Thought for the Day courtesy of Kyle
"There are two types of people in the world. Those that think governments are doing a good job and those that think"
Pres Edda's notifications
Firstly a welcome to all our guests on the evening including our ex-members and there were a fair few of those.
Bill Grainger
Jenni Nankervis and her husband Bill
Cherry Taylor
Gerry Cross
John Richards
Helen Hartner and Pat Little
David Robinson
Brian Wawn
Rod Kemp
David Crow
and our presenter on the night Ian Plimer
- June 6th there is an Antiques Road Show Event, Menzies Malvern - bring 2 items for appraisal. NB this is a fundraising event for the club as well so why not bring out those heirlooms - who knows you could be wealthier than you think!!
- We are seeking a new speaker team (of three people) for the upcoming year as our current team will retire from their duties. Interested? please see PE Tony
- As noted in the last bulletin there is a call for blankets, doonas and fan heaters for Rochester, Weed Killer too! If you have any of these items, please bring them to next weeks meeting where Edda will collect them and deliver to Lili
- For-a-Meal events:
- Hawthorn Town Hall yesterday where some 240 students from schools in the Eastern suburbs packed between 10 am and 1.30pm - more details on that in next weeks bulletin
- Swinburne Atrium - 27/4/2023 - let Nora know if you can assist
- Special call out for the major packing event at Federation Square on Saturday May 27th where up to 1,000 members of the public are likely to attend a showcase packing event for RICON. As advised in the previous bulletin there is a need for volunteers across the district to be trained in supervising the packing events. This is critical as we will also have smaller packing events in the House of Friendship at the same time!
Here are the Trybooking links
1. To volunteer on the day, by registering at wayvolunteer.org
2. Help run the event on the day, supervising crews of 12 volunteers or bumping in and/or out, by registering at wayvolunteer.org/big-difference-supervisor
3. and the link to volunteer at the HOF packing event https://www.trybooking.com/CHLCY
- Steve, Ted and PE Tony will be focusing on promoting FORaMEAL to corporates as a team building activity. Are there any out there who you can suggest?
- and lastly on the subject of FORaMEAL - Doug attended ITFAR last Friday - this is a multicultural event with hundreds of attendees. Doug and Val have been speaking to a member of RC Footscray who is hoping to set up an event and pack 100,000 meals for distribution to Ethiopia - this event to take place in July/August
We had a special event at the meeting where Pres Edda took the opportunity to present Paul Harris awards to the members of Busy Feet who have had to cease operating due to lack of volunteers - they have done a fantastic job over the years and these awards are testament to their efforts in improving the lives of the children.
Congratulations to Jenni Nankervis, Bill Grainger, Cherry Taylor and Ciska Syauta (in her absence). Here are Jenni Bill and Cherry pictured with the Pres
No speaker next week as we will be holding a members forum - the topic - Rotary in Action following the presentation by PDG Julie Mason last Thursday.
Early notice that the Speaker on the following Monday is Jane Stewart Co-Founder of Its the Little Things Community - more details and a bio to follow next week - spread the word and lets get a good turnout - this organision has done fantastic things during the pandemic and afterwards.