It was a wonderful start to our time meeting at the Canterbury Neighbourhood Centre - good venue, happy people, great food and a fabulous speaker!
As well as the members we welcomed Pat Little, Ben Brundin, John Womersley and Norelle Bakyew to our very enjoyable and informative meeting.
Ant’s thought for the day from Helen Keller was most pertinent.
Huge thanks go to Rob Simpson for clearing our belongings from our old home at Basscare, temporarily storing them at his home then moving them into the assigned cupboard at CNC. Many thanks too to the people who arrived very early on Monday to help set up the room for the first time. It was fun looking at the various memorabilia which Rob uncovered, and the photo from the club’s first meeting, which showed Alan Stevens, Ralph Hartnett and Doug Hawley hiding in the back row was a real find! Thank you all for packing up so efficiently. We will need to help ourselves to tea and coffee in future meetings from the boiling water tap in the kitchenette in the area just outside the meeting room.
Continuing our partnering with CNC we will provide some children friendly activities focusing on bees and pollinators at the CNC open day on Saturday 17 May from 10:30 - 1;30. Please let John McCaskill or me know if you can help with this.
FAM continues apace as does the Sunday market and our other projects so please consult the rosters and dates for upcoming events so you don’t miss your turn as everyone’s help is needed.
Near the end of the Bulletin are shown the anniversary dates for member's membership of rotary and/or the Canterbury RC. In the Bulletins circulated in April they showed that Alan Stevens and Doug Hawley had been members since 1987 when the Club was inaugurated. I believe it is well worth highlighting that Helen Hartnett, while not a formal rotary and Club member until 2008, was very much part of the initial group along with her deceased husband Ralph Hartnett, who were closely involved with the start-up of the Club in 1987 together with Doug and Alan.
See you next week
Elizabeth
Below is a photo from the dawn service at Surrey Hills was memorial.
We, in The Rotary Club of Canterbury, are blessed to have talented individuals who not only lead but participate in life in a fulsome manner.
Lili Ann Kriegler, member and former Club President, has done it once again. She has produced another book, a framework of life and living, in the form of a step by step implementation of a guide to living one's life to one's full potential. Each of the steps is broken up into bite size portions, developing in sequence, skills and ideas which, when taken together, complete a program of empowerment and purpose.
Tonight's meeting was a mini workshop, in which Lili Ann cherry picked some of the essential features of her latest publication, "Lifelong Vitality". She has listed twelve of them, habits which can begin in childhood and persist throughout our adult lives. Each of us takes a path in life, and we can choose to focus on what goals we use to reach the outcomes we wish to achieve. Small, daily habits which improve us are the basis of the outcomes we achieve. With discipline and foresight, we can all succeed, applying methodical and calculated steps, as outlined in "Lifelong Vitality".
Many of the thoughts and actions which Lili-Ann extrapolated are common sense, but they need to be highlighted. Each section of this manual is a step towards living a full life in this world. She has a special way of explaining a perspective in daily living, and treating it in a methodical and pedagogical manner.
The examples are real and easily applied. The suggestions in the manual are meant to be implemented in a gradual way. Step by step, bit by bit, they add value to your life, giving you a pep in your step.
Whether you are six or sixty, you can be a participant in your world and enjoy what you do. Underlying all of this, is the view that your enthusiasm and focus is required. Thus, the reference to "vitality".
A great presentation by Lili Ann that was very well received by all in attendance.
Our speaker next Monday is Kylie McQualter who is an Australian ecologist and conservationist with a PhD in Biological Science and over 20 years experience in Australia and Africa. She has worked with animals big and small from bandicoots and platypus, to chimpanzees and giraffes
Further to the little hiccup as advised with the set up on Monday 28 April at Yarra Valley Grammar, a successful FORaMEAL Event occurred on Tuesday 29 April.
One hundred students packed 21,200 meals in 1.5 hours. The teachers also participate in assisting to write the ‘best before’ date on the pouches. These packed meals will be added to our stock that shall be being sent to Somalia very shortly, as part of the shipment arranged by Jamar Farah from RC Footscray.
Thanks to the team of Alan, Kate, Gerry, David, Lester and 3 members of RC Maroondah - Catherine, Andrew and Richard the event went well.
Nora also attended Box Hill High School on Wednesday to commence preliminary planning discussions with the school and members of the RC Box Hill Central for an event with their students next year.
The Canterbury Rotary Club lunch usually meets bi-weekly at 12.30 for a meal and some fun.
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.
This week, the ride started from the Craigieburn station and proceeded southward along the bike path near the Hume Freeway to the Metropolitan Ring Road. The Ring Road path was followed east to Dalton Road and then south to Reservoir, with a short detour to see the newly completed Keon Park Railway Station.
Coffee was at the Industry Cafe in the Epping Industrial precinct, which is constructed to modern standards. The estate includes treed nature strips with footpaths, linear parks, nature areas and separate bike paths. Industry Cafe is typical of the sort of cafes in these new areas.
The picture shows the riders at one of the wetland reserves in the Epping Industrial Estate.
The lunch at the Reservoir RSL was of particularly good quality. The journey home was from the railway station over the road from the RSL.
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
Volunteers wanted to assist Honours student project
Michelle is an Industrial Design student at Swinburne University currently completing her capstone project for her Honours degree.
Her project is focussed on the design of alternative clothing fasteners that would assist the daily living of those with limited arm or hand mobility.
Her goal is to empower those with these types of disabilities to continue to be able to independently wear the fashions that make them feel comfortable and confident in their self-expression.
Michelle is looking for volunteers to interview as part of her thesis who experience any level of:
Chronic pain in an arm or hand
Loss of part of the arm or hand
Loss of movement in arm, hand or fingers
Loss of sensation in arm, hand or fingers
This could be, for example, through birth, injury or a condition such as arthritis.
If you, or anyone you know, is able to take part in an interview, please contact Michelle at 103591646@student.swin.edu.au asap.
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