THIS WEEK AT ROTARY - TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 2023
President Kim welcomed visitors and guests to the meeting.
- Another great night at Bingo last night. 127 players and a profit of $2,600.
- Bunnings BBQ on Thursday 12 October. Another Thursday with poor weather. Business was steady until just before 3.00pm, when gale force winds kicked in. It was "all hands on the tent poles" to stop it ending in the carpark. Bunnings assisted very quickly with staff, and the decision was made to "close shop" as it was too dangerous. Thanks to the volunteers who assisted on the day. We made a profit of $700.
- We have been allocated two Saturday BBQ's on 26 Nov, and 23 Dec. These will be "big" so we will need about 12 people each day, to start at about 9.00 and finish at about 4.30pm - 5.00pm. Put the dates in your diary now.
- Phil Purdy has been caravanning for a week in western NSW. He had a competition with a chainsaw, and came off second best. The micro surgery went well, and Phil has 2 weeks to wait till the medico's decide how good the repair job was. Stick to cooking the BBQ Phil - its much safer.
Guest Speaker - Fiona Demark
Our guest speaker was Fiona Demark, who is a Resilience Coach.
Fiona and her sister were born with a genetic condition, that resulted in reduced vision. The early diagnosis was that the condition was no treatable, and would continue to deteriorate, eventually leading to total blindness. Fiona currently has around 10% vision.
Fiona's late father was her inspiration, and encouraged her to "Achieve your dreams", and to use her life experiences in life to help others. Fiona is widely sought after to speak to groups and has a large number of one on one clients. Many of her clients have a disability, and Fiona supports them to achieve the maximum of their life.
During the talk Lyn Fava & Jess Saher were invited to wear an eye mask during the whole presentation, to get an appreciation & understanding the other senses that occur for a blind person. Both Lyn & Jess became aware of sounds that they had never heard of before.
Lyn was so focused on sounds from in the next room and out in Watton Street, that she didn't realise Roland Wade had his hand on her knee??
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