Torquay Rotary Bulletin 24th April 2022 (Apr 24, 2022)

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Michael Reed

President's Report No 40

I hope you all enjoyed your Easter Weekend.

Thank you to all who volunteered on our BBQ at Rip Curl over the weekend.

With having last week ‘off’ and resting from publishing a bulletin, we will start with our last Monday meeting summary.

Our online meeting saw 24 of us log on.

We were certainly joined by ‘Royalty’ at our meeting, with Past District Governor Ron Pickford, Past District Governor Anthony Ohlsen – and our own Past District Governor Alan Anderson and District Governor Elect Designate Lesley Shedden.

Thank you to Past District Governor Alan Anderson for the invocation and proposing the toast to Rotary International.

After many hours of study and submissions, Rhonda Anchen has achieved the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG) Certificate of Completion.

Congratulations Rhonda!

Trevor Hall was a late apology. With good reason though.

Trevor and Sue had family competing in the Baseball state championships ….. and they won!

So …. There was some well-deserved celebrations to be had. Congratulations team!

Our thoughts and best wishes are with Vernon and Charmaine D’Souza. Vernon has spent some time in hospital, and we hope is continuing to recover from his neurological problem effecting his eyesight.

There was some discussion on our environmental programs and recycling of products we all use.

Maggie is continuing to oversee the programs – but to update everyone, please note the following drop off points for your recycling items –

LIDS – These are to be now dropped into the Coles Supermarket. There is a large yellow bin for you to drop your unwanted lids into.

BLISTER PACKS – your used ‘pill packs’ can be recycled. For now, don’t throw them out, but keep them in a bag, and Maggie will let us know where to drop them off.

COFFEE PODS – your used coffee pods can be taken up to Mitre 10 in Torquay, where there is two bins, one for standard size and one for large pods. Please make sure you separate the pods you use, and they are placed in the right bin.

BREAD BAG TIES – more and more bakers are using recyclable ties these days. However, if you still have any plastic ones, President Elect Ben Featherson is still collecting them.

We were treated to a fascinating talk from Past District Governor Ron Pickford, and some of the many ‘hats’ he wears in the world of Rotary.

From our next face to face meeting at Kithbrooke Park, we are slightly changing the meeting schedule.

There will be a 6.25pm Gong – 5-minute warning – people can move to their seats.

At 6.30pm – the invocation, toast to Rotary International and meals served.

6.30 – 7pm – Dinner and social time.

As meals are finished, you can move into the Theatre Room, where the computer and Hybrid Camera will be set up.

Anyone wishing to join us online can log on at 7pm, when Rotary Business and reports will take place.

This will be followed by our guest speaker.

The meeting will close after the guest speaker.

President Michael

Lifeline Push-Up Challenge

REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN

Hi Supporter,

Registrations are now open for The Push-Up Challenge 2022, so jump in! We'd love to have you be a part of it.

Join the amazing online community for The Push-Up Challenge as we stay connected, get fit, learn about mental health and have a bit of fun along the way.

All the while supporting Lifeline Geelong & South West Victoria.

Register Here

In 2017, The Push-Up Challenge was created as a way to make a positive difference to mental health in Australia.

This year, we’re going to push big,

we’re going to push-up, and we’re going to push

for better mental health

We would like to give people across Australian like you, the chance to get fit for tomorrow’s challenges and show your support for mental health in Australia. 💪

If you think you have what it takes, go solo or grab some mates and challenge yourself to 3,139 push-ups over 24 days in June.

WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR?

• This year your target is 3,139 push-ups. To represent the number of lives lost in Australia to suicide in 2020.

• Our event app has a few new, funky features up its sleeve

• A whole lot of new, surprising and insightful mental health facts to get you thinking

• We have some sweet, new merch for you to push-up in style

• You will be able to support Lifeline Geelong & South West Victoria and our local community.

You will be able to aim for 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% of each day's target. As always, alternatives to push-ups are welcomed and encouraged.

Register Here

We can’t wait to have you involved. You’ll be making a difference to your own life and the lives of Aussies everywhere.

Supporter, LET’S DO THIS! 💪

Kind Regards

Robert Sams

CEO Lifeline Geelong & South West Victoria

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Business Excellence Awards 2022

Recognising workplace excellence in our community.

Have you experienced excellence from a local Torquay business? Would you like to see a local business publicly recognised for its excellence?

If so, you should consider this business as a nominee for the Torquay Rotary Club Business Excellence Awards 2022.

Entries using this entry form are sought for these categories for businesses anywhere in the 3228 postcode area:

Retail
Cafe / Restaurant
Community Service (non-profit, includes individuals.)

Nominations are open from 1 - 30 April 2022. A special Torquay Rotary Club event will announce and recognise winners on Monday 9 May 2022.

Selection criteria include:

Demonstrated pursuit of excellence in work practices
Quality of personal attributes towards customers and staff
Customer service or standard of service delivery
Impact on the environment

Important links:

Torquay Rotary Business Excellence Awards 2022 entry form

Torquay Rotary Privacy Policy

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ESRAG Training Course Certificate

Dear Rhonda

Congratulations on the successful completion of the ESRAG Ambassador Training Course.

Please find attached your e-certificate as acknowledgement of your commitment and completion of the course requirements.

Kindest regards

Carina Turner

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What's Everyone Doing?

I am wandering around Hay in NSW, and came across their book fair at the fire station. It was closed, being Easter Saturday, but I got a pic through the front door bolt hole……Amanda Hough

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Support the Ukranian Citizens Through Rotary

Please click on the above image to read the article from the latest edition of Rotary Down Under for details of how you can assist the citizens of Ukraine through the Rotary network.

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The latest news from Australian Rotary Health

Click the Image below to read all of the latest new from Australian Rotary Health

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Member Birthdays and Anniversary

Posted on Apr 02, 2022

Birthdays -

Neil Henderson 15^th April

Years of Service to the Rotary Club of Torquay

Vernon D'Souza~ Joined Rotary on 11th April 1991 ~ 31 Years

Wedding Anniversary:

Daryl & Maureen Lee ~ 12th April ~ 42 Years

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Casterton Rotary Art Competition - Entries close 31st May

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Australian Rotary Health March Newsletter

Click the banner below for the latest AHR Newsletter.

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Project to Redevelop Classrooms at Lese Oalai village school PNG

Posted by John Oswald

The Rotary Australia World Community Service website at https://directory.rawcs.com.au/41-2021-22 is our donor page, still being worked on, but with the completion of the business case, we will start our fundraising from March 1.

DONATE HERE

As an aside, Lucy received the following message re our project from the Governor of the Gulf Province Chris Haiveta

Thank you, Sis, for your tireless efforts to Assist our village over the years through the foundation.

I am committed to supporting you and the foundation as you prepare to widen your coverage on critical issues.

We are working with a couple NGOs in the Province already and can provide you the letter of support.

I suggest that we formalize the support and collaboration through an MOU.

In the meantime it would be much better to send a profile and EOI from the foundation to me aa head of the Provincial Government so that we can commence to formalize the relationship.

God bless and thank you Sis.

John Oswald

International Committee

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Peace Scholarship Applications Close 15th May

The 2023 Rotary Peace Fellowship application is now available, and we need your help finding the next cohort of global peace and development leaders.

As a club president, you play a critical role in keeping members informed about the Rotary Peace Centers programs. Encourage club members to use their professional and social contacts to find potential candidates. They can also support the program by coaching candidates through the application process and connecting them to districts that can endorse their applications, a required step in the application process.

These resources can help you and your members recruit candidates for 2023 Rotary Peace Fellowships:

Take the All About the Rotary Peace Fellowships course to learn about qualification requirements, eligibility restrictions, the application process, and more.
Send emails to your contacts with the fellowship announcement attached.
Use our referral form to tell us about potential candidates, and we’ll follow up with them.
As we grow our certificate program, we are particularly seeking qualified candidates for our peace centers at Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) and Makerere University (Uganda). The one-year program is intended for working professionals and requires 11 weeks of on-site participation. We are looking for candidates with a minimum of five years of relevant work experience (the average age for this program is 42). Graduates receive a post-graduate diploma in peace studies upon completion of the program.

Candidates have until 15 May to submit applications to The Rotary Foundation. Trained Rotary endorsers have until 1 July to submit endorsed applications to The Rotary Foundation.

Send any questions about the fellowship program to rotarypeacecenters@rotary.org. Thank you for your dedication to the Rotary Peace Centers and your help educating Rotary members and your community about the fellowships.

Sincerely,
Rotary Peace Centers

Rotary Peace Centers are made possible by the generosity of donors.

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Lids for Kids Collection Update

A BIG THANK YOU ROTARIANS

Thank you all for saving and sorting your plastic lids as Torquay's contribution to the Environment.

We have taken a massive 53Kg to the Collection point, but as we continue to save we were waiting on a new collection point in Torquay

You will be pleased to know that Coles in Bristol Road now has a yellow plastic bin for collection of your lids :)

So please drop them off there - preferably sorted and washed - I have attached a few photos of what lids can be collected

Many Thanks again to you contributing to saving plastic from Landfill

Maggie Isom

Environment Committee

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Recycling and Collection to help fund projectsrs

WHAT WE ARE COLLECTING AND WHERE TO DROP OFF ITEMS

Bottle Top Lids

Cause:- Lids4Kids is a nationwide 100% volunteer project to rescue plastic bottle lids

from landfill to benefit the environment and kids. Lids4Kids hopes to rescue
eligible lids from landfill for projects that benefit all Australian kids in need.

So if you could collect milk bottle tops for recycling to reduce the amount of
waste being sent to landfill., you will contribute to Torquay Rotary’s
Environment Project

Just remove the yellow, blue or red plastic top from milk bottles, wash clean &
pop into a container .

Maggie Isom will let us know when we can drop off to a bin at Coles Supermarket 41 Bristol Rd Torquay

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Bread Tags

Cause :- Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs, who collect them, sell them to recyclers and turn the cash into wheelchairs for people who can’t afford them.

Drop Off To:- Surf Coast Hearing

6 Walker St

Torquay

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Old Spectacles

Cause :- Recycle for Sight Australia a joint effort with Torquay Lions Club to send old prescription glasses to overseas communities where people cannot afford them.

Drop Off To:- Kelly Binyon

Kithbrooke Park Office

350 Grossmans Rd

Torquay

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Children Books & Text Books

Cause :- A Rotary "Donations in Kind" joint exercise with the Rotary Club of Boroko to disperse to needing schools in PNG. They need books that are used in Australian schools from Grades Prep to 8. Plus story books for younger children for grades Prep to 3.

Drop Off To:- Kelly Binyon

Kithbrooke Park Office

350 Grossmans Rd

Torquay

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Secondhand Postage Stamps

Cause :- All Proceeds go to Rotary End Trachoma

Drop Off To:- Michael Reed

143 The Esplanade

Torquay

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Secondhand Hearing Aids

Cause :- All Proceeds go to Rotary End Trachoma

Drop Off To:- Michael Reed

143 The Esplanade

Torquay

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Future Meetings

Posted by Jan Emmett

Date	Chair	Meeting Details	Meeting Venue
Mon 25th Apr		No Meeting - Due to Anzac Day
Mon 2nd May	Amanda Hough	Grant Gibson - Headspace	Kithbrooke Park
Mon 9th May	Trevor Hall	Business Excellence Awards	Kithbrooke Park

Shekhar and Rashi Mehta at their home in Kolkata. Rashi painted the picture Mother and Child, behind her.

When I met Shekhar almost 20 years ago, he was busily manning a booth at the Rotary International Convention. His enthusiasm and energy in showcasing his club’s projects were infectious. A project man myself, I was inspired by the work exhibited at the booth. That casual encounter developed into a strong friendship.

Shekhar is a visionary leader. He always sees things others can’t. He envisaged a way to eradicate illiteracy in India by 2025 and designed the TEACH program (which stands for Teacher support, E-learning, Adult literacy, Child development, Happy school). He started the Shelter Kit project that now is in the vanguard of disaster relief in India. His Saving Little Hearts project, which provides heart surgeries to thousands of children, along with the more than 15 eye hospitals he helped establish, which have served hundreds of thousands, speaks to the scope of his dreams.

Ravi Vadlamani

Rotary Club of Guntur, India
2001-02 governor of District 3150

He has an exceptional talent for building teams and driving them to achieve their goals. Shekhar’s programs and ideas may seem larger than life, but he always walks the extra mile to make Rotarians feel at home.

His power of dreaming big is backed up by planning, perseverance, and patience. He’s an excellent communicator who connects with his audience instantly and can motivate people to move mountains. He is also a family man, ably supported by his spouse, Rashi.

Shekhar’s X factor as a leader? Nobody is able to say no to him when he asks for something.

District 9780 Governor for 2021-22 is John Clue from Rotary Club of Port Fairy

CLICK HERE to learn more about DG John Clue

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

To read the DG Johns latest District 9780 March 22 eNewsletter CLICK HERE

Rotary Down Under 2022 Apr Edition 648 CLICK HERE

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 2023

Melbourne has been announced as the host city for the 2023 Rotary International Convention, the largest conference secured this century for Victoria.

Melbourne is a Big Events City! Set to deliver over $88 million to the Victorian economy, the Convention is the most valuable conference ever won for the state, with the four-day event anticipated to attract more than 20,000 Rotarians from around the world. The global spotlight will be on Melbourne and how we present ourselves to the world.

The Convention will take place 27-31 May 2023 using Rod Laver Arena and the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre for functions.

Watch this Space for further news as it comes to hand.

ROTARY REFERENCE LINKS

Rotary International Website

District 9780 Website

District 9780 Directory 2018-19 (D9780 Rotarians Only)

District 9780 Club & Meeting Directory

District 9780 Organisation Structure & Contacts

District 9780 Facebook page

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Rotary Global Rewards Program

Rotary Global Rewards, our member benefits program, offers discounts on products and services from local and global

merchants, along with opportunities to give back to Rotary.

Over 33,000 members have signed in to use Rotary Global Rewards. To raise awareness of this program, you can:

Recommend Rotary Global Rewards to all club members. They can visit www.rotary.org/globalrewards from a computer or download the Rotary Club Locator App to use the program on mobile devices.
Post a "Rewards" link to www.rotary.org/globalrewards on your club and district websites. This gives members easier access to Rotary Global Rewards.
Encourage club members to post offers on Rotary Global Rewards.
Suggest that club members help the program grow in their communities by asking local merchants to post offers.

You can find instructional videos, how-to-guides, and promotional materials on the Rotary Global Rewards page of My Rotary. If you have any questions about the program, write to rotaryglobalrewards@rotary.org.

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