Club website: www.hillsrotary.org.au

The Rotary Club of The Hills-Kellyville

Weekly Bulletin

Monday 25th July 2016

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Issue 6 No.15

Issue 8 No 03

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Rotary Four-Way Test

Of the things we think say or do:

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER

FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all

concerned?

National Anthem

Australians all let us rejoice, For we are young and free;

We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil; Our home is girt by sea;

Our land abounds in nature’s gifts Of beauty rich and rare;

In history’s page, let every stage Advance Australia Fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing,

Advance Australia Fair

Quote of the Day. Life is really simple, but we

insist on making it

complicated Confucius

Program for Club Meeting

Monday 25th July 2016

Julie Haw- Member Presentation

Door Wilf Van Emmerik…..

NEXT MEETING

Monday 1st of August 2016

Amaanda Firkins- Rotary and Young People

Door: Rod Tilden

Club Calendar

Amanda Firkins

Rotary & Young

people

Sun 7Flower Power

BBQ

Writing

Competition

St Josephs

Centre

Amanda

Carmichael

Audiologist

Vocational Visit

Five Senses TBC

Mon 29 TBA

Mon 22

Aug-16

Mon 1

Mon 8

Mon 15

International Toast

Tonight we toast the Rotary Club of

Kansas City

Meets Thursdays at 12pm at The Gallery,

12th Street Kansas City.

President Peter M Ho

Celebrations and Best wishes

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President’s Message Hi everybody,

Last week we had a very interesting presentation from David and Dianne Waterhouse, on RAWCS projects conducted in Cambodia and the wonderful way that Rotarians work with local communities to serve humanity. Though technical difficulties prevented them presenting their Nepal talk, we still received a brief overview of the devastation caused by the recent earthquakes and the difficulties faced in making progress, due to the monsoon rains and several after-shocks.

On Monday night, we will be privileged to hear from Rotarian Julie Haw, who will give us an insight into her World, past and present. I look forward to this opportunity to get to know a little about Julie’s family and professional background.

Jim Sifonios.

Last Meeting - Summary

President Jim opened the meeting and welcomed all attending. He introduced our Guests David and Diane Waterhouse and recorded the apologies from Mick Griscti, Thomas Cann, Haran Ramachandran, Ray Campbell, Keith stapley, alan Walker, Fran Broadbent Gordon Scoble, Suresh Prasad.

Many thanks for the help on Saturday to load 2 containers for Sri Lanka with Hospital Beds.

Malcolm Leathley (Ex Member) is recovering slowly from his stroke and expected to make a good recovery.

The Zone meeting held on Friday will be discussed at Wednesday’s Board meeting and a detailed report issued after that.

Reports

Secretary, Wilf: Garden Competition. Promotion has begun with a photo shoot with the Mayor and club members

Treasurer: No Report

Club Service :

Community Service: Members required for Flower Power BBQ on Aug 7

Youth: Writing Comp on Aug 8 at St Joseph’s MacKillop Drive Large turn up of Members and their partners to compliment the expected large group of Awardees and guests.

International: Proposed project to address Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS in Northern Provinces of Sri Lanka to start in Sept 2016. Submitted as a RAWCS Project, District funding has been approved.

Two 40’ containers of Hospital Beds sent to Jaffna Hospital. Many members helped in loading.

Vanuatu Project: An update of this program will be forthcoming from John Van den Burg.

RAWCS Quarterly meeting in Port Macquarie Aug 6. Anyone interested in attending please speak to John, Joan or Haran

Foundatio: Haran attended a Foundation Committee meeting on Thursday July 14 and was

Able to enrich his knowledge of the Foundation.

Raffle Johan Van den Burg No Joker ………………..

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“WHATEVER ROTARY MAY MEAN TO US, TO THE WORLD IT WILL BE KNOWN BY THE

RESULTS IT ACHIEVES.” — PAUL P. HARRIS

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Guest Speaker Joan Van den Burg formerly introduced tonight’s Speakers, David & Diane Waterhouse, who have an impressive record of service with Rotary. David has been a Rotarian for 14 years, serving with Castle Hill, Terrigal (President 2013-2014) and now with The Entrance. David & Diane have been Camp Parents for RYLA in District 9680 and 9685 for five years and will be again for RYLA in 2017. They have also been Camp Parents for the last 2 years for RYLA East Timor They are volunteers for Camp Breakaway at San Remo on the Central coast and have been overseas with RAWCS on numerous occasions working in Mongolia, Sri Lanka, FIJI, India, Timor Leste and Nepal, most recently assisting in relief work after the Earthquakes in Nepal. Due to technical difficulties, it was not possible to present the program on NEPAL, however David was able to show the main points of his 2013 visit to Mongolia as part of a RAWCS program supplying Spectacles to Mongolian residents He and Diane flew to the Capital of Mongolia, ULLANBATAAR with 12 Optometry helpers then with the addition of two interpreters drove throughout Mongolia meeting and fitting villagers with spectacles collected in Australia as part of a RAWCS program. Russia at one stage had an interest in establishing a presence in Mongolia and assisted with a lot of Building and infrastructure projects in the Capital but then abruptly left. Virtually nothing has been done since, although the recent discovery of vast, accessible Coal deposits has led to additional development around the Coal mines. Mongolia is divided into the Northern Section, which is High plains and Mountains, an exceedingly cold climate. But the only grazing in the country and the Southern section which is mainly vast desert terrain, hot and barren with little population. .Mongolia in 2015 boasted 40,000 residents, most of whom lived in the Capital Ullanbataar. It is a very poor country and difficult to traverse however considered quite safe for travellers. NEW RLI COURSES AVAILABLE

The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) has two more courses organised for the first quarter of 2016-2017. RLI is of great benefit to all Rotarians regardless of years of service, and in fact "senior" Rotarian participation is encouraged as their knowledge and experience is invaluable during the workshops. The course is run over three days at the District 9685 office in Sefton Road, Thornleigh.

The day starts at 8:30 am and finishes around 3:45 pm; morning tea and lunch are supplied. The course dates are: Course 35: has been cancelled Course 36: 20 August, 17 September, and 1 October- all Saturdays LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE - REGISTER TODAY If you wish to register for one of these courses, please register on-line at rli.rotarydistrict9685.org.au. You will receive a confirmation email and further details on the venue.

If you need any further information please contact” RLI Convenor PDG Ian Scott rli@rotarydistrict9685.org.au.

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HISTORY OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION At the 1917 convention, outgoing RI President Arch C. Klumph proposed to set up an endowment “for the purpose of doing good in the world.” In 1928, it was renamed The Rotary Foundation, and it became a distinct entity within Rotary International.

GROWTH OF THE FOUNDATION

In 1929, the Foundation made its first gift of $500 to the International Society for Crippled Children. The organization, created by Rotarian Edgar F. “Daddy” Allen, later grew into Easter Seals.

When Rotary founder Paul Harris died in 1947, contributions began pouring in to Rotary International, and the Paul Harris Memorial Fund was created to build the Foundation.

EVOLUTION OF FOUNDATION PROGRAMS:

1947: The Foundation established its first program, Fellowships for Advance Study, later known as Ambassadorial Scholarships.

1965-66: Three programs were launched: Group Study Exchange, Awards for Technical Training, and Grants for Activities in Keeping with the Objective of The Rotary Foundation, which was later called Matching Grants.

1978: Rotary introduced the Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants. The first 3-H Grant funded a project to immunize 6 million Philippine children against polio.

1985: The PolioPlus program was launched to eradicate polio worldwide.

1987-88: The first peace forums were held, leading to Rotary Peace Fellowships.

2013: New district, global, and packaged grants enable Rotarians around the world to respond to the world’s greatest needs.

Since the first donation of $26.50 in 1917, the Foundation has received contributions totalling more than $1 billion.

Coming Events/ Other news

Monday 8th of August 2016

ANNUAL WRITING COMPETITION

AWARDS PRESENTATION EVENING 2016

at

The St. Joseph’s Conference Centre

64 Mackillop Drive Baulkham Hills 2153

6:15 for 6:45 pm.