PRESIDENT LORRAINE GREENWOOD welcomed members and guests to PALS dinner meeting.
APOLOGIES:
Terry Brennan, Jeff Buzza, June Hewson, Bill Hewson, Ernest Jones, Kay Moodie, Sally Rose, Ivan Routley, Phil Seager, Sieg Seiter, Chris Sutton.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT:
Money raised by catering goes to PALS Tri State team.
CHAIR: LINDA BOYD.
Busy as team leader for PALS looking after Cobram and Numurkah.
Business growing, clients changing, physical, intellectual, mental disabilities. Staff trained in Disability Services.
With John and Sally attended the RYLA introduction. Breaking the ice, bonding activities.
Currently training for a triathlon.
GUEST SPEAKER: PAUL QUINANE.
Paul Quinane joined PALS 18 months ago after working in munitions. Born in Barooga second child born with Downs Syndrome, thus interest in PALS.
Tr1-State Games in Adelaide, 30 to 40 teams of eight competing in a variety of sports and activities.
2020 - 2021 games to be hosted in Moira and Berrigan Shires with events in Yarrawonga, Barooga and Cobram.
NDIS
Local transition
Most PALS clients now funded by the NDIS
Typically people have more funding.
Increase in 1 to 1 support and small group activities
Greater focus on education and work opportunities
PALS Recruiting Disability support workers and volunteers.
REPORTS
TINJA NAKKI:
Tinja reported she is going great, enjoying school. Subjects biology, Outdoor Education, Maths and English.
Looking forward to a snow-trip.
FELLOWSHIP:
Sally Rose birthday 27 August. Ivan & Jennifer Routley wedding anniversary 21 August, Ivan Routley 22 years in Rotary, Jacque Phillips 10 years in Rotary, Sally Rose 2 years in Rotary.
HEADS & TAILS:
Peter Wellington.
NEXT MEETING
DATE: MONDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER 2019
VENUE: NUMURKAH GOLF & BOWLS CLUB
CHAIR: CHRIS SUTTON
APOLOGIES:
June Hewson
Phone: 5862 1944
Doctors meeting
A group of psychiatrists were attending a convention. Four of them decided to leave, and walked out together. One said to the other three, "People are always coming to us with their guilt and fears, but we have no one that we can go to when we have problems." The others agreed. Then one said, "Since we are all professionals, why don't we take some time right now to hear each other out?" The other three agreed. The first then confessed, "I have an uncontrollable desire to kill my patients." The second psychiatrist said, "I love expensive things and so I find ways to cheat my patients out of their money whenever I can so I can buy the things I want." The third followed with, "I'm involved with selling drugs and often get my patients to sell them for me." The fourth psychiatrist then confessed, "I know I'm not supposed to, but no matter how hard I try, I can't keep a secret..."
