Comment on Christmas Market

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From:  Lisa F...
To:       wphc.rotary@gmail.com

Dear Rotary Club members of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook,
 
I would like to thank you for organizing such a beautiful event this Saturday. Having moved to West Pennant Hills from Europe a few years ago this was the first Christmas market I attended in Australia. I went with my kids and my parents, and everyone really enjoyed themselves. 
We also bought some sweet treats from the lovely older ladies downstairs in the hall. One of those treats was a Christmas cake, it was the best Christmas cake my family and I have ever had. Dreaming of the amazing flavors of this cake I now have a cheeky question to ask: would it be possible to somehow get the recipe of this fantastic Christmas cake? I will attach a picture for reference, so you know what I am talking about. As a hobby baker myself I really appreciate homemade treats.
 
Thank you in advance.
Kind regards,
 Lisa

CUC Community Chat

​Cherrybrook Uniting Church has started an externally focused midweek activity.  This is called CUC Community Chat. 
  • CUC Community Chat provides an opportunity for people within our community to meet and engage in discussion on social justice, current affairs and important topics.
  • CUC Community Chat is broadly defined as: Meet, Listen, Respect and Share as we understand everyone has different views.
  • CUC Community Chat is held on 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.  It runs from 8pm to 9:30pm in the Bethlehem Hall at Cherrybrook Uniting Church (134 New Line Road, Cherrybrook)
  • Tea and coffee is available or you can BYO if preferred.  You can also bring beer/wine and nibbles if you so desire.
 The next meeting is on Tuesday 6 December  and the topics are:
  • Society: Remembrance Day & Sacrifice - Have we lost the spirit of sacrifice in modern society?
  • Society: Emotional Sharing & Empathy - Are we good at truly sharing our emotions outside our immediate family?
This will be our last event for this year, but we'll commence on Tuesday 17 January 2023
 Regards
Neville Hansen
Mobile: 0438 226 606 

Christmas Puddings (rotary fundraiser)

From: kaye carter
Date: October 24
To: Janelle Craig 
Subject: Fwd: Puddings rotary fundraiser
Hi Janelle
 I bought some puddings last year. I still have one so I'm not buying any this year. Maybe our members may be interested? 
 Best wishes
Kaye
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From: Bob Selinger 
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 
Subject: Puddings
To: Peter Nathan 
 The good news - final date for pudding orders has been extended to Friday 25th November. Delivery should happen in the first week of December. Updated order form and price list attached. You may be interested to know that the two most popular puddings so far are Round Classic 1 kg and Chocolate Rum and Raisin Log 500gm. 
Best regards
Bob Selinger
Rotary Club of North Ryde
On Wallumattagal Country
Some Details
  • Funds raised go to Moree East Public School's "Books in Homes" project
  • There is more than Christmas Puddings on offer.
  • Recommend order before 25th November - as an individual.

NTA Donors Tour

The Rotary members on the donor’s trip to visit the Nusa Tenggara Association (NTA) operations in Flores have arrived in Bali.
Peter, Andrew, John & Tony have had a few days relaxation prior to travelling to Flores tomorrow.
 We were invited to the Rotary Club of Bali Seminyak’s meeting last Tuesday and we greatly appreciated their wonderful hospitality.
 Afterwards we had an important meeting with key Board members from Rotary and NTA to discuss support for our proposed global grant application for the water & sanitation project in West Timor, including the roles and responsibilities of all parties.
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Hi Janelle
Yes, Tony arrived okay last night, and we went out today to the local upmarket shopping centre so he could buy some appropriate shoes for Flores.
Unfortunately, we went to a cultural fire dance this evening and a very naughty monkey pinched his glasses and mangled them!
Anyway, he managed to get the bits back, but one arm is missing. Luckily, he has another spare pair back at the hotel.
Off tomorrow to Maumere on 11.05am flight via Kupang (West Timor).
Regards 
Andrew

Photos

Remembrance Day

Tree of Joy - Westleigh

HVSG - Grace's Place courtesy Edwina, Neville & Self

Tree of Joy - Cherrybrook

Night Photos

Coonabarabran Extras courtesy Janelle & Anne

Christmas Market - Stalls available

The Flyer for the Christmas Market was released in late October.
Despite an initial rush of applications from stallholders, there are still stall sites available.
​If you know of a potential stallholder, can you please contact John Caruana or Neville Hansen.
In addition, you could supply the potential stallholder this link:
http://www.wphcrotary.org/2022-christmas-market.html
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Letter from Black Dog Institute

CUC Community Chat

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Cherrybrook Uniting Church has started an externally focused midweek activity.  This is called CUC Community Chat. 
  • CUC Community Chat provides an opportunity for people within our community to meet and engage in discussion on social justice, current affairs and important topics.
  • CUC Community Chat is broadly defined as: Meet, Listen, Respect and Share as we understand everyone has different views.
  • CUC Community Chat is held on 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.  It runs from 8pm to 9:30pm in the Bethlehem Hall at Cherrybrook Uniting Church (134 New Line Road, Cherrybrook)
  • Tea and coffee is available or you can BYO if preferred.  You can also bring beer/wine and nibbles if you so desire.
The next meeting is on Tuesday 15 November  and the topics are:
  • Politics: Monarchy versus Republic.
    • Is it time Australia released the shackles of the Monarchy?
  • Family & Relationships: Impact of working from home on family life.       
  •        Apart from the simple logistics of it, what impact is this having on the structure of the family

Grace's Place - Saturday - Briefing email
Dear all,
 Thank you so much for your commitment to be at Grace’s Place this weekend to assist with the preparation of the centre for the Government unveiling ceremony taking place Monday 14 November.    We appreciate your help so much.
 We are expecting to host between 50 – 60 volunteers, staff and contractors at the working bee.    Tim Carrick our Project Manager and Sam Robinson our Interior Decorator will be onsite from 07:00.    We expect that our volunteers will come and go during the day to suit their own schedules.
 Please note that the site is still in construction phase and therefore care will need to be taken in and around the building.   We request that at a minimum closed in shoes be worn during the day.   Works will be predominantly focussed on outdoor/gardening activities (planting, pruning, mulching, watering) please also bring hats and sunscreen.   If you have tools readily available we would also appreciate you bring them with you (basic gardening tools, brooms, etc.)
 Some indoor activities will also be scheduled in the Program Arm of the centre.     These include, assembling flat pack furniture, styling rooms, packing items for storage and cleaning.    For those who will be assisting indoors, old towels, stanley knives, stick vacuums etc might be needed on the day.

 Refreshments and lunch will be provided for all 😊
 Date:                    Saturday 12 November
Time:                    07:00 – 15:00
Address:              38 Doonside Road, Doonside Google Maps
 
Thank you again for your ongoing commitment to Grace’s Place.     I am very much looking forward to meeting you all there.
 
Best regards,
 Paula McKain
Logistics Team Co-ordinator | Grace’s Place
Background photo: Sod Turning Ceremony Sep 2019

Black Dog Institute - Thank You & Info
From:    Claire Thorpe
To:         Tony Coote
Hi Tony,
Thank you so much for calling and speaking to Sana yesterday and my apologies for the delay in contacting you. I have been working very limited hours post event, as well as taking time off whilst my mum is visiting from the UK. I am in today and wanted to contact to say a HUGE thank you to you, Janelle and everyone at West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Rotary for the incredible efforts, time and delicious food at my event in Metcalfe Park a week last Sunday. It was a wonderful and amazing day and to have you and your members come along and be a part of it really helped to make the event the success that it was. I am so very grateful and truthfully could not do these events without people and organisations like you.
 
I estimate that we had 1,200 people attend. The exact figure is tough to know as not everyone checked in at the registration. This is something we’re now reflecting on improving next year. We couldn’t do QR code check in due to some website platform limitations making it more difficult than we’d have liked, but we did a rough count on the day we think this figure is about right.
 
I have also attached our banking information as requested by Janelle. She mentioned that you would like to make a donation which is so incredibly generous. I appreciate this so much. Does this have everything you need?
 
Thank you once again for the wonderful work on the day. People loved the food and I had so many wonderful comments about you all after the event. It was such a joy to meet you all and thank you once again for your amazing contribution.
 
Thanks so much and do let me know if you have any questions.
Claire Thorpe
Fundraising Events Manager 
Black Dog Institute 
Hospital Road, Randwick NSW 2031

TAFE Restaurant 2153 Lunch 10th November

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Hi All
 As mentioned last night at the meeting, we have 20 spots for Lunch at Restaurant 2153 in Baulkham Hills TAFE.
 Date and time: 10th November 2022 @ 12:00
 
If you intend to participate, please put funds for $35 per person in the Club's General Account:
 Bendigo Bank
BSB 633-000
AC# 165073016
 
First come first served. You will be refunded if there are more than 20.
 Best regards
Douglas

Rotary Car Run

Sunday 13th November
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Check the tyres and oil, it's time for our annual car run.
 We will try and stay clear of the soggy areas and flood affected roads and head north to roads less travelled.
Starting at 9am in the carpark at McDonalds, Thornleigh.
Heading north via Hornsby on the old Pacific Highway to Kariong, Pearl Beach and East Gosford then to the Top Point Cafe and Japanese Garden at Gosford Regional Gallery, 36 Webb St East Gosford.
 
Maps will be handed out at start on the day.
 
Lots to see on the way and an interesting venue for lunch with Art Gallery, Gardens and Gift shop for the Ladies.
 Please let me know if you are coming so I can confirm numbers with the cafe.
 You may like to car pool.
Please contact me if you have any queries.
 alanpaynter@bigpond.com         0418 523 612       88832080
 Alan Paynter ​

RC Carlingford 50th Anniversary Dinner

Greetings Club Presidents of Epping, North Rocks, Beecroft, Pennant Hills, West Pennant Hills & Cherrybrook, Ryde, and Hills Rotaract & AG Stuart;
​I am pleased to invite you to attend the Rotary Club of Carlingford’s 50th Anniversary Dinner to be held on Friday 4th November 6.30pm at Muirfield Golf Clubhouse (2 Perry St, North Rocks).  Our Guest Speaker for this event is Simon Bouda AM, Crime Editor with A Current Affair.  Please refer to the flyer attached for full details.  Tickets can be purchased here: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-carlingford-50th and dietary requirements advised as part of your booking.  Should you need any further information, please reach out to Event Organiser Martha Jabour OAM (cc’d) or myself.

Best regards,
Trudy
 
Trudy Stevenson
President 2022-23
Rotary Club of Carlingford
Note: Neville has requested that Members use the link (above) to make payment(s), if attending.

CUC Community Chat

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Cherrybrook Uniting Church has started an externally focused midweek activity.  This is called CUC Community Chat. 
  • CUC Community Chat provides an opportunity for people within our community to meet and engage in discussion on social justice, current affairs and important topics.
  • CUC Community Chat is broadly defined as: Meet, Listen, Respect and Share as we understand everyone has different views.
  • CUC Community Chat is held on 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month.  It runs from 8pm to 9:30pm in the Bethlehem Hall at Cherrybrook Uniting Church (134 New Line Road, Cherrybrook)
  • Tea and coffee is available or you can BYO if preferred.  You can also bring beer/wine and nibbles if you so desire.
The next meeting is on Tuesday 15 November  and the topics are:
  • Politics: Monarchy versus Republic.
    • Is it time Australia released the shackles of the Monarchy?
  • Family & Relationships: Impact of working from home on family life.       
  •        Apart from the simple logistics of it, what impact is this having on the structure of the family
It's World Polio Day!
  • Watch and share Rotary’s World Polio Day Global Update, which is available on endpolio.org, to learn how we’re delivering on our promise to secure a polio-free world.

BBQ Event needs volunteers

" ... all funds raised by your BBQ will be for your club ... "
Date:               Sunday 30 October
Where:            Metcalfe Park, Pyrmont
Event Time:    9:00 to 13:30
Participants:   1500 anticipated
The event is a charity fundraising walk for the Black Dog Institute
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Douglas needs volunteers. At this stage he has about 14. This is a large event (think Penno High). We need more volunteers. Success at this venue may lead to future offers from the promoter - kingperformance.
Janelle has indicated that funds raised will go to the Black Dog Institute.

CUC Community Chat

Know Your Member

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I was born in Malta, the eldest of 11 children. I did my primary schooling at the local school then did my secondary at the Lyceum where I obtained my General Certificate of Education.
 
The family migrated to Australia in September 1966 as “Ten Pound Poms’.
 
I immediately found and started work with an insurance company and  obtained my Insurance Certificates. Leaving the Insurance company, I then worked for a finance company. Again continued financial studies.
 
As I had an interest in motor vehicles and my uncle had a Chrysler/ Mitsubishi Dealership, I joined the family business. In the early seventies, an American system was introduced in Australia where car dealerships had in-house staff connected with finance and insurance companies to assist prospective clients. It was the beginning of the Business Manager role in the big dealerships
 
With the introduction of new privacy and financial services laws. I took further studies and obtained my Financial Services Certificate. When the family business was sold, I established my own consultancy, became a locum where I would, train, and mentor dealerships Business Manager. I also replaced the dealership Business Manager when they were unavailable.
 At the same time, I obtained my Finance Brokers Licence and specialized in financing cars, trucks and machinery. In 2000, I went to Gippsland in Victoria to do some locum work at a dealership then owned by Sydney-sider Nick Polites. I ended staying there for about 13 years  and when he sold the business and I decided to retire.  I now keep busy by taking small maintenance jobs around the retirement village where I live
 
I am not a sporting fellow but do enjoy woodwork, have renovated a couple of houses.
 
I have two daughters, Naomi and Meaghan. 14 years ago, Naomi and her partner gave me my only grandson Lachlan. They live in Melbourne. Meaghan has no children and lives in Canada.
 
I met Mary, at a family reunion. My mother and Mary’s mother had been friends since they were teenagers and both the families stayed in touch. My parents decided to return to Malta and in 2019, my mother came back for a holiday. Mary was invited to a family reunion in Melbourne  and both our lives changed.
 
My Community Service:
I was inducted in the Rotary Club of Boroondara Sunrise Vic in 1990. I served as Club Secretary  I was club President 1994-1995. In 2002, I transferred to the Rotary Club of Heidelberg and 2004 when I moved to Gippsland, I transferred to The Rotary Club of Traralgon. There, I served as Secretary and Community Service Director. I was also President 2007-2008. I also served District 9820 as Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) chair between 10 years. two years as Assistant Governor The club honoured me with my 1st Paul Harris Fellow in 2010 culminating in my 3rd Sapphire in 2019   
 
In 2021 I moved to live in Sydney and tranferred the Rotary Club of Pennant Hills & Cherrybrook
 
On the 27th February 2021 I also had the honour of being invested as a Knight of Honour in the Order of St John Of Jerusalem Knights Hospitaler. 
 
I enjoy my community service as I believe that Australia has always been kind to me and now I like to return this by assisting those that are less fortunate.
Regards
John

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.

BUNNINGS SAUSAGE SIZZLE

Next BBQ --- TBA

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