Several of us Rotarians on ROTI or Rotarians On The Internet are starting a Rotary Action Group for Endangered Species. We have a Facebook page up and running so those of you on Facebook please share our page and join this war against the exploitation of the rhino and elephant.
Our logo by Paula Wiegmink from Perth.:
This ex SAS Aussie digger has started a project called IAPF International Anti-Poaching Foundation watch the story on the video below:
Just received Rotary Africa with an article on our twin club Hout Bay and the story of the Home of Hope which we have helped with our work.
Just click on the photos for a larger image and enjoy.
Here is a short video on Jake Norton who is climbing the 7 THIRD highest peaks on & continents ot raise awareness for cleanwater. This is exactly what we went through and only a month before we were there: ENJOY!
Great story on a rescue something we do well with orphans in Africa. Just thought that you might enjoy this story.
We had the following visitors: From Junee Rotary Club Peter Commens, John Higginson, Ian Good, Doug Bell, from Henty Rotary Club, Ron Wellington, Mark Janetzki, from Lockhart Rotary Club, Bob “Babu” Kendell, Alan Mulholland, Bryan Burgess, Colin Wiese, Bob Toose and from Wagga Wagga Sunrise Rotary Club, Max Chapman and PDG Fred Loneragan. From Italy Enrico and Ricardo and from Ganmain Susan Wingate-Pearse.
Ten members from our club were also in attendance, Paul Weston, Henk Hulsman, John Glassford, Mark Reardon, Dick Jennings, Christine Atkinson, Ian Jennings, John Burns, Neil Munro and Ian Durham.
Dick Jennings ran a chook raffle and there were two chooks on offer.
The presentation on Africa was in three parts showing where we had been where we are today and where we are going tomorrow. To date Road MAPS and District 9700 with PDG Fred Loneragan has raised $238,000 for our projects there. These include:
The School of St Jude’s in Moshono Tanzania.
Bishop Masereka’s Medical Clinic in Kasase Uganda
Orphan Rescue in Mathare Kenya
Coolamon House in Hout Bay South Africa.
The presentation concentrated on sustainability and the two main projects we will be supporting over the next three years, Orphan Rescue Kits for Mathare and Tracy’s 200 and Coolamon House in Cape Town. The 3 year plan for awareness and fund raising will be centered on World AIDS Day December 1st for the next 3 years:
Fred and John then went onto outline the project planned for ANZAC Day 2015 climbing Mount Kenya in aid of Legacy in Australia, the Returned Services Association in New Zealand and our two African projects. More information will become avialable over the next few months.
President’s report
This past Monday, the club and our many guests were treated to a very interesting presentation and a challenge by John Glassford and Fred Lonergan. John and Fred described progress to date on the “Roadmaps to Africa” fundraising campaign spearheaded by John and fabulously supported by Fred and the Rotary Foundation. To date, $238,000 has been raised by their efforts, centred on climbs of notable mountain peaks in Africa (e.g. Mount Kilimanjaro and Mountains of the Moon/Mount Margherita). The funds have been used to support programs aimed at easing life for the millions of AIDS orphans in Africa, children who have had the misfortune of being born into families whose parents have been victims of the AIDS epidemic. Pretty remarkable stuff.
Now the challenge: to raise funds to provide educational opportunities for 200 of these AIDS orphans. John and Fred described how $450 can provide the funds needed to send one of these children through primary school ($600 for secondary school). The focus on education is plain: without education, these children have virtually no opportunity to escape the fate that befell their parents. However, a very modest monetary investment provides these children with a sound education that will give them the footing to lead productive lives. This investment in education began with one 14-year old girl (Tracy), and now the challenge is to raise funds for 200 of Tracy’s contemporaries to provide similar opportunities for them. The starting point in this fund-raiser is to have people sacrifice their lunch money for one day (AIDS awareness day, coming up in December). Small donations such as this can add up to substantial sums, so John and Fred hope a fair bit of the funding for this challenge will be raised this way. Of course, individuals and groups can sponsor a child in whole. Look for details on this program in the very near future. It was inspiring to see how much of a difference a few people working together can make; hats off to John, Fred, Craig Corrigan (who climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro), Mark Janetzki of Henty Rotary (who climbed Mt. Margherita), and the other climbers who sacrificed time and money to make this possible.
Our next meeting features a workshop for the owners and operators of businesses in the Coolamon Shire who are interested in learning how to enhance their businesses via electronic media. This digital marketing workshop will be run by a firm based in Wagga, and will show businesspeople how to use the internet and social media to increase their customer base and profitability. The cost of the workshop is being shared by our club and the Coolamon Shire Council in order to encourage business owners and operators to learn about this increasingly important avenue of communication with existing and potential customers. Members of our club are welcome to attend for the usual cost of a dinner catered by Gilbert ($20).
Things keep rolling along, so don’t sit on the sidelines for too long! I hope to see you at the digital marketing workshop. The following week, being a fifth Monday, will be purely an opportunity for fellowship (a dinner hosted by Ian and Marilyn Jennings), so save that date as well.
Onward and upward!
Yours in Rotary,
Paul
Saturday October 20th Coolamon and Ganmain Hospital Fete 9.00am at the hospital grounds, volunteers needed for the chocolate wheel.
Volunteers so far Clare Munro, Ian Durham, Dick Jennings, Ian Jennings, Mark Reardon, Paul Weston and John Glassford.
*Monday 22nd October WORKSHOP for Coolamon Shire Business people on how to use the Internet for marketing your business facilitated by Linda Tillman and sponsored by Coolamon Rotary and the Coolamon Shire Council.
So successful was my attendance of a Rotary club meeting via Skype that invitations for me to attend other online meetings continue pouring in. All requests for online meetings must be in writing and emailed to: [email protected]. Please include your club’s name, address, and a member’s contact information.
Visiting Rotary clubs and projects around the world is a big part of my job as president. So if I’m unable to visit your club in person I would really enjoy participating in one of your meetings via Skype. I look forward to hearing from you, and thank you for your interest.
Rotary International President via Skype
Three Indian Squaws
There were three Indian squaws. One slept on a deer skin, one slept
on an elk skin, and the third slept on a hippopotamus skin. All three
became pregnant. The first two each had a baby boy. The one who
slept on the hippopotamus skin had twin boys. This just goes to prove
that the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws
of the other two hides. (Some of you may need help with this one).
“Parachuting”
Rotary International offers myriad resources to help Rotarians build effective clubs. Effective clubs are able to achieve the Object of Rotary by
Club membership
Kamchatka. Eruption Kluchevskoy, NE Russia
Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka
Governor of District 9700 Greg Brown
Coolamon Club President Paul Weston
Coolamon Club Secretary John Glassford Coolamon
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
Rotarians For Fighting AIDS AUSTRALIA: http://theork.com/
Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
Today is World Food Day! Our students at The Kibera School for Girls receive two full meals a day and a snack, providing essential nutrition for our girls. The parents of our students volunteer to cook the meals.
Join us today in acknowledging the importance of ending hunger worldwide.
Our Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay have resumed normal service and their bulletin is now available, click on the logo below:
Some photos form our visit last December with the Mountains of the Moon team at the Hout Bay Rotary Club.
Hout Bay has one of the best club rooms and venue right on the harbour.
Today DG Greg Brown and his wife Lyn Brown paid us a visit for the annual Governor’s visit.
L-R Mark Reardon, Christine Atkinson, John Burns, AG Alan Sharp, Grahame Miles, Garth Perkin, Paul Weston, DG Greg Brown, Lyn Brown, Ian Jennings, Henk Hulsman, Ian Durham, John Glassford.
RI President Sakuji gets around this week he is in Brazil. I hope that you enjoy reading about his travels.
While attending the RI Institute for Zones 22 &
23A in Vitória, Brazil, RI Director José Antonio F. Antiório and City Councilman Sergio Magalhães presented me with this certificate making me an honorary citizen of Vitória. Thank you so much, and I look forward to visiting Brazil again soon.
ブラジル訪問中、ヴィトーリアの名誉市民の称号をいただき感激いたしました。いつの日かこの美しいヴィトーリアの街を再訪問できることを願っています。
The RI Institute for Zones 22 & 23A in Vitória, Brazil helped Rotary gain traction in this region, due in large part to generous support from past RI presidents D.K. Lee and Luis Vicente Giay, RI Director José Antonio F. Antiório and Trustee Antonio Hallage. Thank you all for making this meeting a success.
Brazil will be the host of the Rotary Convention in 2015 from 5-8 June 2015 in São Paulo, Brazil.
Sao Paulo Night Club and other scenes of Brazil.
As promised I have managed to get some lovely jewelery made by the deaf ladies at Sasa Designs in Nairobi. UNEKE in Wagga have them and will be selling them in their shop. If you need a unique African gift for a lady then here is a way to help the deaf ladies in Nairobi. The Sasa Designs project is being managed by a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar from California, Megan MacDonald. Here are some of the pieces now at Uneke.
A busload of politicians were driving down a country road when all of a sudden, the bus ran off the road and crashed into a tree in an old cockie’s paddock.
The old cockie, after seeing what had happened, went over to investigate.
He then proceeded to dig a hole to bury the politicians.
A few days later the local policeman came out, saw the crashed bus, and asked the old cockie where all the politicians had gone.
The old cockie said he had buried them.
The policeman asked the old cockie, “Were they all dead?”
The old cockie replied, “Well, some of them said they weren’t, but I didn’t believe them.”
A man and his ever nagging wife went on vacation to Jerusalem. While they were there, the wife passed away.
The undertaker told the husband, “You can have her shipped home for $5,000 or you can bury her here, in the Holy Land, for $150.”
The man thought about it and told him he would just have her shipped home.
The undertaker asked, “Why would you spend $5,000 to ship your wife home, when it would be wonderful to be buried here and you would spend only $150”.
The man replied, “Long ago a man died here, was buried here, and three days later, he rose from the dead. I just can’t take that chance.”
{Thanks to Tom Telfer of ROTI fame for these jokes}
The aim of Rotary Youth Program for Enrichment is to provide an enriching and challenging experience for Year 9 high school students. The weekend camp is a balance of social interaction, adventures and speakers to assist the students in developing life skills. RYPEN provides students with a wider experience than many have previously had. They interact with Rotarians and their peers from across the District and undertake challenging activities and adventures.
Coolamon RYPEN Team 2011 with Rtn. Leslie Weston
District 9700 Committee Members
Name Position
Neil Pinto(Chairman) Wollundry-Wagga Wagga
David Mills (Bathurst)
Greg Conkey (Wollundry Wagga Wagga)
Geoff Breust (Wollundry Wagga Wagga)
Darren Wallace (Wollundry Wagga Wagga)
RYPEN 2012: – Borambola Sport and Recreation camp approximately 13km east of Wagga Wagga on the Sturt Highway
Dates are Friday 23, Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 November 2012
Buses are organised to transport students from across the District:
– A coach travelling between Bathurst and Wagga Wagga will pick up and drop off participants to the north of Wagga Wagga.
– A minibus travelling between Griffith and Wagga Wagga will pick up and drop off participants to the west of Wagga Wagga
Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka
Governor of District 9700 Greg Brown
Coolamon Club President Paul Weston
Coolamon Club Secretary John Glassford
Coolamon Club Treasurer Henk Hulsman
Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701
NEW! ROTI Rotarians On The Internet September Newsletter
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
Rotarians For Fighting AIDS AUSTRALIA: http://theork.com/
Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
