One decision that was made by our board was to approve the purchase of two electric beds for the Coolamon and Ganmain District Hospital. The funds were raised from our Bingo Nights that are held in the Coolamon Community Centre on a monthly basis.
The diary below has some new guest speaker nights upcoming.
Diary Reminders
Thursday 14th August BINGO Roster: Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Dick Jennings, Leslie Weston
Sunday 17th August Run2Raise Half Marathon.
*Monday 18th August Guest Speaker Bruce Spinks Wollundry Olive Grove
*Monday 25th August Guest Speaker Winfried Holzapfel (science forum)
*Monday 1st September Guest Speaker Liam Armstrong: “Harness racing from a drivers perspective”
Friday 5th September Blokes Biggest Lunch for Prostrate Cancer Research Wagga Wagga RSL.
Thursday 11th September BINGO Roster Ian Durham (Captain), Myffy Collette, Bernadette Milne, John Glassford
*Monday 15th September Guest Speaker Luke Mulley: ” Desert Marathons and long distance running in general”
Thursday -Saturday 12-14th September Rural Womens Conference and Workshops in Coolamon.
*Monday 22nd September Guest Speaker Garth Perkin: “My life story”
*Monday 29th September 2014 DG David Kennedy’s Visit
Saturday 4th October Scarecrow Festival by the Coolamon Men’s Shed
* Tuesday October 7th Joint Foundation Meeting at Junee with PDG Ian Simpson D9700 DRFC. In lieu of Monday Meeting N.B.
Thursday 9th October BINGO Roster Neil Munro (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, Wayne Lewis, Don Dyce
Monday 11th November AGM.
*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 his wife, Corinna, in eastern Canada with District 7820 Governor Stella Roy, her husband, Paul, and their well-decorated car.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700
We hope the Orange Health Service staff and visitors enjoyed the steak and sausage sandwiches last Friday. We will be doing a BBQ lunch on the second Friday of each month. The next one is on 12 September. Thanks to all the staff who supported Rotary, buying lunch and raffle tickets.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
The Him
One Sunday a pastor asked his congregation to consider giving a little extra in the offering plate. He said that whoever gave the most would be able to pick out three hymns.
After the offering plates were passed, the pastor glanced down and noticed that someone had contributed a $1,000 bill. He was so excited that he immediately shared his joy with his congregation, and said he’d like to personally thank the person who had placed the money in the plate.
A very quiet, elderly, saintly widow shyly raised her hand. The pastor asked her to come to the front. Slowly she made her way to the pastor. He told her how wonderful it was that she gave so much and asked her to pick out three hymns.
Her eyes brightened as she looked over the congregation, pointed to the three handsomest men in the building and said,
“I’ll take him and him and him.”
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SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL CROWD SOURCING CAMPAIGN
U.S. Rotary members Calvin and Rachel Litwiller of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, volunteer in Zambia for Building Homes for AIDS Orphans in Africa. The project is attracting support through its post on the Rotary Ideas crowd sourcing site.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Building Homes for AIDS Orphans in Africa, a Rotary Ideas project
In case you haven’t heard, a man raised nearly $60,000 to make potato salad as a spoof on a popular fundraising site. If he can do that, a campaign to raise money for feeding hungry children or building a school in a war-torn country should be a snap, right?
Wrong. The Internet is littered with humanitarians struggling to raise the money and gather the resources for projects that could make a positive impact in the world.
So, what is the secret to a successful crowdsourcing campaign? It’s simple, really: make it easy to give. Here are some ways you can make it easy for supporters to back your project.
Use Rotary Ideas. Rotary’s crowdsourcing tool makes it easy for those who have money, time, or supplies to find projects they want to be a part of. It’s also easy for you, the project planner, to post a project.
“We’ve gotten eight volunteers to help build huts for AIDS orphans using Rotary Ideas,” says Paula Winland Van Zyl, a member of the Rotary Club of Livingstone in Zambia. Where Van Zyl lives, access to the Internet is spotty at best, so she relies on Rotary Ideas to promote her project. “Being on the site has really helped us find the volunteers we so desperately need.”
ONLY IN 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 MAASAI VILLAGE
One of the places that we will be visiting after the Mount Kenya Climb.
Here are some of the children we hope to help soon.
FOOT NOTE
IN EUROPE IPP DICK JENNINGS AND MAREE JENNINGS
Message from Dick and Maree:
Time to say goodbye to the city of love, have enjoyed our time here and the patisseries, leaving on the fast train to Amsterdam today
Yours in RotaryJohn GlassfordChair 2014 -2015
Proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
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
Quinter and Tracy Ochieng two of the young women from Mathare that we sponsor through our ORK project. Tracy is now in Form 3 at her secondary school and Quinter is applying to go to University. Both are doing very well and goes to show what a small amount can do to change two lives. Email below from Quinter received this week.
“Hello
I hope you are doing okay am sorry for the silence was going through some waves but I was able to surf through now am settled and doing okay. Happy belated birthday!! Sure your even wiser now I always pray for you and your family as you have been a miracle in our lives we thank God for your presence.
Was just wondering how it went during the presentation to your chief guest The Australian Commissioner as I still have the dream to further my education while I am still young.
Tracy said hello she went back to school for her second term in Form Three.
I await your reply. Warmest regards Quinter.”
Tracy finished 3rd out of 126 pupils in Form 3. Well done Tracy.
PE Wayne Lewis, AG Alan Sharp and IPP Dick Jennings
We had a good roll up of members and two guests in Helen Lewis and Assistant Governor Alan Sharp. President Garth Perkin announced that Winfried Holzapfel from Coolamon had been successful in his application to be part of the National Youth Science Forum. Now in Canberra and Perth, the National Youth Science Forum is the only program in Australia that offers students currently in Year 11 the chance to test-drive a wide range of universities and careers in the sciences.
The official website for National Youth Science Forum is here
President Garth also advised members that the 2014 Coolamon Rotary Telephone Book is in the mail to everyone in the Coolamon Shire.
The street raffle is set for Saturday August 9th and volunteers are required please.
Our President Elect Wayne Lewis was our guest speaker for the night. Wayne spoke on his life from his birth in Derby up until the present time. Helen and Wayne have been in Coolamon for the past 40 years and run a trucking business. They have three sons and one daughter as well 11 grand children.
Wayne was first introduced to Rotary as a Youth Exchange Student and went to New Mexico for 12 months. Wayne lived with 3 families in Clovis and told a story of buying 6 piglets, selling them on and getting enough money for a one month ticket on a Greyhound bus anywhere in the USA so he went to New York and Niagara Falls. Not sure if his pigs ended up here at the Snazzy Pig Cafe Clovis, NM?
The upshot of Wayne’s exchange is that he never forgot Rotary and vowed to pay Rotary back one day. He has done that and we are looking forward to working with Wayne as our president next Rotary year. Ted Hutcheon gave Wayne a very heartfelt and warm vote of thanks.
IPP Dick Jennings asked all of our members to join in the Run2Raise half marathon set for Sunday August 17th in Coolamon.
Dick also pointed out that there will be a luncheon on Friday September 5th at the Wagga Wagga RSL. This is being promoted by the Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga and is called “The Biggest Blokes Lunch”. The subject will be prostrate cancer research and awareness. The cost is $95 per head. More details as they come to hand.
The meeting concluded with a spirited fines session by Dick and the raffle was won by Ian Jennings. All in all a good night of fun and fellowship.
Diary Reminders
Saturday 9th August Coolamon Street Raffle
Monday 11th August Board Meeting all members welcome to attend.
Thursday 14th August BINGO Roster: Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Dick Jennings, Leslie Weston
Sunday 17th August Run2Raise Half Marathon.
Friday 5th September Blokes Biggest Lunch for Prostrate Cancer Research Wagga Wagga RSL.
Thursday 11th September BINGO Roster Ian Durham (Captain), Myffy Collette, Bernadette Milne, John Glassford
Thursday -Saturday 12-14th September Rural Womens Conference and Workshops in Coolamon.
*Monday 29th September 2014 DG David Kennedy’s Visit
Saturday 4th October Scarecrow Festival by the Coolamon Men’s Shed
* Tuesday October 7th Joint Foundation Meeting at Junee with PDG Ian Simpson D9700 DRFC. In lieu of Monday Meeting N.B.
Thursday 9th October BINGO Roster Neil Munro (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, Wayne Lewis, Don Dyce
Monday 11th November AGM.
*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 gave Master Cheng Yen, founder of the Tzu Chi Foundation, the Rotary International Award of Honor in recognition of her contributions toward humanitarian spirit and world peace. — in Taiwan.
The award emphasizes peace and the eradication of poverty.
Past recipients include Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II; former U.S. President Bill Clinton; Bill Gates; former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, and President of India Pranab Mukherjee.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700
The Rotary Club of Bathurst Daybreak and the Bathurst Business Chamber have announced that the Bathurst branch of Riding for the Disabled Association, Glenray Industries and Interchange Bathurst will benefit from the business awards.
Crowe Horwath principal David Cooke, Bathurst Business Chamber president Angus Edwards, chamber treasurer Ian Morgan, Riding for the Disabled Association secretary Suzanne McDonagh and Rotary Club of Bathurst Daybreak president David Druitt.
THE Crowe Horwath Carillon Business Awards will help raise much-needed funds for three local charities.
The Rotary Club of Bathurst Daybreak and the Bathurst Business Chamber have announced that the Bathurst branch of Riding for the Disabled Association, Glenray Industries and Interchange Bathurst will benefit from the business awards.
Rotary Club of Bathurst Daybreak president David Druitt said applications were received from 13 local not-for-profit organisations and three organisations were chosen after an exhaustive selection process.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
The Glass Eye
A man is dining in a fancy restaurant, and there is a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table. He had been checking her out since he sat down, but lacked the nerve to talk with her.
Suddenly she sneezes and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket towards the man. He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air, and hands it back.
“Oh my, I am so sorry,” the woman says as she pops her… eye back in place. “Let me buy you dessert to make it up to you.”
They enjoy a wonderful dessert together, and afterward, the woman invites him to the theater followed by drinks. After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place and stay for breakfast the next morning.
The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The guy is amazed! Everything has been incredible! “You know,” he said, “you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?”
“No,” she replies, “you just happened to catch my eye.”
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A polio worker marks the side of a house in Kano, Nigeria, to indicate the children were not at home and a follow-up visit will needed to ensure they are vaccinated. Photo Credit: Diego Ibarra Sánchez
Nigeria is closer than ever to eradicating polio, riding a successful effort to reach children in seven northern states at highest risk for the disease.
“Rotarians have [gone] into remote areas of the country by car, canoe, motorbike, and even on foot to ensure every child gets the vaccine,” says Rotary’s Nigeria PolioPlus Committee Chair Tunji Funsho.
In Katsina state, members of the Nigeria PolioPlus Committee (NPPC) recently met with leaders of two communities notoriously opposed to immunization, mainly on religious grounds and in protest of the lack of basic health care. They persuaded the leaders to endorse vaccination by obtaining government assurance that mobile health camps would provide free checkups, medications, immunization against diseases besides polio, and other services.
“It was very encouraging to see the positive impact of engaging these leaders . . . witnessed by the huge turnout of crowds at the health camps and women willingly presenting their children for vaccination in households, quranic schools, and other locations,” reports the NPPC.”
Rotary club of Mombasa North Coast is celebrating Kennedy Nganga. A level c-3/4 quadriplegic due to a diving accident in a swimming pool in 1992, then aged 16. Though he still has no grip to his fingers, he has learnt to paint by placing the brush between his fingers and do paint to sustain his living, support other persons with disability and as therapy too.
He is the founder of “THE MOMMA KENNEDY AND FRIENDS” fund which supports other persons with disability in Bamba village in Kilifi county. The Rotary Club Of Mombasa North Coast is partnering with him to support the Bamba Community with focus on persons with disability. Below are some of art work that he does. Indeed DISABILITY IS NOT IN ABILITY! Well done Kennedy Nganga.
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:
FOOT NOTE
RICON 2015 SAO PAULO BRAZIL
The 2015 #Rotary Convention (#ricon15) in São Paulo, Brazil, will be Saturday, 6 June, to Tuesday, 9 June. This means the convention starts and ends one day earlier than previously scheduled.
The dates were changed because the original opening day (Sunday, 7 June) coincided with one of the city’s most popular parades and significant traffic congestion.
Help spread the word by updating your websites, newsletters, and calendars with the new dates. Check www.riconvention.org regularly for dates, deadlines, and registration and housing details.
Yours in RotaryJohn GlassfordChair 2014 -2015
Proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
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
The Rotary Club of Sydney has partnered with the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Sydney to promote oral hygiene and dental care by developing a state wide indigenous dental assistant training program. The NSW Ministry of Health is supporting the program by providing matching funding for every dollar raised up to $200,000.
The program will focus on training Aboriginal people living in regional and remote areas of NSW in Dental Assisting and Oral Health Promotion. On completion of the course, students will be provided with a pathway to higher education such as Dental Therapy or Dentistry.
We had 12 members and one guest Helen Lewis attend last night’s meeting.
We had a great start to the meeting with a presentation by Teagan Leary from Run2Raise at the start of our meeting. Run2Raise a Coolamon area initiative to look after those in the Coolamon Shire, are a group who are challenging themselves to run marathons and raise valuable funds for families or individuals in need due to health hardship.
Teagan advised the meeting that at the function held at the Coolamon Hotel $6,500 was raised for the project. Several members attended the event last Saturday. Our club has agreed to support Run2Raise and it was unanimous that we would offer our help and support this wonderful local community project.
Several members of Run2Raise have joined us as Friends of Rotary and we look forward to a mutually rewarding partnership.
One of the beneficiaries of the Run2Raise project is a young Coolamon girl Alice Bailey.
Alice Bailey is a 2 and a half; a beautiful little girl who was born with grade 5 cerebral palsy as a result of birth asphyxiation. Alice also has an intellectual disability and at the age of 3 months was diagnosed with a form of epilepsy known as infantile spasms. Alice starts therapy in August for intensive physio to try and get her moving, the cost of this therapy will cost her family $6000 for a base 3 week consultation. The Raise2Run team wants to get behind this family and raise some funds to put towards this gorgeous little girls therapy.
President Garth encouraged all of our members to get behind this project.
Their next fund raising event is a half marathon to be held on the 17th August. Details are on the Run2Raise Facebook page.
Tonight we also had a presentation on the very recent Sydney Convention or RICON. Our club was represented by Garth Perkin and John Glassford in Sydney where we had a booth at the Billabong or House of Friendship. We also had many volunteers from other clubs in our district who helped PDG Fred Loneragan, Garth Perkin and John Glassford manned the booth for the event that lasted 5 days.
This is a joint project of the Coolamon Rotary and Wagga Wagga Sunrise clubs.
Many new friends were made along with visits by old supporters of our Road MAPS to Africa projects. Our booth was close to the Rotary stand and next to SheleterBox and opposite the School of St Jude’s booth. Our booth was called Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb. We were also visited by our Patron PRIP Bill Boyd.
PDG Fred Loneragan, Lorna Boyd, PRIP Bill Boyd and PP John Glassford.
Oloimugui Maasai Village Latest News on Coolamon’s Donation.
Last week our board decided to send $450 to the Oloimugi Maasai Traditional village to get a lap top computer to move the project along. We also sent them $750 for a new water tank and toilets and here is an email received on the weekend thanking us for the donation. It comes from Armicus their leader. I would like to share it with you all here:
“A golden heart of a man who is fully determined to in all means,make shattered dreams re-unite,form and agglutinate back to life!! A sense of transformation, weapon of hope and a strong pillar of example to a real human being,….Oloimugi, and the whole Maasai community recognizes you..the metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous and shinny rocks of Leshulugo hills even are chanting to the help, support and love you have offered..Our ancestors are rejoicing for we have suffered for long but now, hail be you!
John James Glassford and Coolamon Rotary Club…we pray and hope that we continue working together….! thank you ! Ashe oleng! Aramicus Mayan Olesentoria. Oloimugi Traditional Maasai Village, Kenya.”
Diary Reminders
* Monday 28th July Guest Speaker Wayne Lewis “White Line Fever”.
Saturday 9th August Coolamon Street Raffle
Monday 11th August Board Meeting all members welcome to attend.
Thursday 14th August BINGO Roster: Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Dick Jennings, Leslie Weston
Sunday 17th August Run2Raise Half Marathon.
Thursday -Saturday 12-14th September Rural Womens Conference and Workshops in Coolamon.
*Monday 29th September 2014 DG David Kennedy’s Visit
Saturday 4th October Scarecrow Festival by the Coolamon Men’s Shed
* Tuesday October 7th Joint Foundation Meeting at Junee with PDG Ian Simpson D9700 DRFC. In lieu of Monday Meeting N.B.
Monday 11th November AGM.
*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
Dr. Leehter Yao, the president of the National Taipei University of Technology, conferred Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang with an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Business Administration.
Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang poses for group photos with the Major of Taipei, Hou Lung-bing (front row, third from left); RI Director-elect Frederick Lin (front row, second from left); and Rotary leaders in Taiwan.
RI President Gary C.K. Huang is urging all Rotary members to Light Up Rotary by organizing a Rotary Day in 2014-15. The concept is simple: hold a fun, informal event in your community to introduce the public to your club and Rotary. You’ll not only improve Rotary’s image in your community, you’ll also boost interest in joining your club.
Host a Rotary Day
Any club, big or small, can host a Rotary Day. Neighboring clubs can pool their resources and co-host an event — even entire districts can come together for a large-scale Rotary Day. Here are some ideas for your Rotary Day:
An outdoor picnic or barbecue
A sporting event or concert
An event associated with a public parade or festival
An event at a museum, art gallery, or cultural center
Here is a report on the Boorowa Annual Change over Dinner from DG David Kennedy.
Immediate Past President Darrell Hanns, Past District Governor, Ian Tooke and President Sina Banks.
During the evening the club was presented with three Rotary International and one District award for membership growth. The club is strong and working well in Boorowa.
President Sina, in her acceptance speech, invited fellow Rotarians and interested people to join her and husband, Alan, on a three week working holiday to The School of St Jude in Tanzania in 2015, to work at the school, visit students and their families and enjoy the beautiful sightseeing.
This door-to-door entrepreneur became rather bored with his job of selling Bibles, so he decided to become a boss, hiring three people to sell Bibles for him. He interviewed three people. The first came in and said, “I want to sell Bibles for you.” “OK, you’re hired. Here’s your kit; go sell!”
The second came in and said, “I want to sell Bibles for you.” “OK, you’re hired! Here’s your kit; go sell!”
The third came in and said, “I- i – I wa – wa- wa-want t-t-t-t-to s-s-s-s-ell to sell, to sell, to sell, Bi – bi – bi – Bibles, sell Bi -Bibles f-f-f-fo-for y-y-y-y you Bibles for you!”
“No,” shouted the man, ” this will never work! You can’t sell Bibles for me!” The applicant replied, “B-b-b-b-but I r-r-r-eall, but I really, really, n-n-n-n-need th-th-th-this, really need tthis job!”
As there were no other applicants, he man said, “OK, I’ll give you one shot at this, but I expect you to PRODUCE!”
At the end of the day, the first applicant comes back and reports, “I sold 8 Bibles today.” The second reports: “I sold 11 Bibles today. The third worker reports, “To-to-to-to t-t-today, I-i-I so- so, I so-, I so-, I so- I sold 28 Bi- bi- b- bibles!” “Great,” says the man. “However, I want you to sell lots more Bibles than that, so get out there tomorrow and MAKE ME SOME MONEY!”
At the end of the first day, the first worker comes in and reports, “Today, I sold 32 Bibles.” The second worker reports, “I sold 44 Bibles today” The third worker reports, “To-to-to t-today, I-i-I so- so, I so-, I sold 79 Bi-bi-bi- sold 79, sold 79 Bibles.”
“Fantastic,” said the man, “since you’re doing so well, so much better than these other two bums, why don’t you tell them what your sales technique is.” Replied the worker, “I-i-I j-j-j-j-ju-ju-ju-just wa, wa, wa, just wal- wa- wa- walk, just walk up to up to up to just walk up to them and and ask, them and ask, them and ask if th-th-th-th ask if they w-w-w-w-w- wa- ask if they want t-t-t-t-o-o- if they want to b–b-b-b-b if they want to buy a Bi-bi – want to buy a Bi–b–a – a- abi – buy a to buy a Bi-bi-bible, or d-d-d-d-d do th-th-they do they w-w-w-ant me to READ it to ’em?”
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RICK BURNS’ THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
Humanitarian Rick Burns, “We really want to make the world a better place,” says Burns, “but if we don’t consider the outcomes of these projects, we can cause more damage than good. “Burns hopes to take advantage of a vocational training team through Rotary to further the mentoring relationship.
One of 15 women participating in the Goats for Afghan Families project organized by Karadah Project International. Photo Credit: Safi Haidari.
Humanitarian Rick Burns, a retired civil affairs officer in the U.S. Army, has been helping people in the war-torn countries of Afghanistan and Iraq since 2003. He’s seen a lot of good, but he’s also seen what happens when good intentions go awry.
“I’d been whining and complaining for so long, I thought that it’s time I do something,” says Burns, who is a member of the Rotary Club of Atlantic, Iowa, in the U.S.
The organization helps communities in Afghanistan and Iraq create international partnerships to help solve such pressing problems as hunger, poverty, and disease.
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 third team that we are taking to Kenya is made up of our supporters and partners. We have called them the Gin and Tonic Safari Team.
Meanwhile one of our ideas is to visit the Oloimugi Traditional Maasai Village just North of Mount Kenya and here is a description of what we can expect there. This comes from our Maasai Moran Armicus who we are helping with this project.
Mzungus learning Maasai culture at Oloimugi.
“Meanwhile, I think we could explore the possibility of organizing camel rides for the safari team,bush walks,traditional dance and a huge showcase of what we do at Oloimugi when you guys visit us.I could plan with you so that we have something like a party that day,decorated by our Maasai warriors at night.If we manage to get tents by then,it will be very fine.” Armicus Mayan Olesentoria.
FOOT NOTE
In case you missed the Up2Date Art Exhibition here are a few reminders of what a great show that is going on there this week.
More photos were published to the web site this week.
Yours in RotaryJohn GlassfordChair 2014 -2015
Proposed Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
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
Last night was the opening of the annual Coolamon Art Exhibition called Up 2 Date Art Exhibition. Well attended and well done Marilyn Jennings and her team. Some photos below:
PP Ian Jennings below hanging valuable art work before the opening.
Immediate Past President Darrell Hanns, Past District Governor, Ian Tooke and President Sina Banks.
On July 5, the Rotary Club of Boorowa held its 54th Annual Changeover Dinner with outgoing President, Darrell Hanns, passing the chain of office to incoming President Sina Banks.
During the evening the club was presented with three Rotary International and one District award for membership growth. The club is strong and working well in Boorowa.
President Sina, in her acceptance speech, invited fellow Rotarians and interested people to join her and husband, Alan, on a three week working holiday to The School of St Jude in Tanzania in 2015, to work at the school, visit students and their families and enjoy the beautiful sightseeing.
In April this year our District 9700 Community Development team led by the Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak (RCOD) continued their work in the high Himalayas. On this, our fourth trip to Nepal one of the highlights was Ambassador Glenn White’s visit to Maidi a day’s journey from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
Image Ambassador White and Immediate Past District Governor 9700 Geoff Tancred officially opened the community hall and the literacy platform, built to encourage English literacy skills throughout the village.
Ambassador White and Immediate Past District Governor 9700 Geoff Tancred officially opened the community hall and the literacy platform, built to encourage English literacy skills throughout the village.
(Pictured are Kendra and Morgan who, as part of the tour team, went swimming with the elephants in Chitwan National Park)
MEETING MONDAY JULY 14th. 2014
Last night we had our first board meeting for 2014-2015. Ten members were present.
President Garth Perkin asked our club to get behind the Mount Kenya 2015 Climb a joint project with the RC of Wagga Wagga Sunrise. Garth also laid out some plans for his year as our President. Among one of the local community projects that we will support is the Run2Raise project.
This is a group of four young women who are challenging ourselves to run marathons and raise valuable funds for families or individuals in need due to health hardship.
“We may not hit the lead, but we’re here to help those in need”. Bridgette, Bronwyn, Jacqui and Jess as well as a few more.
Foundation/International report. John Glassford presented the club’s Foundation/International report and the board agree to support the joint Coolamon and Wagga Wagga Sunrise project Oloimugi Traditional Maasai Eco-Village in Kenya. The board also approved the purchase of a lap top computer for the village led by Armicus Philip Mayan Olesenteria, a budding lawyer.
This project is under the control of RAGES with John Glassford as Chair. This project will be the first in what is hoped will be many in a partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute and Rotary International. Dr. Dame Jane Goodall is the Patron of RAGES.
President Garth Perkin called for invitations for guest speakers and to fill our diary up with great nights of fellowship.
Diary Reminders
Friday and Saturday July 18-19 Up 2 Date Art Show Exhibition in Coolamon.
* Monday 21st July Guest Speakers John Glassford and Garth Perkin Coolamon Rotary @ RI Convention Sydney.
“RICON Sydney 2014 Putting the International into Rotary.”
* Monday 28th July Guest Speaker Wayne Lewis “White Line Fever”.
Saturday 9th August Coolamon Street Raffle
Monday 11th August Board Meeting all members welcome to attend.
Thursday 14th August BINGO Roster: Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Dick Jennings, Leslie Weston
Thursday -Saturday 12-14th September Rural Womens Conference and Workshops in Coolamon.
*Monday 29th September 2014 DG David Kennedy’s Visit
Saturday 4th October Scarecrow Festival by the Coolamon Men’s Shed
* Tuesday October 7th Joint Foundation Meeting at Junee with PDG Ian Simpson D9700 DRFC. In lieu of Monday Meeting N.B.
Monday 11th November AGM.
*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 his wife, Corinna, at the Rotary’ year’s first Rotary Day.
Republic of China Premier Jiang Yi-huah honoured Rotary by presenting a plaque to Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang.
Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang asks you to build a bigger Rotary family by inviting your family to join Rotary.
Let people know that you’re proud and happy to be a Rotarian, and Rotary will grow.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700
Well here it is July 2014. It only seemed moments ago that someone suggested that I should apply for this role of DG for District 9700 back in early 2012. I can guarantee that time flies when you’re having so much fun!!
My year started with Blayney arranging a well organised changeover at their sensational new Community Centre with up to 150 people in attendance.
Congratulations to our new Board for the next year and thank you to PDG Geoff and Bettye for their guidance and friendship over the last couple of years leading up to changeover.
Since then I have had the pleasure of attending many Changeovers in our District and the official club visits due to start in July and wish all in-coming Presidents for the 2014-15 year the best in achieving their Club and personal goals.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
Buddy and Edna
Buddy and his wife Edna went to the state fair every year, and every year Buddy would say, ‘Edna,I’d like to ride in that helicopter’
Edna always replied, ‘I know Buddy, but that helicopter ride is fifty bucks; and fifty bucks is fifty bucks’
One year Buddy and Edna went to the fair, and Buddy said, ‘Edna, I’m 85 years old. If I don’t ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance’
To this, Edna replied, ‘Buddy that helicopter ride is fifty bucks, and fifty bucks is fifty bucks.’
The pilot overheard the couple and said, ‘Folks I’ll make you a deal. I’ll take the both of you for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and don’t say a word I won’t charge you a penny! But if you say one word it’s fifty dollars.’
Buddy and Edna agreed and up they went. The pilot did all kinds of fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard. He did his daredevil tricks over and over again, but still not a word…
When they landed, the pilot turned to Buddy and said, ‘By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn’t.
I’m impressed!’
Buddy replied, ‘Well, to tell you the truth, I almost said something when Edna fell out, but you know,”Fifty bucks is fifty bucks!’
ROTARY INFORMATION
BLOWN AWAY BY THE REALITIES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
A candlelight vigil was held at Covenant House to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation. Thousands of homeless youth a year fall victim to child sex trafficking, a form of human trafficking, which is also referred to as the modern-day slave trade.
Photo Credit: Photo courtesy of Covenant House.
At the age of 17, Jennifer was sleeping on the streets of Atlanta.
She’d felt abandoned most of her life, unprotected from her brothers and her mother’s boyfriends, who physically and sexually abused her since she was five. And now, kicked out of her house, Jennifer – whose last name is withheld for privacy – was alone and vulnerable. She was soon lured into sex trafficking and was unable to escape for two years. Then she found Covenant House.
“Studies have shown that if a young person ends up on the street, within 48 hours someone is going to approach them with the intention of exploiting them, typically for sexual exploitation,” says Allison Ashe, executive director of Covenant House Georgia, one of 22 facilities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Latin America. “But a lot of the time it happens so quickly that they come to us already exploited. Our work is then to help them heal and build a future for themselves.”
The Rotary Club of Atlanta is helping young people like Jennifer through a $4.1 million campaign to expand the Covenant House, the city’s only crisis center for homeless youth. At the start of the campaign two years ago, the house had just 15 beds and two bathrooms. Another 10 youths slept on floor mats, while others were on a long waiting list.
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:
FOOT NOTE
Here are a few photos of change over dinners in Kenya:
DG Bimal Kantaria D 9212 Lights Up Rotary!
Rotary Club of Voi Change Over.
District 9212 covers, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and South Sudan.
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
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
