John J Glassford

2017-2018 President Ian Riseley’s theme

Rotary’s Theme for 2017-2018

Over the last weekend we lost a fellow Rotarian.  PP Bert Browning a Paul Harris Fellow and one of the longest serving Rotarians in the Rotary Club of Coolamon.  Here are a few photos of Bert at work for the local  community of Coolamon.

President Don Dyce and all of the Rotarians and partners in our club send our deepest condolences and wishes to Bert’s family.  Bert will be remembered fondly by all who worked with him on a Rotary BBQ.  Bert will also be remembered by the patrons and members of the Coolamon Sports and Recreation Club.

R.I.P. Bert Browning PHF.

ONE piece of tomato ONE Piece of beetroot and NO butter!

Bert we will miss you!

This is great news for us and you are all invited to attend the Zone 8 Institute in Darwin in 2017.

“It was good to catch up with Sam Owori RI President Nominee for 2018-2019 in Evanston today prior to the RI Board meeting. Sam will be coming to the Zone Institute in Darwin in 2017. I don’t think I have ever seen Sam not smiling!”

Sam is from the RC of Kampala  in Uganda.

RI Director Noel Trevaskis. (Bega Australia).

The Coolamon Community Chronicle is out second edition.  Get your copy it is free!

Congratulations to the Coolamon Central School Journalism Club who put this together.  Six of the eight are pictured on the front page.  The team is made up of, Sophia, Elise, Minnie-Lee, Hannah, Chloe, Brodie, Madison and Beth.

The CCC Committee is made up of Beth Batcheldor, Rtn. Myffy Collette, PP Grahame Miles, Rtn. Bernadette Milne and PP Paul Weston.

Just a reminder that our Kindra bike and walking trail opens on Saturday morning at 10.00 am.

We will begin with a welcome to country by Aunty Gail Clarke, a thank you to various donors and sponsors and the official cutting of the ribbon jointly by Rotary Club of Coolamon, President Don Dyce and Mayor of Coolamon Shire Council, Councillor John Seymour.

It would be nice to have a good number of Rotarians there to support the event. Our Catering caravan will be there providing a free sausage sizzle for the public. I will send the roster out as soon as it is finalised. Please find a photo attached of the new entrance sign. Ricky Hard has done a fabulous job with it.

We’ll have the food van on site to serve sausage sandwiches and drinks to attendees, so those that are rostered on (Daryl, Dave, Henk and John B) are reminded to show up at 9:30 to fire up the barbie.

Today we launched the Coolamon Community Chronicle, the first newspaper that Coolamon has had as far as I know. We had 7 members present to hand out the free copies to all and sundry.

It is a joint effort between the Coolamon Central School and the Shire of Coolamon and of course Rotary Coolamon with Myffy Collette and Bern Milne and their team who have done a great job.

EVANSTON, Ill. (July 26, 2016) — Rotary and disaster relief charity ShelterBox renewed a three-year agreement to provide immediate, lifesaving assistance to survivors of natural disasters and conflict.

Rotary clubs worldwide have mobilized to provide immediate relief to thousands of displaced people quickly and efficiently with ShelterBox for 16 years. To date, Rotary members have donated US$48 million to provide shelter for families in need – 40 percent of ShelterBox’s total of US$119.6 million raised.

“The partnership between Rotary and ShelterBox has provided a place of refuge to people facing some of the most difficult and uncertain moments in their lives,” said John Hewko, general secretary of Rotary. “We are happy to renew this project partnership and honor our ongoing commitment to taking action to help communities devastated by disasters and conflict.”

Each ShelterBox container typically provides a tent designed to withstand extreme weather conditions, along with regionally-appropriate supplies such as a water purification kit, blankets, tools, solar lights, and other necessities to help a family survive for six months or more after a disaster.

As part of the communities they serve, Rotary clubs help ShelterBox identify and prioritize immediate relief needs in disaster-affected areas and assist with the deployment of shelter kits, education materials and lifesaving supplies. Rotary members also fund aid boxes, become trained relief volunteers, assist with shipping customs clearance and connect with governments and other organizations in impacted areas to facilitate the delivery of boxes and aid. CEO of ShelterBox, Chris Warham said, “Rotary and ShelterBox will always stand side by side to help those less fortunate. This project partnership renewal simply indicates the strength of our long friendship, and recognizes the immense practical and funding support provided by Rotary members worldwide to enable us to reach out to families in distress.”

– Rotary International Press release

Contact: Chanele Williams (847)866-3466, [email protected]

Message from RI President John Germ

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #45

THANK YOU WAYNE AND HELEN

I know that I express all of our members wishes here in saying thank you to President Wayne Lewis and Helen Lewis for a great Rotary year for Coolamon and District.  The only measure of a successful club is that the members keep on turning up every week.  We had a lot of fun did a lot of work and made lasting new friends this year.

Thanks also to the Board and a special thanks to PP Ian Jennings for making the meetings attractive with many many excellent guest speakers.  Also to our newer members who got stuck into projects such as Moo Poo with Dave McKinley.  Trevor Parkes for the raffles each week a good team all round,  and we look forward to the same with PE Don Dyce.

Well done Wayne and Helen.

MEETING MONDAY JUNE 20th.  2016

What a great roll up for the last meeting of 2015-2016.  Our guests included:

John Bond, Wendy and Stuart Jennings, Dr. Sumera Amir, as well as partners Marilyn Jennings, Helen Lewis and Susan Glassford.

Guest Speakers Rylarians Lyndal Jennings and Lauren Exton.

We had 18 members attend President Wayne’s last meeting as President.

Wayne welcomed all our guests and members.

Short reports made by PP Garth Perkin on the Rotary Leaders Symposium in Young and Myffy Collette spoke on the progress of the Coolamon Community Chronicle.  Myffy asked for contributions and for advertisers to kick off the paper.  The Coolamon Central School will be playing a very important role in this Rotary Coolamon publication.

GUEST SPEAKERS

We sponsored these two young ladies to RYLA [Rotary Youth Leadership Awards], held at the Charles Sturt University campus in Orange recently.  RYLA 2016 was conducted by the Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak.

Lyndal Jennings and Lauren Exton were our guest speakers tonight and gave a excellent presentation on the week long camp at RYLA.

35 young adults 18-28 attended from all over our Rotary District 9700.  They made many new lifelong friends, were involved in many activities and a good line up of guest speakers.

RYLA provided them with teamwork activities both outdoors and indoors with some excellent memory challenges.  They also participated in a few hours of community service with the Salvation Army and the PCYC in Orange.

On their last night they put on a concert for and with the Orange Rotarians.

Both Lyndal and Lauren thanked Coolamon Rotary for this opportunity and they recommend that we continue to sponsor young adults to RYLA.  We look forward to the day when both Lauren and Lyndal join us as Rotarians.

The evening concluded with a vote of thanks by PP Neil Munro to Wayne and Helen Lewis for a job well done.

The raffle was won by Ian Durham and Ted Hutcheon conducted a heads and tails for 2 bottles of port.

Diary Reminders

Friday 24th June Red Nose Day Rural Style in the Ganmain Hall. 10.00 am-2.00 pm Wear Red free entry and BBQ Donations appreciated Contact Bron Hatty 0418 114 750

Saturday June 25th D9700 Change Over in Orange Hotel Conobolas.

*Monday June 27th Change Over Dinner at Coolamon. 

Monday July 4th President Don Dyce’s FIRST Meeting 2016-2017

Saturday July 17th Street Raffle in Coolamon.

*Partners and Guests Night.

Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157  BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.

REFLECTIONS

This will be my last bulletin as your Bulletin Editor.  PP Paul Weston becomes our Bulletin Editor for 2016-2017.

It has been fun and most enjoyable preparing this bulletin on a weekly basis now for several years.  So my last bulletin will be reflecting on the past.

Coolamon Rotary is on good shape with 25 members now getting back to where we used to be when I joined in 2003.

As with any club there have been some significant moments where we have had new members join us and continue to  stay the course and work hard for our community both here and over the seas.  Slowly we are getting more women to join us and that is a great thing for our future.  Leslie Weston, Myffy Collette and Bernadette Milne make up a trio of dedicated members in our club.

Also the injection of youth into our membership with Alex Thompson joining us, is a great step forward for this club.

Our leadership under President Wayne Lewis this year has been of the highest quality and we look forward to another great year in Rotary Service with incoming President Don Dyce and his Board.

I look forward to working with you as DG in 2018-2019 and my work starts from July 1st 2016 as DG Nominee and in effect it is a 4 year stint.  It is humbling and an honour to have been selected and as the first DG for our Coolamon Rotary Club a rare event indeed.

So here are some memories to contemplate as we move forward together.  In no specific order just 150+ pics!!!

CLICK ON THE THUMB NAILS FOR A LARGER PHOTO.

John Glassford signing off!

See you all at the Change Over Next Monday Night 27th June.

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford