Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #47

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #47

 

NEW WEB SITE FOR MOUNT KENYA 2015

 

JUNE IS ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH.

IMFR is the shortcut for “International Marathon Fellowship of Rotarians“. The idea of founding this organisation is based on the marathon of Paris in 2005, where a group of enthusiastic running Rotarian friends from Toulouse with Jean-Claude Brocart and Christophe Cruzel as the leaders were invited to run in occasion of the 100 year jubilee of Rotary.

The charter party of this international fellowship was celebrated in 2006 during the marathon in Berlin. The main idea of this fellowship is to organize one Rotarian event a year during an international marathon, where you can find new Rotarian friends and run for a beneficent purpose.

Other big events were organized in Amsterdam 2007, New York 2008, Médoc 2009, Vienna Marathon 2010, Great Barrier Reef Marathon 2011 in Townsville, Graz Marthon 2012 and the London Marathon in April 2013.

 

 

MEETING JUNE 23rd. 2014

We heard a very interesting talk by Dr Jeff Weidenhamer, a visiting chemist from the US, who reported on some studies he’s done in the US looking at the prevalence of lead and other toxic heavy metals in children’s jewelry coming from China and India.  Jeff had students in his class “Lead and Society” conduct tests for lead in cheap jewelry being sold in the US and found frightening high levels of lead in many of the pendants in this jewelry, in some cases as high as 100%!

This is astonishing because when the study was started, the legal limit for lead in these pieces was 0.06% because of the known health hazards associated with ingestion of lead (not that jewelry is intended to be consumed, but since children often put lots of things in their mouths, including jewelry, there is a high risk of lead poisoning with jewelry containing high lead content, which came to national prominence after an 8-year-old boy swallowed a pendant on a bracelet distributed by Reebok and died a week later).

Jeff has traced the high lead content in some cases to backyard smelting of old car batteries and discarded computer circuit boards, which is a good source of income for the unemployed in China and India but a source of cheap metal alloys containing very high content of lead (and cadmium, another very toxic metal) that ends up in cheap jewelry that ends up on the shelves in discount stores in the US (and likely Australia, although no one has yet tested such jewelry in Australia for heavy metals).

As a result of what started as a student project, Jeff’s research has resulted in US Congressional investigations into the lead content of jewelry and other items targeted for children in the US, and in major retailers such as Wal Mart instituting policies that prohibit any lead in all children’s jewelry that they sell. Paul thanked Dr Weidenhamer for a very interesting and thought-provoking presentation.

Dr Weidenhamer and PP Dr. Paul Weston.


Diary Reminders

Monday June 30th Regular Meeting AT THE BOTTOM PUB N.B.!

*Monday July 7th 2015 ANNUAL CHANGE OVER DINNER

Thursday 10th July 2014  BINGO Ian  Jennings (Captain), Wayne Lewis, Rod Jarrett, Garth Perkin

Sunday July 13th Rotary Club of Junee Change Over lunch midday in Junee.

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 INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RON BURTON:

Join #Rotary President Ron Burton in posting a social media profile photo of yourself at age 5 for 5th Birthday and Beyond (#5thbday), which celebrates that in 2014 six million fewer children will die before their fifth birthday than was the case 25 years ago and the role the U.S. and other governments play in improving children’s health worldwide.

Read more in Rotary General Secretary John Hewko‘s#RotaryVoices blog post athttp://blog.rotary.org/2014/06/20/fifthbirthday/#more-4255

 

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Golf

A golfer is in a competitive match with a friend, who is ahead by a couple of strokes. The golfer says to himself, “I’d give anything to sink this next putt.”

A stranger walks up to him and whispers, “Would you give up a fourth of your sex life?”

The golfer thinks the man is crazy and that his answer will be meaningless but also that perhaps this is a good omen and will put him in the right frame of mind to make the difficult putt and says, “OK.”

And sinks the putt.

Two holes later he mumbles to himself, “Boy, if I could only get an
eagle on this hole.”

The same stranger moves to his side and says, “Would it be worth
another fourth of your sex life?”

The golfer shrugs and says, “Sure.” And he makes an eagle.  Down to the final hole. The golfer needs yet another eagle to win. Though he says nothing, the stranger moves to his side and says, “Would you be willing to give up the rest of your sex life to win this match?”

The golfer says, “Certainly.” And makes the eagle.

As the golfer walks to the club house, the stranger walks alongside and says,”  You know, I’ve really not been fair with you because you don’t know who I am. I’m the devil and from now on you will have no sex life.”

“Nice to meet you,” says the golfer. “My name’s Father O’Malley.”

 

ROTARY INFORMATION

Top 10 things you should know about the new Rotary Foundation funding model

By Ian Riseley, Rotary Foundation Trustee, Foundation Finance Committee chair

I’ve been very involved in the development of our Foundation’s new funding model and have closely followed the questions being raised about it in social media and elsewhere. The new funding model for The Rotary Foundation was developed because our ability to continue “doing good in the world” depends heavily on the Foundation having long-term financial stability. In the interests of improved communication and understanding of the changes, here are 10 important things to know about the new model, which becomes effective on 1 July 2015.

FULL STORY HERE.

Editor’s Note: You maybe surprised at what you will learn about the Foundation and how it proposes to work in the future starting in July 2015.

ONLY IN AFRICA

Ear Phone!

 

OUT OF AFRICA

Multi-tasking!

 

MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them.   The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:

The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:

Mount Kenya Safari Club today June 26th 2014.

 

FOOT NOTE

Couple of items of interest

 

 

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2013 -2014

Proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species

RAGES WEB SITE


PLEASE CALL ME ANYTIME 02 6927 6027.

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford


Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.

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/#

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #46

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #46

 

NEW WEB SITE FOR MOUNT KENYA 2015

 

JUNE IS ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH.

ROTI ROTARIANS ON THE INTERNET

As a Rotary Fellowship,

ROTI is about the first Object of Rotary: the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.

ROTI members are in a special position to develop acquaintances. With members from around 100 countries, friendship and acquaintance has taken on a whole new meaning and concept. ROTI members are in a position to further world understanding in a way none have ever experienced before.

The mission of ROTI is to apply modern information technology to enhance Rotary service, fellowship and knowledge, and to use Internet communications to further world understanding and peace.

Rotary International recommends that every District to have a web site to improve communications between clubs, DGs, DG staff and Rotary International. ROTI members world wide have contributed to this over the past 10 years.

Email has now become the standard means of communication between Rotary International staff and the hundreds of Districts throughout the world. We now use email to establish Projects, Matching Grants, Group Study Exchange planning, and reporting to Rotary International.

At the start of the 21st century, ROTI is conscious of our responsibility to ensure that new technologies are used effectively to help our organization. At the same time, we need to remember the old adage “If if isn’t broken, don’t fix it”.

 

ROTI Web Site

The ROTI Tower on Facebook

ROTI Vice-Chair JG with ROTI Chair PDG Sunil Zachariah in Sydney.


MEETING JUNE 16th 2014

This week we had our last board meeting for 2013-2014.  There was a lot if discussion on the Coolamon Men’s Shed and how we may support them into the future.  A committee was formed of John Glassford, Ted Hutcheon, Henk Hulsman and Ian Durham.

The Bradley’s Flight for Life for the Snowy Hydro South Care Helicopter event raised over $45,000 net profit for the weekend.  President Dick thanked all those in our club who helped out over the weekend.  Our club manned the gate over the two day event.

Junee RC Change Over is to be held on Sunday July 13th in Junee 12 midday at the Junee Ex Services Club.  Junee will be attending our change over in numbers and so we need to reciprocate the fellowship and get along to Junee.

Thank you President Dick for a great year in Rotary Service with you as our leader.

President Dick Jennings and PP Neil Munro at work.


Diary Reminders

Wednesday June 18th RC Kooringal Change Over Dinner  6.00 pm $40 at the Wagga Wagga Country Club.

Monday June 23rd Regular Meeting

Monday 23rd June South Wagga Wagga Annual Change Over @ Wagga Wagga RSL Club 6.00 for 6.30 pm $40/head.

Tuesday 24th June Wagga Wagga Sunrise Annual Change Over @ Elements at the Garden Botanic Gardens 6.30 for 7.00 pm  $50/head.

Saturday 28th June D9700 Change Over Dinner in Orange.

Monday June 30th Regular Meeting

*Monday July 7th 2015 ANNUAL CHANGE OVER DINNER

Thursady 10th July 2014  BINGO Ian  Jennings (Captain), Wayne Lewis, Rod Jarrett, Garth Perkin

Sunday July 13th Rotary Club of Junee Change Over lunch midday in Junee.

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 INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RON BURTON:

President Ron Burton and his wife Jetta Burton say good bye in Sydney.

RI President Ron Burton put the final touches on the 2014 Rotary Convention in Sydney by reminding a packed Allphones Arena why they joined Rotary.

“Being a Rotarian isn’t about our own achievements, it isn’t about our own careers, it really isn’t about us at all. It’s about the people we help,” said Burton. “At the end of the day, the only thing that matters in Rotary is how much better the world becomes because Rotary is in it.”

The four-day event, which drew to a close on 4 June, attracted more than 18,000 attendees from 153 countries. Burton encouraged convention goers to return to their clubs ready to do more to improve the lives of others.

“Together, we can dream big and we can achieve. We can change whole communities for the better, not for a day but for a lifetime,” he said.

Rotary changes lives by improving literacy, making water cleaner, bringing better health care to mothers and children, and eradicating polio worldwide, Burton said. But he warned that complacency could set Rotary back.

“That’s why it isn’t enough for any of us to just go through the motions, to show up at our clubs, to do just the minimum needed and no more,” he added. “And it’s why each of us has to remember, every hour of every day, what a responsibility we have.”

 

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

The Mistress

A husband and wife were having dinner at a very fine restaurant when an absolutely stunning young woman comes over to their table, gives the husband a big kiss, tells him she’ll see him later, and walks away. His wife glares at him and says, “Who was that??!!”

“Oh” replies the husband, “that was my mistress.” “That’s it,” says the wife, “I want a divorce.”

“Ok,” replies her husband, “but remember, if you get a divorce there will be no more shopping trips to Paris, no wintering in the Caribbean, no Lexus in the garage, and no more country club. But, the decision is yours.”

Just then the wife notices a mutual friend entering the restaurant with a gorgeous woman.

“Who is that woman with Jim?” she asks.

“That’s his mistress,” replies her husband. “Ours is much better looking.” says the wife.

 

ROTARY INFORMATION

Great work in Voi.  The Rotary Club of Voi is a new club in D 9212 in Kenya and doing good work there.  Voi is about half way between Nairobi and Mombasa deep in elephant country.

In a joint venture with the Rotaract Club of JKUAT, the Rotary Club of Voi today donated a wheelchair to Mary Charo a student at St Jude Educational Center. Those present were Ashok Anand, the country works officer, Rtn Robert Mwangala, the Rotaract president Wesley, the president elect, Muchiri among others. Special thanks to Rotaracter Florence who coordinated the event.

 

ROTARY CLUB OF VOI

 

ONLY IN AFRICA

COOL!

OUT OF AFRICA

Who gets the lion’s share!


MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them.   The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:

The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:

 

 

 

FOOT NOTE

As you may be aware a terrorist attack in Kenya last Sunday killed 48 innocent Kenyans by Al Shabab from Somalia.  The link between Al Shabab and the blood ivory trade is well known and this is how they get the latest weapons no match for the Kenyan Police on the front line.

Last week we lost another Giant Tusker this time Satoa from Tsavo East which borders on the Somalia border.

One of the largest elephants in the world.  The loss of great Satao. These photos were taken in Tsavo East NP in April 2014 during one of our research days inside the park. He was such an incredible elephant to be close to, you really can’t imagine the thickness of his tusks, the sense of weight hanging off his head and the grandeur of his presence. Appalling to think some small sub-human decided to kill this magnificent elephant of all elephants for his own greed. Undeniably, one of the greatest tuskers in the whole of Africa has been lost. Everyone needs to do something to help now.


Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2013 -2014

Proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species

RAGES WEB SITE


PLEASE CALL ME ANYTIME 02 6927 6027.

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford


Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.

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/#

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Rotary Club of Chandigarh Dinner

We were invited by the Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga to a dinner in Wagga Wagga with the Rotary Club of Chandigarh from District 3080 in India.

Our club has a connection with Chandigarh with President Elect Garth Perkin and Marg Perkin having been to Chandigarh.  Marg and Garth went to Chandigarh with the RC of Wagga Wagga led by Dr. Alok Sharma.  The project called Darkness to Light,a great project restoring eyesight in India.

Here are some photos from the dinner at the Jasmin Village Chinese Inn.

President Peter Gissing, WW Sunrise with PE Garth Perkin and PP Marg Perkin Coolamon

Alok Sharma Wagga Wagga RC welcomes the guests.

Members from the RC of Chandigarh

President Hassan Mejie from Chandigarh RC

PDG Doug Vincent from RC Woodstock-Oxford, Ontario Canada

Two NSW Policemen PDG Fred Loneragan and PP Geoffrey Little (aka The Smiling Policeman).

Grace Vincent and hubby PDG Doug Vincent from Canada.

Kenyan Night News from South Africa

Dr. William Fowlds, President Stella Swanson and Jo Wilmot Kenton-on-Sea Rotary Club.

Dear John

It looks as though you had a wonderful time at Conference in Sydney! We can’t wait to hear more…!

From our side, we had our hand-over of our donations to Chipembere Rhino Foundation last week  for our Save Our Rhino Project.

Unfortunately, Brent Cook was ill so Dr William Fowlds stood in for CRF (as a trustee).

A total of R24,000.00 was handed over to CRF:

  • ·        R18,000.00 from the Rotary Club of Coolamon NSW
  • ·        R3,000.00 from the Rotary Friendship Exchange Group – USA
  • ·        R3,000.00 from the Rotary Club of Kenton-on-Sea

Attached please find the photograph of Will for CRF, Stella Swanson – our President, and me for RAGES with the cheque for R18,000.00 that we received from yourselves!

Thanks again, John! Please extend our grateful thanks to all those that helped make the fundraiser happen!

A local reserve has reached out for 5 tracking devices so we are hoping to confirm this week! We will keep you in the loop!

Then, the most heartfelt thank you to you, John, for driving RAGES with so much passion and conviction. We are truly in awe and so inspired!

Chat soon, Mate!

YIRS Jo Wilmot

 

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #45

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #45

SPECIAL SYDNEY CONVENTION EDITION JUNE 2014

 

 

NEW WEB SITE FOR MOUNT KENYA 2015

 

JUNE IS ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH.

Some of the more unusual Rotary Fellowships include BREW or  Beers Rotarians Enjoy Worldwide.

Beers Rotarians Enjoy Worldwide – BREW Fellowship

PE Moses Aryee (above in the white shirt), is the World President of BREW and comes from Ghana and is a member of the RC of Accra West.  Met Moses at the BREW booth in Sydney a most jovial chap!

 

 

SYDNEY RICON 2014 IS OVER

A great time with wonderful like minded people from around the world.  The train rides from Central to Olympic City were fun and everyone was in a great mood.  Our booth # 229 attracted a lot of interest and Rotarains wanting to join us in Kenya on 2015.  Here is a pictorial of some of the high lights too many things happened to compile a full report:

A total of 340 Rotarians waving 278 flags climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge to break two world records. But the biggest win of all was the money — and awareness — raised to help end polio.

Click on the thumb nails for a larger image.  We had a lot of fun!  Hope you recognise a few friends in the photos and the last one is of Di Collins a good friend of ours from Perth and the RC of Freshwater Bay, a great supporter.

PDG Fred Loneragan and I looked after our booth # 229 for the 5 days plus one day setting up prior to the Convention.  The above photos are a small representation of what went on in Sydney.   Visitors to our booth a plenty including PRIP Bill Boyd and Lorna Boyd from New Zealand.  PRIP Bill is the Patron for the Mount Kenya 2015 Climb.

We had help from many members of D9700 including DG Geoff Tancred and Bettye Tancred.  Wagga Wagga Sunrise members with President Peter Gissing also helped on the booth.   PDG Barbara Shayeb-Helou, a RAGES board member, also did a lot of work for us and promoted our climb and RAGES to all and sundry Barbara is from South Carolina.

Susan and I went to Vivid Sydney like many delegates and enjoyed the amazing light show Sydney put on.

We did not have much time to attend any plenary sessions however we made the opening and closing plenaries.  Coolamon had two members present in Sydney Garth Perkin and myself, thanks to Garth for the help during the Convention.  Thanks also to Susan for all the work in setting up and taking down the booth and to all those who helped us.  The 10 tenors and Marina Prior were outstanding at the closing ceremony as was the speech by incoming Rotary World President Gary Huang.

“I think all of you know the Chinese philosopher Confucius. Sometimes I call him the world’s first Rotarian, because even though he died 2,500 years before Rotary was founded, his ideas are very much Rotary ideas. And one of the things he said was “與其抱怨, 不如改變.”

In English, you say, “It is better to light a single candle, than to sit and curse the darkness.” That sums up everything that we think in Rotary. There are so many problems in the world, so many people who need help.

And many people say, “There’s nothing I can do.” They sit there. Do nothing. Everything stays dark.  But this is not the Rotary way. The Rotary way is the Confucius way. The Rotary way is to light a candle. I light one. You light one. 1.2 million people all light one.

Together, we can light up the world.”

 

Gary Huang’s Speech Sydney 2014

 

NO MEETING JUNE 9th 2014

HOWEVER

We manned the gate for Brad’s FLIGHT For Life at the Coolamon Showground on Saturday and Sunday this Queen’s Birthday long weekend.  here are a few photos of the event a full report will be available next week.

President Elect Garth Perkin, PP Neil Munro and PEN Wayne Lewis at the gate!

 

Diary Reminders

Thursday June 12th BINGO Rostered ON: John Glassford, Neil Munro, Christine Atkinson, Henk Hulsman

Monday June 16th Board Meeting

Wednesday June 18th RC Kooringal Change Over Dinner  6.00 pm $40 at the Wagga Wagga Country Club.

Monday June 23rd Regular Meeting

Monday 23rd June South Wagga Wagga Annual Change Over @ Wagga Wagga RSL Club 6.00 for 6.30 pm $40/head.

Tuesday 24th June Wagga Wagga Sunrise Annual Change Over @ Elements at the Garden Botanic Gardens 6.30 for 7.00 pm  $50/head.

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 INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RON BURTON:

Rotary International President Ron Burton with Rotarian Craig Alford, who rode 2,800 miles across Australia to raise awareness and funds for polio eradication.

 

Ron Burton Closing Remarks Sydney 2014

 

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

 

For all our friends over the seas who do not understand us Aussies!

In Seven Days

In the beginning God created day and night. He created day for footy matches, going to the beach and barbies. He created night for going prawning, sleeping and barbies. God saw that it was good.

Evening came and morning came and it was the second Day.
On the Second Day God created water – for surfing, swimming and barbies on the beach. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Third Day.

On the Third Day God created the Earth to bring forth plants – to provide tobacco, malt and yeast for beer and wood for barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Fourth Day.

On the Fourth Day God created animals and crustaceans for chops, sausages, steak and prawns for barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Fifth Day.

On the Fifth day God created a bloke – to go to the footy, enjoy the beach, drink the beer and eat the meat and prawns at barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Sixth Day.

On the Sixth Day God saw that this bloke was lonely and needed someone to go to the footy, surf, drink beer, eat and stand around the barbie with. So God created Mates, and God saw that they were good blokes. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Seventh Day.

On the Seventh Day God looked around at the twinkling barbie fires, heard the hiss of opening beer cans and the raucous laughter of all the Blokes, smelled the aroma of grilled chops and sizzling prawns and God saw that it was good. well almost good. God saw that the blokes were tired and needed a rest.

So God created Sheilas – to clean the house, bear children, wash, cook and clean the barbie. God saw that it was not just good, it was better than that, it was bloody great! IT WAS AUSTRALIA !!

 

ROTARY INFORMATION

ROTARY’S FUTURE TAKES CENTER STAGE ON LAST DAY OF SYDNEY CONVENTION

Gertrude Adzo Akpalo walked out of the Allphones Arena in Sydney more inspired than ever to do her part to inject youth and energy into Rotary, helping to secure its future. Read more

Rotary Scholar Kelsi Lopatecki Cox is a prime example of what can happen when you nurture young people. During her speech to the convention audience, she championed innovative technology and education as a way to address poverty and under-development in rural communities. She is program coordinator for the Digital Learning Room, a project that brings technology to schools in the South Pacific.

“The challenges faced by our world are great, and they won’t go away overnight,” said Cox. “By supporting education, by embracing technology, by daring to think outside of the box, we can address poverty and inequality. But we can’t do it alone; when we join together, we are stronger. Together, we can create a world of opportunity.”

 

ONLY IN AFRICA

 

OUT OF AFRICA

 

MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them.   The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:

The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:

Our booth at RICON Sydney.

 

FOOT NOTE

More news of our meeting with Dame Dr.Jane Goodall will be published in due course!


Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2013 -2014

Proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species

RAGES WEB SITE


PLEASE CALL ME ANYTIME 02 6927 6027.

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford


Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.

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/#