John J Glassford

Here is an article that was printed in the Daily Advertiser last Friday in Wagga Wagga.  Click on the image to enlarge.  Any publicity is good publicity.

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #24

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS.

President Dick Jennings and all our members wish all of our friends who read our bulletin a great year ahead for yourselves, your family and our Rotary Family.  Happy New Year!

JANUARY IS ROTARY ROTARY AWARENESS MONTH.

Most of us who read this bulletin are Rotarians or connected to Rotary and we are well aware of what Rotary means to us and what work we do locally and internationally.  One way to create awareness of Rotary is to let our extended family and friends know about Rotary.  One area that does attract people to volunteer is the ability to work overseas with an organisation such as Rotary.

Let everyone know about the very recent help that Rotary via ShleterBox is doing right now in The Philippines after the typhoon.  In order for you to do that you need to know what has been done via ShleterBox and here is the latest news from ShelterBox:

ShelterBox Reponse Team members Alice Jefferson (left-centre) and Ayeasia Macintyre (right) among Australian Naval staff. Photo courtesy of the Australian Navy.

Australian Forces have been providing logistical support for ShelterBox in the Philippines, as the international disaster relief charity continues to bring emergency shelter and other vital aid to Typhoon Haiyan survivors in hard to reach areas of the Asian country.

The Australian Navy’s HMAS Tobruk transported over 300 ShelterBox disaster relief tents, vital water purification devices and mosquito nets to North Cebu, Central Visayas, helping ShelterBox continue to support those suffering most after the typhoon.

READ MORE HERE

NEW YEAR’S EVE 2013

Our members ran the Rotary Caravan from 6.00 pm until 9.30 pm.  The Kranskis went before we started and the hot dogs were popular however the lamb rolls were a great hit, thanks to Paul Weston!  Thanks go to all of our members who gave up part of NYE to help feed the hungry.  The night in Coolamon was hailed as another great success and here are some photos taken early into NYE 2013.

Diary Reminders

***Monday 13th January Board Meeting .  Club catering.***

Monday 20th January Regular meeting Possible Guest speaker TBA.

Saturday January 25th Coolamon Street Raffle.

Monday 27th January NO MEETING. Australia Day Holiday.

Thursday 13th February BINGO Dick Jennings, Rodney Jarrett, Neil Munro, Christine Atkinson

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd February PETS in Young

Friday 14th March Trike Convention Catering in Wagga Wagga proceeds to Ronald McDonald House in Wagga Wagga.

Above is a reminder that we have to plan for this event in March and get a committee working asap.  Please contact me JG on 6927 6027 or email!

Friday March 21st-Sunday March 23rd D9700 Conference in Orange.

Monday March 17-Friday March 21st RYDA in Wagga Wagga (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness)

Saturday 22nd March Music for Mates Concert in Coolamon.

Saturday 19th April EASTER MARKETS in Coolamon.

*Saturday May 10th International Night in Ganmain for AFRICA’S rhinos.

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.

*****STOP PRESS RI Convention early bird discount of $100 extended to January 16th.

*Partners and Guests Night.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RON BURTON:

Jetta and Rotary International President Ron Burton getting ready to ride the train on New Year’s Day. All aboard!

Happy New Year’s! May your year be filled with happiness as you Engage Rotary, Change Lives! Thank you for all you do for Rotary and making a difference and taking action in communities worldwide.

Rotary has awarded Her Majesty The Queen this week with the Rotary International Award of Honour to celebrate the 60th anniversary of her Coronation. Since 1990, the Rotary International President has granted the this award to a few deserving individuals including the late Nelson Mandela, Pope Benedict XVI, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan and the late King Hussein of Jordan. Read more: http://bit.ly/1gDUInU

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Listen to the Sound of Silence

There once was a farmer who discovered that he had lost his watch in the barn. It was no ordinary watch because it had sentimental value for him.

After searching high and low among the hay for a long while; he gave up and enlisted the help of a group of children playing outside the barn.

He promised them that the person who found it would be rewarded.

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn, went through and around the entire stack of hay but still could not find the watch.

Just when the farmer was about to give up looking for his watch, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another chance. The farmer looked at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this kid looks sincere enough.”

So the farmer sent the little boy back in the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The farmer was both happy and surprised and so he asked the boy how he succeeded where the rest had failed.

The boy replied, “I did nothing but sit on the ground and listen. In the silence, I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that direction.”

Moral :

A peaceful mind can think better than a worked up mind. Allow a few minutes of silence to your mind every day, and see, how sharply it helps you to set your life the way you expect it to be!

The soul always knows what to do to heal itself.. The challenge is to silence the mind…

ROTARY INFORMATION

A DANGEROUS IDEA OFFERS HOPE FOR GIRLS IN AFGHANISTAN

In 2005, Razia Jan came up with a dangerous idea: to start a free private school for girls in her native Afghanistan. The Taliban were using extreme violence to keep girls from learning. In 2008, the year she opened the school, terrorists in the country — armed with bombs, poison gas, guns, grenades, and acid — killed 149 teachers, students, and employees in Afghan schools.

But Jan did not intend to let terrorists stop her. She approached Afghan Ministry of Education officials and persuaded them to donate a piece of land in a village 30 miles outside Kabul. Today, the Zabuli Education Center is in its sixth year and has a roster of more than 400 girls in kindergarten through ninth grade………………

ONLY IN AFRICA

OUT OF AFRICA

2014 starts a 14 month adventure as we plan to go back to Africa to climb Mount Kenya.  This is the third in a trilogy of African mountains that we will have hiked and climbed.  I will use this section to highlight our plans and aspirations as we head towards the 25th April 2015.  We will also have a web site designated to the Mount Kenya 2015 Adventure.

If your club would like PDG Fred Loneragan and I to make a presentation to your club we will be delighted to do so.

Mount Kenya 2015.

The Road to Mount Kenya 2015 begins in Ganmain, Coolamon, Wagga Wagga, Henty…..so far!

CAUSES WORTH SUPPORTING

I would like to extend my invitation as the Chair of RAGES, a proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species, to you all to join our group.  You can join us on line here:

RAGES MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION.

Our current board will be applying to Rotary International with more information (that RI requested), for us to be approved as  a Rotarian Action Group.  We hope for a positive answer at the next RI Board Meeting in June.

SYDNEY ROTARY CONVENTION 2014

SOME ATTRACTIONS IN AND AROUND SYDNEY

The Host Organising Committee for the Rotary International Convention 2014 looks forward to welcoming you to Sydney, Australia’s beautiful harbour city and host of the 2000 Olympic Games.

The Rotary International Convention 2014 will be held at Sydney Olympic Park from Sunday 1st June to Wednesday 4th June 2014. There will be plenty of exciting and interesting things going on during the Sydney Convention, only some of which will be at the convention itself. We invite you to get out and explore our wonderful city and experience our Aussie culture first hand. This section of our site will help you uncover what’s on in Sydney and around our island nation during the 2014 Sydney Convention.

REGISTER NOW FOR SYDNEY

The programme Click to Enlarge:

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION LOS ANGELES  2008

Rotary International Conventions are held annually in a different country in the world.  Some conventions have had over 40,000 attend, this year it is in Australia and then to Brazil in 2015.  Here are some photos from the 2008 Los  Angeles Convention (remember to click on the thumb nails to get a larger photo):

FOOT NOTE

WE ARE READY TO POUNCE INTO 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/#

Happy New Year to all our members and to all of you who read our bulletins and access our web site.  We look forward to a great year of Rotary work and fun!  From your bulletin and web site editor, JG.

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #23

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR READERS.

DECEMBER IS ROTARY FAMILY MONTH.

INTERACT

Interact is a club for youth ages 12-18 who want to connect with others in their community or school. Interact club members have fun while carrying out service projects and learning about the world. Interact clubs organize at least two service projects a year: one that benefits their community and one that encourages international understanding. While Interact clubs receive guidance from individual Rotary clubs, they govern and support themselves.

HOW CAN PARTICIPATE IN INTERACT?

Follow Interact on Facebook and visit Interact’s YouTube channel to see what Interact clubs are doing around the world.

To find an Interact club in your area, contact your local Rotary club.

INTERACT

CHRISTMAS BINGO 2013

Grahame Miles reports on the best bingo night for 2013 with some 36 players yielding a profit of $580 thanks to all the volunteers who support bingo through the year.

MONDAY MEETING 16th December 2013

COOLAMON ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARTY

This year our Christmas Party was at Maree and President Dick Jennings’s property “Bradshaws”.  Maree and her helpers put on a great meal enjoyed by the 32 guests present including most of the 20 members of our club and their partners.

Thank you Maree and Dick for your generosity and hospitality.

A reminder to all our members that the first meeting for 2014 will be on Monday January the 20th in Coolamon.

Our club will be catering with our food van for the Coolamon New Year’s Eve party and volunteers will be needed to help.  Contact Paul Weston on (0429 318 570).  We’ll be setting up at 5:30 pm and packing up at 9:30 (after the fireworks).

Some photos from last night click on the thumb nail for a bigger photo:

Diary Reminders

Tuesday December 31st NYE Coolamon Street Party Rotary Van in action volunteers needed.

Monday 20th January Regular meeting followed by a board meeting.

Saturday January 25th Coolamon Street Raffle.

Monday 27th January NO MEETING. Australia Day Holiday.

Thursday 13th February BINGO Dick Jennings, Rodney Jarrett, Neil Munro, Christine Atkinson

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd February PETS in Young

Friday 14th March Trike Convention Catering in Wagga Wagga proceeds to Ronald McDonald House in Wagga Wagga.

Friday March 21st-Sunday March 23rd D9700 Conference in Orange.

Monday March 17-Friday March 21st RYDA in Wagga Wagga (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness)

Saturday 22nd March Music for Mates Concert in Coolamon.

Saturday 19th April EASTER MARKETS in Coolamon.

*Saturday May 10th International Night in Ganmain for AFRICA’S rhinos.

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.

*Partners and Guests Night.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RON BURTON:

Nelson Mandela’s legacy of courage, determination, and commitment will forever inspire us to move forward in our effort to achieve a better, more peaceful world.

Mr. Mandela shared Rotary’s commitment to humanitarian service and world peace, and twice as President of South Africa accepted Rotary recognition for his commitment to helping those in need, especially the children of southern Africa. In 1995, President Mandela received the Rotary International Award of Honor. Two years later, he accepted Rotary’s highest award, the Rotary Award for World Understanding. In true fashion, he donated the $100,000 grant accompanying the award to the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund.

Rotary is especially grateful for his strong support of the global effort to eradicate the crippling disease polio, our organizaton’s highest priority. Mr. Mandela himself helped administer oral polio vaccine to the children of South Africa, which has been declared polio-free.

RI President Ron Burton.

NELSON MANDELA MADIBA

Nelson Mandela and Annie Lennox

Message from St Jude’s Moshono Tanzania.

We think President Obama put it perfectly when he said:

“We have lost one of the most influential, courageous, and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this Earth. He no longer belongs to us — he belongs to the ages.”

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

The Devil

One Sunday morning, Satan appeared before a small town congregation. Everyone started screaming and running for the front church door, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away.

Soon, everyone was gone, except for an elderly gentleman who sat calmly. Satan walked up to the man and said, “Don’t you know who I am?”

The man replied, “Yep, sure do.”

Satan asked, “Aren’t you going to run?”

“Nope, sure ain’t,” said the man.

Perturbed, Satan asked, “Why aren’t you afraid of me?”

The man calmly replied, “Been married to your sister for over 48 years.”

Puns for Educated Minds

1. The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian .

3.   She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

4.   A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.

5.   No matter how much you push the envelope, it’ll still be stationery.

6.  A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

7.  A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart

8.  Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

9. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.

10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

11.  Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

12.  Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: ‘You stay here; I’ll go on a head.’

13.  I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.

14.  A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: ‘Keep off the Grass.’

15. The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

16. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

17. A backward poet writes inverse.

18.  In a democracy it’s your vote that counts. In feudalism it’s your count that votes.

19.  When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.

20.   If you jumped off the bridge in Paris , you’d be in Seine .

21.   A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, ‘I’m sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.’

22. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and  says ‘Dam!’

23.  Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can’t have your kayak and heat it too.

24.   Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, ‘I’ve lost my electron.’ The other says ‘Are you sure?’ The first replies, ‘Yes, I’m positive.’

25.   Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.

26.    There was the person who sent ten puns to friends, with the hope  that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.

ROTARY INFORMATION

THE LIVES OF MOTHERS

Mothers play a fundamental role in every culture. But depending on where a mother and baby live, they have a different chance of living or dying, suffering or thriving. In sub-Saharan Africa, one in 39 women will die of pregnancy-related complications, and one in nine children will die before age five. (In developed countries, the likelihood of dying drops to one in 4,700 women and one in 167 children.) Globally, 19,000 children die every day. The Rotary Foundation is working to improve maternal and child health around the world.

FULL STORY HERE.

ONLY IN AFRICA

NRMA New South Wales African Style!

CHRISTMAS IN AFRICA

These make great presents for those who have nothing just a reflection on our times that we live in here in Australia.

CAUSES WORTH SUPPORTING

The Smith Family

1 in 10 Australian children suffer from the burden of disadvantage every day. Donate to the Smith Family’s Christmas Appeal to provide vital support so these kids can get the futures they deserve.

Jenny

The Smith Family Christmas Appeal 2013

SYDNEY ROTARY CONVENTION 2014

SOME ATTRACTIONS IN AND AROUND SYDNEY

The Host Organising Committee for the Rotary International Convention 2014 looks forward to welcoming you to Sydney, Australia’s beautiful harbour city and host of the 2000 Olympic Games.

The Rotary International Convention 2014 will be held at Sydney Olympic Park from Sunday 1st June to Wednesday 4th June 2014. There will be plenty of exciting and interesting things going on during the Sydney Convention, only some of which will be at the convention itself. We invite you to get out and explore our wonderful city and experience our Aussie culture first hand. This section of our site will help you uncover what’s on in Sydney and around our island nation during the 2014 Sydney Convention.

REGISTER NOW FOR SYDNEY

The programme Click to Enlarge:

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION MONTREAL 2010

Here are some photos from Montreal 2010:

Can you name the 3 ladies in the above photo?

Click on the gallery below to enlarge the photo.

FOOT NOTE

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/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #22

NOVEMBER IS ROTARY FAMILY MONTH.

WHAT IS ROTARACT?

Rotaract is a club for adults ages 18-30 that meets twice a month to exchange ideas, plan activities and projects, and socialize. While Rotary clubs serve as sponsors, Rotaract clubs decide how to organize and run their club and what projects and activities to carry out.

Well done to the Rotaract Club of Abakaliki, Nigeria, who held a number of activities in March educating mothers and villagers about health practices that can prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

ROTARACT LEARN MORE

MONDAY MEETING 2nd December 2013

Attendance tonight was 12 members and we welcomed back Neil Munro after his recent surgery.  We had a short regular meeting followed by our December board meeting.  Our annual giving for the schools in our Shire starts this week and several members will be attending the respective end of year school presentations.

Christmas Party at “Bradshaws” on Dick and Maree’s property 6.30 pm on Monday 16th December.  RSVP Dick and Maree.  B.Y.O.and a salad.

ShelterBox result.   We raised a total of $3,730 enough for 3.5 ShelterBoxes for The Philippines typhoon.  This included one very generous donation for ONE ShelterBox from a local family who wish to remain anonymous.  The club has decided to donate a further 1.5 boxes to bring the total up to 5.

This was one of best efforts in a long time and goes to show that people will be generous in donating to causes such as the recent disaster in The Philippines.  Thanks go to all in our club who worked so hard on the two days.

In Ganmain Myffy Collette and Bernadette Milne.

In Coolamon Grahame Miles, Ian Durham and Ian Jennings.

Next Monday night 9th December there will be Part 2 of the Membership Think Tank.

Diary Reminders

Monday 9th December  Part 2 of the Membership Think Tank.

Thursday 12th December CHRISTMAS BINGO Garth Perkin,  Myffy Collette, Ian Durham, Mark Reardon

*Monday 16th December CHRISTMAS PARTY at President Dick and Maree’s home “Bradshaws”.

Monday 20th January Regular meeting followed by a board meeting.

Saturday January 25th Coolamon Street Raffle.

Monday 27th January NO MEETING. Australia Day Holiday.

Thursday 13th February BINGO Dick Jennings, Rodney Jarrett, Neil Munro, Christine Atkinson

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd February PETS in Young

Friday 14th March Trike Convention Catering in Wagga Wagga proceeds to Ronald McDonald House in Wagga Wagga.

Friday March 21st-Sunday March 23rd D9700 Conference in Orange.

Monday March 17-Friday March 21st RYDA in Wagga Wagga (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness)

Saturday 22nd March Music for Mates Concert in Coolamon.

Saturday 19th April EASTER MARKETS in Coolamon.

*Saturday May 10th International Night in Ganmain for AFRICA’S rhinos.

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.

*Partners and Guests Night.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RON BURTON:

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Last Drink

There was this guy at a bar, just looking at his drink. He stays like that for half of an hour.

Then, this big trouble-making truck driver steps next to him, takes the drink from the guy, and just drinks it all down. The poor man starts crying. The truck driver says, “Come on man,

I was just joking. Here, I’ll buy you another drink. I just can’t stand to see a man cry.”

“No, it’s not that. This day is the worst of my life. First, I fall asleep, and I go late

to my office. My boss, outrageous, fires me. When I leave the building, to my car,

I found out it was stolen. The police said that they can do nothing. I get a cab to return home, and when I leave it, I remember I left my wallet and credit cards there. The cab driver just drives away.”

“I go home, and when I get there, I find my wife in bed with the gardener. I leave home, and come to this bar. And just when I was thinking about putting an end to my life, you show up and drink my poison.”

Blonde Bridge

A blonde and a redhead were watching the 6:00 news when a story came up about a man who was threatening to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. The blonde bet the redhead that the man wouldn’t jump off the bridge and the readhead accepted.

Well, sure enough, the man jumped and so the blonde gave the redhead the 50 bucks. “I can’t take this, you’re my best friend.”

The blonde looked at her, “Just take it.”

“Well, I saw this on the 5;00 news, so I knew he was gonna jump off.”

The blonde laughed, “I did too, but I didn’t think he’d do it again.

ROTARY INFORMATION

WORLD AIDS DAY DECEMBER 1st.

Marion Bunch and PRIP  Jonathan Babatunde Majiyagbe and family in Bangkok 2012

The Board of Directors of Rotarians For Family Health & AIDS Prevention wants to honor all of those victims that died of AIDS over the past 30 years by saying that Rotarians are fully engaged in the fight against AIDS! We want to make a difference in the elimination of the HIV virus, and we are doing so through programs such as our ‘Rotary Family Health Days’ in Africa. Through this health event that occurs in multiple countries in Africa each year, we are testing and counseling hundreds of thousands of hard to reach citizens. We perform the program in the communities where the people live, and they come to this event because they trust the Rotary brand. We are working in a unique public/private partnership’ program that includes in-country governments, the U. S. government (CDC and USAID), and The Coca-Cola Company to provide massive free health care to the disadvantaged. For more information, please go to our website at www.rfha.org.

Marion Bunch,

Founder & CEO

Rotarians For Family Health & AIDS Prevention

ONLY IN AFRICA

In built heater African style.

OUT OF AFRICA

CAUSES WORTH SUPPORTING

THE ORPHAN RESCUE KIT

• Have you ever been touched by an orphan?
• Have you ever been in a slum where all semblance of humanity is all but gone?
• Have you seen the devastation of AIDS on the most innocent of human beings?

Well 16 us Aussies went to Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa in August 2007 and we witnessed all of the above. We went to climb Africa’s highest mountain and to climb for 11 million reasons. That is the number of orphans now trying to survive in Sub-Saharan Africa. We visited the Mathare slums in Nairobi a place I remembered as a young man as the vegetable gardens of Nairobi City; it has become the “home” to 600,000 Kenyans with NO running water, NO toilets and NO hope. There are thousands of children here of which many are orphans. It is here that we will “build” the first O.R.K.s. here Hope World Wide and RFHA {Rotarians For Family Health & AIDS Prevention} will reach out to rescue the orphans of Mathare.

Hence the Orphan Rescue Kit. The O.R.K. is made up of the basic items that a child needs to survive and get ahead in life. The O.R.K. that you buy will be made up in the country where it is needed as in the case of Nairobi the materials will be sourced locally thus giving the people there a way to make a living from creating these Orphan Rescue Kits. So not only will you be saving an orphan you will be creating employment where it is needed most.

The money that we raise in this campaign will go directly to RFHA in the country where RFHA and Hope World Wide are working in partnership to rescue orphans and children that are at risk and vulnerable the ANCHOR Project. So your investment in a child’s life is well secured and you can be assured that 100% of the funds raised will go to where it is needed so desperately these days.

The photograph below shows what appalling conditions these children at risk live in.  In effect the playground is a rubbish tip.

THE ORK WEB SITE

SYDNEY ROTARY CONVENTION 2014

SOME ATTRACTIONS IN AND AROUND SYDNEY

REGISTER BY DECEMBER 15th. TO SAVE $100.

The Host Organising Committee for the Rotary International Convention 2014 looks forward to welcoming you to Sydney, Australia’s beautiful harbour city and host of the 2000 Olympic Games.

The Rotary International Convention 2014 will be held at Sydney Olympic Park from Sunday 1st June to Wednesday 4th June 2014. There will be plenty of exciting and interesting things going on during the Sydney Convention, only some of which will be at the convention itself. We invite you to get out and explore our wonderful city and experience our Aussie culture first hand. This section of our site will help you uncover what’s on in Sydney and around our island nation during the 2014 Sydney Convention.

REGISTER NOW FOR SYDNEY

Register early for Sydney convention and save

Register early for the 2014 Rotary International Convention in  Sydney, Australia, 1-4 June, and pay US$100 less than the on-site  registration fee. Rotary’s annual convention is a wonderful way to experience the true internationality of Rotary, as you connect with leaders, exchange ideas, and get inspired to take action to benefit communities worldwide.

The programme Click to Enlarge:

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION MONTREAL 2010

Here are some photos from Montreal 2010:

Can you name the 3 ladies in the above photo?

Click on the gallery below to enlarge the photo.

FOOT NOTE

SHELTERBOX LATEST NEWS

ShelterBox Australia in The Philippines

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/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #21

NOVEMBER IS THE ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH.

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable arm of Rotary, we tap into a global network of Rotarians who invest their time, money, and expertise into our priorities, such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Foundation grants empower Rotarians to approach challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutrition with sustainable solutions that leave a lasting impact.

Strong financial oversight, a stellar charity rating, and a unique funding model mean that we make the very most of your contribution. Give and become a part of Rotary’s life-changing work!

MONDAY MEETING 25th November 2013

Last weekend our club deployed a ShelterBox to Coolamon and Ganmain and so far we have raised enough to support 3 ShelterBoxes for the Philippines, including one donated by a local farmer.  Here  are some photos from the two deployments:

Welcome back Garth Perkin from his and Marg’s trip to India with Alok Sharma and the Darkness to Light project and we had 11 members attend last night’s meeting which was held in two parts:

1.  SHELTERBOX

Grahame Miles and Ian Jennings reported on the day in Coolamon.  Our thanks go to Henk Hulsman, Ian Jennings, Ian Durham and Grahame Miles for the sterling effort that was put in over last Friday where the two Ians did a 10 hour shift.

Miffy Collette and Bernadette Milne reported on the Ganmain effort which was on the Saturday.  Miffy said it was a pleasure to be able to promote Rotary in Ganmain with the ShelterBox and it made a huge difference to  the people of Ganmain who could see what the money was required for.  Our thanks go to Miffy, Bernadette, Paul Weston and Leslie Weston for supporting the cause.

Miffy and Bernadette in Ganmain on Saturday.

Coolamon raised around $1,500 and Ganmain $1,000, not that there is any competition between the two villages!  It was noted that this type of cooperation between the two villages was excellent for promoting Rotary in the Coolamon Shire.

It was the general feeling of the meeting that we recommend to the board that our club matches  the donations from the community and that in all we should send 5 ShelterBoxes to The Philippines.

2.  MEMBERSHIP THINK TANK

The second half of our meeting was devoted to a think tank on membership which was led by Grahame Miles our membership Director ably assisted by Leslie Weston. Grahame outlined the benefits of being in Rotary and serving the local and wider community that we live in.

Many ideas were discussed and we decided to continue with these think tanks next year, the bottom line seems to be that people will join Rotary if they can contribute in some way that makes them feel good.  Top of the list was friendship and fellowship.  We will also be looking at ways to make it more affordable for all of our members, and we will need to come up with a new format for our meetings in the future.

P.S.  HOUT BAY

We received this email from PP Butch Liebenberg in Hout Bay on the completion of our Matching Grant with our Rotary Foundation to help build the Clinic known as Coolamon House in Hout Bay, a total of Rand 500,000 which included Rand 127,000 from the Rotary Foundation:

“Hi John,

Wonderful to hear from Patrick of Medical Hope Fame that he has presented his final account on completion of Coolamon Clinic to the powers that be. This project started with your phone call to me at some ungodly hour on a Sunday Morning probably in 2006. I think it was 5 am, and from there it is history. You and your team have done  amazing work to help us establish a very functional and well equipped Clinic for the 40,000 people living in our informal settlement in Hout Bay, known as Imizamo Yethu. Wonderful stuff  John, your club should be very proud of its achievement.  Coolamon Clinic is a landmark known to all here in Cape Town.  Sister Carolis who was the sister in charge at the Clinic until about 9 months ago, said to me it was the most functional Clinic in Cape Town and an absolute pleasure to work in an  environment where all is functional.

I sometimes think there was some divine intervention after taking that early morning call from you ,you said you had tried phoning 3 club presidents before phoning me that morning 6 years ago and none had answered the phone (not surprising at 5am).  Hey John, my phone is on 24 hours a day, you can still phone me anytime, day or night , no problem for me.

It has been wonderful working with you. Please pass on my personal greetings to all the stars that climbed Mount Kili on our behalf. They are all welcome back to stay with Lyn and I in Hout Bay at any time.

Lots of Love to Susan and Yourself from us both in Hout Bay

Butch and Lyn”

PPS This is why I joined Rotary.

Diary Reminders

Wednesday 27th November Music for Mates Meeting

Monday 2nd December Regular Meeting followed by a Board Meeting, all welcome.

Thursday 12th December CHRISTMAS BINGO Garth Perkin,  Myffy Collette, Ian Durham, Mark Reardon

Monday 9th December regular meeting

Monday 16th December Part 2 of the Membership Think Tank and the last meeting for 2013.

Christmas Party to be announced shortly.

Saturday January 25th Coolamon Street Raffle.

Thursday 13th February BINGO Dick Jennings, Rodney Jarrett, Neil Munro, Christine Atkinson

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd February PETS in Young

Friday 14th March Trike Convention Catering in Wagga Wagga proceeds to Ronald McDonald House in Wagga Wagga.

Friday March 21st-Sunday March 23rd D9700 Conference in Orange.

Monday March 17-Friday March 21st RYDA in Wagga Wagga (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness)

Saturday 22nd March Music for Mates Concert in Coolamon.

*Saturday May 10th International Night in Ganmain for AFRICA’S rhinos.

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.

*Partners and Guests Night.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RON BURTON:

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Blowing

A blonde was driving home after a game and got caught in a really bad hailstorm. Her car was covered with dents, so the next day she took it to a repair shop. The shop owner saw that she was a blonde, so he decided to have some fun. He told her to go home and blow into the tail pipe really hard and all the dents would pop out.

So, the blonde went home, got down on her hands and knees and started blowing into her tailpipe. Nothing happened. So she blew a little harder, and still nothing happened.

Her blonde roommate saw her and asked, ‘What are you doing?’ The first blonde told her how the repairman had instructed her to blow into the tail pipe in order to get all the dents to pop out.

The roommate rolled her eyes and said, ‘Uh, like hello!

You need to roll up the windows first.’

The Tractor

Cletus is passing by Billy Bob’s hay barn one day when, through a gap in the door he sees Billy Bob doing a slow and sensual striptease in front of an old green John Deere.

Buttocks clenched, he performs a slow pirouette, and gently slides off first the right strap of his overalls, followed by the left. He then hunches his shoulders forward and in a classic striptease move, lets his overalls fall down to his hips, revealing a torn and frayed plaid shirt.

Then, grabbing both sides of his shirt, he rips it apart to reveal his stained T-shirt underneath. With a final flourish, he tears the T-shirt from his body, and hurls his baseball cap onto a pile of hay.

Having seen enough, Cletus rushes in and says, “What the heck are you doing, Billy Bob?”

“Jeez, Cletus, ya scared the bejeezers out of me,” says an obviously embarrassed Billy Bob. “But me’n the Ol’ Lady been havin’ trouble lately in the bedroom d’partment, and the therapist suggested I do ‘something sexy to a tractor’.”

[Don’t make me come ‘splain this to you — Read the last line again, slowly — out loud.]

ROTARY INFORMATION

Rotary clubs around the world are pledging emergency aid to communities in central Philippines after last week’s massive typhoon flattened entire coastal towns and villages, killed thousands of people, and displaced nearly 600,000 more.

The situation remains dire as widespread destruction has made food, water, and medicine scarce in remote areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest storm to make landfall on record.

Rotary President Ron Burton is urging our 34,000 clubs worldwide to continue to assist storm victims.

“I know we all want to help. I am urging our clubs to take action to provide emergency aid now and begin planning for the future when we can help rebuild homes, schools, and businesses,” says Burton. “We are in the business of helping people in need.”

Rotary partner ShelterBox has committed aid for 4,000 families in the form of emergency shelter and other relief assistance.

Such disasters are “exactly why we entered into our partnership with ShelterBox,” says Burton. “It gives Rotary members worldwide the opportunity to respond immediately and in a very meaningful way to the life-threatening conditions faced by the people of the Philippines.”

For nearly 100 years, Rotary clubs in the Philippines have been creating positive change in their communities. The first Philippine Rotary club was formed in Manila in 1919. Today, more than 800 Rotary clubs throughout the Philippines give members the chance to make a difference at home and around the globe.

Rotary’s work to eradicate polio, our top priority, began in the Philippines. In 1979, Rotary funded the immunization of six million children with the oral polio vaccine. Based largely on the success there, the World Health Assembly authorized the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in which Rotary is a spearheading partner.

Rotary clubs in the Philippines have improved water and sanitation, led medical and dental missions, created literacy programs, and participated in reforestation plantings. When a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck central Philippines in September, clubs were there to bring aid to those in need.

“Rotary members often are both first-responders and rebuilders when major disasters strike because clubs are present in every corner of the world,” Burton says. “We continue with recovery efforts long after international relief agencies have gone because Rotary clubs are part of the communities we serve.”

You can help typhoon victims by working with relief agencies like these:

• International Committee of the Red Cross and Philippine Red Cross
• World Food Programme
• UNICEF, Philippines
• ShelterBox

ONLY IN AFRICA

Mobile Phone

OUT OF AFRICA

See any lionesses around here?

CAUSES WORTH SUPPORTING

END POLIO

Rtn. Jon Deisher from Alaska in India on a NID trip to immunize Indian children.

Rotary, along with our partners, has reduced polio cases by 99 percent worldwide since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. We are close to eradicating polio, but we need your help. Whether you have a few minutes or a few hours, here are some ways to make a global impact and protect children against polio forever.

Rotarians have helped immunize more than 2 billion children against polio in 122 countries. For as little as $0.60, a child can be protected against this crippling disease for life.

You can maximize support for polio eradication within your club and your community by organizing a fundraiser.

A polio victim that we saw in Kampala on our way to the Mountains of the Moon 2011.

CONTACT YOUR FOUNDATION DIRECTOR IN YOUR CLUB FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

SYDNEY ROTARY CONVENTION 2014

REGISTER BY DECEMBER 15th. TO SAVE $100.

The Host Organising Committee for the Rotary International Convention 2014 looks forward to welcoming you to Sydney, Australia’s beautiful harbour city and host of the 2000 Olympic Games.

The Rotary International Convention 2014 will be held at Sydney Olympic Park from Sunday 1st June to Wednesday 4th June 2014. There will be plenty of exciting and interesting things going on during the Sydney Convention, only some of which will be at the convention itself. We invite you to get out and explore our wonderful city and experience our Aussie culture first hand. This section of our site will help you uncover what’s on in Sydney and around our island nation during the 2014 Sydney Convention.

REGISTER NOW FOR SYDNEY

Register early for Sydney convention and save

Register early for the 2014 Rotary International Convention in  Sydney, Australia, 1-4 June, and pay US$100 less than the on-site  registration fee. Rotary’s annual convention is a wonderful way to experience the true internationality of Rotary, as you connect with leaders, exchange ideas, and get inspired to take action to benefit communities worldwide.

The programme Click to Enlarge:

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION BANGKOK 2012

Here are some photos from Bangkok 2012:

FOOT NOTE

ROTARY RODEO WINS TOP AWARD IN QUEENSLAND

Congratulations to Mount Isa Mines Rotary Rodeo winner of Best Festival Event at QLD Tourism Awards. Thank you to all our sponsors, Rotarians and over 700 volunteers who help put on this wonderful event.

PRAISE for this year’s rodeo has continued to flow after the team took out the Festivals and Events category at the weekend’s Queensland Tourism Awards.

It was the second year in a row the Mount Isa Mines Rotary Rodeo won the award, with event manager Donna Cole and long-time volunteers Merilyn Harding and Sharon Wilkinson attending the ceremony in Brisbane on Friday night.

We are incredibly grateful for the loyalty and support our sponsors, the board, Rotary and our wonderful volunteers.”

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/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #20

NOVEMBER IS THE ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH.

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

WAYS TO GIVE TO OUR FOUNDATION

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.
• Major Donor, when your cumulative donations reach $10,000. You can choose to receive a crystal recognition piece and a Major Donor lapel pin or pendant. Recognition items commemorate giving at these levels:
  • Level 1: $10,000 to $24,999
  • Level 2: $25,000 to $49,999
  • Level 3: $50,000 to $99,999
  • Level 4: $100,000 to $249,999
• Arch C. Klumph Society, when your cumulative giving reaches $250,000. We will invite you to an induction ceremony at the Rotary International headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, USA and include your picture and biography in the Arch C. Klumph Society interactive gallery. You will also receive invitations to society events, along with membership pins and crystals that commemorate giving at these levels:
  • Trustees Circle: $250,000 to $499,999
  • Chair’s Circle: $500,000 to $999,999
  • Foundation Circle: $1 million and above

MONDAY MEETING 18th November 2013

Tonight we had a small gathering of 8 of our members and one guest Christine Lorraine.  Although small in number we had plenty to talk about and among the discussions were:

• Scarecrow Festival October 2014
• Shop Locally Banners
• The Markets in Coolamon on December 8th should we provide our food van.
• Easter Rotary Markets sub committee to meet.
• Bingo
• ShelterBox

Ian Jennings advised the meeting that the Hart Family had donated ONE ShelterBox to the cause.

We decided to display the ShelterBox tent, {arriving from Canberra on Thursday}, in Coolamon on Friday and in Ganmain on Saturday.  We will set the display up at 7.00 am on Friday morning in Coolamon.  Volunteers are needed for both days please contact John Glassford.

LATEST NEWS FROM THE PHILIPPINES

November 17th 2013 ShelterBoxes being delivered in Cebu.

ShelterBox already had a Response Team on the ground, following October’s earthquake in Bohol, when the Typhoon struck. Relief tents were taken down and safely stored as the ferocious storm swept through the area. Over 500 relief tents and other vital equipment has already been distributed in and around Bohol. Further volunteer Response Teams are now working in Cebu, one of the worst affected areas. 224 ShelterBoxes and 567 relief tents arrived in Cebu today, whilst another team clears 504 relief tents in Manila. ShelterBox has committed to help 4,000 families and launched a major worldwide appeal.

Jeremiah, his daughter Jingle Heart and their family have now moved into a ShelterBox disaster relief tent.

ShelterBox Response Team member, Simon Clarke (UK), recounts: ‘There is now torrential rain on Bantayan Island, but the new recipients of ShelterBox tents will be dry tonight. Thank you so much to everyone who has supported ShelterBox and donated to the Philippines.’

Diary Reminders

Friday 22nd November ShelterBox Display Coolamon

Saturday 23rd November ShelterBox Display Ganmain

Monday 25th November membership meeting, the THINK TANK.

Wednesday 27th November Music for Mates Meeting

Monday 2nd December Board Meeting

Thursday 12th December BINGO Garth Perkin,  Myffy Collette, Ian Durham, Mark Reardon

Saturday January 25th Coolamon Street Raffle.

Thursday 13th February BINGO Dick Jennings, Rodney Jarrett, Neil Munro, Christine Atkinson

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd February PETS in Young

Friday 14th March Trike Convention Catering in Wagga Wagga proceeds to Ronald McDonald House in Wagga Wagga.

Friday March 21st-Sunday March 23rd D9700 Conference in Orange.

Monday March 17-Friday March 21st RYDA in Wagga Wagga (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness)

Saturday 22nd March Music for Mates Concert in Coolamon.

*Saturday May 10th International Night in Ganmain for AFRICA’S rhinos.

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.

*Partners and Guests Night.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RON BURTON:

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

{Answer at the bottom of the bulletin}

The Crumpled Note

“Have you ever seen Twenty Dollars all crumpled up?” the woman asked her husband.

“No”…said her husband.

She gave him a sexy little smile, unbuttoned the top 3 buttons of  her blouse…and slowly reached down into the cleavage created by  a soft,silky push-up bra…and pulled out a crumpled Twenty>Dollar bill.

He took the crumpled Twenty Dollar bill from her …and smiled
approvingly.

“Have you ever seen Fifty Dollars all crumpled up?” she then asked her husband?

“Uh…no, I haven’t” he said with an anxious tone in his voice.

She gave him another sexy little smile, pulled up her skirt, and
seductively reached into her tight, sheer panties and pulled out a crumpled Fifty Dollar bill.

He took the crumpled Fifty Dollar bill… and started breathing a
little quicker with anticipation.

“Now,” she said, “Have you ever seen $50,000 Dollars all crumpled up?”

“No way” …he said (while obviously becoming even more aroused… and excited).

“Well go look in the garage!”

ROTARY INFORMATION

A HANDYMAN’S TALE OF ROTARY CONNECTIONS

Cecil “Pancho” Padilla speaks during his induction into the Arch C. Klumph Society 19 October 2012.

Cecil “Pancho” Padilla’s emotions hover so close to the surface that at times they engulf him. As he recalls his involvement in setting up a dental clinic in Mulege, Mexico, his voice wavers: “There was a polio-stricken girl we’d helped on an earlier visit, and on this visit we were able to find her a golf cart so she wouldn’t have to crawl through the dirt any longer.”

After a lengthy pause, he continues in a halting voice, barely audible. He talks about spotting the girl’s father standing alone, apart from a group gathered to celebrate the arrival of his daughter’s golf cart.

“I went over and asked him why he wasn’t part of the celebration. He said, ‘I’m so embarrassed. I’m ashamed. You provided my daughter what I can’t provide.’” Padilla wipes his eyes with the back of his hand, breathes deeply, and composes himself before finishing the story.

But Padilla’s passion for Rotary goes beyond his collection of memorabilia. After years of donating to The Rotary Foundation, he reached $250,000 in contributions in 2011, and he was inducted into the Arch C. Klumph Society the following year. At the ceremony, he reminisced about the time his boss at Pacific Gas and Electric asked him to join the Rotary Club of Placerville. “I had no idea that what started out as a company requirement would ultimately become a passion and a lifetime of service.” Today, he is a member of the Rotary Club of Winters.

FULL STORY HERE

ONLY IN AFRICA

Surprise One!

OUT OF AFRICA

Surprise Two!

CAUSES WORTH SUPPORTING

HOUT BAY ROTARY CLUB

We received this message from our twin club Hout Bay re the typhoon in the Philippines:

“Hi John,

Hope all is well your side, and please wish Susan a belated happy birthday from Lyn and I.

Our club was wondering if your Rotary club would like to join us in sending a Shelter Box to the disaster area in the Phillipines. It is not so much that we don’t have the funds but we thought as our twin Club it would be good to do something on the international front together. We are going to contribute a box anyway but it would be more meaningful to do one together. Total cost in Rands is R8400.00 which is about 900.00 Aus Dollars, we would be in for half of this amount each.. Let me know and if you decide to go ahead and Don Peters will put the details together for you and send an e-mail explaining.

Good wishes from us all in Hout Bay .

Regards

Butch and Lyn

Dear John

LATEST PHOTOS FROM SHELTERBOX IN THE PHILIPPINES:

The response from ShelterBox Australia with a Shelter Box Response Team on the ground.

PHILIPPINES UPDATE: The ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) in Bantayan Island have been meeting with local community leaders as well as conducting site assessments and seeing for themselves the extent of the damage caused by the typhoon. The team has also begun train-the-trainer sessions with local authorities to enable swift set-up of tents upon arrival of the ShelterBoxes.

SYDNEY ROTARY CONVENTION 2014

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REGISTER BY DECEMBER 15th. TO SAVE $100.

The Host Organising Committee for the Rotary International Convention 2014 looks forward to welcoming you to Sydney, Australia’s beautiful harbour city and host of the 2000 Olympic Games.

The Rotary International Convention 2014 will be held at Sydney Olympic Park from Sunday 1st June to Wednesday 4th June 2014. There will be plenty of exciting and interesting things going on during the Sydney Convention, only some of which will be at the convention itself. We invite you to get out and explore our wonderful city and experience our Aussie culture first hand. This section of our site will help you uncover what’s on in Sydney and around our island nation during the 2014 Sydney Convention.

REGISTER NOW FOR SYDNEY

Register early for Sydney convention and save

Register early for the 2014 Rotary International Convention in  Sydney, Australia, 1-4 June, and pay US$100 less than the on-site  registration fee. Rotary’s annual convention is a wonderful way to experience the true internationality of Rotary, as you connect with leaders, exchange ideas, and get inspired to take action to benefit communities worldwide.

The programme Click to Enlarge:

THE INVITATION

Rotary International Convention event presented by District 9675 Rotary Clubs of Sydney

A Bumper Value Party Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Tuesday 3^rd June 2014, boarding at 7pm from Wharf 6, Circular Quay, returning at 10.15pm

Enjoy Sydney’s “Vivid” Festival City Lights Show, Wine and Dine to live Jazz, Popular Opera or have fun at an Aussie Bush Dance – each on separate decks – your choice!

So many things to do whilst on a short stay in Sydney? This special cruise has been put together by the District 9675 Rotary Clubs of Sydney, Darling Harbour and Sydney Cove, coordinated by The Rotary Club of Sydney Cove

Capture four great experiences in one evening!

Price A$120 per person (includes 3 course dinner, wine, beers and soft drinks)

Early bookers will be seated at the deck of your choice, ie. Opera, Jazz or Bush Dance

And please remember that it will be Winter in Sydney, so wear something warm when you go outside!

Rotary International Convention & District 9675 Rotary Clubs of Sydney Presents Feast on Sydney Harbour:

BOOK  HERE: http://www.trybooking.com/DQHJ)

Queries?  Email us at [email protected].

FOOT NOTE

True Story!

News Flash from the English coastal waters

The Royal Navy intercepted three boatloads of people off the coast of Kent today. This placed the Navy in an awkward position, as the boats were not heading to, but away from Kent towards France. Another surprise finding was that they were loaded with British people who were all seniors of pension age.

Their claim was that they were trying to get to Calais so as to be able to return to the UK as illegal immigrants and therefore be entitled to far more benefits than they were receiving as legitimate UK pensioners. The Navy, it is believed, gave them food, water and fuel and assisted them on their journey. We are booking the next boat out; let me know if you want to come.

{Answer:  The moon is in the background not planet earth!}

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/#

PHILIPPINES UPDATE: 504 ShelterBox tents have now arrived in Manila, Philippines. Distribution of this aid will begin as soon as it has cleared customs. A further 224 ShelterBoxes and 576 ShelterBox tents are currently en route to Cebu….

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #19

NOVEMBER IS THE ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH.

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

In 1929, the Foundation made its first gift of $500 to the International Society for Crippled Children. The organization, created by Rotarian Edgar F. “Daddy” Allen, later grew into Easter Seals.

When Rotary founder Paul Harris died in 1947, contributions began pouring in to Rotary International, and the Paul Harris Memorial Fund was created to build the Foundation.

1947: The Foundation established its first program, Fellowships for Advance Study, later known as Ambassadorial Scholarships.

1965-66: Three programs were launched: Group Study Exchange, Awards for Technical Training, and Grants for Activities in Keeping with the Objective of The Rotary Foundation, which was later called Matching Grants.

1978: Rotary introduced the Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants. The first 3-H Grant funded a project to immunize 6 million Philippine children against polio.

1985: The PolioPlus program was launched to eradicate polio worldwide.

1987-88: The first peace forums were held, leading to Rotary Peace Fellowships.

2013: New district, global, and packaged grants enable Rotarians around the world to respond to the world’s greatest needs.

Since the first donation of $26.50 in 1917, the Foundation has received contributions totaling more than $1 billion.

MONDAY MEETING 11th November 2013

Col Paterson, Grahame Miles and Dick Jennings

Tonight we had an excellent meeting with President Dick Jennings back from harvesting.  Dick’s header broke down so he was able to attend.  Our guest speaker was Col Paterson form Coolamon.  Member’s guests were Marilyn Jennings, Sharon Miles and Christine Lorraine.  11 members attended.

Our guest speaker Col Paterson spoke on the Scarecrow festival that he started and wants to see continue into the future and asked our club to take it on next year to raise funds for the Coolamon Men’s Shed.  Col feels it is a very good way for our Rotary Club to promote Coolamon.

Most of the business discussed was on the typhoon in the Philippines.  We decided to look at donating to ShelterBox.  We are also looking at doing a fund raiser in Coolamon.   Further down this bulletin there are two stories on this disaster.

ShelterBox was featured on The Guardian website today as a chosen charity to support following Typhoon Haiyan –

The Guardian on ShelterBox Today

You can donate to support the ShelterBox Typhoon Haiyan Emergency Appeal here:

http://shelterbox.org/donate.php

Diary Reminders

Thursday 14th November BINGO Henk Hulsman, Leslie Weston, Paul Weston, Bernadette Milne.

Monday 18th November Regular Meeting

Monday 25th November membership meeting, the THINK TANK.

Wednesday 27th November Music for Mates Meeting

Monday 2nd December Board Meeting

Thursday 12th December BINGO Garth Perkin,  Miffy Collette, Ian Durham, Mark Reardon

Saturday January 25th Coolamon Street Raffle.

Thursday 13th February BINGO Dick Jennings, Rodney Jarrett, Neil Munro, Christine Atkinson

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd February PETS in Young

Friday 14th March Trike Convention Catering in Wagga Wagga proceeds to Ronald McDonald House in Wagga Wagga.

Friday March 21st-Sunday March 23rd D9700 Conference in Orange.

Monday March 17-Friday March 21st RYDA in Wagga Wagga (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness)

Saturday 22nd March Music for Mates Concert in Coolamon.

*Saturday May 10th International Night in Ganmain for AFRICA’S rhinos.

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.

*Partners and Guests Night.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RON BURTON:

On 2 November, Rotary and the United Nations Together Engaged to Change Lives — at United Nations

“Yes, a Rotary Exchange Student can become United Nations Deputy Secretary General” was a heading I saw following the presentation of UN DSG Eliasson.

United Nations Deputy Secretary General, Jon Eliasson from Sweeden, shared how his experience in Indiana as a Rotary exchange student affected his life and influenced his foreign diplomat career.

He was well versed on our projects and appreciative of what Rotary is doing in partnership with the United Nations and around the world, to promote global understanding and peace.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

The affair

A woman is having an affair during the day while her husband is at
work. Her 9 year old son comes home unexpectedly, sees them and hides in the bedroom closet to watch.

The woman’s husband also comes home.

She puts her lover in the closet, not realizing that the little boy is in
there already.
The little boy says, “Dark in here.”
The man says, “Yes, it is.”
Boy – “I have a baseball.”
Man – “That’s nice.”
Boy – “Want to buy it?”
Man – “No, thanks.”
Boy – “My dad’s outside.”
Man – “OK, how much?”
Boy – “$250”
In the next few weeks, it happens again that the boy and the lover are in the closet together.
Boy – “Dark in here.”
Man – “Yes, it is.”
Boy – “I have a baseball glove.”
The lover remembering the last time, asks the boy, “How much?”
Boy – “$750”
Man – “Fine.”
A few days later, the father says to the boy, “Grab your glove, let’s go outside and have a game of catch.” The boy says, “I can’t, I sold my baseball and my glove.” The father asks, “How much did you sell them for?”
Boy – “$1,000”
The father says, “That’s terrible to overcharge your friends like
that…that is way more than those two things cost. I’m going to take you to church and make you confess.”

They go to the church and the father makes the little boy sit in the
confession booth and he closes the door.

The boy says, “Dark in here.”

The priest says, “Don’t start that again.”

ROTARY INFORMATION

A team of health professionals is touring Donka hospital in Conakry, Guinea, in March when they spot more than a dozen large, greenish masses covering the ground. To the U.S. team members, they look like an art installation; in fact, they are hospital gowns and surgical drapes, laundered and spread out to dry. They are a vivid example of the group’s objective: to lower deadly infection rates caused by unsterile procedures.

This Rotary Foundation vocational training team is the first to serve under Rotary’s partnership with the nonprofit Mercy Ships. Rotary District 7690 in North Carolina, USA, sponsored the team with a packaged grant, part of the new Rotary grant model that launched worldwide 1 July. The team’s five members will train Guinean health professionals at the two national hospitals.

The Africa Mercy, a 500-foot oceangoing hospital ship, is docked in Conakry for a 10-month medical mission. The Mercy Ships staff and visiting experts, such as this team, will tackle a range of tasks, including setting up medical and dental clinics, conducting health screenings, performing surgeries on board, and conducting health care outreach throughout the country. The ship also will serve as a steel-hulled security blanket.

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OUT OF AFRICA

PP Don Peters Hout Bay Rotary giving the Coolamon team a warm welcome in 2011.

News and a Question from PP Don Peters of our Centennial Twin Club Hout Bat Rotary in Cape Town.

Rotary and Rotarians need to get back to some basics and again I am talking to the converted but my observations for my own Club are a way of identifying that need for each of us to be more proactive particularly when a visiting Rotarian comes to the Club hence why you and Coolamon are identified. I am wondering how much more, how many more friendships could have been made if we had followed our visitors and kept better in touch.

“An observation and a little history about Hout Bay Rotary – by Don Peters !  As our Sgt has recently told us its good to have the ‘swallows” back and they come with good news, great ideas and plenty of enthusiasm.  How special it is to create contacts by ourselves with the traditional make-ups when we are travelling and of course to welcome visiting Rotarians to our own Club.   When the table mats were first designed and the originals were to identify the Ashley Kaimowitz Memorial Fund we thought they would be‘interesting’ and hopefully ‘informative’. It has worked, many of the mats have ‘left’ us and traveled to various Rotary Clubs around the world. Patrick’s contribution with the ‘Operation Medical Hope” project table mat added to the interest that our Club was creating with visiting Rotarians.

May I just identify some interesting cases where the contact with a Rotarian from another Club in another country have benefited projects in our own community. Each week we toast the Coolamon Club in Australia, we are twinned but lets start from the beginning. Rotarian John Glassford of the  Coolamon Club contacted the Hout Bay Club and told a story about climbing a mountain with a team from Australia to raise funds for Rotary projects in Africa.

I am simplifying the story – with great respect to John Glassford from whom I seek his indulgence. John’s initial approach was ( and we do perhaps is some cases have to apologise for a degree of disbelief) perhaps misunderstood or was far too progressive for a Hout Bay Rotarian to comprehend.  But like a kookaburra (a laughing jackass) this strange cry from an Australian Rotarian grew and we realised that this was someone special.

The success of the Kili climb and the support given by Coolamon and other neighbour clubs in Aussie was amazing. So what was it ?Fellow Rotarians talking, writing, emailing each other because friendships, support , generosity and a bonding that has provided Rotary Hout Bay for Operation Medical Hope and also for the Nonceba Centre project with amazing financial and personal rewards.  The continuing contact with Coolamon and John Glassford gets stronger and stronger, not because of any great fund raising scheme but because of that personal contact and esprit de corps that we enjoy with each other.”

Read the latest Bay Breezes.

CAUSES WORTH SUPPORTING

TYPHOON HAIYAN

Desperation as 10,000 feared dead.

Our ShelterBox Response Teams in the Philippines are helping local people and organisations to cope with the aftermath: ‘The biggest effect we are hearing is from flooding, and the rains are still coming through. Houses have been swept away, and there are sink holes.’ To help allow our Response Teams to bring shelter and safety to families, please donate and help us make a difference:

http://www.shelterbox.org/donate.php

Shelter Box is maximising its personnel and aid in the Philippines to help displaced families after Typhoon Haiyan leaves devastation in its wake.

Following last month’s earthquake and Friday’s Typhoon Haiyan, Shelter Box has already deployed all its aid pre-positioned at the former US air base at Clark on Luzon island.

With more response teams arriving in the coming days, Shelter Box is now assessing the need to call on other stock held at Dubai, at Subang near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Melbourne in Australia and at its Cornwall HQ in Helston.

SHELTER BOX WEB SITE

SYDNEY ROTARY CONVENTION 2014

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REGISTER BY DECEMBER 15th. TO SAVE $100.

‘Walkway’, Sydney Harbour – there are lots of beautiful spots around the world for a leisurely stroll. This one has to be up there with the best of them.

REGISTER NOW FOR SYDNEY

Register early for Sydney convention and save

Register early for the 2014 Rotary International Convention in  Sydney, Australia, 1-4 June, and pay US$100 less than the on-site  registration fee. Rotary’s annual convention is a wonderful way to experience the true internationality of Rotary, as you connect with leaders, exchange ideas, and get inspired to take action to benefit communities worldwide.

The programme Click to Enlarge:

THE INVITATION

+*Special announcement from the Rotary E – Club of Greater Sydney*

In June 2014, Sydney will be transformed into a spectacular canvas of light, music, ideas and community when Vivid Sydney and the Rotary International Convention take over the city.

The Rotary E-Club of Greater Sydney is proud to play host to the spectacular “Vivid Visions” cruise on Sydney Harbour on board the Southern Swan, an authentic 1920’s Tall Ship.

On Friday the 30th of May 2014 we will be setting sail from Campbell’s Cove for a wonderful evening adventure of light, music and Rotary!

Sailing though our magnificent illuminated harbour, you will learn how the e-Club focus on our international projects supporting development, education, and health in developing countries. You will also see and hear the amazing story of the ship, be enthralled by a Kenyan Maasai warrior, take in the salty sea air and see Sydney at its brightest!.

For only $95 per person, the food, drink and entertainment aboard this two hour cruise, will be provided by the friendly Ship’s crew – all of whom are at your service!

Make this event a memorable part of your “Down Under Convention” experience.

To book go please click the booking link

http://www.sydneytallships.com.au/rotary-e-club.html

Tickets are strictly limited!!!.

FOOT NOTE

ROTARIANS ON THE INTERNET

TYPHOON  HAIYAN

Typhoon Haiyan from space.

No homes all gone.

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/#