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A publication of the Rotary Club of Croydon ID No 18360
RI District 9810, Tuesday 28th June 2016 Volume 43 Number 51 President Mr Richard Gilham
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
PARTNERS ARE ENCOURAGED AND INVITED TO ATTEND
ALL CLUB MEETINGS DATE Tuesday June 28th 2016, Bram Leigh Reception Ctr, 6:30pm for 7:00pm start. SUBJECT Club Changeover Dinner. CHAIR Chris Lavery DATE Tuesday July 5th 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30pm start. SUBJECT Club Assembly / Forum – Plans for 2016-2017. SPEAKERS President / Incoming Board. CHAIR Joy Varughese. DATE Tuesday July 12th 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30pm start.
SUBJECT Motivational Talk Followed by Committee Meeting at 8:30pm.
SPEAKER Ryan Gomez CHAIR Lindsay Hurford DATE Tuesday July 19th 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30pm start.
SUBJECT Testico Africa Followed by Board Meeting at 8:30pm.
SPEAKER Tracey Sawyer, CEO & Founder, Testico Africa CHAIR Brian McDaid DATE Friday July 22nd 2016,. SUBJECT District Membership Seminar.
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS (Contd.) DATE Tuesday July 26th 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30pm start.
SUBJECT Decisions of Council on Legislation. Followed by Committee Meeting at 8:30pm.
SPEAKER David Alexander CHAIR Joy Varughese. DATE Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd of August 2016, at Melba College SUBJECT Primary Schools Speech Contest . CHAIR Marlene Sinclair DATE Tuesday August 9th 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30pm start.
SUBJECT Bayswater Railway Crossing. Followed by the Board Meeting at 8:30pm
SPEAKER CHAIR DATE Tuesday August 16th 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30pm start.
SUBJECT DG Carol Lawton’s Official Visit. 4:00pm Meeting with Club Officers. 6:30pm Regular Meeting with DG.
CHAIR DATE Friday August 19th 2016, SUBJECT District Foundation Seminar DATE Tuesday August 23rd 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30pm start. SUBJECT Membership Strategies SPEAKER Jessie Harman CHAIR Richard Gilham RAFFLE PRIZES: John Gander, Richard Gilham, Christina Gleeson, Bob Henderson. BIRTHDAYS: Natascha Lavery, 1st June; Ross Taylor, 5th June; Joy Varughese 18th June;
Chris Lavery, 25th June; Brian McDaid, 26th June; Lou Davies, 29th June. ANNIVERSARIES: Natascha & Chris Lavery, 3rd June; Marjan & John van Holsteyn, 22nd June.
Club Information:
Postal Address: P.O. Box 226 Croydon Victoria 3136
Meeting Venue Dorset Gardens Hotel 335 Dorset Road Croydon 3136
Club President Richard Gilham [email protected]. 9725 2666
Vice President Brian McDaid [email protected] 0431 934 279
Immediate Past President John Van Holsteyn [email protected] 9758 4699
Secretary Joy Varughese [email protected] 0451 880 186
Incoming President Elect Joy Varughese [email protected] 0451 880 186
Treasurer Eric Thomas [email protected] 9723 4162
PR/Communications Jean Stuart [email protected] 0416 036 489
Not Able To Come?... This is so important! Please advise apologies for meetings to John Hexter on 0437 392 932 or email: [email protected]
Note! Mondays before 10.00am.
Greeter and hugger for June: Augustine Ukwu.
Cashiers for June: John Hexter & Peter Scollary
Two course dinner $25.00 at the Dorset Gardens Hotel.
Chronicle contributions and any articles of interest are invited from all members and persons that have an interest in the promotion of Rotary International.
Please email Jean at: [email protected] By close of business Friday.
President’s Report 28-06-2016 On Tuesday Mark and Sharon Sidandi gave us an update on the AKCO (Australian Kenya Community Organisation) school. This has been a very worthwhile project and is getting close to completion. These are Mark’s comments on Facebook.
“A big thank you to the Rotary Club of Croydon for inviting AKCO to speak about AKCO projects in Kenya and to give an update. Many thanks for the appreciation and recognition of the work AKCO is doing in Kenya especially the building of the Captain's Choice School, Kenya. A lot of appreciation for the encouragement expressed to AKCO and a renewed commitment by The Rotary Club of Croydon to complete the school building project in due course. Special thanks to AKCO project manager Brian McDaid, President Richard Gilham, John Gander, David Ferres and Beverley Stehn among others whose warm hospitality at the Dorset Gardens Hotel in Croydon was most sensational. We are so blessed to be associated with, and to work together with such an amazing and brilliant bunch of people”.
The 28th of June is our Annual Changeover Dinner at Bram Leigh Reception Centre. If you have not confirmed your attendance yet with John Hexter on: [email protected] can you do so as soon as possible and book your seat or even a table. We have just over 100 attendees. It is going to be a great night.
This is my final president’s report and there is sadness and a lot of happiness boiling up inside me. It has been a great year with many accomplishments achieved.
Last night Members of the Rotary Club of Croydon attended the Changeover Night for District 9810. Congratulations Carol Lawton on your new role as District Governor.
Our President Richard Gilham accepted on behalf of the Club, 2015-2016 Presidential Citation Gold.
The Club also received District Recognitions for Club Building, Club Projects, Club PR and Communications and Outstanding Rotary Club.
I would like to thank the members for their efforts over the past year.
Another year has passed and coming to a close in my journey with Rotary. I hope what I have learnt as the President of the Rotary Club of Croydon will be an asset in my future path through life. It has been an amazing ride and the support by the members has been unbelievable. Until you have been there you will just not understand.
We started the year with the launch of the Big Red Kidney Bus Project. The objective of the BRKB project was the renovation and modification of a standard bus into a stand-alone mobile renal dialysis unit able to dialyse up to 3 people at any one time. The modifications required were needed to best utilise the limited space available within the bus to house all equipment and necessities in a safe and secure manner.
Trying to raise the target of $150,000 for the refurbishment of the Bus seemed so distant. However with the skills of the Rotary Team in fundraising our objective was achieved. The Coach which was donated by the Bus Industry is on its way for refurbishment.
The Big Red Kidney Bus was just one of the projects that were completed or are still under way.
The Rotary Club of Croydon has supported numerous projects for the year in all avenues of service.
Some examples are:
YOUTH
Rotary – Youth Exchange Program Inbound One student from South Korea and One from Brazil.
Rotary – Youth Exchange Program Outbound One student to France and One to Taiwan.
Rotary – Four way speech contest.
Rotary – Primary Schools Public Speech Contest.
Rotary – Rotaract Club of Yarra Ranges.
Rotary – Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) Two Participants.
Beacon Foundation – Mock interview support.
RYLA – One participant.
INTERNATIONAL
The Rotary Club of Croydon is actively involved at an international level and communicates with numerous overseas Rotary Districts and Clubs.
Malaysia – Austistic GG Project to train the trainers as well as carers in early intervention methodology and to set in place sustainable system to address autism in Malaysia.
Indonesia – West Sumba-infrastructure.
Kenya - Ngope Village School Australian Kenya Community Organisation project.
Phillipines – Literacy Project.
Cambodia – Children’s Fund.
Rotary – RAM Donation.
Rotary – RAM Partnership - RC Croydon and RC Ringwood for World Awareness Display.
ROYALL - Rotary Overseas Youth Achievement via Learning and Linkages.
United Youth Media Support for Pacific Operations.
VOCATIONAL
After a lull of a couple of years, the Rotary Club of Croydon had a special Vocational Awards Day with the support of the District Vocational Service Chair and made the following recognitions:
RC Croydon – Apprentice of the Year Award
RC Croydon – Vocational Excellence Award - Emergency Services
RC Croydon – Secondary Student Citizenship Award
Service above Expectation Awards ( For Commercial Establishments)
COMMUNITY
The Rotary Club of Croydon has over thirty projects that have either been completed or are ongoing for the year. Examples of some of the projects are:
Little Ray of Giving Christmas Gifts with the support of Ray White
Anzac Day Schools Service – Jointly with RC Ringwood at Ringwood Lake
City of Wellbeing Project
Maroondah Hospital Mental Health Unit Provision of Christmas Biscuits
Court Yard Garden
Provision of Welcome Packs
Provision of Financial Support
Provision of funds for Kidz Club
Rotary – Australia Rotary Health Indigenous Study Grant
Rotary – Australian Rotary Health
Rotary – Bowelscan Project
Ruskin Park Primary School Knitting Project by member’s partners
Rotary – Ride for Research Support
Safe Futures Foundation Domestic Violence Safe T Cards
Garden Support
Equipment Support
Welcome Packs
Conference Attendance
Treasured Babies - Grief Support
Victoria Police Leaders Mentoring Program.
Cheers, Richard
Our President Richard Gilham accepting the 2015-2016 Presidential Citation Gold
District Recognitions for Club Building, Club Projects, Club PR & Communications and Outstanding
Rotary Club
Chairman’s Report Our guest speaker last week was Mark Sidandi of AKCO who gave us a progress report on the construction of the school that we have been fortunate enough to fund through the generosity of a local philanthropic group.
This project is the latest in a number of projects that our club has assisted AKCO with, over the past three or four years.
AKCO - Australia Kenya Community Organisation was formed by Mark and his wife Sharone to provide assistance to Mark’s birth country. He is now an ethnic Australian citizen.
In particular they run a school in his home village offering tuition to the children of the poorest families in the area and in addition providing a meal of porridge each day for the students.
The Kenyan government provide schooling but the parents have to pay for their kids to attend, leaving a large proportion of the population unable to gain an education. This gap is being partially filled by organisations such as the AKCO School.
The school, a six classroom double storey building is the largest building in the village, set in approximately four acres of land. Although still not completed it is with great pride that the locals have put many hours of voluntary labour into ancillary works including access pathways and major drains. Eastern Kenya is very wet with months of tropical rain resulting in very wet soil and resultant local flooding.
Mark’s talk was illustrated by numerous photos of the school children and the existing facilities; an area under a banyan tree for a school room! And a wood fire under another tree used to cook the daily porridge ration.
It was very moving to see the regard with which Mark and Sharone are regarded by the villagers and children and to realise that in some small way our efforts are helping them to provide a basic, to us, essential service.
If you unfortunately were unable to attend the meeting you missed a great club evening where we were treated to a host of reasons for being members of a service club.
John Gander
STOP PRESS
Ivinhema: Tonhão assumes presidency of Rotary and delivery portable ultrasound device From Ivinoticias news website Brazil translated into English
Municipality received the donation of portable ultrasound device (Photo: Ivinoticias)
On the evening of Thursday (23), the Ivinhema Rotarians received friends and authorities for inauguration of the new president of Rotary in the municipality as well as the delivery of a portable ultrasound device (Portable Scanner Ultrassound).
As found the website Ivinoticias, this device portable ultrasound began to be idealized for several years and at the request of Councilman Admilson Photographer who sought Rotary to see what he could do for the municipality and they started doing various projects, several requests and partnership with Rotary Australia, managed the donation of this equipment is a portable ultrasound in the amount of R $ 20 thousand.
The mayor Tuta (PSDB) and Councillor Adimilson Fotografo were participating in the event, the opportunity the mayor stressed that Rotarians have done fundamental work is a government arm mainly in social work they develop with wheelchairs, crutches is always with Rotary.
"I am very happy to be in Rotary where the municipality of Ivinhema received from the hands of Rotarians one ultrasound machine that cost R $ 20 thousand reals, this will modernize and improve more and more care in the local hospital that is already in full operation, making elective surgery, undergoing tests that were not done, "said the mayor.
Update on the Family Violence Program
Last Tuesday, Stephen Bode and John van Holsteyn attended a breakfast meeting at the RACV club to mark the completion of the Police Mentoring Program that our District Governor, David Tolstrup, had suggested as a great project for our club. Our ‘tag’ team was made up of Stephen, John, and Ross Taylor with Graham Guy as mentee. Graham, who had just this month passed his Police Inspectors exam, brought us up-to-date on the progress of the local program he instigated together with Eastern Access Community Health (EACH). As you may remember from their presentation at our club meeting on 17 May, this program seeks to foster coping skills in young adolescents who have been marked by family violence. As the immediate family will be involved, it is hoped to prevent further violence in these families. EACH is currently recruiting the first group of participants and counsellors for the program starting in September. We have approached Rotary Health for their view on possibly assisting with the evaluation of the program. Our club may wish to remain involved in this community project, for example by mentoring program participants.
Overall, the mentoring program has been a success, as we reached further out into the community, as we extended our network, and as we assisted in working towards a solution to the problem of family violence.
John van Holsteyn
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News from Naomi Mentiplay. Hello Jill
Sorry that I haven't emailed sooner it just feels like so much is happening. I've been on the euro tour which was amazing and I've also gone to London which was just incredible. Although there were more French in London than English! Or so it seemed. I've been to Disneyland in Paris and childhood dreams I didn't realise I had were fulfilled. It was also the last weekend put on by rotary with my oldies there (exchange students that arrived in September) so although it was amazing it was also a little sad. I'm now on school holidays and have about 2 and a half months off. I'm very pleased with that I can't lie. As for what I'm doing in the holidays I hope to go to Paris even though I just recently went and waited 3 and a half hours in line to visit the catacombs of Paris, luckily it was free for me because I am under 18 but it was definitely worth the wait. I also think I might go the alps for a few weeks which I am looking forward to.
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The Rotary Club of Croydon has been involved in the local and worldwide community for over 42 years and is involved in projects including:
In co-operation with the State Government and Maroondah City Council developed the Croydon Y Space playground.
Ran a Trivia Night Fundraising Event for a local school. Secondary School Youth Exchange. Many, many more projects in the local community and overseas. Involved in Ray White’s Little Ray of Giving for Rotary.
If you are interested in becoming involved in your Rotary Club contact:-
President: Richard Gilham BH 9725 2666
Secretary: Joy Varughese 0451 880 186
Email:Richard: [email protected]
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Come and visit us at the Rotary Club of Croydon and find out what you can personally achieve as a Rotarian!
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IT DOES!!!
? Have you invited some-one to our Rotary Meeting this week? It is not that hard. Time to continue your journey with Rotary and be proud of the Badge you wear. Look at what we did last year and it is going to get even bigger and better this year
Are you interested in becoming a member of the Rotary Club of Croydon? Membership will expand
new horizons for you. Give Richard a call on BH 9725 2666 Email [email protected]
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