The Christmas Tree is full of gift tags for Tree of Joy at Cox’s Rd Mall. Thanks to the community members who have donated Christmas gifts already. The Tree will be collecting donated gifts until Saturday 13 December.
The CCA NSW 60th celebration dinner on 7th November was fun and full of music and dancing. It was great to be joined by some members of our club. Thank you for the support.
On 14th November, I was invited to be interviewed by 2CR radio station to promote Rotary at the Community news.
Our next Bunnings BBQ will be on 6th December 2025 and process will go to ShelterBox Australia. Cheese boards will be for sale for $50. They make great gifts for special occasions or for Christmas. Please contact me or Garry Maloney if you would like to purchase one or come to Gladesville Bunning on the BBQ day.
Christmas Pudding orders are still available. Price lists and order forms had been sent out to members and supporters and are also available in this bulletin or on the club website. These puddings are delicious and make great gifts. Funds raised go to the Books in Homes project at Moree East Public School that our club supports. See the club website for more information about this worthwhile project. Forms need to be returned to Bob Selinger email: peternathan64@gmail.com by 28th November 2025.
The Carols on the Common committee is busy organising this special annual event. The Carols will be held on Sunday 14th December 2025 Sunday from 5pm until 9.15pm finishing with a spectacular fireworks display.
Our next Club Assembly will be on Friday 21st November 2025 at Dunmore Lang College 7:15am for 7:30am start. If you would like to attend, please let Club Director, Peter ,mason know asap. Alternatively you can attend via zoom, see the link below. Our guest speaker will be Natasha Spalding, Staff Specialist Geriatrician and Director of RACF Outreach Service from Concord Hospital and we will also have the last presentation for our Exchange Student Mei who will return to Japan in January.
Best Regards
Best regards
Mandy
For our upcoming Zoom Club meetings and assembly, here is the link details:
With less than one month to go until the Carols on the Common, t the excitement is mounting! Thank you to the City of Ryde Council and all our wonderful sponsors this year who are making it possible to have a spectacular Carols event. All are listed on the flyer above. Many of our sponsors have been supporting the Carols for years!
Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help on the day of the event, once again, we have had a great response from club members and the community.
We are still seeking help from friends of our club to assist with some volunteer tasks.
We need volunteers to help letterbox drop the flyers for the Carols in the North Ryde and East Ryde areas from 6 - 12 December. If you regularly walk tin the area and are willing and able to deliver a bundle of flyers please let me know either by email woodmal50@hotmail.com or mobile 0400803417.
We are still in need of some strong, able people to help with the setting up and packing up phases of the event.
These tasks include:
Morning set up from10am-12pm particularly the fencing around the stage
Event Pack up: 9pm-12am ( the more people we have for this the earlier we can finish)
If you can assist in any way please let me know the times you are available and your preferred role/s by return email woodmal50@hotmail.com or call my mobile 0400803417 . If you have neighbours, friends, colleagues or family members who can assist even for a couple of hours, please let me know.
The next meeting of the Carols Committee will be on Wednesday 3 December at 7pm at North Ryde RSL Sports Club.
Regards
Pam
Pamela Wood Secretary The Rotary Club of North Ryde Mobile 0400803417
The Tree of Joy will be set up again at Cox's Road Mall from Monday 10 November.
We are collecting gifts for St Vincent De Paul, Christian Community Aid (CCA)NSW and Macquarie Hospital.
If you would like to donate a gift, come along to the tree, take a tag or two buy the gift and return it to the collecting cage at the Tree.
Thank you to Bendigo Community Bank Homebush and North Ryde for the continued sponsorship of the Tree of joy this year.
Thank you also to our Community supporters: Cox's Road Mall Management, Ritchies IGA, North Ryde Pharmacy, Cafe Sa Bu, Rev. John Chappell and St John's Anglican Church and Kwik Kopy North Ryde.
For any inquiries regarding the Tree of Joy, or if you can help with the collection of gifts over the four weeks please contact Tree of JoyCoordinator Bernie Mason email: bib_59@hotmail.com or mobile: 0411134530.
Bendigo Community Bank Homebush and North Ryde is once again sponsoring two very important Rotary projects which will be held over the pre-Christmas period in the North Ryde community.
The Rotary Club of North Ryde has appreciated the ongoing support and sponsorship for the Tree of Joy and the Carols on the Common. We look forward to continuing to work in partnership with the Community Bank and our local Rotary clubs to make a difference through the local community and broader projects that we undertake.
Community Bank Homebush and North Ryde. had invested 94% of the previous year’s after-tax profit to community outcomes”, said Michael Brewer, Chair of the Community Bank.
This year, we are supporting the Ryde Eisteddfod, 2RRR, Carols on the Common and many others in Ryde.”The Community Bank also announced their partnership with the Child Abuse Prevention Service, launching the Safe Communities, Safe Children program into North Ryde Community Pre- School and Explore & Develop North Ryde Public School,
supporting over 200 families and will also contribute to an efficacy study run by the Australian Institute of Health Innovation. “Our Community Bank Founders Scholarships will also be available for students in North Ryde from 2026 and applications can be submitted from December”, Michael said.
As a customer, you are part of this giving process, got a home loan that you want to know if we can beat?
Call us on 9878 5559 or send us an e-mail at northryde@bendigoadelaide.com.au
For the last several years, the Rotary Clubs of North Ryde, Chatswood/Roseville, Wahroonga, Pennant Hills and Turramurra have worked together in raising funds for a literacy program at Moree East Public School called “Books in Homes”. Nearly 90% of the students at the school come from the local Aboriginal community. The program has had a profound positive effect on the literacy skills of the students. The program provides “…quality books-of-choice to children living in remote, disadvantaged and low socio-economic circumstances, ensuring crucial early literacy engagement and the development of reading skills needed for lifelong achievement.” The Rotary Clubs in Moree are our local representatives.
For more information see below.
One of the fund-raising activities has been the sale of delicious puddings from Pudding Lane. The puddings have won international prizes in previous years and include your traditional Christmas pud, macadamia and brandy, gluten free, date and toffee, rum and plum, mango and brandy and a variety of evil dark chocolate.
Preferred Payment by direct deposit: Rotary Club of North Ryde BSB 633 000 A/c 126363779 include your last name & “Puds” or by mail: send order form and cheque (“Rotary Club of North Ryde”) to PO Box 6171, North Ryde 2113
