One of our members has had to wear 'the wrong' badge since been inducted.
It was great to be able to present SUE Currie with the her correct name badge!
As has been advertised and emails circulated, Thursday 20th November is the End Polio evening with Jessie Harman.
If you wish to go .... please register, or you will miss out.
Numbers are limited and are filling quite quickly.
Details are on the email I sent last week, and in the bulletin both last week and this.
Next Monday (13th October) is an early afternoon meeting.
Thank you Neil for publishing this meeting early to enable us to get the numbers in and passed onto Our Village and to The Valley Inn for those wishing to eat before hand.
PDG Phil spoke to us about the Interest from the National Trust.
Phil has emailed everyone a few days ago about this.
The information Phil sent has registration details on it - please register yourself if you are going.
PDG Lesley spoke on the End Polio evening.
Lesley also spoke on the Satellite Club.
Both Lesley and Bruce Turner have put a lot of time into this over many months.
We are hopeful this club will get enough interest and prospective members to make it worth pursuing.
Very best wishes with this!
Gerard Spoke to us about a Summer Scavenger Hunt he is proposing we do over our summer period.
Gerard is looking for 4 - 6 helpers to help run this event.
It has the potential to be a very worthwhile project for the club both financially and community exposure.
Please see Gerard and offer your help! (or else you'll be confronted by him!!)
Judy Beasley spoke to us about the Rotary Club of Bayside's Annual Trivia Night.
We are hoping to get at least one (maybe 2?) tables together for this.
It is on Friday 14th November at Christ Church Hall.
There will be a lot more information come about this .... but for now, please note the date and if you are available we'd love to see you there!
I hope you enjoyed your Special Birthday last Tuesday Garth.
A huge Congratulations on your Eightieth, and joining the
Octogenarians Club!!
Judy Rutter has a lot of information in the bulletin about recycling of various products.
Please take time to read these and see how you can help the environment.
Judy has offered to help members where she can - please see Judy for any further information.
We have commenced our Summer Period of BBQ's.
We have so many BBQ's scheduled now .... and
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Please folks - Can you see either Richard Hawker or Linda Neale and look at where you can put you name down.
Thank you Lesley for being 'Photographer' for the evening, ensuring we a record and have some images for the bulletin.
How's that for an action packed half hour?
We moved into the Meeting Room, where it was a pleasure for me to introduce Lara Campbell.
Lara's presentation is on The Phonetic Intervention Program.
Lara is very passionate about her teaching, in particular Literacy and what she, the principal and the school staff can do to help students.
They strive to work with each student for the best possible outcome.
The Rotary Club of Torquay has made donations to Surf Coast Secondary College to their Literacy Programs.
Lara oversees this program. She both acknowledged and thanked the club for their generosity.
The funds all go to helping the Literacy program and the teaching of students.
Thank you Lara for your time and a very interesting presentation.
I received a lot of positive feedback from those present, with four members asking for a copy of the slides!
Lara agreed to make her slides available to our members.
I am so grateful to Lara for sending me the slides from her presentation on Monday.
I have included Lara's slides for you - Please Click on
this link for the presentation.
Next Monday I will be an apology at Our Village and lunch, as I will be attending and representing our club, at the '100 Years of Rotary in Geelong' ceremony and official function.
Cheers
Michael
Vice President Michael
