Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #14
OCTOBER IS VOCATIONAL SERVICES MONTH
Vocational Service Background.
The second Object of Rotary is: To encourage and foster high ethical standards in business and professions, to recognise the worthiness of all useful occupations and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society.
Paul Harris wrote: “Each Rotarian is a connecting link between the idealism of Rotary and their trade or profession”.
MEMBERS OUT AND ABOUT
COOLAMON AND GANMAIN HOSPITAL FETE
On Saturday several members of our club operated the chocolate wheel as part of the annual hospital fete in Coolamon and Ganmain. Here are some photos:
Something wrong here very wrong says Henk “What is the Lions Wheel doing here! The truth is someone dropped the one we always use so Lions to the rescue. Our thanks to the Coolamon Lions Club.
It was a good effort by many members of our club including Bernadette Milne, Dick Jennings, Wayne Lewis, Don Dyce, Ian Durham, Ted Hutcheon, Henk Hulsman and John Glassford.
MOUNT KENYA 2015 MEETING GRIFFITH
Tuesday 14th October.
PDG Fred Loneragan, Michele Cunningham and John Glassford in Griffith.
Last night PDG Fred Loneragan and PP John Glassford gave a presentation to a combined meeting of the Griffith Rotary Clubs in Griffith at the EX services Cub. There was a good crowd of Griffith Rotarians and their partners. PP Peter Sparks from Griffith Avanti looks like joining the climb, Peter climbed Kilimanjaro with us in 2007. There were also several others in the audience who are interested in joining the Safari Team.
It was also Hat Day for the Australian Rotary Heath Fund and we all had to wear a hat.
BATHURST 1000
PP Craig Corrigan at the Bathurst 1000 Craig is at the rear with a blonde passenger!!
MEETING TUESDAY OCTOBER 14th. 2014
PDG Ian Simpson
We had a joint meeting with the Junee Rotary Club to hear PDG Ian Simpson and the current DRFC (District Rotary Foundation Director) for D 9700 talk on our Foundation.
Your generous contributions to The Rotary Foundation are essential to securing and growing Rotary programs throughout the world. We recognize donors to express our gratitude for your commitment and offer individual and club recognitions, as well as naming recognitions that let you honor a friend or family member with a named or endowed gift.
INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITIONS
- Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member, when you give $100 or more per year to the Annual Fund.
- Benefactor, when you include the Endowment Fund as a beneficiary in your estate plans or when you donate $1,000 or more to the fund outright. Benefactors receive a certificate and insignia to wear with a Rotary or Paul Harris Fellow pin.
- Paul Harris Fellow, when you give $1,000 or more to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or an approved Foundation grant. To recognize someone else as a Paul Harris Fellow, you can give that amount in their name. You are recognized as a Multiple Paul Harris Fellow with each additional gift of $1,000.
- Paul Harris Society member, when you give $1,000 or more annually to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or an approved Foundation grant.
- Bequest Society member, when you give $10,000 or more via your estate plans. All society members receive recognition from the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation, and donors can choose to receive an engraved crystal recognition piece and a Bequest Society pin.
Diary Reminders
Thursday 16th October Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Meeting in Wagga Wagga.
Friday 17th October Run2Raise Raffle at the Bottom Pub $60 per person includes dinner. Prize a night at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney. In aid of Alice Bailey-Brown and Kellie Wall.
*Monday 20th October Garth Perkin as our guest speaker.
Thursday 30th October Ray Wall’s farewell Coolamon Sports Club $35 per head. Tickets by 22nd from Christine Atkinson.
Monday 10th November AGM.
Monday 10th November Mount Kenya Presentation at Temora.
Thursday 13th November BINGO: Ian Jennings (Captain), Mark Reardon, Henk Hulsman, Christine Atkinson
Wednesday 26th November Mount Kenya Presentation at Henty.
NYE December 31st Coolamon Fireworks Food Van
*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 GARY HUANG
Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang and his wife, Corinna, visited the newly chartered Rotary Club of Huaren in Silicon Valley, California, USA. Welcome to the new club!
OCTOBER 2014
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DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700
A garden Party sponsored by Wagga Sunrise has raised $4600 for research into Mental Health. As part of HATDAY a group got together and approached Sunrise to be the sponsor, and using a quilt donated by Kim Nash they have been able to ale a substantial contribution to mental Health and at the same time have a great afternoon.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
Plane Crash…
Once in USA a plane crashed, only a monkey who was traveling in the plane was left alive. Fortunately the monkey was intelligent enough to understand our language and reply in actions. The officials went to see the monkey in the hospital and had a talk with the monkey.
Officer: “When the plane took off what were the travelers doing?”
Monkey: “Tying their belts”
Officer: “What were the airhostesses doing?”
Monkey: “Saying Hello! Good morning!”
Officer: “What were the pilots doing?”
Monkey: “Checking the system”
Officer: “What were you doing?”
Monkey: “Looking for my people”
Officer: “After 10′ minutes what were the travelers doing?”
Monkey: “Having beverages and snacks”
Officer: “What were the airhostesses doing?”
Monkey: “Serving the travelers”
Officer: “What were the Pilots doing?”
Monkey: “Handling the steering”
Officer: “What were you doing?”
Monkey: “Eating & throwing”
Officer: “After 30 minutes what were the travelers doing?”
Monkey: “Some were sleeping and some were reading”
Officer: “What were the airhostesses doing?”
Monkey: “Make up”
Officer: “What were the pilots doing?”
Monkey:”Handling the steering”
Officer: “What were you doing?”
Monkey: “Nothing”
Officer: “Just before plane crash what were the travelers doing?”
Monkey: “All were sleeping”
Officer: “What were the pilots doing?”
Monkey: “Handling the air hostess”
Officer: What were you doing?
Monkey: Handling the steering!!!!!
ROTARY INFORMATION
ROTARY’S WOMEN OF ACTION
By Julia D. Phelps, RI director
As I sat in the audience at the White House on 7 October, listening to 10 amazing Rotary women tell the stories of their volunteer efforts, two quotes kept running through my mind. First, “Be the change you wish to be in the world” (Mahatma Gandhi) and second, “Never underestimate the power of a small group of people to change the world. In fact, it is the only way it ever has” (Margaret Mead).
In fact, these 10 women took these two quotes, put them together and created projects, foundations, and fundraising efforts that changed their world and the world of others. It struck me that all of their efforts started with one woman who saw a need, a problem, and then went about addressing the situation. They didn’t get permission, they didn’t write a business plan; they just got busy. They were brave and courageous as they stepped out to make a difference. And as their idea grew into reality, they realized that they couldn’t do it alone. That’s where their Rotary club members, their networks, and our Rotary Foundation, came into play.
FULL STORY HERE
RFHA was RFFA CEO Marion Bunch with Rotary President-elect K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran at the The National Press Club reception for the outstanding women of Rotary. Proud to have served on the RFFA Board with Marion as our CEO.
ONLY IN AFRICA
OUT OF AFRICA
Click on the image above to get a real idea of the size 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:
OLOIMUGI TRADITIONAL MAASAI VILLAGE
We will be visiting and supporting this Maasai Village after we climb Mount Kenya and here is a message from their leader Armicus.
John Glassford with Dr Dame Jane Goodall in Sydney
We are honoured as Oloimugi Maasai Village to be working with these two great personalities(John James Glassford and Dr. Jane Goodall), Rotary Club of Coolamon and Roots and Shoots respectively. There is the best for our community and nature in the days to come:
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Armicus Mayan Olesenteria
Oloimugi traditional Maasai ecovillage
FOOT NOTE
RUN2RAISE DO IT AGAIN
Another amazing effort by the girls who just completed another half marathon in Melbourne!
Special mention to Emma Carroll who completed her first full marathon!
#takescourage#doingitforagoodcause#run2raise#
Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015
RAGES WEB SITE
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Rotary International President Gary Huang
Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy
Coolamon Club President Garth Perkin
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/#