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CLUB BULLETIN / NEWSLETTER

6th APRIL  2020

With club dinner meetings suspended, a scaled down version of the bulletin will be published to maintain contact and communication with members during the coronavirus Covid-19 restrictions.
 
HELPING OUR NURSING HEROES
 

RAWCS Project - Helping Our Hospital Heroes

A message from President Lorraine.

The Rotary Club of Sunbury has proposed it and it has been accepted as an official RAWCS project, meaning that any donations made through the RAWCS site will be tax deductible. 

The project is to provide 10 000 hats for nurses working with coronavirus patients in Australian hospitals. The initial project was to support the Royal Melbourne Hospital, then Box Hill Hospital and now many others are asking for supplies. 

We became involved following a District Facebook post by Kerry Kirk (9790 International Services Chair), and the RAWCS registration of the project.

I am going to start making some hats today, and I am hoping that we can get other members, their partners, family, friends, etc involved. I think an initial target of 200 from our club would be a great contribution. I am also sending the patterns provided on the Helping Our Hospital Heroes Australia Facebook page. If you have a look at the page, you will see many examples that other people have made, questions asking for help and lots of advice. If anyone needs fabric, I have heaps that I collected for my koala project. It is washed and sorted, and I am happy to deliver it.

If you can, please support this excellent project. I would love to hear from anyone who is willing to help, and we will put regular updates on the club newsletters (thank to Lou for doing this). 

Lorraine

 

DISTRICT NEWS
After a meeting of all Australia District Governors, it has been decided to suspend the Youth Exchange Program for 12 months nationally in all formats. 
This will mean there will be no inbound students arriving from overseas in July/August 2020, and there will be no outbound students in January 2021. 
We are hoping, depending on the COVID-19 situation, that we may be able to accept inbound students again in July/August 2021, and our next group of outbounds will be in January 2022. 
We appreciate the decision of the DGs and it is in the best interest of not only the program, but also all people associated with this truly life changing youth program of Rotary International. 
Stay safe and well
Yours in Rotary
Bruce McIntyre, Chairman, District 9790 Youth Exchange
 
 
 
Message from President Elect Jennifer Rodger to Board Members
Hi all,
 
I hope you are all keeping safe during these trying times.
 
I have just received an email from District regarding training etc for next year. Firstly they are encouraging us to use our home hibernation by completing the necessary online courses available through My Rotary to get us all prepared for next year. If you have any problems finding the course that relates to your role next year, just give me a call after business hours & I will help you work through it.
 
They are proposing that we all download the Zoom app to conduct Board meetings in the future. They are doing some training via this app with President Elects on Sunday 19/4 so I will let you know how that goes. It obviously will be a source for us to communicate as a Board & ultimately with the Club as we get used to trying to keep our Club active in a different way.
 
It is still business as usual for me at work, whilst maintaining social distancing etc but we don’t know how long we will be permitted to continue.  I am available in the evenings on the phone if anyone wants to chat (not much else to do). I have changed my email on club runner to the home email of jenniferlearodger@gmail.com but if you need me during business hours, it is fine to email to jennifer@mcnamara.com.au.
 
We still have a few months to be a creative with how things are going to operate next year, so please put your thinking caps on & let me know what you would like to achieve with your individual roles & more importantly how we can keep the club running & interact with members so they don’t feel isolated or left out & to sustain membership.
 
Any idea is a good idea.
 
I will be in touch again soon.
 
Regards,
 
Jennifer Rodger
 
MEMBERS ISOLATED THOUGHTS

KAY MOODIE

Hi All ,

Life at the moment is relaxed and stress free for me, taking each day as it comes. Steve and I are back working on the house, so I'm learning patience both with myself and him. I'm not the most knowledgeable apprentice and don't feel I need to know the name of every nail and screw lol. It is coming along nicely thought and I think will be very comfortable when finished.  I have join an app called house party and can talk face to face with grandkids which is good because they normally like to confuse me as I can't tell the twins apart on the phone, guess they will need a new trick for Nan. I have also joined a Facebook group called Pandaversity that from Monday is offer free classes in yoga meditation and a range of wellness activities, so looking forward to that. 

I have even spent time in the garden and heaven forbid did some weeding. Don't know what came over me. I'm actually typing this sitting in the bush reading a book enjoying the tranquility. 

May you all survive this time as peaceful as possible.  Look forward to reading everyone's story

Namaste Kay

STEPHEN MILLS
 

I still walk about 5km every day sometimes in the morning and sometimes in the evening.

June and I have always had a demarcation line on the puzzle page in the daily paper and we are still observing that. As well as doing the sudokus and the word puzzles I also get to do the hibernation page of puzzles.

Every day I ring someone I haven't seen or spoken to for a while and both they and I enjoy the catch up. We are spending more time on the phone with our 2 daughters, Bridget and Laura. Bridget is due to have a baby at the end of June, we are just hoping we are able to help her in some way at that time

I don't read a lot but this week I have read Neale Daniher's book "When all is said and done" It was a very good read and would recommend it, i think everyone would get something out of it, not just John Watson, Ross Hardham  and Jeff Buzza.

I have participated in a couple of meetings using zoom and would highly recommend it as a way of having a virtual meeting. It would be a good way to fill the Rotary void and keep the club momentum going.

I have been doing my share of being the funeral observer for the cemetery trust and it has been very hard for grieving families to limit numbers to ten but they are doing this and complying with all the distancing rules.

I have been cleaning out papers that have been cluttering the office despite them being more than 7 years out of date. Just waiting for fire restrictions to end and I can have a burn up.

 

FACE BOOK POSTS
 
Our Facebook page is updated with posts from regular meetings with a guest speaker report.
In these uncertain times where regular weekly dinner meetings have been suspended I have taken the opportunity to post "Flash-backs" from our proud history, using the resources from the Photo Album column on our website homepage.
So far, Changeover 2019 and Business Breakfast featuring Susan Alberti have been posted. Coming up the club's 60th anniversary, 4WD Trips, meetings with Lions Club, visits to vocational sites.
Share and enjoy these "flash-backs" which are maintaining communication and a presence in the wider community.
 
To finish, and hopefully bring a smile to your face...
 
BUSY DAY AT THE PEARLY GATES
 
The first applicant of the day explains that his last day was not a good one.
 
"I came home early and found my wife lying naked in bed.  She claimed she had just gotten out of the shower.
Well, her hair was dry and I checked the shower and it was completely dry too.  I knew she was into some hanky-panky and I began to look for her lover. I went onto the balcony of our 9th-floor apartment and found the guy clinging to the rail by his fingertips. I was so angry that I began bashing his fingers with a flower pot.  He let go and fell, but his fall was broken by some awnings and bushes.
On seeing he was still alive I found super human strength to drag our antique cedar chest to the balcony and throw it over.  It hit the man and killed him.
At this point the stress got to me and I suffered a massive heart attack and died.”
Saint Peter thanked him for his story and sent him on to the waiting room.
 
The second applicant said that his last day was his worst.
 
"I was on the roof of an apartment building working on the AC equipment
and I stumbled over my tools and toppled off the building. I managed to
grab onto the balcony rail of a 9th-floor apartment but some idiot came
rushing out on the balcony and bashed my hands with a flower pot.
I fell but hit some awnings and bushes and survived, but as I looked up
I saw a huge chest falling toward me.  I tried to crawl out of the way
but failed and was hit and killed by the chest.”
Saint Peter couldn't help but chuckle as he directs the man to the
waiting room.
 
Saint Peter is still chuckling when his third customer of the day
enters.
 
He apologizes and says "I doubt that your last day was as interesting as
the two fellows that arrived here just before you.”
"I don't know," replies the man.  "Picture this, I'm naked, hiding in
this cedar chest……