John Turner & Kevin Tattrie (Reserves: Amy Brittain & Garth Carter)
Set up & pack up:
Derek Matz & Helen Gulson (Reserves: David Hyde & Paul Sullivan)
Speakers & topic:
Rotary Fireworks - Thank you to Sponsors
Rotary Club Meeting 14 May 2019
Welcome
President Ranald welcomed all members, guests Ruth Inall from Walcha, Mac Robertson and guest speaker for the evening Rotarian Keith Roffey.
Toast
Susan Law gave a toast to all Rotary Clubs, especially those which see a need to move with the times and which through their vision, flexibility and determination make it possible for the long tradition of Rotary Service to morph into an even more relevant service organisation in the future.
Announcements:
President Ranald reported on his attendance at a district meeting about the proposed district merger. He said 27 clubs did not wish to proceed with discussions about a merger, as opposed to 26 clubs which did. Also discussed was the concern of declining membership and the need to focus in our district on Rotary brand awareness and membership.
President Ranald also presented Rob Coote with a Rotary District Community Service Award for his considerable work with Rotary and particularly the fireworks.
Rob Coote thanked the fireworks committee for their hard work and involvement in the fireworks event on May 11. In particular he thanked Alan Hession for gathering the sponsorship, David Hyde for the raffle, Helen Gulson for the entertainment, Sally O’Neill and her team for the “biggest BBQ ever”, Karin Eurell for the publicity, Mike Cocks for the production of the leaflets, Ian Burnett for distribution, John Garrett for co-ordinating the RFS, St Johns Ambulance, police and other support services, Kevin Tattrie for arranging the large screen, President Ranald for building awareness of Rotary. Rob also thanked all club members and the friends of Rotary for their hard work and contribution. Over 3000 people attended the event, with takings of over $60k, making a profit of over $40k. A thank you to our sponsors will be held on 21 May.
David Hyde spoke about Comedy for a Cause to be held on Thursday, 30 May at Northbridge Golf Club. Tickets are $35 each and can be purchased online at www.comedyforacause.net/NRC. The club can cater for an audience of 120 people and he encouraged all Rotarians to come along with friends and family to support this event. If anyone can contribute any raffle prizes please contact David.
Sally O’Neill advised there is to be a Bunnings BBQ at Chatswood on Saturday 25 May and is looking for volunteers.
Kim Wilkins advised there is a Bookstall at the Plaza planned for 19 May.
Guest Speaker - Keith Roffey - Donations in Kind
Ian Burnet introduced guest speaker Rotarian Keith Roffey. Keith is Club President of RC of Padstow and is a past District Governor. He is a member of the RAWCS board and national manager of Donations in Kind.
Keith spoke of how charities are an essential part of the fabric of our society. He spoke of the ways RAWCS is looking at to sustainably help others, such as their successful collaboration with Channel 9 during the Drought Relief fundraising efforts. There are some 500 projects registered through RAWCS, e.g. Rotary Against Malaria (RAM - http://ram.rawcs.com.au/) . The aim of RAWCS is to enhance support services to Rotarians to enable them to carry on activities to help contribute to projects sustainably.
In Australia there is some $350m worth of medical and educational equipment which is surplus to requirements and which can be re-purposed. It is sent to other hospitals and clinics in the first instance and the remaining equipment is then sent to Rotary to work collaboratively with partners to get the it overseas. Donations in Kind, or Health and Education Equipment Re-purposing Activity (HEERA) as it is now called, works to support the movement of this equipment to where it is needed most. As an example, when Manly Hospital closed much of the surplus equipment, such as hospital beds, was sent to PNG hospitals.
David Robertson, on behalf of the club, thanked Keith for his informative talk and for his work.
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.
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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