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Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #25
Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #25
JANUARY IS ROTARY ROTARY AWARENESS MONTH.
Today, India marks three years since its last case of polio. Long considered the hardest place on earth to end polio, India’s triumph over polio is a significant public health achievement, leaving a lasting impact on children’s health in India and around the world.
Join Rotary in the fight to end polio and together we can create a polio-free world.http://www.endpolio.org/
MEETING MONDAY 13th. JANUARY 2014
We have begun the year with a board meeting and 12 of our members attended. This was a 100% attendance of the board, well done.
President Dick wants to start the year off with a bang and away we go. Some of the decisions made last night included:
1. Combined meeting with Junee Rotary Club on Monday 3rd February in Coolamon with the guest speaker from Junee Gayle Commins. Gayle will be talking on her recent trip to India.
2. Reminder that the 6 monthly membership fees are now due.
3. Committee formed to look at Rotary taking over the Coolamon Scarecrow Festival in October. The committee is made up of Henk Hulsman, Garth Perkin (Chair), Ian Durham, Leslie Weston and John Glassford.
4. Neil Munro reported on bingo and Grahame Miles requested that e purchase a trolley for the Coolamon and Ganmain Hospital from the proceeds of bingo. Aprox. $4,000 will be required to invest in such a trolley fully equipped these trolleys are life saving.
5. Trike Club Catering. Another committee was formed to get on with the planning for this event on March 14th in Wagga Wagga.
6. Ian Jennings handed out our new club shirts most impressive.
President Dick has asked that all of our members attend our first regular meeting for 2014 next Monday night.
Next Board Meeting Monday 10th February.
Diary Reminders
Monday 20th January Regular Meeting all members are requested to attend our first meeting for 2014. Hope to see you all there.
Saturday January 25th Coolamon Street Raffle.
Monday 27th January NO MEETING. Australia Day Holiday.
*Monday 3rd February Junee Rotary Combined Meeting with Guest Speaker Gayle Cummins. Venue Coolamon Sports and Recreation Club Gilbert Catering. Partners Night.
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.
Monday March 17-Friday March 21st RYDA in Wagga Wagga (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness)
Friday March 21st-Sunday March 23rd D9700 Conference in Orange.
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:
We often talk about Rotary as an extended family, with all of its branches and generations. We value our youth program participants and alumni as important members of the Rotary family, and we place a special emphasis on service to children and families. We do this because we know that for any family, the youngest generation is the future. That is absolutely true for us in Rotary.
We know that it is essential for us to bring in a new generation of younger Rotary members. We’ve spent a lot of time talking about how to attract young professionals to Rotary – but perhaps we haven’t talked enough about why they don’t stay.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
The Young Doctor
A young doctor had moved out to a small community to replace a doctor who was retiring.
The older gent suggested the young one accompany him on his rounds so the community could become used to a new doctor.
At the first house a woman complained, “I’ve been a little sick to my stomach.”
The older doctor said, “Well, you’ve probably been overdoing the fresh fruit. Why not cut back on the amount you’ve been eating and see if that does the trick?”
As they left the younger man said, “You didn’t even examine that woman. How’d you come to your diagnosis so quickly?”
“I didn’t have to. You noticed I dropped my stethoscope on the floor in there? When I bent over to pick it up, I noticed a half dozen banana peels in the trash. That was what was probably making her sick.”
“Huh,” the younger doctor said, “Pretty sneaky. I think I’ll try that at the next house.”
Arriving at the next house, they spent several minutes talking with an elderly woman.
She complained that she just didn’t have the energy she once did. “I’m feeling terribly run down lately.”
“You’ve probably been doing too much work for the church,” the younger doctor told her. “Perhaps you should cut back a bit and see if that helps.”
As they left, the elder doc said, “Your diagnosis is almost certainly correct, but how did you arrive at it?” “Well, just like you at the last house, I dropped my stethoscope. When I bent down to retrieve it, I noticed the preacher under the bed.”
ROTARY INFORMATION
HUANG ENCOURAGES CLUB MEMBERS TO ‘LIGHT UP ROTARY’
RI President-elect Gary C.K. Huang chose Light Up Rotary as his theme for 2014-15. Huang was inspired by the teachings of Chinese philosopher Confucious who said: “It is better to light a single candle, than to sit and curse the darkness.”
FULL STORY HERE
ONLY IN AFRICA
OUT OF AFRICA
Gentle Tim one of the last remaining giant tuskers in Amboseli National Park last week. Join us in April 2015 when we go back to Kenya to climb Mount Kenya and visit Tim in Amboseli.
CAUSES WORTH SUPPORTING
In recognition of THREE years polio free in India please support our Foundation’s Polio Plus programme:
END POLIO NOW
SYDNEY ROTARY CONVENTION 2014
SOME ATTRACTIONS IN AND AROUND SYDNEY
Royal Botanic Gardens 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.
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
STAY COOL THIS WEEK
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/#
New Rotary Theme 2014-2015
Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #24
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.
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:
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
Read more at www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/discounted-early-registration-extended-2014-rotary-international-convention
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.
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/#
Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #23
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.”
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.
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.
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
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 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
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:
Learn more about Rotary’s packaged grants at www.rotary.org/en/take-action/apply-grants/packaged-grants
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 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/#
ShelterBox: Distributing aid in the Philippines
Rachel lives on the island of Bantayan in the Philippines. She is one of the many whose home has almost been completely destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan. In this short video ShelterBox Response Team member Simon Clarke (UK) speaks from the field on the
experience of how his team delivered Rachel her new home.