28 APRIL 2015
Our Rotary activity this week was providing support
to Access Street Vans, feeding the homeless at their
headquarters in Mansfield. Geoff, John, Bob Atherton and Sue were there to assist on Sunday at
lunchtime. We set tables, dished out the two course
meal (beef, vegetables and gravy, followed by apples
and ice-cream with iced tea), helped clear up and
generally chatted with the folks present. Pastor Russell and his helpers managed the cooking—nearly all
the food is donated and they do a great job with
what they have.
PRESIDENT’S PATTER
Welcome to the Best Rotary Club in Australia
A quiet week with no meeting but we have been working.
I hope that Sunday’s project went well. I was unable to
attend due to a clash of Rotary projects.
Our Club has been invited to RC Toowong (Annie’s club)
and we are arranging a visit for Wed May 27. Will keep
you informed.
Have a great week
Pres. Jim
Jim’s jokes
Politicians make the best patients. There’s no guts, no
heart, no spine, and the head and butt are
interchangeable.
If I die first
Now that they are retired Mum and Dad were discussing
all aspects of their future.
“What will you do if I die first” Dad asks Mum. After some
thought Mum said she would probably look for a house
sharing situation with three single or widowed women
who might be a bit younger than herself since she is so
active for her age.”
Mum said to Dad “What will you do if I die first?”
Dad thought for a moment and replied “Probably the
same thing”
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Roster of Club activities
Date
Activity
Who is responsible
Regular meeting at Sports Club – Youth Night,
Geoff B
exchange student presentations
Chairman: Gerry
MAY
5 May
Duty officers: Col, Russell
Fellowship: Dave
5 May
Board meeting following Club meeting
7 May
Bunnings Family Night - Mother's Day
Graeme S
16 May
Bunnings regular weekend BBQ
Graeme S
17 May
District assembly
Jim D
27 May
Joint meeting with Rotary Club of Toowong—details to
come
Jim D
*Update*
30-31 May
Red Shield Appeal
JUNE
2 June
Regular meeting at Sports Club
Jim D, Col L
Chairman: Rob A
Duty officers: Sue, Graeme
Fellowship: Bruce
Col L
12 June
St Luke’s Theatre night – Murder on the Nile
16 June
Networking event—Rotary donation to Rotary Health
mental health—TO BE CONFIRMED
Geoff B, Gayle H
21 June
Mt Gravatt Challenge
Tony S
28 June
Bunnings regular weekend BBQ
Graeme S
30 June
Changeover—Venue: Parliament House, more details
to come (visit hosted by Ian Walker, Member for
Mansfield and Shadow Attorney-General
Shadow Minister for Justice, Industrial Relations and
the Arts )
Geoff B, Sue W
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We are looking for a Club member to help coordinate our support for the 2015 Red Shield Appeal—we will likely participate in collecting at
Garden City in mid-late May so we need someone to be the Club contact person and to arrange the roster. If you can help, contact Sue—
3394 2195 or 0411 205242
More photos from Sunday’s work with
Access Street vans
News from Jessica Ballard, our exchange student in
Belgium:
“So honoured to have been chosen to represent Australia and Rotary at the Flanders fields service in Tyne
Cot and to meet Julie Bishop and sip champagne happily knowing that my countries, both of them, are safe
thanks to the sacrifices made by too many brave young
Australian men, even being so far away from home I
truly felt what it meant to be an Australian.”
Over the past few weeks, Jessica has visited Paris,
Spain and the Netherlands coast.
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Message from Graeme:
Hi Everyone,
Thank-you to the volunteers so far for the Bunnings Mothers’ Day family night:Bob B
Col
Peter McE
Sue
Tony (if required)
Graeme
A couple of extras would certainly be appreciated.
As I will not be at our Rotary meeting on Tuesday, (Ken and I are doing a BBQ for Bunnings Staff during Stocktake), please advise by email [email protected] or
phone 3343 1697 (H) or 0437 016979if you are able to assist.
A message from Gary C.K. Huang RI President, 2014-15 on 27 April 2015
Rotary members worldwide stand together in expressing a profound sadness at the devastation resulting from this weekend’s deadly earthquake in Nepal. As we mourn the thousands of lives lost, Rotary joins other international agencies in providing immediate relief
to survivors and mobilizing our expertise to support long-term recovery and rebuilding
efforts throughout the country.
Please consider supporting Rotary’s partner, ShelterBox. A donation of approximately
$1,000 will allow ShelterBox to deliver emergency shelter and other lifesaving equipment
to a family that has lost everything following a disaster. Visit www.shelterbox.org.
Rotary is a global network of more than 1.2 million volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling
the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. Our clubs carry out an array of initiatives, including disaster relief, water and sanitation projects, medical missions, disease
eradication efforts, education and literacy programs, peace efforts, and local economic
development campaigns.
ShelterBox has been able to provide tents to four hospitals in Kathmandu creating safe,
covered spaces where patients can be treated in privacy. They will be used for carrying
out minor operations, changing dressings and as mobile health clinics too. Phil Duloy,
ShelterBox response team member, said: 'Most hospitals in Kathmandu have just been
condemned, so we are immediately distributing our pre-positioned stocks in the city to
give a space for the medical staff to treat the patients who have been evacuated in the
hospital grounds.'
ShelterBox is also sending further aid to Nepal, starting with an initial 500 shelter kits,
which can be used to mend structures and create temporary shelters. However, prepositioned stocks of equipment in the country meant that the response team was able to
start helping people whose lives have been shattered by the earthquake as soon as they
arrived in the country. Local Rotarians will be further assisting ShelterBox by acting as consignee for the shelter kits, helping to import the aid into the country and take responsibility for it as it goes through customs.
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The Rotary Club of Mt Gravatt Challenge 2014
We acknowledge the following sponsors and supporters that made the Challenge an outstanding success.
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS
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Upper Mt Gravatt Qld 4122
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07 3349 9211
[email protected]
www.metropolitanfunerals.com.au
204 Newnham Rd
Mt Gravatt
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