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President – Jenny Foster 2017/18
August 15th 2017
Volume 83, Issue 7
[email protected] Chartered 27th March 1935 www.RCE.org.au
Jenny Foster
DATE SPEAKER/EVENT VENUE
22nd August 2017 Larry Marshall – Badge Talk The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
26th August 2017 Afternoon Tea at Children First Foundation Kilmore 2pm Meet at Essendon Baptist Church, 134 Buckley
St Essendon to car pool. Departure time TBA
29th August 2017 Ben Mabon from “Ladder” – Father’s Day Theme The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
5th Sept 2017 Clair Halliday – Author The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
12th Sept 2017 Andrew Johnston – Badge Talk & Follow up to the Club
Forum
The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT: Welcome to another wonderful week in Rotary! Thank you to those Rotarians who joined in all the fun at The Rotary Club of East Keilor’s Trivia Night last Friday night. It is wonderful to see so many local people come together to have such a great evening but at the same time raise money for projects that connect our Community. Money raised will be donated to the hard-working group of ladies from the Airport West Uniting Church who gather together to knit for the needy…warm items for those less fortunate than others. They are also planning on setting up a Men’s support group also. Well done all. Lisa Lowcock, Grant Stephenson & I attended a seminar on Sunday called “Together We Connect”. District 9800 are very focused on Rotary Club’s improving their Public Image & this information session was very worth-while. We need to be telling others what we are doing & celebrating the fantastic work that Rotarians are doing around the world, including our very own special Club, Essendon. Please contribute to our Club’s work in improving our very own Public Image. Thank you to Peter Condos, Community Director, who is now heading up a Task Team to work on the Web-page & Lisa Lowcock for working on Facebook. Thank you to those members who are assisting & if anyone else is Interested in helping….we absolutely need you so
WHAT’S ON NEXT WEEK
Next week Larry Marshall will deliver his badge talk, Larry says he is a proud Sri Lankan Australian, he migrated to
Melbourne with his family 50 years ago. Larry has been a teacher in schools, TAFE and Universities. He was a radio
journalist for the ABC and spent four years in the Philippines as a development worker with Australian Volunteers
Abroad. Larry coordinated the ‘Muslim Leadership programme’ for the Centre for Dialogue at La Trobe University. He
currently works as a Project Manager on ‘Uniting Through Faiths’ with the Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and
Tasmania.
Larry will be accompanied by Jeremy Liyanage and Shyama Fuad who will also speak about their joint community project
‘Bridging Lanka’ which involves Community Harmony, Care for Environment, Education for all Women, Eco-Tourism as
well as Urban Development
please join in. We will then be able to tell everyone about this fabulous Club we all so proudly belong to. All ideas are very welcome. This week’s Guest Speaker was Rotary’s very own Stephanie Woollard, from “Seven Women” hearing all about her fantastic work in Nepal. (More later in Contact). As a total coincidence, I received an email this week from a Rotarian from Nepal asking if he could attend our Club’s meeting. His Club is the Rotary Club of Matribhumi, Baluster, Nepal-Bhutan. He told us they were charted 2 years ago & are a Club of about 30 members, all 20 to 30 year olds. He is currently in Melbourne on Business. Following is his email to me: "It was good to have a visit in your prestigious club. I am privileged to have myself as Guest (Visiting Rotarian) from the meeting i have learnt a lot about the meeting cultures and the fellowship environment you all are having in the club. Being a club from Nepal i would like to invite your club members and yourself to the beautiful Himalayan Country Nepal. Would like to express my huge respect to you all for providing me time. Hope to do some service projects in Nepal with your all support and our energy. Long live Nepal Australia Relationship. Long Live Rotary Relationship. Regards! Bishnu Hari Dahal Young Entrepreneur | Social Activist | Politician" Have a wonderful week ahead. Kind Regards President Jenny THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort & convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge & controversy” - Martin Luther King Jr. Meeting 15th August 2017
Visitors; Charles and Nick Foster, Andrew and Samantha Lowcock and Karl Irvine, Sana and Lauren Halaseh, Jane Odgers, Jenny Nola, Janice Memery, Deb Slogget, Bishnu Dahal – visiting Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Matnibhumi Baluwatar in Nepal.
Bishnu Dahal from Nepal told us about his club which was inducted only a couple of years ago. It is made up of Rotarians all around 28 years of age.
The club has been very active and has been self-sustaining in funding all their projects to date. Nepal is currently undergoing massive disaster management due to the flooding which is affecting over 30% of the country. Following on from other recent disasters such as the earthquake a couple of years ago, the country is under duress. Bishnu asks us all to spare a thought and a prayer for those involved. Bishnu attended tonight with no knowledge that our guest speaker Stephanie has been very active in Nepal and they are now connected through Rotary and will liaise to further the reach of both Rotary in Nepal and Seven Women.
Guest Speaker; Stephanie Woollard from “Seven Women”. For more information about Seven Women go to the web site http://www.sevenwomen.org/
Young Australian social entrepreneur Stephanie Woollard began Seven Women at only 22, after meeting seven disabled women operating out of a tin shed in Kathmandu struggling to make a living and enduring harsh discrimination. With her last $200, she paid for trainers to up skill the women to produce products for sale locally and abroad - and so Seven Women was born. Since 2006, Seven Women has built a team of fantastic people, that have been working to set Seven Women Australia up as a fundraising arm and sales channel for our ever growing operation in Nepal. Seven Women Nepal's focus is on empowering marginalised Nepalese women through equipping them with the skills and the know how to thrive. Eleven years after her first
encounter with the seven women that started it all, over 5,000 women have been educated, trained and employed transforming their lives and their communities. One of the best ways to support Seven Women is to buy their products and tell your friends to do the same. The handmade range has some great gift ware, winter woollies and light colourful accessories to brighten up any outfit. All products are 100% fair trade, with all profit going toward supporting our programs. Hands-On-Development runs immersive tours to Nepal aimed at challenging and broadening perspectives and developing understanding of Nepal by experiencing different aspects of its society. These tours allow visitors to meet and share with Nepali people so they can learn and grow through experiencing their culture and daily life. Seven Women exists today because of the thousands of people who have donated to our programs and bought our fair-trade products. All donations over $2 are tax deductible and can be made on our donate page. Only $250 will send a girl to college for a year, including all her books and stationery. A donation of $1,200 supplies a year's wages for a woman to train and learn the new skills that will enable her to earn an income and become financially independent. Stephanie encouraged all of us to be responsible as consumers and business people and deal with ethically responsible companies.
Stephanie Woollard receiving a gift from President Jenny (right) Stephanie giving her talk (left)
Our guest from Nepal - Bishnu Hari Dahal being presented with Rotary Club of Essendon banner in exchange for his club banner Other Matters
Jane Carbone informed all present that the Raffle Dinner is scheduled for Saturday 2nd September – all interested please contact Jane directly
Children First Foundation – we are travelling up to Kilmore to visit and explore the ways in which our club can be involved.
Meet at Essendon Baptist Church, 134 Buckley St Essendon to car pool. Departure time 1pm
Peter Baker’s mother passed away last week. Funeral details are as follows; BAKER. The Funeral Service to Celebrate the life of Mrs Hazel Jean Baker will be held at the Allison Monkhouse Pioneer Chapel, 2315-2319 Springvale Rd (cnr Princes Hwy) Springvale on FRIDAY (Aug. 18, 2017) at 10 a. m. In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to the Cancer Council. Envelopes available at the service. Private Cremation will follow.
Maurice remembers
For the first 40 years of our Club, time was set aside for a sing along. Blue covered song books were given to all members to
help with the words of favourites, “the old grey mare” and “home on the range”. Syd Steel, a former President was the
pianist when we met at Ascot House. Incoming President John Hussey and President nominee John Green abandoned the sing
along in 1976. In later years members joined in to sing Carols at our Christmas function. Some of the singing was “awful” and
many members were advised not to give up their day jobs!
THE GLORIOUS & GOLDEN HISTORY OF OUR CLUB
83 years young and still going strong- the Rotary Club of Essendon Inc.
President Jenny has decided she would like to see the Club’s history printed during her year of office. As a younger member of
the Club it is important to her that we can have a better understanding of the Club’s fabulous past as we plan for the future.
An earlier history was published circa 1958 and updated each year until 1981.
Maurice Mollica has agreed to manage the book’s production and has also asked Past President and former member Alan
Murphy to write the book. Maurice Mollica will assist with the research & Stephen Chandler has agreed to select photographic
material. Stephen will also help Alan with material he collected, dating back to the Club’s earliest days. Any additional photos or
information from members, past or present, or from family & friends, would be most appreciated. They may not all be printed
in the book but it would be a wonderful time to gather them all together.
Alan spoke to Club Members on 1 August about how he plans on working on this publication. He is rewriting the previous
history and adding additional research. He will also need to contact club office-bearers for each of the 36 years, since histories
were produced. His commitment to the Club is to complete the writing by end of January, with a view to having the book
released in May, 2018. This will coincide with the celebration of 30 years, next year, since Royce Abbey became Rotary
International President…a very special part of this Club’s history.
President Jenny will also be speaking to the “Probus Club of Essendon Central” next week & will be advising members there
also about our “work in progress” as we all connect together.
Any queries or comments about the book should be directed to Maurice Mollica please. All support is most appreciated.
Newspaper article from The Argus, dated 15 February 1935
The Board of the Rotary Club of Essendon has agreed to produce a book about the history of our club, Lino Airo-
Farulla has suggested a name for the title – “ESSENDON ROTARY GOLDEN YEARS AND BEYOND”
Any other suggestions???
EVENTS CALENDAR DATE SPEAKER/EVENT VENUE
22nd August 2017 Larry Marshall – Badge Talk The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
26th August 2017 Afternoon Tea at Children First Foundation Kilmore 2pm
Meet at Essendon Baptist Church, 134 Buckley
St Essendon to car pool. Departure time 1pm
29th August 2017 Ben Mabon from “Ladder” – Father’s Day Theme
The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
1st or 2nd Sept 2017 Dinner Raffle – Jane Carbone organising
5th Sept 2017 Clair Halliday – Author The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
12th Sept 2017 Follow up to Club Forum – Members to have their say
Andrew Johnston – Badge Talk
The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
19th Sept 2017 Carolyn Blackman - Vivid Designs "Spring is in the Air"Gardening Presenter on
Radio ABC 77.4 & ABC Gardening Aust
NIGHT MEETING
The Anglers Tavern 6pm to 7.30pm
26th Sept 2017 Footys 4 All – Michael Gallus – Grand Final week
The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
3rd Oct 2017 Deb Slogget & Helen Penna – Cambodia The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
10th Oct 2017 Steve Sammartino – “The Lessons School Forgot”
The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
17th Oct 2017 Lawyers for Crownbet & Alumni of MV Foundation – David Sullivan
NIGHT MEETING
The Anglers Tavern 6 to 7.30PM
24th Oct 2017 DG visit – Peter Frueh The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
31st Oct 2017 DIK Dinner @DIK – CWA Guest Speaker TBC
7th Nov 2017 NO MEETING – Cup day
10th Nov 2017 – Friday Cambodian Dinner – Hosted by care for Cambodia
Strathmore Bowling club – guest speaker
Jessica Whitney, Director safe haven
13th Nov 2017 – Monday Shine Tour – TBA – Host Anne Ramsey
14th Nov 2017 Therese Nichols – One Plate The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
21st Nov 2017 Peru Trip – Delegates to present to club NIGHT MEETING
The Anglers Tavern 6 to 7.30PM
24th Nov 2017 Golf day & dinner TBA
28th Nov 2017 Club AGM – Maria Kouppas to present to club The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
1st – 3rd Dec 2017 Days for Girls weekend away Sugarloaf Retreat more info to come
5th Dec 2017 Club Committees to present The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
12th Dec 2017 Christmas party – Fellowship The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
19th Dec 2017 Board meeting & Club meeting
16th Jan 2018 Fellowship dinner with Nth Essendon or Cluster
The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm
4th Feb 2018 RCE BBQ TBA
16th & 17 Feb 2018 Relay for Life
20th Feb 2018 Foundation dinner with Cluster – Speaker TBC
Winner for the Worst Hat: Sam Tartaglia
Have you taken any photos on your iphone, or camera in
this past Rotary Year?
Can I please have them forwarded to:
Many of these photos will form a special memento of this
past year, and I would like to use them as part of the
year in summary.
I appreciate your help with this. Remember any Rotary
function or event….
Thanking you in anticipation
Maria
John L Gregory
Certified Practising Accountant
272 Keilor Road,
North Essendon, VIC 3041
Telephone: 03-9379 1705
Help yourself and help the Club by banking with Strathmore Community Bank. For example, take out a home loan
and the club will receive up to $500. Take out a 3 month fixed term deposit and the club will receive up to $50.
For more details drop into the branch at 337 Napier St or call branch Manager Philip Stewart on 9374-2607.
