President Peter will be back with us next week, having been away for a few days attending to his PCYC interests.
This week our guest speaker was Patricia Garcia, the recipient of a Rotary Peace Fellowship in 2017 which enabled Patricia to study at the Rotary Peace Centre in Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
Mentie, Patricia and John
The title of her presentation was Positive Peace with Rotary. Patricia introduced the concept of Positive Peace and the Positive Peace Framework, a set of 8 interrelated Pillars of Positive Peace, as a practical and concrete tool that can be applied to take action, find solutions and collaborations that can build peace in communities.
We also heard from Greg Starr and John Collins, who gave the Club an instructive update on arrangements for the Wahroonga Village Fair and, in particular, risk management. Rob Lang, from St John’s NSW, talked about potential medical issues at the Fair, risk, and how to manage both.
Ann Davidson put her selling skills to work looking after sales of Club shirts and caps. They certainly sell when they are right there and can be tried on. Well done Ann! There was also an early Christmas supply of home-made marmalade and small Christmas cakes for sale. More of these and all sorts of craft items, either sewn by our Rotary wives or donated by others, will be for sale on the Rotary stall at the Fair.
The Club shirts and caps will be available again at next week’s meeting. This is an ideal time to get one and wear it in your volunteering role at the Wahroonga Village Fair. Being visible as a Rotarian on that day will be very important. What easier way is there to promote our Club and what we do?
Next week we will have Michael O’Connell and Karo Haltmeier speaking about their Club’s PNG dental project in the Sepik River area. Both Michael and Karo are members of the International Committee at Kenthurst Rotary Club.
I hear we will also have Sister Sheila visiting us and bringing a selection of goodies that we can buy to support her work.
Have a great week!
Mentie Knowles
President-elect, 2023-2024
EDITORS Note: You will recall the delightful Flora Chan (from HKCC) at the club's Vocational Awards presentation - listen to her recent interview in the Rotary Matters segment below.
We are so lucky to have such talented craft folks to contribute to our Christmas stall here is a sample of the things available to purchase next Saturday.
Great Christmas gifts for you and your family AND your doggie!
You are invited to participate in our “Just Do One Thing” campaign for
St Lucys and St Edmunds Bursaries.
Our team Ann, Peter and Ross (and Sue) added $200 plus to our Bursary fund this week - it's fun and you get to meet the Community and promote our Rotary activities.
We need a few more members to fill the time slots at the
A sign that "normal" times are back with us - the SAN CAROLS are back this year with a star studded line up on offer.
As has been our practice in past years we have supported the SAN by attending with our "buckets" in hand to collect for local charities. This year we will proudly direct those funds to the SAN Foundation who are seeking to raise their profile post COVID under the leadership of Judy Tanna - a recent new member of our Rotary Club.
We have been inundated with opportunities to volunteer on a number of occasions recently and fresh from what is expected to be a very successful Wahroonga Village Fair is the opportunity to participate in the joys of Christmas at this signature event.
We will need approximately 10 members and friends to attend, to join several SAN volunteers for one hour on Sunday 11th December to assist with this annual event.
Please click on the link - here - to volunteer for this event, our last service opportunity before the Christmas break.
Now’s the time to book for our Christmas party! It will be a very relaxed affair: a fun game of barefoot bowls if you choose, then an informal get-together with no agenda but to chat with friends and enjoy delicious and substantial canapés. Come when you can, go when you like.
Looking forward to sharing a wonderful evening together.
Thursday 15th December
Courtesy Janelle
Time:
Start: 5:15pm for 5:30pm, for an hour’s fiercely contested barefoot bowling comp with prizes for the winners, wooden spooners and most enthusiastic teams! Finish: 9pm
Dress: Christmas casual
Cost: $45 pp (if you can’t do the bowling, we hope you’ll be happy to donate the $12 for that activity to the women’s shelter as a Christmas gift)
RSVP:
1st December deadline in order to give final numbers to the venue.So please complete the form linked - here - to register and complete payment.
Please RSVP as soon as you can so that we can plan accordingly.
The Youth Committee will be assisting Knox and Abbotsleigh with their ABBOX program again on 30 November 2022.
We have assisted with ABBOX since its inception more than 13 years ago.
From the event in 2016
The program was suspended over the Covid period but is reinstated this year for a one day program at Knox. We will supply the food for lunch as a BBQ with Convenor Greg Starr, along with Ian Cameron, Neil McWannell, Rob Giacometti, Barbara Salisch and Bob Howe.
About the programme:
* Background - families who have a child /grandchild with a disability who would benefit / enjoy from some time out. Any family from any area is welcome to apply.
* Objective -the ABBOX Sony Camp is a free fun camp for children ages 5-15 normally run over a period of 4 days but will be introduced again this year over 1 day.
* Result - Parents achieve a much needed time out. Their children have a fun 4 days and the young student support staff learn some really valuable life skills.
* Our Activity - our Club supports this wonderful activity with a farewell BBQ Lunch on conclusion of the activity.
The club AGM will be held on Wednesday 14th December 2022 as per attached notice click - here - to review. At that meeting we will be electing a President Nominee (to be President 2024- 25), Treasurer and Secretary. At present we have nominations for the Secretary and Treasurer.
Any club member interested in nominating for any of these positions must contact me by 7 December 2022.
(Copies of the Notice of the AGM, past AGM Minutes, Reports of the Board and other information can be found in ClubRunner)
Flora Chan, trainer and assessor won a Pride of Workmanship Award from Wahroonga Rotary Club. A qualified accountant, lawyer and language teacher, Flora works tirelessly for her students (up to 93 yrs!) ensuring their integration into the local community. A worthy and inspirational winner.
