Burleigh Breaker Weekly newsletter of Burleigh Heads Rotary

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1 MOB Burleigh Breaker Weekly newsletter of Burleigh Heads Rotary With great guests +Breakfast meetings 6.45am for 7am Surf Club, Burleigh Heads Cnr Gold Coast Hwy & Goodwin Tce, Burleigh Heads Meeting 46/2016: Thursday 8 December 2016 RI formalities Rotary District 9640 RI International President: John Germ District Governor: Michael Irving Rotary month: Disease prevention and Treatment Month Guests, makeups and apologies We warmly welcome visiting Rotarians and guests to our weekly breakfast meetings. Please contact: Anthony: tony.zirilli@gmail.com by 5pm Wednesday Guest speakers Find out more about our these on our website Club Officers President: Catherine Immediate Past President: Jo President Elect: Richard Committee Chair Officers Membership: Colleen PR/Webmistress: Jo Rotary Foundation: Bren Club Admin: Jacqueline Chairperson: President Catherine at the helm. Board Executive Secretary: Charles Treasurer: Teresa Club Service: Allan Community Service: Richard International Director: Johnny Youth Director: Anthony Vocational Service: Paul Dec 08, 2016 AGM will be held first up. Member Behind the Badge Club Member - Maurizio Piazza Dec 15, 2016 Club Member Russell Thompson On stamps Apologies: Teresa, Anthony Z, Brad, Trevor M, Charles, Jacqueline P Guests: Beverley Humphries Riding for Disabled Allaine - Riding with Disabled Shirley Jacob Riding with Disabled Sam Fairless Project Manager from Gold Coast Rachel Spencer Taylor Kane Thursday 22 December, 2016 Last meeting of the year. Wear your Santa Hats and bring along a Secret Santa gift up to value of $10 (unisex & tasteful)

2 Jan 19, 2017 Member behind the Badge Club Member - Shobha Board meetings 6-8pm, first Tuesday of month, if you are interested in attending please Secretary Charles to advise on location. burleighheadsrotary@gmail.com Club Assembly: first meeting after Board meeting Rotaract meetings: Mondays: 2 nd & 4 th Monday of each The Surf Club PARTNERS WELCOME Directors Reports: President: Secretary: No report Surf club memberships if you don t have yours yet please advise President Catherine is chasing any prizes for End Polio Dinner need items for the silent auction (value of prizes $100 and up) as well as extra raffle items. Club Services Report Allan Membership Community: Bunnings BBQ January 22 Allan will send out rosters. Allan and David doing a BBQ for the Chinese tourists similar to last year. Great opportunity to raise some funds again. Collated all the survey s and results will be shared with members in late January. A meeting will be held late January and members can discuss areas that need improvement. Richard attended the Caningerabra State School awards night. Russell Thompson attended the Burleigh State School awards ceremony. A very impressive event. The school is celebrating its 100 birthday on March We have had a long association with the school. International: Bren taking another load of birthing kits from Rotary Club of Tweed Heads South up to Durack today. Bren heading to East Timor January 16. Scooter Project: Puddings went missing but have been found. 48 scooters out on hire. It s that time of year where David will be requesting members to assist in the distribution of some festive cheer to our scooter recipients next week. A xmas pudding is given to all recipients and during the visit a scooter inspection is carried out to make sure all are I working order and recipients are happy. Vocational: Paul J advised that will be holding a disability awards here at the surf club in February We received grant from Councillor Pauline Young which will go towards costs for the awards night. Dates will be firmed up in coming weeks.

3 ITEMS OF THE DAY: Jo K looking for someone to take over the weekly bulletin and newsletter. Jo will be absent from meetings for extended period March through July. Please get in touch with Jo is you are able to assist otherwise the newsletter will not be published and available to members. Presented $1250 cheque to Riding for Disabled (see below) Guest Speaker Andy Rotary Foundation Chair for our club. Great News: Dick Smith confirmed $1,000,000 donation to Rotary End Polio Black Tie Charity Dinner Its airborne virus so it is vital to eradicate this terrible disease 3 countries still have Pakistan, Nigeria and Report: Every dollar will be matched by $2 from Bill and Melinda Gates Sold 13 tables at the moment we hope to sell 20 tables. Encourage all members to be a part of the event. 100 days until the event. Let s make history Burleigh Rotary. Heads and Tails Sam our guest was the lucky winner with heads and tails. Happy Fines School Holidays Heading to Europe Having weekend away in Byron Happy with our projects for the year. Riding with Disabled Good watering the gardens Happy with Rachel being at Riding with Disabled Happy to be home from week holidays Happy I wake up in the morning Supporting local theatre show Happy to have missed the storm Work Christmas parties Membership Active 41 members. Honorary: 4 members In attendance today: Members 21 Guests 6

4 Call of duty new roster was sent out by President Catherine this week. If you need a copy and didn t receive this, please President Catherine CLUB EVENTS Saturday 17 December, 2016 Club Annual Christmas Party Venue: Richard s Place Time: From 1pm BYO PICNIC & DRINKS Activities: - Tennis - Pony rides - Slippery slides Thinking of you To any club members or partners who are not enjoying the best of health, we wish you all the best and look forward to seeing you in the near future. Financials Direct debit details to pay into the Club s Bank Account: BOQ: Rotary Club of Burleigh Heads, Club Account BSB Account No Please put the reason for your payment in the reference section when making the transaction April 2017 (Date TBC) Inaugural Duck Race Contact us BurleighHeadsRotary@gmail.com Social media BurleighHeadsRotary

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