Thanks to John Mc for chairing the meeting and apt as he is, after all, our Director Environment and Sustainability..
Here is his thought for the day
“Recycling starts with us, but it never ends. It goes through an eternal cycle of transformation, renewing hope for our planet.” - Anonymous
And on to Pres Elizabeth.
A warm welcome to our guest speaker Sarah Winkler and also to a guest of Tony L's - Claudia Williams. Claudia is a work colleague of Tony's and between them they organised a FORaMEAL packing event on the 12th floor of the Rialto in the CBD. Now that was an interesting logistical challenge!
- She asked the audience what the significance was of this day 15th July - in 1789. Well it turns out it was the day after the fall of the Bastille and the start of the French Revolution - Liberte! Egalite! Fraternite!
- She also advised us of the upcoming Annual Environment Lunch hosted by Rotary Melbourne next Wednesday. You'll see the details below
- A reminder of the DIK open day - need to book for catering purposes
We also got Steve back on stage to receive another badge (well it is Rotary). This one was the Wear the Wattle badge which was created after the Bali bombing
a couple more notes from the desk of the Pres
I hope our last speaker, Sarah Winkler, “The Everyday Recycler” inspire you to get serious about recycling! You can make an easy start by thinking pink and bringing your 10c refund eligible bottles and cans to Rotary each week to place in the pink wheelie bin. The refunds will be directed to RC Canterbury and RIMERN by turns.
Christmas in July is coming! Bring along family and friends for a night of Christmas food, cheer, fun and games on July 29th. As is traditional at Christmas, come with gifts- the goods and money raised on the night will bring Christmas for the people which Boroondara Community Outreach provides with emergency relief. Rev Natalie Dickson-Monu, from BCO, will be joining our festivities. She told me that they are in great need of the following items for meals and school lunch boxes: peel-back cans of tuna or fish, jars of pasta sauce, two minute noodles, multipacks of popcorn, shapes fruit or jelly cups as well as muesli bars. Also needed are sleeping bags which you no longer use, preferably cold rated types. Please bring your gifts and place around the Christmas tree for Natalie to collect at the end of the evening.
Next week remember to bring any Christmas puddings/cakes (if you are like me you still have at least one Rotary tin still in the pantry!) to Rotary so Karin and Rob can do their magic for the following week’s dessert.
On to M.I.R. (you should know what that is by now)
- Anne suggested a fundraising and social event and asked for response - expressions of interest. She suggested a Food and Op Shop tour of High St Kew.
- Doug reminded us of the food packing event on July 27th - this will be held in Mount Cottrell which, according to Dr Google maps, is near Melton. He does need help on the day so let him know if you can
Here are the details of Christmas in July
Last and by no means least following our presentation the Pres brought out the pink bin! - this will be used for recycling and will be at the club every week. This bin will be used to collect recyclables which will be converted into cash under the governments scheme
