Bulletin 19th April 2020 (Apr 18, 2020)

Meet Local Travel Agent & Rotarian Paul Moran
On Line on ZOOM
Apr 06, 2020 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

NO MEETING - Easter Monday Day Holiday

Apr 13, 2020

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Kelly Binyon

President's Report No 37

Hi Everyone,

Here we are in week “I actually have no idea” of lockdown...here’s hoping you are all travelling ok!🤩

With everything going on our Club is still growing and I am very excited to be inducting our newest members tomorrow night. So please try and join us via Zoom to show your support to Simon & Carla Egan🤗

We will also have a special guest appearance from District Gosvenor Rosanne Kava, who will give us an update on District & other matters.💫

If you missed the online presentation by Sarah Brown from Purple House during the week please take the opportunity to watch the recording using this link: https://vimeo.com/407831303 💜💜

I am continuing to work with members of BNI Coastal Connections to collect toiletries that can be sent to Purple House when it is safe to do so.🧼🛁

I look forward to seeing you all online tomorrow night.

Yours in Rotary Service,

Kelly 😊

ANZAC Day 2020

Burnie RSL President Adele Britton "Light up the Dawn"

ANZAC Day

By now, all members will be aware that the dawn service for ANZAC Day has been cancelled. As an alternative, the public are invited to stand with lighting a candle or torch in their front lawns or their driveways /balconies as the sun rises at 6am on Saturday 25th April to help to commemorate ANZAC morning. Also to note that there will still be a Dawn Service at the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance broadcast on ABC TV & radio.

In addition, the public and organisations who would normally lay a wreath at the dawn service are invited instead to make a donation directly to the Torquay RSL as an alternative

As there will not be any Club activity on Saturday, it is understood that a regular Zoom meeting will be held on Monday 27^th April. Maggie Isom has arranged for Peter Thomas, the Public Relations Officer, from the Torquay RSL to be the guest speaker

Alan Anderson

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ROTARY HELPING OUR HOSPITAL HEROES AUSTRALIA (HOHHA)

So many of you have joined our Rotary Helping our Hospital Heroes Australia (HOHHA) project which started on 24 March, and we are truly, truly grateful.

None of us may know what is going to happen and when COVID-19 is going to end, but we have found a way to help in this fight against the virus.

A close friend from the Rotary Club of Sunbury, Victoria rang me to say she had received a request from one of her members a Nursing Unit Manager at the Royal Melbourne Hospital looking for volunteers to make hats for nurses. Nurses do not normally wear hats on hospital wards and they wish to now, as they have been informed that the virus can remain on surfaces for up to 4 days. A lot of staff are female, and while they do wear their hair up, it is an area that is left vulnerable. Male and female nurses want to protect their families as much as possible and do not want to run the risk of taking the virus home with them. These hats are not intended to replace Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).

So...we formed a 'little' project and found volunteers calling on family, friends, personal networks and more importantly social networks. We call our project 'Helping our Hospital Heroes Australia'. We now have so many lovely volunteers making hats across Australia.

The intention of the project is for hats to be made by volunteers using their own materials, including fabric, elastic and or bias binding and buttons as the project currently has no funding, except for the generosity of our volunteers. The hats are then gifted to the hospitals for free.

On completion the volunteers send their hats to a designated contact for each hospital! who will manage infection cont1rol and distribution to the nurses.

While the initial project was to make 1,000 hats for the nurses and staff of Royal

Melbourne Hospital, it has now expanded, and we are making caps/hats for nurses in Box Hill, Casey, Perth, the Peninsula, Brisbane and more to name just a few. Our original target was 1000, (done and delivered) and we have reset the goalposts to 10,000. We can do this!

So please, we ask our amazing volunteers across the country to continue to do what they are doing. And that is, make hats and know that you are 'Helping our Hospital Heroes Australia'

Deb Elliott

Project Co-Ordinator. Anglesea. Victoria

Janine Reinking & Kerry Kirk

Rotary Club of Sunbury District 9790 Judy Dinnison & Jane Marie O'Leary

Rotary Club of Western Endeavour District 9455 Ken Ryan

Rotary Club of Kenmore District 9600 Lorraine Greenwood

Rotary Club of Numurkah District 9790

The Rotary Clubs of Sunbury, Western Endeavour, Kenmore and Numurkah and our wonderful Project Co-Ordinator Deb, thank you for your participation in this project.

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Join our Club online for a ZOOM Meeting

Torquay Rotary are now meeting online every Monday (excluding public holidays) at 7:00pm. All Members are invited to participate and we intend to resume our previously scheduled program including Guest speakers ASAP.

Visitors and Guests are very welcome. If you would like to join us please

click the link below
Enter the Meeting ID
Enter the Password

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 621 675 388

Password: 814093

Should you require any further details please contact Lesley Shedden our Club Secretary & Zoom Meeting Host.

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Let's Keep on Laughing

Thanks to everyone for your contributions.

Keep them coming plus would love more "Self Isolation" & "Social Distancing" pictures

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Australian Rotary Health COVID-19 Update

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Make-Ups......it's Never Been Easier

Here's a challenge for everyone...….in these "different" times in which we are living there are more and more Clubs now holding on-line meetings so now it's easier than it's ever been to do a make-up.

You can do them from the comfort of your own home and you don't even have to get dressed up.

Let's have a club challenge to see who can do a make up form the most interesting city. Be sure to grab a screen shot of your meeting and send to me for the bulletin.

What a great way to meet other Rotarians from around the world and to find out how they are living through the COVID-19 lockdowns.

To make it easy the Rotary Club of Mount Lawley in WA have begun compiling a list of Clubs who are now holding On-Line Meetings to view the list click the link below.

List of Online Rotary Club Meetings Around the World

Good Luck with the Challenge and I

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DG Rosanne Kava's Latest Bulletin to District 9780

To view DG Rosanne Kava's message to latest District Newsletter please Click on the banner below

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No More BBQ's For Now

IT'S OFFICIAL.

The April Cowrie Market is now cancelled so with all Bunnings BBQ's also being cancelled until after the Coronavirus crisis leaves us.

So all BBQ duties are now cancelled until further notice.

Thanks for all of your great work to date and Keep Safe.

Mal Slater

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Bushfire Relief Donation Options - Be Sure The Money Reaches Those in Need

As much of Australia deals with the tragedy of Bushfires many donation funds are being set up by both government and private groups, and one of the most commonly asked questions is

"Which Charity will ensure that your donation dollars reach those in need?"

When you donate through Rotary you can be assured that over 97% of the monies raised will go directly to those in need.

We are very saddened by the devastating bushfires in our district and across Australia. If you are looking to donate to help those suffering, it is important to make sure your donation is well directed. Below are details of 2 Rotary funds which are assisting those affected.

1. RAWCS - Rotary Australia World Community Service National Fire Appeal
This is the only option for those who can only donate to a recipient with DGR (Donor Gift Recipient) status, or those who want tax deductibility on their donations. Go to www.rawcs.org.au to donate. To make sure the funds go to those affected by the fires in our district, tag the donation to ‘East Gippsland’. RAWCS do use 2.75% of the donations for administration.

2. East Gippsland Rotary Fire Aid Committee
This is an account of the Rotary Club of Bairnsdale with the funds controlled by the East Gippsland Rotary Fire Aid Committee. Rotary Club of Bairnsdale Projects Account BSB 633000 Acct 165960451. Please email the East Gippsland Rotary Fire Aid Committee when you donate e astgrotaryfireaid@gmail.c om

Other worthy causes are:-

East Gippsland Hay Donations and transport costs

For those wishing to donate hay to East Gippsland or elsewhere it is being organised through ‘Need for Feed’.

Go to http://www.needforfeed.org/ to arrange it.

The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) is coordinating fodder relief for farmers affected by bushfires in Gippsland and the Upper Murray. The VFF has secured an agreement with the Victorian Government to facilitate the transport of fodder to affected regions. This includes reimbursement of freight costs for transport of donated fodder.

To donate, go to http://www.vff.org.au/donations

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Future Meetings

Posted by Maggie Isom

Whilst we all are dealing with the COVID 19 Virus and the restrictions this has placed on our Club Meetings and all of us personally, future meetings will held through the ZOOM Platform.

All details for how to log into the Zoom Meetings can be found in the article elsewhere in the Bulletin, on the Club Website & Facebook pages. remember that Guests are also available.

Last week Club Members and friends came together over the airwaves to meet and chat socially , and we had fPaul Moran presenting his personal story as a "Rotarian behind the Badge " session

There are a few more interesting speakers arranged until May , so I hope you can join in & enjoy the connection

Date		Meeting
Date	Coordinator	details
Mon 20th April	Kelly Binyon	DG Rosanne Kava Induction of new members A TED TALK
Mon 27th April	John McDonald	ANZAC DAY 2020 Peter Thomas
Mon 4th May	Maggie Isom	Moses Pulop The story of his village in Papua New Guinea
Mon 11th May	Ben Featherston	RYLA RYPEN

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