Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #17

NOVEMBER IS ROTARY FOUNDATION  MONTH

Are you?

It’s Rotary Foundation Month. The Foundation has made a difference in the life of thousands this year because of generous donations. Thank you to all of our proud donors!

Join us in making a difference in communities locally and globally at www.rotary.org/give.

MEETING MONDAY NOVEMBER 3rd. 2014

Tonight we had a meeting on membership led by Leslie Weston our Membership Director.

The meeting was well attended with some 12 members and three guests.  Ian Jennings has returned form his trip to Europe looking very relaxed good to see Ian back.

Leslie outlined some plans to attract new members and to retain our current members.

The membership committee met prior to the meeting and Leslie put to our members that we should have a Rotary Interest BBQ before Christmas.  We set on a date being Friday 5th December and Garth Perkin kindly offered Marg and his home as the venue.  Catering will be organised by Leslie and paid for by the club.

Leslie asked all members present to provide her with a list of those whom we feel would enjoy an evening getting to know Coolamon Rotarians.  Please get these names to Leslie by Saturday.   The conduct of the night is still to be determined by the membership committee but it will include live music.  Leslie feels that we need to ask several of the younger generation along as well as those in an older age group.

All in a very positive meeting and one that will help us to grow as a club.

Ian Jennings challenged some of our male members to support Movember.  There were several takers including President Garth, Wayne Lewis, maybe even Grahame Miles!!!

Next Monday night is our AGM and we need all of our members to attend if possible.  The AGM will be followed by the November board meeting.

On Wednesday 12th November there is a markets committee meeting at Grahame Miles home.

On Monday 15th December our last meeting for 2014 we have Scott Martin from the Coolamon Shire Council Health and Building as our guest speaker.

MELBOURNE CUP SWEEP 2014

 1st Protectionist drawn by Mark Reardon

2nd Red Cadeaux drawn by Grahame Miles

3rd. Who Shotthebarman drawn by Don Dyce

Last Admire Rakti {Requiescant In Pace}, drawn by Myffy Collette. 

See Footnote for some great Christmas present ideas and at the same time support the Oloimugi Maasai Village and their dream to build a school.

Diary Reminders

Monday 10th November AGM.

Monday 10th November Mount Kenya Presentation at Temora. 

Wednesday 12th November Markets Committee Meeting at Grahame Miles home.

Thursday 13^th November BINGO: Ian  Jennings (Captain), Mark Reardon, Henk  Hulsman, Christine Atkinson

Wednesday 26th November Mount Kenya Presentation at Henty.

*Friday December 5th ROTARY  INTEREST BBQ at Marg and Garth’s home Rands Tank Coolamon.

Thursday  11^th December, BINGO Grahame Miles (Captain), Myffy Collette, Garth Perkin, Bernadette Milne

NYE December 31st Coolamon Fireworks Food Van

Wednesday 4th February 2015 Joint Lions Rotary Meeting in Coolamon. TBC.

Thursday 12th February BINGO:   Ian  Durham  (Captain), Paul Weston, Rod Jarrett, Leslie Weston

Saturday 21st March to Sunday 22nd March D 9700 CONFERENCE at Cowra.  Book Now for early bird discounts.

Saturday 6th June – Tuesday 9th June 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.

*Partners and Guests Night.

Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG

Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang and Rotary Foundation Trustee Samuel F. Owori met Global Grant Scholar Patrick Ongom when he visitedRotary International in Evanston, Illinois, USA.

RIP Gary’s November Message:

Four months into this year of working to Light Up Rotary, I am more excited about Rotary than ever before. I’ve been to 22 countries, visited dozens of cities, and met thousands of Rotarians. I’ve seen amazing projects and been inspired over and over again by the terrific work Rotarians do all over the world. And I’ve been privileged to be part of all kinds of Rotary events, from club meetings to Rotary institutes, from Rotary Days to Foundation dinners.

Every event is memorable. I feel especially honored when I am invited to share in club celebrations. To me, taking part in a Rotary club celebration as Rotary International president is like being invited to a family event as an honored guest. Indeed, Rotary is the biggest family in the world.

FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

The Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak presented “Pride of Workmanship” awards to Dr Ying Shi Chang for her dentistry skills and in particular her work with young children and the disabled.

 STORY HERE

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Confidence…..

A fighter pilot walks into a bar and takes a seat next to a very attractive woman.

He gives her a quick glance then casually looks at his new Apple watch for a moment.

The woman notices this and asks, Is your date running late?

No, he replies, I just got this state-of-the-art Apple watch, and I was just testing it.

The intrigued woman says, A state-of-the-art watch? What’s so special about it?

The pilot says, It uses alpha waves to talk to me telepathically.

The lady says, OK, What’s it telling you now?

Well, it says you’re not wearing any panties.

The woman giggles and replies, Well it must be broken because I am wearing panties!

The fighter pilot smirks, taps his watch and says, Bloody thing’s an hour fast!

And that, my friends………is Confidence!

ROTARY INFORMATION

Four hundred citizens in northeast China received free cataract surgeries in 2013 thanks to efforts by the Rotary Clubs of Warner Robins, Georgia, USA, and Shanghai, China.

Seeing an elderly Tibetan woman weep with joy when cataract surgery restored her vision after 10 years is the kind of moment Dave Razo will never tire of.

For several summers Razo, a member of the Rotary Club of Warner Robins, Georgia, USA, traveled to rural northwest China with a team from Georgia-based nonprofit Gansu Inc., to provide free sight-restoring cataract surgery to some of the country’s poorest residents. In 2012, after 22 years and 6,000 successful procedures, Gansu’s founder, ophthalmologist William Conrad, retired and discontinued the organization’s operations.

But Razo didn’t want the effort to end. He had seen how life-changing the surgery could be, not only for the patients but for their families and their community.

FULL STORY HERE

ONLY IN AFRICA

OUT OF AFRICA

MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

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

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

100 YEARS AGO:

One of the main reasons that I am climbing Mount Kenya is to honour my father George Glassford who set sail from Wellington 100 years ago on the SS Limerick:

FULL NAME 
George James Glassford
World War I, 1914-1918
SERIAL NO.  10/971
FIRST KNOWN RANK  Sergeant

EMBARKATION UNIT 
Wellington Infantry Battalion
EMBARKATION DATE 
16 October 1914
PLACE OF EMBARKATION 
Wellington, New Zealand
TRANSPORT HMNZT 7 HMNZT 10
VESSEL Limerick 
DESTINATION Suez, Egypt

FOOT NOTE

OLOIMUGI CRAFT SHOP OPENING SOON

Some great ideas for presents this year while supporting the Oloimugi Maasai Village and their dream to build a school for their children.

OLOIMUGI CRAFT SHOP WEB SITE

We are building a shopping trolley which will be up and running soon.  Watch this space. 

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Rotary International President Gary Huang

Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy

Coolamon Club President  Garth Perkin

Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston

Club Treasurer  Henk Hulsman

Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701

Websites of Interest

Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com

Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/

Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub

Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/

Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org

Proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #16

OCTOBER IS VOCATIONAL SERVICES  MONTH

The Concept of Vocational Service:

The Object of Rotary is a philosophical statement of Rotary’s purpose and the responsibilities of Rotarians. The concept of vocational service is rooted in the Second Object, which calls on Rotarians to “encourage and foster”:

• High ethical standards in business and professions
• The recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations
• The dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society
As a Rotarian, how can you put these ideals into action? Consider these suggestions:
• Talk about your vocation in your club, and take time to learn about fellow members’
vocations.
• Use your professional skills to serve a community.
• Practice your profession with integrity, and inspire others to behave ethically through
your own words and actions.
• Help a young person achieve his or her career aspirations.
• Guide and encourage others in their professional development.

If you do any of these things, you are performing vocational service. And if vocational service  motivates and energizes you, then you’re in the right place, because vocational service is the very essence of Rotary. It is what sets Rotary apart from other service organizations.

MEETING MONDAY OCTOBER 27th. 2014

President Garth Perkin and Bruce Spinks

We had a workshop on fund raising tonight with 13 members and one guest in Bruce Spinks from Wollundry Grove Olives and a member of the Rotary Club of Wollundry.

PE Wayne Lewis conducted the workshop with help from John Glassford.  We discussed many aspects of fund raising and established several causes that we have supported in the past and ones that we will look at supporting in the future.

The members provided some excellent ideas and ways to raise funds for our causes in the future.  A minute will be prepared and sent to all of our members.  We looked at our local community needs, National and International causes.

Causes included:

Education programmes in all three categories

Australian Rotary Health Fund and Mental Health in particular.

Organ Donation

Disaster Aid

Legacy Australia and the Mount Kenya Climb.

The Shire Community Fund

The Bike Track for Coolamon

There were too many fund raising ideas to list here and an interesting one discussed was the Internet and Crowd Funding.

All in all a very productive night and thanks go to Wayne Lewis for organising the night.  Good fellowship followed which included a serious fine for Grahame Miles below:

Diary Reminders

Thursday 30th October Ray Wall’s farewell Coolamon Sports Club $35 per head.  Tickets by 22nd from Christine Atkinson.

Monday 3rd November TBA 

Monday 10th November AGM.

Monday 10th November Mount Kenya Presentation at Temora. 

Thursday 13^th November BINGO: Ian  Jennings (Captain), Mark Reardon, Henk  Hulsman, Christine Atkinson

Wednesday 26th November Mount Kenya Presentation at Henty.

Thursday  11^th December, BINGO Grahame Miles (Captain), Myffy Collette, Garth Perkin, Bernadette Milne

NYE December 31st Coolamon Fireworks Food Van

Wednesday 4th February 2015 Joint Lions Rotary Meeting in Coolamon. TBC.

Thursday 12th February BINGO:   Ian  Durham  (Captain), Paul Weston, Rod Jarrett, Leslie Weston

Saturday 21st March to Sunday 22nd March D 9700 CONFERENCE at Cowra.  Book Now for early bird discounts.

Saturday 6th June – Tuesday 9th June 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.

*Partners and Guests Night.

Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG

Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang takes part in a chess tournament held at Seyhan Andadolu High School. The tournament included 592 participants from four different age groups.

 On World Polio Day, October 24th, let us remember Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Albert Sabin who gave us the first safe and effective polio vaccine.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

Last week, 44 Year 10 students from St Anne’s Temora, Temora High School, Ardlethan Central School and Ariah Park Central School attended the annual Rotary Mock Interview evening. This event is aimed at giving students the opportunity to be interviewed and discuss their potential career path with local professionals in that field. We had budding doctors, teachers, electricians, lawyers, veterinarians and many more attend! Thank you to the teachers and students for attending, and of course to the industry mentors who gave up their time to assist in this successful program.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Missing Husband

A lady went to the police station to file a report for her missing Husband

Lady : I lost my Husband
Inspector : What is his height..??

Lady : I never noticed
Inspector : Slim or healthy..??

Lady : Not slim can be healthy
Inspector : Color of eyes..??

Lady : Never noticed
Inspector : Color of hair..??

Lady : Changes according to season
Inspector : What was he wearing..??

Lady : suit/casuals I don’t remember exactly
Inspector : Was somebody with him ??

Lady : Yes my Labrador dog, Calvin, tied with a golden chain, height 26 inches, healthy, blue eyes, blackish brown hair, his left foot thumb nail is slightly broken, he never barks, wearing a golden belt studded with blue balls, he likes non veg food, we eat together, we jog together & the lady started crying

Inspector : Let’s search for the dog first .

ROTARY INFORMATION

WORLD POLIO DAY: HEALTH OFFICIALS LAUD POLIO ERADICATION ACHIEVEMENTS, POINT TO DISEASE’S ENDGAME.

ONLY IN AFRICA

A man in  Kisumu Kenya wanted to be buried sitting up, I now know why he wanted to do this!

The late Aluchio body was buried while seated following traditions that demands dead to be buried while seated among the Angusu clan of the Idakho in Kakamega County. The Practice has put community loggerheads with Church leaders. By Benjamin Sakwa

Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/thecounties/article/2000139452/tradition-that-demands-the-dead-be-buried-while-seated

OUT OF AFRICA

 Ingenuity African Style.

MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

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

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

The visit to Oloimugi gets more and more intriguing here is a snippet from their leader Armicus on what to expect:

Walk around the village seeing the best that we offer . Talk of our learning centre. bee-hive zone,  shields and artifacts’ room among others. Do yourself some favor by grabbing  nice bead-work from our  loaded craft shop. The purchase goes all the way to develop this eco-tourism bakery.  And yes..buy and get an extra gift..yay!  You are still to see many things..

Relax!!!!!you are at home “OLOIMUGI MAASAI VILLAGE”..Next is a series of activities that you are going to plunge in..Fascinating..learn about how Maasai used to hunt for food in times of drought and famine when their livestock was unproductive. Here, you see how a donkey was masked skillfully to look like an oryx.  This is what we could call “stalking”   This way, a person could go to a “nose-mouth’  distance near the target hunt. You see the whole activity practically..Interesting. Isnt’t it?  NB-No kill is practiced.

FOOT NOTE

Bondi Sculptures by the Sea. 2014

Well worth a trip to the coast to see these amazing sculptures.

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Rotary International President Gary Huang

Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy

Coolamon Club President  Garth Perkin

Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston

Club Treasurer  Henk Hulsman

Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701

Websites of Interest

Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com

Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/

Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub

Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/

Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org

Proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #15

OCTOBER IS VOCATIONAL SERVICES  MONTH

A Rotary team boards the Africa Mercy, a 500-foot floating hospital, to provide a stream of care and compassion to ports of call.

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.

 FULL STORY HERE

MEETING MONDAY OCTOBER 20th. 2014

The Trooper in the photo is President Garth Perkin on the set of Ned Kelly with Mick Jagger as Ned.

The meeting last night attracted 14 of our members and two guests in Helen Lewis and PP Ray Foley.  Our speaker was President Garth Perkin on his life and times.  Garth as always had an interesting story to tell of his youth and upbringing.   We learnt about his early days and his desire to travel and learn.  Garth and Marg have been to South Africa, Cambodia and now Marg is in China.

Garth Perkin with Marg and their son Hew Perkin.

Garth expressed his belief that Rotary does amazing work in allowing Rotarians to travel and enjoy the culture of other nations while doing good work for our fellow human beings.

Some reminders:

Capture Coolamon Shire Photo Competition closes this Friday.

Sunday 26th October a working bee at PE Wayne Lewis home on the Rotary food van, 9.00 am.

Ray Wall farewell get your tickets from Christine Atkinson.

We made a profit of $1,400 catering for the Rural Womens Conference.

Run2Raise raised $15,000 on  Saturday at their function at the Coolamon Hotel a great result all round.

Next Monday PE Wayne Lewis has invited ALL members to a fund raising workshop on Monday night.  It is important that we all attend and create ideas for our fund raising efforts.

Diary Reminders

Monday 27th October Fund Raising Workshop

Thursday 30th October Ray Wall’s farewell Coolamon Sports Club $35 per head.  Tickets by 22nd from Christine Atkinson.

Monday 10th November AGM.

Monday 10th November Mount Kenya Presentation at Temora. 

Thursday 13^th November BINGO: Ian  Jennings (Captain), Mark Reardon, Henk  Hulsman, Christine Atkinson

Wednesday 26th November Mount Kenya Presentation at Henty.

NYE December 31st Coolamon Fireworks Food Van

*Partners and Guests Night.

Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG

 This month marks World Polio Day on 24 October.

Do whatever you can to shine a spotlight on our efforts to eradicate polio. Call your government officials and let them know that polio eradication matters to you. Go to www.endpolionow.org for inspiring stories about Rotary’s work, and share them on social media. 

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

St Mary’s’ Ben Waters in the Australian Trucking Association Safety Truck during the Rotary Youth Driver Awareness Program at the Maryborough Showgrounds.

SIXTEEN-year-old Rachael Lewis had an eye-opening experience at the Rotary Youth Driver Awareness Program held at the Maryborough showgrounds.

The student, who is on her learner’s permit, attended the last of the three-day program on Thursday and gained something that no driving instructor could teach.

“We went inside a truck to observe the blind spots on the rear view mirrors and I now know why we have to keep a safe distance from trucks because it’s not easy for them to spot small cars,” she said.

The program by members of Rotary Club gave Year 11 students practical workshops to change the way they think about road safety.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

The Mentalist

Tony and Sharon were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Tony suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there. Sharon promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom, pulled Tony out and brought him to his room.

When the hospital director became aware of Sharon’s heroic act, she immediately ordered that Sharon be discharged from the hospital because she now considered Sharon to be mentally stable. She went to Sharon and said, “I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that you’re being discharged because you responded so rationally to a crisis.

By jumping in the pool to save the life of another patient, you displayed sound mindedness. The bad news is that Tony, the patient you saved, hung himself in his bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him. I am so sorry, but he’s dead.” Sharon replied, “He didn’t hang himself. I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?”

ROTARY INFORMATION

When asked to describe his future, a refugee child from Iraq draws a picture of himself as a doctor. Another child uses colorful paints to depict happy memories of his former life in Iraq. Both children are among the 200,000 displaced Iraqis who now live in Jordan, a country that has become a safe haven for those fleeing oppression and war in neighboring Palestine, Syria, and Iraq.

Alexandra Dawley, a former volunteer with the Collateral Repair Project in Jordan, emphasizes how something as simple as an art project can help young refugees adjust to their new lives in a foreign country. With the support of Rotary clubs across Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, and the help of teenage refugee volunteers in Jordan, Dawley implemented a children’s’ art program to give refugee children a creative outlet for their dreams and ambitions.

FULL STORY HERE

ONLY IN AFRICA

OUT OF AFRICA

ONLY 6 LEFT!

VERY SAD NEWS

NAIROBI (Reuters) – A rare northern white rhino has died in Kenya, a wildlife conservancy said on Saturday, leaving just six of the animals left alive and bringing the famed African species one step closer to extinction.

While there are thousands of southern white rhinos still roaming the plains of sub-Saharan Africa, decades of rampant poaching have drastically cut northern white rhino numbers.

Suni, a 34-year-old who was the first northern white rhino to be born in captivity, was found dead on Friday by rangers at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, about 250 km (155 miles) north of Nairobi.

The conservancy said Suni was not poached, but the cause of his death was unclear.

MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

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

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

GOOD NEWS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY.

Click on the above letter for a full size.

FOOT NOTE

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Rotary International President Gary Huang

Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy

Coolamon Club President  Garth Perkin

Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston

Club Treasurer  Henk Hulsman

Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701

Websites of Interest

Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com

Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/

Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub

Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/

Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org

Proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #14

OCTOBER IS VOCATIONAL SERVICES  MONTH

Vocational Service Background.

The second Object of Rotary is: To encourage and foster high ethical standards in business and professions, to recognise the worthiness of all useful occupations and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society.

Paul Harris wrote: “Each Rotarian is a connecting link between the idealism of Rotary and their trade or profession”.

MORE HERE

MEMBERS OUT AND ABOUT

COOLAMON AND GANMAIN HOSPITAL FETE

On Saturday several members of our club operated the chocolate wheel as part of the annual hospital fete in Coolamon and Ganmain. Here are some photos:

Something wrong here very wrong says Henk “What is the Lions Wheel doing here!  The truth is someone dropped the one we always use so Lions to the rescue.  Our thanks to the Coolamon Lions Club.

It was a good effort by many members of our club including Bernadette Milne, Dick Jennings, Wayne Lewis, Don Dyce, Ian Durham, Ted Hutcheon, Henk Hulsman and John Glassford.

MOUNT KENYA 2015 MEETING GRIFFITH

Tuesday 14th October.

PDG Fred Loneragan,  Michele Cunningham and John Glassford in Griffith.

Last night PDG Fred Loneragan and PP John Glassford gave a presentation to a combined meeting of the Griffith Rotary Clubs in Griffith at the EX services Cub.  There was a good crowd of Griffith Rotarians and their partners.  PP Peter Sparks from Griffith Avanti looks like joining the climb, Peter climbed Kilimanjaro with us in 2007.  There were also several others in the audience who are interested in joining the Safari Team.

It was also Hat Day for the Australian Rotary Heath Fund and we all had to wear a hat.

BATHURST 1000

PP Craig Corrigan at the Bathurst 1000 Craig is at the rear with a blonde passenger!!

MEETING TUESDAY OCTOBER 14th. 2014

PDG Ian Simpson

We had a joint meeting with the Junee Rotary Club to hear PDG Ian Simpson and the current DRFC (District Rotary Foundation Director) for D 9700 talk on our Foundation.

Your generous contributions to The Rotary Foundation are essential to securing and growing Rotary programs throughout the world. We recognize donors to express our gratitude for your commitment and offer individual and club recognitions, as well as naming recognitions that let you honor a friend or family member with a named or endowed gift.

INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITIONS

• Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member, when you give $100 or more per year to the Annual Fund.
• Benefactor, when you include the Endowment Fund as a beneficiary in your estate plans or when you donate $1,000 or more to the fund outright. Benefactors receive a certificate and insignia to wear with a Rotary or Paul Harris Fellow pin.
• Paul Harris Fellow, when you give $1,000 or more to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or an approved Foundation grant. To recognize someone else as a Paul Harris Fellow, you can give that amount in their name. You are recognized as a Multiple Paul Harris Fellow with each additional gift of $1,000.
• Paul Harris Society member, when you give $1,000 or more annually to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or an approved Foundation grant.
• Bequest Society member, when you give $10,000 or more via your estate plans. All society members receive recognition from the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation, and donors can choose to receive an engraved crystal recognition piece and a Bequest Society pin.

Diary Reminders

Thursday 16th October Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Meeting in Wagga Wagga. 

Friday 17th October Run2Raise Raffle at the Bottom Pub $60 per person includes dinner.  Prize a night at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.  In aid of Alice Bailey-Brown and Kellie Wall.

*Monday 20th October Garth Perkin as our guest speaker.

Thursday 30th October Ray Wall’s farewell Coolamon Sports Club $35 per head.  Tickets by 22nd from Christine Atkinson.

Monday 10th November AGM.

Monday 10th November Mount Kenya Presentation at Temora. 

Thursday 13^th November BINGO: Ian  Jennings (Captain), Mark Reardon, Henk  Hulsman, Christine Atkinson

Wednesday 26th November Mount Kenya Presentation at Henty.

NYE December 31st Coolamon Fireworks Food Van

*Partners and Guests Night.

Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG

Read More Here

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

A garden Party sponsored by Wagga Sunrise has raised $4600 for research into Mental Health. As part of HATDAY a group got together and approached Sunrise to be the sponsor, and using a quilt donated by Kim Nash they have been able to ale a substantial contribution to mental Health and at the same time have a great afternoon.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

 Plane Crash…

Once in USA a plane crashed, only a monkey who was traveling in the plane was left alive. Fortunately the monkey was intelligent enough to understand our language and reply in actions. The officials went to see the monkey in the hospital and had a talk with the monkey.

Officer: “When the plane took off what were the travelers doing?”
Monkey: “Tying their belts”
Officer: “What were the airhostesses doing?”
Monkey: “Saying Hello! Good morning!”
Officer: “What were the pilots doing?”
Monkey: “Checking the system”
Officer: “What were you doing?”
Monkey: “Looking for my people”
Officer: “After 10′ minutes what were the travelers doing?”
Monkey: “Having beverages and snacks”
Officer: “What were the airhostesses doing?”
Monkey: “Serving the travelers”
Officer: “What were the Pilots doing?”
Monkey: “Handling the steering”
Officer: “What were you doing?”
Monkey: “Eating & throwing”
Officer: “After 30 minutes what were the travelers doing?”
Monkey: “Some were sleeping and some were reading”
Officer: “What were the airhostesses doing?”
Monkey: “Make up”
Officer: “What were the pilots doing?”
Monkey:”Handling the steering”
Officer: “What were you doing?”
Monkey: “Nothing”
Officer: “Just before plane crash what were the travelers doing?”
Monkey: “All were sleeping”
Officer: “What were the pilots doing?”
Monkey: “Handling the air hostess”
Officer: What were you doing?

Monkey: Handling the steering!!!!!

ROTARY INFORMATION

ROTARY’S WOMEN OF ACTION

By Julia D. Phelps, RI director

As I sat in the audience at the White House on 7 October, listening to 10 amazing Rotary women tell the stories of their volunteer efforts, two quotes kept running through my mind. First, “Be the change you wish to be in the world” (Mahatma Gandhi) and second, “Never underestimate the power of a small group of people to change the world. In fact, it is the only way it ever has” (Margaret Mead).

In fact, these 10 women took these two quotes, put them together and created projects, foundations, and fundraising efforts that changed their world and the world of others. It struck me that all of their efforts started with one woman who saw a need, a problem, and then went about addressing the situation. They didn’t get permission, they didn’t write a business plan; they just got busy. They were brave and courageous as they stepped out to make a difference. And as their idea grew into reality, they realized that they couldn’t do it alone. That’s where their Rotary club members, their networks, and our Rotary Foundation, came into play.

 FULL STORY HERE

RFHA was RFFA CEO Marion Bunch with Rotary President-elect  K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran at the The National Press Club reception for the outstanding women of Rotary.  Proud to have served on the RFFA Board with Marion as our CEO.

ONLY IN AFRICA

OUT OF AFRICA

 Click on the image above to get a real idea of the size of Africa.

MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

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

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

 OLOIMUGI TRADITIONAL MAASAI VILLAGE

We will be visiting and supporting this Maasai Village after we climb Mount Kenya and here is a message from their leader Armicus.

John Glassford with Dr Dame Jane Goodall in Sydney

We are honoured as Oloimugi Maasai Village to be working with these two great personalities(John James Glassford and Dr. Jane Goodall), Rotary Club of Coolamon and Roots and Shoots respectively.  There is the best for our community and nature in the days to come:

http://shop.oloimugimaasai.org/-Shop online in our jewelry hub.  Our home, authentic, pure, traditional and unique.  Join our efforts and be the change that the world awaits you to make. “Maape Ilomuran!”

Armicus Mayan Olesenteria

Oloimugi traditional Maasai ecovillage

FOOT NOTE

RUN2RAISE DO IT AGAIN

Another amazing effort by the girls who just completed another half marathon in Melbourne!
Special mention to Emma Carroll who completed her first full marathon!

#takescourage#doingitforagoodcause#run2raise#

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Rotary International President Gary Huang

Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy

Coolamon Club President  Garth Perkin

Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston

Club Treasurer  Henk Hulsman

Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701

Websites of Interest

Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com

Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/

Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub

Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/

Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org

Proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #13

SEPTEMBER IS NEW GENERATIONS MONTH

Rotaractor Luke Addison has launched a new community hub at Winchester University dedicated to spreading peace and goodwill around the world. He got the idea after meeting Archbishop Desmond Tutu at an international peace conference in June, organised by the international peace education programme, PeaceJam.

An exclusive screening of a film about the life story of Archbishop Tutu was shown at the launch, which was held on Sunday to coincide with the International Day of Peace.

Luke is halfway to raising £40,000 towards the cost of funding the project, which will host regular conferences aimed at young people in Hampshire and host visits from leading human rights specialists. It is hoped that the hub will operate at least four days a week for a three year trial period.

Luke is leader of the Rotaract club at Winchester University, which has underwritten £15,000 to support the first conference and the venture has also been supported with funds from Winchester Rotary Club.

 RIBI Rotaractor Peace Centre

MEETING MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29th. 2014

 District Governor David Kennedy from the Rotary Club of Blayney visits Coolamon.

Last night our DG David joined us for the annual Governor’s visit to the clubs in District 9700.  David met with the board prior to the meeting to outline his goals for this Rotary year.  We had three partners join us in Susan Glassford, Marg Perkin and Christine Lorraine. Also in attendance was Assistant Governor Alan Sharp from Wagga Wagga Sunrise Rotary.

David encouraged us to lighten up and enjoy Rotary.  David’s main message was to increase membership by 5% this and every year.  David invited us to heed the message from our Rotary International President Gary Huang to light one candle each by asking one person to join us.

David also encouraged us to continue to contribute to our Foundation to help fight the disease of polio of which we are this close to eradicating world wide with our partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.  See a full story on polio in the bulletin below.

Some photos below:

Diary Reminders

Saturday 4th October Scarecrow Festival by the Coolamon Men’s Shed Volunteers required for the food van from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm

Monday 6th October NO MEETING PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Thursday 9th October BINGO Roster  Neil  Munro  (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, Wayne Lewis, Don Dyce

Friday 10th October HAT DAY 2.00 pm, at Rae and Fred Loneragan’s home and garden in Wagga Wagga.

Monday 13th October Board Meeting NO DINNER Board Members Only.

* Tuesday October 14th Normal Club Meeting at JUNEE  a Joint Coolamon Junee Foundation Meeting with PDG Ian Simpson D9700 DRFC.  

Thursday 16th October Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Meeting in Wagga Wagga. 

Friday 17th October Run2Raise Raffle at the Bottom Pub $60 per person includes dinner.  Prize a night at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.  In aid of Alice Bailey-Brown and Kellie Wall.

*Monday 20th October Garth Perkin as our guest speaker.

Thursday 30th October Ray Wall’s farewell Coolamon Sports Club $35 per head.  Tickets by 22nd from Christine Atkinson.

Monday 10th November AGM.

Thursday 13^th November BINGO: Ian  Jennings (Captain), Mark Reardon, Henk  Hulsman, Christine Atkinson

*Partners and Guests Night.

Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG

Join us on World Polio Day, 24 October.

Help share your voice on World Polio Day. Download a toolkit and social media graphics to support Rotary and polio eradication. http://ow.ly/AiKse

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

The Rotary Club of Camden has raised $782,000 over the past six years, and was aiming to take it to $1 million this year.

 FULL STORY

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

A man uses a tablecloth to fend off snakes scattered in a tax department office in Basti, Lucknow. Two farmers fed up with alleged bribery demands emptied three bags filled with 40 slithering snakes.  One way to deal with the Taxation Department!

The Fish

The warden catches Seamus leaving the vicinity of the reservoir with a bucket of fish. “Aha! I’ve caught you poachin’ fish red-handed,” says the warden. “What do you mean, red-handed?” says Seamus.

“You’ve got a bucket full of ’em right there. You can’t talk your way out of it this time.” “Oh, you don’t understand,” says Seamus, “I’ve not poached a thing. These are me pet fish. I bring ’em to the reservoir once a week for exercise. After they’ve had a good swim, they come back to the bucket and we go back home.”

“Do ya expect me to believe such a tale?” “I can prove it.” say Seamus. So they walk back to the reservoir and Seamus dips the bucket in and the fish swim away. They stand in silence for 20, 30, 40 minutes…no sign of the fish coming back to the pail.

Ha, ya lying rogue! shouts the warden. “Where are your fish?” “What fish?”

ROTARY INFORMATION

Rotarians and friends in Kenya walked around the city to raise awareness about polio eradication and broke the world record for number of photos of people showing the ‘this close’ sign.  Well done Kenya and the Rotary Clubs involved.

Photos from the World Record in Kenya “This Close”

DG Bimal Kantaria from D 9212 in Nairobi.

It’s much less expensive to prevent disease than it is to treat disease.

For example, take a look at polio. To date, US$11 billion has been invested to stop ‪polio‬. Of that, governments worldwide have contributed about $9 billion. Other major contributors are ‎Rotary ‬International and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

GPEI Funding Requirements 2013-2018

It is estimated by the GPEI* that the budget required to continue the fight against polio for 2013-2018 is US$5.5 BILLION.  The short fall after the committed funds of US$1.8  BILLION is currently at US$3.7 BILLION.  However it’s estimated that once the burden of polio is lifted, global benefits of $40-50 billion will accrue over the next couple of decades.

*GPEI is made up of the World Health Organisation, Centre for Disease Control, UNICEF and Rotary International.

ONLY IN AFRICA

OUT OF AFRICA

 THIS IS AFRICA!

MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

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

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

What is this adventure?

Can you imagine what it is like to stand on one of the highest mountains in Africa?  To spend the day at a mountain lake carved by glaciers?  To gaze across one of the longest, continually inhabited countries in the world? Join the Coolamon and Wagga Wagga Sunrise Rotary Clubs of Australia on the Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Climb, and you’ll experience all this and more! This 14-day adventure will push you to your limits and be more rewarding than you ever imagined. Over 7 days, you will pass through five different climatic zones, with amazing views across the endless, grassy plains of East Africa and Mount Kenya’s amazing topography. Your efforts on this amazing adventure will allow Rotary to continue our work in Kenya and South Africa, as well to support Legacy Australia on this Centenary of ANZAC Day.

FOOT NOTE

“This is our century. Take it and run as if our life depends on it…it does!!” ~Paul Hawken 

“We are going to have to figure out what it means to be a human being on earth at a time when every living system is declining, and the rate of decline is accelerating. Kind of a mind-boggling situation­ but not one peer-reviewed paper published in the last thirty years can refute that statement. Basically, the earth needs a new operating system, we are the programmers, and we need it within a few decades.

This planet came with a set of operating instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Important rules like don’t poison the water, soil, or air, and don’t let the earth get overcrowded, and don’t touch the thermostat, have been broken. Buckminster Fuller said that spaceship earth was so ingeniously designed that no one has a clue that we are on one, flying through the universe at a million miles per hour, with no need for seatbelts, lots of room in coach, and really good food…but all that is changing.

Congratulations to the Hawthorn Hawks

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Rotary International President Gary Huang

Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy

Coolamon Club President  Garth Perkin

Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston

Club Treasurer  Henk Hulsman

Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701

Websites of Interest

Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com

Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/

Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub

Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/

Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org

Proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #12

SEPTEMBER IS NEW GENERATIONS MONTH

RYPEN

RYPEN (Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment) is a 3 day camp and program for Year 9 high school students. The aim is to communicate to these young people a series of ideas, problems and social experiences which will assist them in forming their own values and moral standards, and also to broaden their horizons culturally, socially and academically. – 

RYPEN CHALLENGE 2014 Boorambola Sport & Rec Camp Wagga Wagga 21-23 November 2014 Applications must be received by Friday 7th November 2014-

RYPEN WAGGA WAGGA 2014

MEMBERS OUT AND ABOUT

On Sunday night a few of us joined David and Cherie Benn on their property to burn the olive cuttings.  it was an event supported by the members of the Rotary Club of Wollundry.   David Been is a good friend of Coolamon Rotary.   The burning was followed by the Wagga Wagga Mens’ Rugby Choir with two of our members in the  choir Garth Perkin and Don Dyce.  A good night of fellowship and money was raised for Riverina Blue Bell and do not be afraid to ask those close to you “Are You OK”. 

MEETING MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd. 2014

CHEESE

Barry Lillywhite addressing the meeting last night on the proposed cheese factory for Coolamon.  {Photo by Lisa Cameron Tilma Management}.

PP Barry Lillywhite and son Anton Green addressed a large gathering at our club last night.  Barry and Anton outlined the proposed establishment of a Cheese Factory in Coolamon.   There were 44 guests and members including visitors from Melbourne.  Speaking in support of the venture was Carol Druce from the June Licorice and Chocolate Factory.

Coolamon Cheese Company’s vision is to resurrect the original 1921 Coolamon Co-operative society building and house within it a specialised tourism, education and cheese production facility.

Cheese maker and Director Barry Lillywhite and Managing Director Anton Green join newly appointed Director Neil Druce of Junee Licorice and Chocolate factory in this exciting venture which will be a real boost to the local community and region as a whole.

Please would all members check the diary below as there have been some changes to the programme.

Next week is a partners night for the visit of District Governor David Kennedy.

Diary Reminders

*Monday 29th September 2014 DG David Kennedy’s Visit

Saturday 4th October Scarecrow Festival by the Coolamon Men’s Shed

Monday 6th October Board Meeting NO DINNER Board Members Only. 

Thursday 9th October BINGO Roster  Neil  Munro  (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, Wayne Lewis, Don Dyce

Friday 10th October HAT DAY 2.00 pm, at Rae and Fred Loneragan’s home and garden in Wagga Wagga.

Monday 13th October NO MEETING.

* Tuesday October 14th Normal Club Meeting at JUNEE  a Joint Coolamon Junee Foundation Meeting with PDG Ian Simpson D9700 DRFC.  

Thursday 16th October Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Meeting in Wagga Wagga. 

Friday 17th October Run2Raise Raffle at the Bottom Pub $60 per person includes dinner.  Prize a night at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.  In aid of Alice Bailey-Brown and Kellie Wall.

*Monday 20th October Garth Perkin as our guest speaker.

Thursday 30th October Ray Wall’s farewell Coolamon Sports Club $35 per head.  Tickets by 22nd from Christine Atkinson.

Monday 10th November AGM.

Thursday 13^th November BINGO: Ian  Jennings (Captain), Mark Reardon, Henk  Hulsman, Christine Atkinson

*Partners and Guests Night.

Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG

Make a difference. Share your voice on#WorldPolioDay, 24 October. 

Download a toolkit and social media graphics to support #Rotary and polio eradication athttp://ow.ly/AiKse. Eradicating #polio will be one of humanity’s greatest achievements.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

Rotary Club of Temora.

Our “Moo Poo” working bee day was held on Saturday, much to the delight of many local gardeners! All funds raised go back into the community and other chosen charities. Thank you our Community Service Director, Michael Reagan, for organising another successful day and to all who assisted. Pictured are (L to R) Ellis Hartwig, Peter Glasgow, Kenny Love and Michael Reagan.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Winker

A man with a winking problem is applying for a position as a sales representative for a large firm. The interviewer looks over his papers and says, “This is phenomenal. You’ve graduated from the best schools; your recommendations are wonderful, and your experience is unparalleled. Normally, we’d hire you without a second thought. However, a sales representative has a highly visible position, and we’re afraid that your constant winking will scare off potential customers. I’m sorry…we can’t hire you.”

“But wait,” he said. “If I take two aspirin, I’ll stop winking!”

“Really? Great! Show me!”

So the applicant reaches into his jacket pocket and begins pulling out all sorts of condoms: red condoms, blue condoms, ribbed condoms, flavored condoms; finally, at the bottom, he finds a packet of aspirin. He tears it open, swallows the pills, and stops winking.

“Well,” said the interviewer, “that’s all well and good, but this is a respectable company, and we will not have our employees womanizing all over the country!”

“Womanizing? What do you mean? I’m a happily married man!”

“Well then, how do you explain all these condoms?”

“Oh, that,” he sighed. “Have you ever walked into a pharmacy, winking, and asked for aspirin?”

ROTARY INFORMATION

ROTARY PEACE CENTERS SHAPE HUNDREDS OF CAREERS IN PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

With bloody conflicts raging in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and parts of Central Africa, the message of nonviolence and reconciliation that nations worldwide will observe on 21 September demands more urgent and collective attention.

In 2001 the United Nations designated the September date as an annual International Day of World Peace “to be observed as a day of global ceasefire and nonviolence” according to a General Assembly resolution.

The day’s devotion to peace connects closely with what Rotary members have been fostering since The Rotary Foundation’s mission to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace, was proclaimed in 1917.

FULL STORY AND VIDEO HERE

ONLY IN AFRICA

OUT OF AFRICA

MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

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

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

Planning is well under way now and we are getting various members of the climb, the safari and our supporters working on ways of fund raising for the adventure.  One idea is for a Rockathon at The Rock.  An idea given to me by the late Bill Inness of our club.  We are also looking at crowd funding via the Internet.

One of the three beneficiaries is our Orphan Rescue Kits where we sponsor girls and boys who are vulnerable and at risk into High School and hopefully beyond to University.  One such recipient is Tracy Monica Ochieng from the Mathare area of Nairobi.  Tracy is now in a High School in Kisumu and is doing very well:

FOOT NOTE

MONDAY 22nd. SEPTEMBER INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY

We have a wonderful opportunity to work with Roots and Shoots and Dr Dame Jane Goodall in partnership with the Oloimugi Traditional Maasai Eco-village providing a hand up for education, basic literacy and wild life conservation.  A great way for Rotary to promote peace, good will and mutual understanding of culture.  More news as we develop this project further.  It started with a water tank, a lap top computer and a web site.  It is driven by one Maasai Moran Armicus Mayan Olesenteria who is passionate about his people and the conservation of the wild life in his area of the Laikipia Plateau, North of Mount Kenya.

Message from Armicus Mayan above:

“I am happy to be connected with the UN ambassador of peace, Dr. Jane Goodall in my village Oloimugi traditional Maasai ecovillage, where we are partnering with her organization Roots and Shoots Kenya. I believe that much positive is yet to follow and her input will actually transform my Maasai community.

Happy International Peace Day to all of you.  Let us live together in love, peace, harmony and unity. Let us embrace each other and help those who are disadvantaged in life since peace is not only the absence of war but the presence of retrogressive ailments like poverty, drought/famine and diseases……..”

In case you missed Dr. Goodall’s #peaceday message for Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Program members around the world, watch it now!www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_N8asnc1Xc

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Rotary International President Gary Huang

Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy

Coolamon Club President  Garth Perkin

Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston

Club Treasurer  Henk Hulsman

Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701

Websites of Interest

Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com

Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/

Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub

Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/

Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org

Proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#

This animated video premiered at Rotary International’s annual convention June 26, 2013. It tells the story of Paul, a Rotarian who used social media to raise money, attract members, and generate news coverage about his project.

What Can Social Media Do For You? from Rotary International on Vimeo.

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #11

SEPTEMBER IS NEW GENERATIONS MONTH

MEMBERS OUT AND ABOUT

Annual Rural Womens Conference and Workshops Coolamon

On Sunday Henk Hulsman, Myffy Collette, Ted Hutcheon, Don Dyce, John Glassford, Paul Weston, Ian Durham and Wayne Lewis were up at the Coolamon Central School cooking for 150 delegates of the Rural Womens Conference.  Next year this will be held at Glen Innes.  Breakfast was orange juice with bacon and egg rolls AND as a choice delegates could have a “Breakfast Cup” of Greek yogurt, mixed berries, granola and oats, simply scrumptious and made by Sharon and Grahame Miles.

MEETING MONDAY SEPTEMBER 15th. 2014

We had a dinner meeting with 14 members attending and no guest speaker.  We discussed several items including the Telephone Book, Bingo, the upcoming AGM on Monday 10th November, maintenance of our caravan, Mount Kenya meeting, RYPEN and working with children check..

Garth Perkin thanked all who worked on Sunday morning at the Rural Womens Conference and a special thanks to Sharon and Grahame Miles for the breakfast cups.  Garth made special mention of the effort put in by Henk Hulsmam to make the event a success for all concerned.

The next Board meeting will be on Monday 6th October at the club and there will not be any catering i.e. no dinner and only board members are to attend.  

The regular meeting will be on Tuesday 14th October at JUNEE which is a joint Foundation meeting with PDG Ian Simpson the D9700 Foundation Chair all members are invited to attend.

N.B. Next Monday night PP Barry Lillywhite and Anton Green on the proposed Coolamon Cheese Factory invite your partners and any guests who maybe interested.

Dick Jennings conducted a spirited fines session and the raffle was won by Dick!

P.S. Don’t forget to visit Ganmain THIS Saturday for the Ganmain Markets of which Belle’s Cafe inside the Ganmain Hall will have freshly baked scones, jam and cream to tempt you.

Diary Reminders

*Monday 22nd September Guest Speaker PP Barry Lillywhite and Anton Green on the proposed Cheese Factory for Coolamon. 

*Monday 29th September 2014 DG David Kennedy’s Visit

Saturday 4th October Scarecrow Festival by the Coolamon Men’s Shed

Monday 6th October Board Meeting NO DINNER Board Members Only. 

Thursday 9th October BINGO Roster  Neil  Munro  (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, Wayne Lewis, Don Dyce

Friday 10th October HAT DAY 2.00 pm, at Rae and Fred Loneragan’s home and garden in Wagga Wagga.

Monday 13th October NO MEETING.

* Tuesday October 14th Normal Club Meeting at JUNEE  a Joint Coolamon Junee Foundation Meeting with PDG Ian Simpson D9700 DRFC.  

Thursday 16th October Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Meeting in Wagga Wagga. 

Friday 17th October Run2Raise Raffle at the Bottom Pub $60 per person includes dinner.  Prize a night at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.  In aid of Alice Bailey-Brown and Kellie Wall.

*Monday 20th October Garth Perkin as our guest speaker.

Thursday 30th October Ray Wall’s farewell Coolamon Sports Club $35 per head.  Tickets by 22nd from Christine Atkinson.

Monday 10th November AGM.

Thursday 13^th November BINGO: Ian  Jennings (Captain), Mark Reardon, Henk  Hulsman, Christine Atkinson

*Partners and Guests Night.

Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.

SOME SAD NEWS FROM HOUT BAY ROTARY CLUB

We have heard from PP Butch Liebenberg on the passing of a good friend of ours in Rainer Jahn from our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay in South Africa.  Rainer was a wonderful supporter of Coolamon House and Operation Medical Hope and was a great host to some of  us who visited Hout Bay in 2003, 2005, 2007 and recently in 2011.

President Garth Perkin and all our members send our deepest condolences to Ursula, his family and his Rotary family, Rainer was one of a kind and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Rainer Jahn on the far right as you look at the photo.  2011 at Coolamon House.

Bay Breezes Hout Bay Rotary Club 15th September

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG

More than 5,000 people gathered for a #RotaryDay event held by Rotary District 3510 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Nearly US$2 million (60 million Taiwan New Dollar) was collected by Rotary members from seven districts in Taiwan, with a large portion of the proceeds going for disaster relief and to repair Kaohsiung City Hall, damaged in the tragic gas explosions in July.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

A fun and generous way to raise a few dollars for PolioPlus. Thanks to Stivo’s chickens a project of the Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak.

A great night was enjoyed by all last night at the Bundawarrah Centre (Temora Rural Museum) for the induction of Mel Gallagher into the Rotary Club of Temora. She is pictured here with her sponsor, Lloyd Maxwell and our District Governor, David Kennedy. Congratulations and welcome Mel!

GREETINGS FROM DG DAVID KENNEDY SEPTEMBER NEWS

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

The New Monk

A new monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old texts by hand.

He notices, however, that they are copying copies, not the original books. So, the new monk goes to the head monk to ask him about this. He points out that if there were an error in the first copy, that error would be continued in all of the other copies.

The head monk says “We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son.” So, he goes down into the cellar with one of the copies to check it against the original.

Hours later, nobody has seen him. So, one of the monks goes downstairs to look for him. He hears a sobbing coming from the back of the cellar, and finds the old monk leaning over one of the original books crying. He asks what’s wrong.

The old monk sobs, “The word is celebrate.”

ROTARY INFORMATION

Sao Paulo RICON 2015

São Paulo is waiting for you! Rotary International Convention 6-9 June, 2015 São Paulo, Brazil

Beautiful, wealthy, smart, democratic, vibrant, dynamic, cultural, romantic, modern, tough, outgoing, professional?! How can one define São Paulo? It is impossible to use only one word to capture exactly what one of the largest cities in the world represents.

ROTARY CARNIVAL PARADE

Where: VIP Area of the Anhembi Sambadrome

When: 7pm, Saturday, 6 June 2015

Price: USD 30.00

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An unforgettable night where you will experience a typical Brazilian Carnival party and all the glamour and energy of a Samba School Parade. The event will take place in the VIP area of the São Paulo Sambadrome, where the Carnival parade takes place every year. Come and experience the carnival in Brazil and immerse yourself in a fun party! It will be a vibrant event where people will dance, sing, party and have tons of fun

OUT OF AFRICA

More news from the Chipembere Rhino Foundation and Dr William Fowlds.

Just in time for RHINO FRIDAY – John & The Rotary Club of Coolamon final collar has been fitted…

Rand 18,000 ($2,000), was raised at the Kenyan International night in Ganmain earlier this year by this incredible Rotary Club…

In summary, this donation was spent on:

3 x collars sent to the Kruger National Park
2 x collars locally last month
1 x collar locally this month.

In a great show of collaboration a number of role players were present when collaring a Rhino. This Rhino had a collar fitted by Chipembere Rhino Foundation a year and a half ago that needed changing, the collar battery had expired. CRF donor funding was used to cover the helicopter expenses and once again funds donated by John Glassford and the Rotary Club of Coolamon, NSW Australia was used to purchase the tracking collar.

Dr.William Fowlds of Investec Rhino Lifeline facilitated the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund in helping to cover vet costs and DNA collection for the procedure. Four boys from Eaton College who had won a competition run by Kathryn Noakes of Worldwide Experience and Voices of Conservation were also witness to our efforts to protect rhino. The competition Eaton College won focused on ideas to prevent poaching. It was great to have a global presence of concerned and passionate individuals and organizations all doing their part.

Heartfelt thanks to John and the Coolamon Club, once again, for the incredible support that they have given us! WE SALUTE YOU!

MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

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

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

MEETING THURSDAY 11th September

Last Thursday we had the first planning meeting of the Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Teams.  In all 14 interested people attended.  A power point presentation and a welcome by PDG Fred Loneragan started the meeting.

We discussed several important items including Ebola, travel advisories itineraries and insurances.

Several points of action were listed and we meet again on Thursday 14th October in Wagga Wagga.

Fund raising ideas were discussed and a package was handed out to all which included a power point presentation.

We also added an option for the climbing teams to go on safari after the visit to Nairobi and we are looking at Amboseli National Park where Big Tim lives:

FOOT NOTE

Rotary Strengthened Their Brand by Simplifying It

It’s no surprise that simplicity sells. Too many options can overload short-term memory, inhibiting the ability to process information, creating cognitive overload. In addition, excessive options can spark feelings of remorse after transactions as customers continue to wonder if they had made the right choice.

But creating “decision simplicity” presents only part of the brand simplicity picture. Sephora, Carrefour, and Amazon are examples of successful simple brands, despite providing a vast range of options to their customers.

Simplicity should be built into the very core of the brand, beginning with the product or service itself and extending through the interactions at each touch point and in all brand communications.

Achieving simplicity at this level is not easy, but the returns can be well worth the effort. The Siegel+Gale Global Brand Simplicity Index, an annual global study of 10,000 consumers (both customers and familiar nonusers) found that three out of four people are more likely to recommend a brand that provides simpler overall experiences and communications, and that people are even willing to pay more for a simpler brand’s product or service. In addition, brands that are perceived as being simple in their “products, services, interactions, and communications” outperformed indices on the stock market by as much as 100%.

So how can a brand achieve this form of simplicity? A look at the 2013 rebranding of the nonprofit Rotary can supply some clues.

 FULL STORY HERE.

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Rotary International President Gary Huang

Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy

Coolamon Club President  Garth Perkin

Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston

Club Treasurer  Henk Hulsman

Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701

Websites of Interest

Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com

Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/

Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub

Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/

Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org

Proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#