When I joined Rotary back in 1999, the Principal of the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Community College was a member of Rotary and a Rotarian was on the Board of the HKCC. There has been a long association between Rotary and the HKCC, which still exists, and a succession of Principals over the years.
It was a pleasure to have the newly appointed Principal, Inga Rosenberg, with us last week. In a private chat with Inga, she indicated that she would welcome a member of Rotary to take up a position on the HKCC Board. Maybe a member of our Vocational Committee would like to give this consideration.
Over the past few months there’s been considerable focus on Wahroonga Park in relation to our Centenary project. In Janet Grundy’s booklet, A Centenary Guide to Wahroonga Park, there’s a lift out page that identifies all the trees in Wahroonga Park. Back in 2017-18 there was a Rotary International global tree planting program and President Sue Owen arranged for trees to be planted in Wahroonga Park, at the Sydney Adventist Hospital and at the PCYC. The tree that was planted in Wahroonga Park, and included in Janet’s book, is a deciduous variety. I was in the park recently with two of my grandchildren and noticed the leaves on the Rotary tree are in the process of turning red; it is quite spectacular.
Charlotte Weatherall, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Rotaract, advises their members are halfway through their PCYC StarJump Challenge. This is a community fundraiser for the PCYC Growth-mindset Resilience Intervention for Teenagers (GRIT) program. The GRIT program integrates specific mental resilience skills training with nutrition education and physical fitness. Charlotte says that if you'd like to support us you can donate at: https://www.pcycstarjumpchallenge.org.au/.../hornsbykurin...
We’ve had some interesting guest speakers at our breakfast meetings covering a wide range of topics. We’re always looking for more speakers, so if you have some recommendations, please let Helen Clarke know. This is a Club responsibility.
As mentioned at last week’s meeting, we have been invited to Mark Moran Warrawee aged care facility for a tour followed by afternoon tea this Wednesday 20th April at 2.30pm. Mark Moran Warrawee is on the Pacific Highway next door to Warrawee Public School. Onsite visitor parking is available. There’s a formal invitation in this bulletin, with RSVP details.
Posted by Stuart Armstrong (President of Hornsby Connect)
Hornsby Connect has now been providing a food pantry service to the Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai communities since spring 2016.
We operate from the Hornsby Youth & Family Centre, cnr Muriel & Burdett Streets. A group of about 8 volunteers work between 08:00 and 12:00 each Tuesday to prepare food hampers. A similar number of volunteers come in each Wednesday between 07:00 and 14:00 to supervise the collection of hampers by our clients. Although the majority of the families who we support each week collect their hampers, we do also provide a limited delivery service to people who cannot come to us.
A small team of drivers are rostered to collect most of our food supply each Tuesday morning from FoodBank in our own refrigerated truck. We also make a collection from the Woolworths home delivery warehouse in Brookvale on a Tuesday afternoon. In addition, a number of local businesses supply us with bread, cookies and meat pies.
"Read More" below some of the challenges and opportunities facing the team.
At the recent District 9685 Conference PP Neil McWannell presented to attendees the concept behind granting a bequest to the Rotary Foundation.
YOUR WILL is THEIR FUTURE
Below is the essence of Neil's presentation session on Bequests to the District Conference.
A Bequest Society pin
Neil encouraged members to consider including the Rotary Foundation in their Wills, noting that most people had experienced double-digit growth in their house and investment values in recent years and that in the next 25 years baby boomers will be transferring unprecedented levels of their wealth to family and charities. A Bequest starting at $10,000 USD would entitle donors to become members of the Bequest Society.
This amounts to a fraction of one percent of most people’s assets and will enable Rotary to fulfil its promise to the world by funding projects in our 7 areas of focus.
In recent months Neil and the team from head office have been developing a range of resources to assist members to write a bequest for Rotary.
Solvatten, a deceptively simple device from Sweden enables the production of clean fresh water. The size of a suitcase, the unit uses the power of the sun to generate potable water, relieving many from the drudgery of gathering wood and lighting fires to purify the water needed for consumption and washing. Peter Rheinberger explains how the Rotary Club of Castle Hill encourages local schools and others to donate to this life changing device. https://solarsafewater.org
nted in Wahroonga Park, at the Sydney Adventist Hospital and at the PCYC. The tree that was planted in Wahroonga Park, and included in Janet’s book, is a deciduous variety. I was in the park recently with two of my grandchildren and noticed the leaves on the Rotary tree are in the process of turning red; it is quite spectacular.
