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1 & Feel l & Feel lik& Feel like BULLETIN Dinner Meeting 23 rd June 2015 Mail Address: PO Box 127, Lilydale, Victoria 3140 Club Telephone: Address: Web address: PRESIDENT: Stephen Black SECRETARY: Helen McDonald TREASURER: Ann Killian VICE PRESIDENT: Bryan McCarthy ADMINISTRATION: Michael Gavin MEMBERSHIP Geoff Welsh SERVICE-LOCAL: Delwyn Ellis SERVICE-INTERNATIONAL: Jenny Selway APOLOGIES: Jenny Hill M: E: jennhill1@bigpond.com STEVE'S SPOT Well here it is my last opportunity to share with you as President. First of all "where has the year gone"? I can't believe it's almost over. Secondly thank you to everyone who has worked tirelessly to make this alts 12 months run so smoothly. (As I prepare to hand over to Bryan I have no doubt that this coming Rotary year will be even better than any of us could imagine as I know we are in safe hands with early preparations well in hand.)thirdly I am asking myself what have I learnt over the last year and it goes something like this. Having been in Rotary for 28 years and on a couple of occasions been a committee chairperson I still had limited understanding of how a Rotary club works and functions. I have always been a regular attender at which ever club I have been a member of but rarely got into the finer detail. I have had an eye opening experience and will not forget quickly some of my lessons learnt. Once again thank you to everyone who has made this past Rotary year so good and I wish the Rotary Club of Lilydale every success in reaching 50 for 50, and yes let's continue to "Light up" Light Up Rotary Yours in Rotary, Steve contact@rotarylilydale.org.au www. rotarylilydale.org au Chartered: 23 rd Aug 1965, Incorporated: 2 nd Aug Registered No.: A ABN. : THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK WE LEARN ABOUT THE ROPES OF LIFE BY UNTYING ITS KNOTS. GRACE FOR GOOD FOOD, GOOD FELLOWSHIP AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THROUGH ROTARY, WE GIVE THANKS INFORMATION FOR THE BULLETIN Board members, Chairpersons of Committees, or Club Project Officers, are encouraged to provide information for members via the Club Bulletin. To facilitate the layout of the Bulletin, please the information to the current Bulletin Editor by Thursday evening, earlier if photographs are included in the information. Jenny Hill jennhill1@bigpond.com is covering the Bulletin duties for June The Bulletin is ed is ed to members, late Friday or Saturday morning.

2 ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH 6-9 Sat- Tue RI Convention, Sao Paulo, Brazil 7 SUN LILYDALE FARMERS PRODUCE MARKET 8 Mon Queens Birthday 9 TUE CLUB DINNER MEETING 15 Mon Farmers Market meeting 16 TUE Joint Board meeting 23 TUE CLUB DINNER MEETING 26 FRI CLUB CHANGEOVER DINNER MEETING ( Evening ) 27 Sat District Changeover Sat- Sun JULY 2015 School Holidays 27 th June - 12 th July 5 SUN LILYDALE FARMERS PRODUCE MARKET 7 Tue CLUB DINNER MEETING Sonia Downey Nepal 13 Mon Farmers Market Meeting 14 TUE BOARD MEETING 21 TUE CLUB DINNER MEETING Cheryl Mackay Kokoda Experience BIRTHDAYS & INDUCTIONS BIRTHDAYS IN JUNE No member Birthdays in June. MEMBER INDUCTION ANNIVERSARIES Jenny Hill Ann McCarthy Bryan McCarthy Lynn Whelan DATE ACTIVITY SPEAKER DINNER MEETING PROGRAMME & ROSTER Tuesday Friday Sunday Tuesday 23 rd June 26 th June July 5th 7 th July DINNER DINNER SERVICE DINNER MEETING MEETING ACTIVITY MEETING Andrea Fratus My year in Australia See notice in Bulletin And reply ASAP. SONIA DOWNEY Tuesday July 14th BOARD MEETING Pres: Bryan McCarthy Sec : Helen McDonald Treas: Ann Killian P,E. Delwyn Ellis TOPIC CLUB VENUE CHAIR WELCOME ATTENDANCE Lydia Dos Santos: The BaIro Pite Clinic Club Chirnside Park Country Bill Parlett Rob Forbes Jenny Hill CLUB CHANGEOVER Friday 26 th June. Club Chirnside Park Country LILYDALE FARMERS MARKET Bellbird Park Swansea Rd Lilydale (Mel: 52 G3) NEPAL Club Chirnside Park Country Ian Darvell Delwyn Ellis Jenny Hill GRACE Brad Formby (next to Rob Forbes THANKS Margi Sank Lillydale Lake) Michael Gavin SERGEANT Ian Darvell Madalyn Parlett MEMBERS WELCOME TO ATTEND Admin: Membership: Ron Haines Local Service: Int Service:

3 ORGANIZER Des Shiel Steve Black Cheryl Mackay Bryan McCarthy Margi Sank - SET-UP Geoff Welsh Eric Haines Tim Hewitt If unavailable when rostered, PLEASE advise the Sergeant for the meeting and the current Bulletin Editor PO Box 127, Lilydale VIC 3140 CLUB CHANGEOVER DINNER Secretary & Committee ######## VERY IMPORTATNT ####### ROTARY CLUB OF LIL.YDALE INC President Stephen Black and Christine together with Incoming President Bryan McCarthy and Maria Please indicate if you will be attending the Changeover Dinner by this week, and notify if partners are attending also, and dietary requirments. We require you to pre pay ASAP as we have to book and pre pay the venue and we will be charged for the numbers booked, not numbers attending. Thanks for your co-operation in this, Jenny Hill (Attendance Officer) KEEN FOR KENYA FUNDRAISER. request the pleasure of the company of RC of Lilydale Members & Partners at the CHANGEOVER DINNER Venue: Chirnside Park Country Club 68 Kingswood Drive Chirnside Park 3116 (Melways Ref: M36, E3) Date: Friday 26 th June pm for 7 Price: $40 per person (3 course meal, tea or coffee) Drinks: At Bar Prices Please advise of any special dietary requirements R.S.V.P. and payment by Monday 15 th June 2015 to Helen McDonald or helen-mcdonald@bigpond.com I would love invite you to our annual Keen for Kenya Fundraiser for 2015! It will again be hosted at Sanctuary House Restaurant in Healesville, on 14th August. There will be a two-course dinner, big auction and live music, so it should be another fantastic night! The night will again be supporting the Kenyan Sponsorship Project, now running under our new notfor-profit organisation called 'The Kickstart Project Inc.' Cheques made payable to the Rotary Club of Lilydale

4 The project has now been running for 3 years and we have provided 10 young students with quality, secondary school boarding sponsorships to date. The students are thriving and we are so excited for the future of not only these current students, but of the many more to come! If you are available, I would absolutely love to have you there again on the 14th August. From Kalori, the Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bayswater After such a successful event in 2014, raising almost $10,000, we hope to be able to achieve something similar again this year! I would really appreciate it if you might consider sharing this flyer among the Rotary club, as well as friends and family - The more the merrier! All details and how to book are on the attached flyer. Kindest Regards, Ester Rijk rijkester@gmail.com ROTARY IN ACTION LYDIA DOS SANTOS. Our beautiful visitor from East Timor has certainly been busy! Lidia has been studying English at RMIT for four weeks now. She has been commuting each day to Melbourne by train. In her spare time she has been attending Rotary meetings, visiting the Zoo, milking cows and playing with her new dog friend, Bonnie. She has been lunching with friends who have volunteered at Bairo Pite Clinic Lidia is making the most of her stay and will be walking in the Age Fun Run for East Timor Hearts in July. If you would like to donate to Lidia's fun run please go to this link PICTURED Lydia with Jenny Selway, present Barry Vickers with banner and scarf from the Rotary Club of Dili. At last week's meeting, we were treated to one of the most interesting and engaging talks I've heard in a long time. Lidia Santos, our guest from the Bairo Pite Clinic in Timor Leste, shared with us the story of her work with malnourished children. Along with Jenny Selway from the Rotary Club of Lilydale, Lidia described her work with the malnourished children of Dili as her passion - and it was clear to everyone present that it is. Lidia revealed that the parents of East Timorese children have a very poor understanding of nutrition, living mainly on potato and rice. So one of the greatest challenges in such a poor country is to educate children and their parents so that their improved health once released from the clinic is sustained. With around 1000 malnourished children being helped by the clinic since January this year, that's an on-going issue, especially when there are few industries and very little opportunity for employment. Many Timorese are subsistence farmers. For a person who has come to Australia to improve her English, not a word of Lidia's talk was lost on the audience. Furthermore, the interest in Lidia's story and the quality of her presentation can be gauged from the number and range of questions she was asked.

5 As I indicated, we will continue to work with Jenny Selway and the Rotary Club of Lilydale to explore other avenues for assisting Lidia in her work. Barry Vickers President RC Bayswater. gets worse as we move away from the capital, Kathmandu, to the villages and remote areas. For more information please go to your District 9810 Newsletter Highlights Money raised as of the 16th June was $6, District Stamp Fund Your District Stamp Fund needs used stamps - we have had to ring around for supplies lately!! Any stamps will do, high value and foreign varieties bring in the most dollars. This is a diminishing resource so let us use it while we can, it will not cost you a cent but will hopefully improve the lives of the less fortunate amongst us. Many thanks to those who saved stamps which are forwarded to Carol Farmer who sells them. Carol has been doing this for a number of years. This Rotary year Philatelic Garbology has raised $6381. $3000 will go to the Kathy Freeman Foundation and provide 3 Koori scholarships, and $3381 will provide eye operations through the Fred Hollows Foundation. Since Carrol started selling stamps she has raised $89,212! Please keep the stamps coming in. For more information, consult the Directory or contact Carrol Farmer. From PDG Patrick Hartley. Nepal Earthquake Appeal ROTARY FELLOWSHIP WEEKEND The Rotary Fellowship Weekend was held over the weekend of June th in Bendigo. Bendigo proved to be the ideal venue for our weekend away with great accommodation, food, a glass of wine or two and of course great fellowship. All managed to arrive by Friday evening and quickly settled into a relaxed state (particularly after a glass or two). Saturday evening worked out perfectly with the in house catering. We welcomed several of our first time attendees with our usual presentation. Some items of entertainment were well received, especially Bill and Madalyn's duet. Helen Mc and Ann provided their interpretation on the old magic match trick. Over the weekend we visited the local Farmer's Market, Post Office tour, the Great Stuppa at Eaglehawk, the talking tram, several coffee shops, Art Gallery and of course Balgownie winery for a little tasting or two. Sunday evening we had a lovely meal at the Boundary Hotel. Monday morning after a leisurely breakfast it was time to head for home with some great memories of another great weekend. Helen & Ian Darvel Sha Rijal is a member of the Rotary Club of Clayton. Recently her country Nepal was struck by a massive 7.9 earthquake wrenching a terrible loss of life and leaving millions of survivors without proper shelter, food and water. Unfortunately, the relief efforts have been slow in the wake of this disaster. The situation

6 SERVICE ACTIVITIES These are important activities for the Club so if you can make yourself available for these days, it would be appreciated. THE FARMER S MARKET Farmers Market dates are: July 4 & 5 August 1 & 2 September 5 & 6 October 3 & 4 November - actually this is October 31 and November 1 December 5 & 6. BUNNINGS BBQ S Wednesday July 8 th Thursday 31 st December 50 TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER 50th ANNIVERSARY DINNER Don't forget our 50th Anniversary Dinner DATE: Saturday 14th November 2015 VENUE: Yering Gorge [relocated Eastern Golf Club Victoria Road] All Welcome - Guests & Friends of Rotary!! COST: $ 70 per person DINNER: Pre dinner savouries & 2 course meal DRINKS: Drink costs currently being negotiated

7 BULLETIN CONTRIBUTIONS Thanks to the following who have provided information for this Bulletin: Pres Steve Black, Sec, Helen McDonald, P.E. Bryan McCarthy. Neville Lester, Helen & Ian Darvell PDG Patrick Hartley.

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