John Garrett & John Bolton (Reserves: Garth Carter & George Raffan)
Set up & pack up:
Masa Ohtani & John Weingarth (Reserves: Helen Gulson & Peter McNair)
Speakers & topic:
Club Forum - Visioning
Rotary Club Meeting 28 May 2019
Welcome
President Ranald welcomed all members and introduced our guest speaker, PDG Pam Pritchard.
Toast
Peter McNair gave a toast to the Rotary Club of North Ryde.
Announcements
A reminder that Saturday, June 1 is the next day for The Grolman Challenge at the Chatswood Blood Bank. If you would like to be part of this very worthwhile Challenge please contact David Hyde and he will arrange for you to be booked in.
Rob Coote spoke about the "Return & Earn" reverse vending machine project in which we are partnering with other entities. Please encourage family and friends to collect bottles and cans and deposit them in the machines in Smith Street in East Chatswood (nr Bunnings). Ten cents from each item will go towards raising funds for our club.
President Ranald read a letter from the recipient of the 1st prize in the fireworks raffle, a lady from Melbourne, thanking the club for her prize. The Bridge Climb is something that has been on her bucket list for a long time so she was thrilled with her prize.
Peter Russell encouraged all members to invite friends and family to come to Comedy for a Cause on Thursday night.
Sergeant's Session
Sergeant Eleanor Chevor again managed to extract funds from those present.
Guest Speaker - PDG Pam Pritchard - Rotary Foundation
Valda Andrew introduced guest speaker PDG Pam Pritchard to speak to us about the Rotary Foundation. Pam was a principal of Elanora Heights Primary School from 1988-1995 before she changed career and spent 10 years in Real Estate as a Marketing and Sales Consultant. She joined RC of Turramurra in 1993 and has served in many positions both within her club and in the District, and was District Governor 2005/06. She received a Paul Harris Fellowship from her club in 2002 and has attended Rotary International Conventions in numerous cities as well as travelled to various countries on behalf of Rotary.
Pam spoke to us about the various aspects of the Rotary Foundation. The Foundation's motto is simple - "doing good in the world". She talked about the district grants, the various Rotary programs, peace fellowships, etc. An interesting fact she told us about the End Polio Now campaign was the involvement Dr Albert Sabin, the developer of the oral polio vaccine, right from the beginning of the campaign in 1985.
Liz Grey thanked PDG Pam for her interesting and informative talk.
Rotary brings you - ‘Comedy for a Cause’ - a fully fledged barrel of laughs for the Over 18’s!
To be held on Thursday, May 30th at the Northbridge Golf Club, Sailors Bay Road, Northbridge, the line up includes – Peter Berner, Andrew Barnett, Takashi Wakasugi and Brett Nichols.
Everyone needs a good laugh. So, why not spend a few hours being entertained live by some of the best comedians to make it out of the Sydney and Melbourne International Comedy Festival?
Doors will open at 7 pm, with the Comedy commencing at 8 pm and finishing around 10:15 pm.
Saturday May 11 will celebrate the annual community fireworks event organised by the Rotary Club of Northbridge.
Over the past 32 years, community support and attendance at this event has grown to more than 4000 and funds raised will go toward helping local disadvantaged youth and people at risk.
Gates open at the Northbridge Oval, Sailors Bay Road, at 4pm with live music provided by Northbridge and Cammeray Public Schools and Willoughby Girls High School.
There will be rides and other entertainment for the children, including face-painting; hot food from the Rotary BBQ, ice creams, fairy floss, cold drinks and coffee will be available. The highlight of the evening will be a spectacular fireworks display at 7 pm.
MC for the occasion is voice over artiste Jake Downs whose father John Downs, a previous President of the Rotary Club, was the first MC 32 years ago!
We wish to extend an invitation to all families to come along; support a great cause, and enjoy a great night out! Bring a picnic basket and a rug and enjoy the fantastic community atmosphere.
Funds raised by Northbridge Rotary via a bucket appeal at Northbridge Plaza have been put to good use as reported below.
During Tropical Cyclone Debbie in 2017, the Sarina Range in Queensland experienced a massive landslide that effectively cut off 16 families (30 students) from the school campus. Education Queensland quickly established accommodation for the isolated students. However, suddenly and rather traumatically, the 30 students and their families had to adjust to changed life circumstances, grief and loss, separation from their previous school community and increased cost of living to travel extended distances to access shops, doctors, workplaces and other social supports such as scouts, sporting activities and dance.
This project, funded by the Northbridge Rotary Club totalling $3255, provided support for children’s skill development (swimming classes) and social interaction with peers at Inter school athletic activities. These monies paid for bus services to transport children between schools, then on to the swim classes and their athletics carnival. Without this grant the school, P&C and students would have been financially disadvantaged and unable to provide the access and learning opportunities that were offered to the students at the temporary accommodation.
The Rotary Club of Sarina and the Swayneville State School students, parents, teachers and community are thankful to the Northbridge Rotary Club and Townsville District 9550 Disaster Management grants that facilitated the social, and emotional well-being of these school children, alleviated a potentially onerous financial burden on the P&C and parents who were already financially disadvantaged. Your financial and club support has provided joy, growth, opportunities, personal development, pride, skill and water safety in all the children of the Swayneville State School Campus. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Dianne Barnett
Secretary, Rotary Club Sarina, Qld
Outcome measure evaluation: The project success was measured through the implementation of the project plan within the time frame below.
May 2018: 24 children and 8 parents affected attended that inter-school athletics event at Sarina State School. The children participated in all events and several children were successful in securing places in the district events.
December 2018: 30 students from the Range campus attended all school swim classes held at the Sarina Swimming Pool over a seven- week period. These children were transported by bus and participated in classes with other students as well as attending their swim classes through the day. All students passed the required water safety standard requirement for their age.
Full acquittal of funds occurred in January 2019 for the bus services that took students between their accommodation, school and swimming.
The Rotary Club of Northbridge is building on their long-standing support of youth with expanding support across 6 different youth specific, leadership and experience focus programs. The outcomes of these programs continue to motivate the club to build on these programs with increased support.
Among these programs are high school leadership, science, engineering and experience programs. One of these programs is RYPEN (Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment) aimed at year 9 & 10 who want to build their confidence and self-esteem. RYPEN provides young people the opportunity to build leadership potential, encourages them to explore their ideas in problem solving, team activities, and experiences that will assist them in forming their own values. RYPEN is about building confidence and developing skills to cope in a range of situations. The Rotary club of Northbridge has doubled it’s support of this amazing program from sponsoring 4 awardees each of the last 2 years to 8 awardees this 18/19 year. Follow this link https://rotarydistrict9685.org.au/page/rypen for more information about RYPEN.
Another program worthy of mention is the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA). RYLA is a transformational leadership program designed for young adults aged 18-27. This intensive program over 7 days, enabling leadership to grow and develop to its full potential. RYLA combines amazing Australian speakers with activities and challenges in a supportive environment. Unlike other programs, RYLA has a focus on practical hands-on opportunities testing leadership in a controlled environment. The RYLA program is unique in linking outcomes to self-improvement with considered reflection; building a better leader with the necessary skills for improving their leadership as they move forward in life. RYLA is run annually, with close to 90 candidates in Elanora Heights, on Sydney's Northern beaches; the Rotary Club of Northbridge has sponsored 9 RYLA awardees over the last 3 years. Follow this link http://d9685ryla.org.au/ for more information about RYPEN.
The Rotary Club of Northbridge is also supporting the initiation of the North Sydney Rotaract Club; a new Rotaract Club which is a driven community of young professionals aged 20-30 who are committed to creating social change in their community whilst developing as leaders. The inaugural meeting is scheduled for February 20th and the following links are available for further information.
The life changing effects of these sponsored Youth programs continues to motivate our club and members support; the Rotary Club of Northbridge will continue a focus on our local Youth and our leaders of tomorrow as one of the most rewarding areas where we support our community.
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