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Australia Day Honours |
President Judy welcomed everyone and especially our guest speaker Peter De Koeyer, plus Yann and Tracey Farrant.
Judy went on to congratulate Bryan Watson for being awarded Citizen of the Year at Wodonga’s Australia Day celebration. Judy complimented Bryan on making an excellent acceptance speech which made a hit with the crowd. Bryan said in his speech that happiness is giving of oneself and that to have friends you have to be a friend.
Judy said that she attended a similar event in Albury last Friday where the biographical details of the nominees for Albury Citizen of the Year were read out, including those of Barry Membrey, even though Barry was not successful in being Citizen of the Year.
In addition to the involvement of Bryan and Barry, the RC of Albury North was awarded Organisation of the year. Judy commented that all these events presented Rotary in a good light.
Judy also commented that Bryan and Barry are similar (she hasn’t noticed that Barry is taller) in that they conceive ideas and motivate others and then push to ensure that they are implemented. (Imagine what Bryan could achieve if he had Klip working for him).
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Salvation Army in Rwanda |
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On Passing the Olympic Hotel on the way to last Wednesday's meeting one member observed the hotel's neon temperature advice. It registered a brilliant 43 degrees! How apt it was that the speaker for the day was to be the person responsible for the Salvation Army emergency services, Daryl Crowden! In brief lines, Daryl finished a term of duty in London (coordinating emergency services), some months in Sri Lanka (following the Tsunami) and recently a term of duty in Rwanda (following the 4th Rwandan genocide - 1 million people in 100 days).
In Rwanda Daryl's role was to enable a small community of enforced 'returning' refugees from Tanzania to settle in North West Rwanda.
His picture was astounding. Daryl told of their particular refugee life and the very foreign agricultural conditions in which they were placed. They had no long-sustaining food source. His Rotarian audience had just consumed a sizeable fish and rice dish followed by tea or coffee. Daryl had a very conscientious audience and their silence was audible.
Eventually the strength of human nature blossomed and together they were able to form a sustainable lifestyle with relatively good living quarters. From enforced migration there flourished the human spirit.
When asked the key to the Army's success in such negative circumstances, Daryl explained how his Salvation Army team sat down in the dirt for days on end listening to their stories. With a newfound confidence, progress and success followed.
This was an amazing story. It was all first-hand. Daryl painted his pictures with true colour and authentically lived experience. All who heard this story were certainly most fortunate.
WIKIPEDIA: The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda's Tutsis by Hutu militia. Over the course of approximately 100 days, from the assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana on 6 April up until mid July, at least 500,000 people were killed.[1] Most estimates indicate a death toll between 800,000 and 1,000,000.
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Annual Combined Meeting Report |
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Guest Speaker Lee Woodgate, Jumps Jockey, a most telling story about her determination to recover from tragedy.
Lee who almost lost her life in a steeplechase accident almost 14 years ago when she was 30 years old has fought throughout the period from her fall to reclaim her life.
Lee had everyone enthralled with her two stories; one of her catalogue of injuries and the recovery when she had to re-learn all the basic life-functions, and the second about her father's heartless attitude which made her all the more determined to succeed.
Strathmore's meeting was also highlighted by the crowd who attended and it wasn't just District 9790 Rotarians but many from far and wide. A great evening of Rotary and at Don's 'Holy Grail' but those would-be Bombers outside on the oval weren't Premiership material, yet.
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Barbeque held at Bunnings Mill Park |
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Rotary Club of Greensborough held a Barbeque at Bunnings Mill Park on Sunday 11th January 2009:
Arrived at 8am to set up Ray Lord, Jeff Thomas, Joy Ferguson and grandson Zac England.
Bunnings staff provided Gazebo, full barbeque trailer complete with everything including a cleaning bucket and disposable cloth roll for cleaning.
No customers before about 10.30 am business was very slow— weather was overcast and cool Ray Lord finished about 10.30 am Zac took over cooking the sausages for the rest of the day, a great effort for a 14 year old—He had a ball!!
Graeme Knoor arrived about 9.20 am and worked til midday Sun came out about midday and sales picked up Jeff Thomas worked til about 2.30 pm
Bill Carter arrived at midday and worked til 2.45 pm Mark Sefton arrived early afternoon, Yvonne Fahy arrived about 2.45 pm and so too did Joy’s daughter Donna with second son Zane who all helped for the remainder of the day Donna, Zac and Zane cleaned the barbeque as required at the end of the day about 4.30 pm Mark and Yvonne helped pack up which was appreciated and we left the site about 4.45 pm
We sold 40 Kg of sausages 24 loaves of bread and about 13 kg of sliced onions. We took $1125.00 for the day Expenses were $336.00. Nett profit for the day $789.00. A great day was had by all.
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Congratulations to all Club Members Husbands...Wives...Partners...and Club Associates on winning the COMMUNITY GROUP OF THE YEAR AWARD IN ALBURY CITY AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS. |
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AUSTRALIA DAY BBQ AT PASCOE VALE SWIMMING POOL |
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A great day was had by all. A big thank you to Maureen and Neville, Lois and Steve, Bec and Chris and Bruce Booth. This BBQ was run by the swimming pool,they also had a jumping castle and a water snake and free entry to pool. The pool kindly paid us $1000.00 for 500 sausages to be given away free to all patrons. They also gave our Club a donation of $400.00 which they raised with the help of Moreland City Council at a BBQ that they held at Coburg Leisure Centre. We also had a coin donation tin which the pool asked us to run, this raised $267.50 with the pool also donating to our Club. So in all it was a REALLY GREAT DAY. Net profit for the day was $1450.90. |
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