What a buzz there was in the room at our meeting on Monday night! This was magnified by our new microphone and portable speaker. Thank you Rob for organising this so that everyone can hear.
We welcomed five visitors, Alex, John, Michelle, Benji and his four-month-old baby boy, Hunter. There were plenty of offers to hold Hunter and I enjoyed a cuddle later in the evening. The room was full of happy people and our meal was ample and delicious. Our meeting Chairman, Steve C., gave us several thoughts for the day and later a really interesting introduction to our speaker and club member, David Chivers. Who knew he came from Goolagong? Where is that?
David informed and entertained us with his behind the scenes stories of food companies of old, eg Rosella, and the origins of thriving businesses of today, like Baker’s Delight - all told from his experience as a supplier of food ingredients.
As well as the usual Rotary community activities our members participate in, Sunday market duty, RIMERN (duty on the truck, in the warehouse and online) and FORaMEAL , last Saturday saw 13 volunteers and 7 students from Parkmore Primary have a display on Bees and other pollinators, and the children, lead by Lili-Ann, at the Canterbury Neighbourhood Centre as part of their Open Day. The children, lead by Lili-Ann, performed a Waggle Dance for the assembled multitudes. It was lovely to see many people, old and young, join in with the actions. Thank you everyone who participated.
It was a wonderful day and brought home the importance of community, groups and spaces where people are encouraged and made welcome, especially for newcomers to a place, those with young children, people who are not in the workforce, as well as aging people.
Stay warm,
Elizabeth
Below are photos from the very successful Canterbury Community Precinct Open day.
In these photos are Monique Ryan, Federal member for Kooyong and Boroondara Mayor Cr Sophie Torney.
Then Canterbury RC member and the State member for Kew Jess Wilson with PJ
Finally, a couple of eager participants in the waggle dance.
I always knew that David Chivers was an interesting person with a wonderful personality, but tonight we learned that he is a clever businessman with an eye for detail - about the past history of food companies, what they need, how they operate and what to do when the times change.
Food distribution is a fascinating process, especially the way David described it. His eye for detail is set in the context of structures. For instance, there are two sources of food in the market - 1. retail 2. Restaurants, cafes, nursing homes, hospitals. Food distribution as state government level includes aged care, jails and public hospitals. At local government level, food distribution issues are involved in meals on wheels, child care and aged care hostels. David's reconaisance of what is happening at each level of government included looking at advertisements in jobs, councils and for chefs. He is an extrremely alert and knowledgeable individual as a result of this. He cited specific examples of army bases such as Puckerpunyal, where ingredients were packed ready for use by chefs on army bases in Melbourne.
Another remarkable feature of food distribution are the three types of food:
1. dry food 2. refrigerated food 3. frozen food.
The requirements for each type of food to be transported and distributed are very specific to each type of food. But, where we know how clever David is, is the way he adjusted to new needs in food distribution. When he confronted the closure of army bases in Melbourne, once the decision was made to move them to Queensland, he pivoted in another direction. While David is not as heavily involved, the food distribution business continues to expand. David proved tonight that food is an extremely important part of life for many of our institutions. It was an enlightening presentation for all of us.
The Canterbury Rotary Club lunch usually meets bi-weekly at 12.30 for a meal and some fun. The photo above is from this week's lunch which our regular organiser David Zrna was an apology to watch his grandson play in an interstate game of baseball in which he hit a home run.
David Zrna looks after the reservations for the lunch group. Please contact David at david.zrna@canterburyrotary.org or on 0467033092 to advise that you will be coming to a lunch.
Max Holland manages the "Tour de Canterbury Rotary" and provided this update of the recent adventures of the rotary bike group.
The week, the ride started from the Flinders Street station and went west along the north bank of the Yarra River, then north through Docklands to the bike path beside the Upfield railway line. We had excellent coffees at The Nicholson Coffee & Eatery in Brunswick, before heading further north to visit the Pioneer Section of the Fawkner Cemetery. We joined the Ring Road path a bit further north and headed east to Dalton Road, Thomastown, before heading southward along the Melbourne Water pipeline path to Reservoir. Lunch was again at the Reservoir RSL before the train trip home.
The Fawkner Memorial Park opened in 1906 as a "modern railway cemetery" with a train station within its boundaries used between 1906 and 1939 to transport funeral parties (the deceased's coffin travelled for free, provided it was accompanied by at least six mourners who purchased tickets). The Pioneer Section was created in 1923 to accommodate the remains and monuments of about 220 early settlers from the Old Melbourne Cemetery when that was repurposed for the Victoria Market. The photo shows the riders examining the special monumental obelisk over John Batman’s remains. A comprehensive video tour of the Pioneer Section is available at the following link.
Participants wanted for world first trial for Alzheimer’s disease
The Bionics Institute are recruiting participants to join our clinical trial to investigate examining whether a non-invasive form of brain stimulation, Theta Burst Stimulation(TBS), can improve the cognitive symptoms of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease such as memory and thinking difficulties.
Participation criteria can be found in the supporting documents attached. If you or someone close to you meets the eligibility criteria and would like to find out more, you can contact our team via email at dementia@bionicsinstitute.org
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