Club Bulletin 41 - 18.05.2022 (May 18, 2022)

President's Message

There was no Tuesday meeting this week as a group of members and partners paid a visit to Very Special Kids in Malvern to present them with a cheque for $22, 000 from our recent Charity Golf Day. The cheque was presented to Sister Margaret with CEO Michael Wasley also in attendance. After the presentation and morning tea we ventured up the road to Giorgio’s Restaurant for lunch.

Monday’s bingo we had 82 in attendance and a profit of $785 was raised. Thank you to Tony Todaro and Kim Deneys for helping on the night.

Our next Bunnings BBQ will be on Thursday 19^th May. I would like to thank all the members and friends of Rotary for volunteering on this day. Thank you to Ross Smith and Ian Hovey for picking up and dropping off all our equipment. Again, thank you to Andi for organizing the BBQ Roster.

Last Friday night I paid a visit to the food van run by the Salvation Army to present them with a cheque for $3,000. This money will be used to keep the food van running each Friday night. To see the homeless people and other citizens availing themselves of some hot food and drink was a very humbling experience. Pastor Tim Kite said a short prayer to thank the Werribee Rotary Club for their very generous donation.

I will close with a thought for the week: Stop saying I wish. Start saying I will.

Graham

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THIS WEEK AT ROTARY - 18.05.2022

Visit to Very Special Kids

A group of 10 Rotarians & partners visited Very Special Kids, in Glenferrie Road, Malvern, to hand over a cheque for $22,000, which was the proceeds of the recent Rotary Golf Day.

We were met on arrival by the CEO Michael Wasley, and the founder & patron Sister Margaret Noone. We were given a presentation of VSK, which outlined the wonderful contribution of Sister Margaret Noone.

Sister Margaret was trained as an academic and undertook a 20 year career in teaching. Later in her career she moved into administration, and served for a number of years as a Junior School Principal. After being uncertain of what the future held, Margaret Noone took the decision to join the organisation Loreto Sisters. This organisation sends its Sisters into the big world, to study and explore how they can assist others where the need is the greatest. This usually results in long periods overseas.

While studying theology in Delaware USA, Sister Margaret had the opportunity to see how the American's treated children with terminal illnesses. On her return to Australia, Sister Margaret devoted her time to researching hospice for sick children. While there were specific services for children with a particular illness, there was nobody providing hospice support for children with any illness. With the support of her friend Paula Fox, she visited Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett seeking a building for free where she could start a hospice facility. After many months of negotiation, the current property in Glenferrie Rd was leased, and Very Special Kids commenced.

In 2000, Sister Margaret's wonderful work was recognised with an Order of Australia.

In August 2021, VSK obtained $7.5 million of federal funding, and construction commenced on a $16 million state of the art hospice facility, which is expected to be finished in about 12 months time. This will provide 24 hour a day specialist nursing care for around 900 families a year. The old facility was demolished, and the children are being temporarily relocated to Monash Health premises.

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NEXT FEW WEEKS

Tuesday 24th May

Hunter Leonard. Hunter is an author and will be speaking on the topic "The Experience Equation"

Tuesday 31 May 2022

Our meeting will be at Western Emergency Relief Network (WERN) - 23 Westwood Ave, Ravenhall. We will organise a barby & a few drinks, have a talk about WERN, and a tour of the new facility. Guests & partners are welcome. Next week we will be looking for final numbers, so we can organise catering.

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Footy Tipping - after 9 Rounds

Another big round of turnups.

Tino Ballan picked 9 out of 9, and gets a bonus point to leap up the leaderboard into 2nd place.

Sunliner got 8, while Margaret, Rick, Ross C& Tiger got 7.

Ross C got the $10 for closest to the mark.

After 9 rounds there are a few changes to the leaderboard.

57 points - Tiger & Ross C.

56 points - Ricky James, Poppy Daddy & Tino.

55 points - Ann S & Margaret W.

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Update from Peter Sandlant on Mental Health projects, that are underway.

Rotary under Mental Health are undertaking three seperate programs at present

1 Outside The Locker Room

Rotary have funded the Werribee Districts Football Club at Soldiers Reserve Werribee to undertake a Mental Health seminar conducted by OTLR
Seminar to be conducted on Tuesday 31/5 at 7.30 -8.30 pm on Mental Health and follow up Tuesday 21/6 same times and place with subject Leadership and Culture
This is open to all interested members and the football club have made it mandatory for all 18 players
They expect some upper aged 16 year olds and seniors under 25 years of age to attend l
This is the target markets
OTLR is a registered mental health charity working with sports clubs,schools and workplaces across Australia

2 Rotary Beyondblue Seminar

This will be a part of our usual Rotary meeting on Tuesday 14 June at 6.45pm Italian Sports Club Werribee
We will have a number of guest speakers speaking on subjects relevant to the youth invited.
At this time we have speakers from Beyondblue ( Tom Downie ex GWS player),Dr Joe Garra( local medical practitioner) and at least one representive from Werribee Football Club to speak and. answer questions on their history to playing at the highest level
The event is open to outside interested individuals
At this time the invitees are from clubs Werribee Districts and Hoppers Crossing Football Clubs ,under 18’s ,several umpires in the league and students assisting with the actual game have been invited and Rotary and local businesses have assisted in covering meal costs
At this time we are requesting that Rotarians and interested parties book with me if they will be attending as we need to have confirmed numbers a week prior
Bookings can be made by contacting me or the club

3 WRFL under 18 game Hoppers Crossing Vs Werribee Districts
Saturday 18 June at 4.15pm

This is a regular season game between these two clubs
Rotary will operate a barbecue for duration of the game and Rotarians and students will be at entry points handing out Beyondblue pamphlets etc and accept donation from spectators
President Graham will award the perpetual Beyondblue Cup and MVP to best player on the day
As a curtain raiser to this game Werribee VFL will play Geelong at 1 pm and they will have usual luncheon at that game
I want to encourage Rotarians to go to that luncheon and would be happy for them to contact me in order for us to form a table
Volunteers ( 3 ) will be required to man gates with students and assist with BBQ (4/5)
Expect we need to cover from approx 3.45 to 6.00 pm

Thanks
Peter

OTHER BUSINESS

WERN

We have a club vocational visit booked for WERN on Tuesday 31st May. Friends & visitors are welcome

Guest Speakers

Everyone knows someone with an interesting story to tell. Please pass their details on to Brian Ahmed so we can follow them up to speak to us in person or on Zoom at a later date.

BREAKFAST CLUB

Breakfast club commences again on Tuesday 26th April.

Tues 24/5 - Theresa Gatto & Terry Argent
Wed 25/5 - Ann Smith & Alison Tavener
Thur 26/5 - Trish & Nils Vejby
Tues 31/5 - John Campbell & Kathryn Williams
Wed 1/6 - Graham Roper & Alicia Spinks
Thurs 2/6 - Peter & Elizabeth Ross

Bunnings BBQ

The next Bunnings BBQ will be on Thursday 19.05.2022.

Thanks to our volunteers.

Pickup - Ross Smith

9.30 - 11.30 Graham, Kim & Glenyce

11.30 -1.30 Kathryn, Tony & Mary

1.30 till close - Ian Hovey, Ann R & Jane

BINGO

The Bingo Roster is:

Mon 23/5 - Andi Barnfield & Mary Macaulary

Mon 30/5 - Ian Hovey & Rob Fava

Mon 6/6 - Ross Smith & Peter Sandlant.

Monday 13/6 - Enzo Maddalon & Michael Redding

International Convention

The Rotary International World Convention, will be held in Melbourne in May 2023. It is being organised by a committee formed from the Aust Rotary Districts.

Click this link to view the flyer.

The committee is also asking for interested Rotarians to register for the opportunity to home host several overseas guests for dinner during the convention. There is also an option for Rotary clubs to host a larger group of guests.

Click here to view the home hosting flyer.

District 9800 Newsletter

The next edition of the District Newsletter has arrived.

Clink the link below to view.

Networker Issue 14

DISTRICT ASSEMBLY

District Assembly for all of next years Board Members is scheduled for Saturday 28th May, from 9.00 till 1.00 on Zoom.

Details will be sent to us in a few days.

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Member Birthdays

Jeff Garfield

May 14

James Randall

May 24

Spouse Birthdays

Lynne Dowling

May 26

Margaret Wade

May 27

Christine Conley

May 28

Elizabeth Ross

June 18

Anniversaries

Kim Deneys

Glenyce Deneys

May 3

Brian Ahmed

Nuge Ahmed

June 6

Ross Smith

Ann Smith

June 26

Join Date

Christopher Ochaya

June 1, 2019

3 years

Ian Hovey

June 1, 1987

35 years

Lou Dowling

June 1, 1988

34 years

Jerestene Saher

June 15, 2021

1 year

Brian Ahmed

June 20, 2006

16 years

Ross Conley

June 28, 2011

11 years

President

Graham Roper

President Elect

Colin Muir

Vice President

Kim Deneys

President Nominee

Kim Deneys

Secretary

Ross Smith

Treasurer

Wendy Roper

Club Service

James Randall

Community Service

Kathryn Williams

International Service

Michael Redding

Vocational Services

Vas Samaltanos

Youth Service

Kim Deneys

Rotary Foundation

Colin Muir

Bulletin

Ross Smith

Membership

Peter Ross OAM

OnTo Conference

Graham Roper

May 18, 2022

Visit to Very Special Kids

Our weekly evening meeting on Tuesday 17th May has been replaced by a visit to the Very Special Kids facility on Wednesday 18th May.

Members and partners who have accepted the invitation will meet at 321 Glenferrie Rd, Malvern at 11am and hear from the founder of VSK, Sister Margaret Noone. We will also be presenting her with a cheque for $22,000 which is the net proceeds of our annual Golf Day held in March this year.

May 24, 2022

Hunter Leonard

Silver and Wise

May 31, 2022

Visit to WERN

Jun 07, 2022

Terry Mcaleenan

The Fathering Project

Jun 14, 2022

Youth Mental Health Forum and Dinner

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