Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #36
NEW WEB SITE FOR MOUNT KENYA 2015
MARCH IS LITERACY MONTH.
A family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, show off books they’ve gotten from the Little Free Library.
When the editors at Reader’s Digest made a list of the “50 Surprising Reasons We Love America” for their July 2013 cover story, they placed Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi at No. 50, Bill Gates at No. 25, and at No. 11, sandwiched between sliced bread and tumbleweeds, was Little Free Library, a homespun-tribute-turned-international-phenomenon started by Rotary member Todd Bol.
People in 55 countries have installed more than 16,000 Lilliputian lending libraries, run on the premise of “take a book, return a book,” since Bol built his first in 2009 in memory of his mother, a teacher who loved to read. Called an “international movement” by the New York Times and a “global sensation” by the Huffington Post, the libraries have garnered coverage from media outlets including Japanese public television and French and Italian fashion magazines.
Participation is simple: Mount a wooden box (many of them look like birdhouses) on a post in front of your home, workplace, or school. Fill it with books. Delight as neighbors stop by to browse your selections or leave books of their own.
MORE NEWS HERE.
MEETING MONDAY MARCH 31st. 2014
Garth Perkin Bernadette Milne and Marg Perkin above.
This week we had a night off Rotary and had a social evening at President Elect Garth and Marg Perkin’s home. In all 18 of us members and our partners joined in a pleasant night of fellowship. As usual the men in one part of the garden and the women in another part! A most enjoyable BBQ cooked by Dick and Garth. Our thanks to Marg and Garth for opening up their home last night. Thanks for the deserts to all who contributed.
Reminder that we have a guest speaker next week Des Carmody speaking on Gallipoli: “Gallipoli; Victory or Defeat?”
Also will all members please send John Glassford a list of invitees to our International Night in Ganmain for May 10th. John will send out the invites. We now have around 44 confirmed so tickets will be selling fast!
Diary Reminders.
*Monday 7th April Des Carmody Guest Speaker “Gallipoli Victory or Defeat?”
Thursday April 10th BINGO Rostered ON: Leslie Weston, Paul Weston, Ian Jennings, Ted Hutcheon
Monday 14th April Regular Meeting followed by the April Board Meeting.
Saturday 19th April EASTER MARKETS in Coolamon.
Monday April 21st EASTER No Meeting.
Monday April 28th Libby Cruikshank Guest Speaker Community Health.
Thursday May 8th BINGO Rostered ON: Bernadette Milne, Miffy Collette, Ian Durham, Mark Reardon
*Saturday May 10th International Night in Ganmain for AFRICA’S rhinos and elephants.
Sunday 18th May D9700 Assembly in Grenfell
Saturday 24th May Red Shield Appeal Street Stall.
Sunday June 1st-Wednesday June 4th. SYDNEY 2014 RI Convention See promotion at the end of this bulletin.
Thursday June 12th BINGO Rostered ON: John Glassford, Neil Munro, Christine Atkinson, Henk Hulsman
Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 June Wagga Wagga Book Fair.
Saturday 28th June D9700 Change Over Dinner in Orange.
*Monday July 7th 2015 ANNUAL CHANGE OVER DINNER
Saturday 9th August Coolamon Street Raffle
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ROTARY INFORMATION
Congratulations to the 1.8 billion people in 11 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO)‘s South-East Asia region who are now officially polio-free!
It’s been three years since the last case of #polio in that region, which includes India. This wouldn’t have been possible without your support and the relentless work of millions of healthcare workers. Thank you.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
Weight Loss Program
A guy calls a company and orders their 5-day, 5kg weight loss program.
The next day, there’s a knock on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck..
She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company. The sign reads, “If you can catch me, you can have me.”
Without a second thought, he takes off after her. A few miles later puffing and puffing, he finally gives up. The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens. On the fifth day, he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 5kg as promised.
He calls the company and orders their 5-day/10kg program. The next day there’s a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning, beautiful, sexy woman he has ever seen in his life. She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads, “If you catch me you can have me”.
Well, he’s out the door after her like a shot. This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck. So for the next four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape.
Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost another 10kg as promised. He decides to go for broke and calls the company to order the 7-day/25kg program.
“Are you sure?” asks the representative on the phone. “This is our most rigorous program.” “Absolutely,” he replies, “I haven’t felt this good in years.”
The next day there’s a knock at the door; and when he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads, “If I catch you, you are mine.”
He lost 33 kilos that week.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RON BURTON:
President Ron Burton with Convener and RI Director Celia Giay delivering a certificate of recognition to speaker Lucia Gomez Garcia, who is accompanied by another member of Kinderact.
{Editor’s note bet you have never heard of Kinderact!}
President Ron’s APRIL 2014 Message.
Like attending a Rotary club meeting, reading Rotary magazines is an essential part of the shared experience of being a Rotarian. When you pick up a Rotary publication, whether it’s Rotary Down Under in Australia and New Zealand, or The Rotary-No-Tomo in Japan, you’ll find that every single one does just what it’s meant to do: It informs, and it inspires. It keeps you up to date with Rotary news, brings you new ideas for your Rotary service, and tells stories that are relevant and meaningful to you. To me, these publications around the world are a tangible representation of Rotary’s greatest strength: that each club is a local, community-based entity, engaged in a truly global network.
This organization is incredibly large and diverse, and as much as we all have in common in Rotary, we are not a place where one size fits all. Our expectations of a magazine, both culturally and linguistically, are naturally going to be different. With our regional publications, Rotarians in Bulgaria can find out what’s going on in Rotary in Bulgaria, and what’s going on elsewhere in the Rotary world, along with the latest news from Evanston. Because each one of our Rotary publications belongs to the family of Rotary magazines – each one is, like every Rotary club, both fully local and fully part of our international identity.
One of the greatest privileges of being RI president is the ability to speak directly, every month, to every one of our 1.2 million Rotarians. It’s awe-inspiring to me, as I write this, to think of all of you, sitting down in your living rooms or at the breakfast table or maybe on the train to work, reading these words, and then turning the page to find out what’s new in Rotary. And overwhelmingly, that is exactly what each of you does. Not just because your Rotary magazine turns up in the mailbox, or because you feel you have to – but because Rotary magazines are good magazines. I hope that when you pick up your publication – whichever one you’re reading right now – you get the same feeling of pride, and ambition, that I do.
Rotary magazines remind us that as Rotarians, we are all part of something larger than ourselves. They show us just how much we can achieve through Rotary. Through them, we see what our Foundation dollars do, we see what our fellow Rotarians are doing, and we are inspired to Engage Rotary, Change Lives even more.
ONLY IN AFRICA
OUT OF AFRICA
One of the prints of the oil paintings done by Paula Wiedmink from Perth. This print will be one of three to be auctioned at the Kenyan International Night om May 10th in Ganmain. The original is valued and for sale at $8,000.
CAUSES WORTH SUPPORTING
LEGACY AUSTRALIA
We have heard back from Legacy Australia and they have have informally given you the thumbs up to to include Legacy in the Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Climb. We also spoke with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs in Canberra and they have no problem with our using the ANZAC Centenary Logo of which our application has been lodged.
SYDNEY ROTARY CONVENTION
REGISTER NOW FOR SYDNEY
PLACES TO VISIT ON YOUR WAY TO SYDNEY CANBERRA:
There is a lot of HOT air in Canberra!
You can find the list of the speakers by going to our page here:
SPEAKERS PROGRAMME.
Gemma Sisia is talking on Monday, 2 June Breakout session 15:30-17:00
Founder of the School of St. Jude in Tanzania, which helps children in East Africa break the cycle of poverty. Topic: Fighting Poverty Through Education.
The programme Click to Enlarge:
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
WE HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED BOOTH #224 IN THE BILLABONG
If you are going to Sydney and can help us man our booth please let us know.
THANKS!
FOOT NOTE
Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2013 -2014
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Rotary International President Ron Burton
Governor of District 9700 Geoff Tancred
Coolamon Club President Dick Jennings
Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston
Club Treasurer Henk Hulsman
Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701
Websites of Interest
Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com
Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/
Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub
Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/
Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org
Proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#