opportunity to interact with someone that makes a substantive difference.
Colin Barlow was an extraordinary man who among his many achievements, founded Nusa Tenggara Association (NTA).
I encourage you to read the attachments….
I have taken a small segment, written by one of Colin’s Indonesian friends, reflecting on his passing.
Tribute to Colin Barlow- founder of NTA (our chosen international charity) and a great humanitarian.
 
“Colin wanted to meet people in their real conditions.
Colin did not feel satisfied by only hearing stories or reports.
Colin visited these people twice each year for 33 years.
Colin enjoyed this way. This was his way. He became poor with poor people.
He was hungry with people who did not have enough to eat.
He got burnt with people who worked every day under the burning sun.
 
He was in darkness with people who had no electricity.
He involved himself totally in the whole life of people.
 
By that way, Colin found the proper way to lift people up from the darkness of poverty to the light of proper life.
This was the main reason NTA was established. Colin invited me to come to Australia to accompany him and to make sure of NTA’s existence.
 
For many people associations or NGOs, with partnerships or MOUs, last for five or ten years –
but for Colin, helping poor people never had a limit of time.
 
Colin committed his life to the poor. He dedicated his life to the welfare of people”. 
 
Peter Stanton
International Director.

Introducing our RYLA Candidate - Matilda Bowman

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

​After much searching, we found Matilda Bowman – an amazing young woman from…… Alice Springs!
Matilda is a nurse working in the emergency ward of Alice Springs Hospital, she also accompanies doctors on visits to Indigenous communities. Matilda is a humble, quietly spoken young woman who is strong in her conviction for helping others. 
Matilda heard about RYLA through a fellow worker and applied to attend. As we couldn’t find a local candidate, the organiser Liz North was approached to see if there were any applicants without a club and hence Matilda was found.
Matilda was born in Northern Territory and attended school in Tasmania after her family moved there. As Matilda likes the hot weather, she completed her nursing studies at James Cook University in Cairns.
The environment is Matilda’s outlet, last season she was a guide on the Larapinta Trail west of Alice Springs. Just prior to the RYLA week, Matilda was hiking for a week in southwest Tasmania with her dad.
Janelle and I attended the evening meeting during RYLA where we chatted to Matilda to get to know her better. She is very appreciative of our sponsorship. We will see a video soon of her expectations and experiences at RYLA.
RYLA is a live-in weeklong leadership course held this year at Knox School in January for young people aged 18-30. The course promotes young leaders in the community or those who aspire to leadership position, young adults seriously committed to development of their interpersonal skills and young leaders in the workforce with an interest in stewardship and management.

 

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Presidents Long Lunch

Photographer: Rob Clarke

Photographer: Cawas Sahukar

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Coonabarabran Book Delivery

mini Garage Sale Contributions from Janelle, Neville, Carol & Self (34 off)

mini Garage Sale Door Entry Prize Winners 

Courteny Bell

Michelle Smidt

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Rotary Citation for 2021-22

Dear Past President Keith
Congratulations, your Club has been successful in achieving a Rotary Citation for 2021-22.
 This means the club achieved or exceeded the Goals set in MyRotary.
Thanks also to those members who submitted and updated your achievements, as it's not an easy task and needs some diligence and enthusiasm to update the Goals Centre.
Special Congratulations to club members for this achievement.
Only 14 of 67 D9685 clubs qualified.
 I do hope you will bring this achievement to the attention of club members and best wishes for a repeat in 2022-23
Thank you for helping to make 2021-22 such a successful year.
 cc President 2022-23
 Kind regards 
 PDG Lindsay May OAM

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A Nice Letter from HVSG thanking us for our Donation

Photograph Reprise of 22-23 Changeover

26 Jun 22

Extracts from the Night Report

Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills & Cherrybrook Meeting report Monday 4th July 2022
Sergeant Max opened meeting at 7:00pm
Bob Davison gave a Toast to Rotary and Australia, Colin Sharp read “Acknowledgement of Country” followed by Sergeant Max introducing President Janelle.
President Janelle, welcomed he Guest Speaker David Firth, visiting Rotarians, guests especially the POW awardees, members and partners...

......Edwina introduced David Firth Co-President of the Rotary Club of Pennant Hills. David spoke about what Pride of Workmanship means and his involvement with this Rotary project since its inception. Afterwards Edwina and David presented the awards to this year nominees:

• Lucy-Jade Folkard, introduced by Janelle Craig. Lucy-Jade is a florist at Dural Farm and Florist and has been there for 16 years. She is the face of the business handling the customers in the shop.
• Next Generation For Hair, owners Livio & Frank Leuzzi introduced by Carol Russell. Livio and Frank have been in business at Castle Mall for over 30 years having taken over the business from their uncle. Livio and Frank employ 10 hairdressers and are open 6 days a week. They have an excellent list of satisfied and happy customers.
• Michele Rocheta was introduced by Colin Sharpe. Michele is the founder of “Goods Rescued and Rehomed” a charity she established over 25 years ago to collect equipment, supplies and clothing and distributes to those in need. A lot of this also goes overseas.
• Cathy Yu introduced by Neville Hansen received her award for her work with the Cherrybrook Guides. Cathy joined the group over 6 years ago as Junior Guide Leader and is now the District Leader/Manager...
  

....President Janelle thanked all those present and Edwina for organizing the night. She then declared the meeting closed.

John Caruana
Night Reporter.

Girl Guide Hall Ramp Repair

Courtesy: Janelle & Neville

R100 Sign in Rotary Garden

Courtesy: Janelle & Neville

Vocational Visit to Westmead Institute for Medical Research                             ​25 Jul 22

​Today, a vocational trip was made to The Westmead Institute for Medical Research. The Institute is one of the largest in Australia and conduct research across various diseases and ailments to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Australia, and the world. We saw a little of the cutting-edge technology used by the Institute. Here is a group photo at the end of the visit.

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National Tree Day

To celebrate National Tree Day members and partners of our Club attended the Rotary Garden at Cherrybrook RFS and planted trees!

Container Project

The Club has been helping Michele at Michele's Rescued & Rehomed Goods to create some more usage storage. These photos show the repair over three weeks of a damaged mobile storage unit. 

Visit to Club of RC Epping

Trivia Night Photos (40 off)

West Pennant Hills Public School Biennial Fete