I do hope this week’s newsletter finds you all well and safe. We send our thoughts to Barbara, Victoria and Ian.
How was the beautiful weather over the Easter and ANZAC Day long weekends? It was good to get a spell of dry weather so we could all get out. To those who had a chance to get away for a break, I do hope you enjoyed yourselves! I hope you all put the fine weather to good use.
On Friday last week (22 April 2022), we had our first face-to-face meeting at Dunmore Lang College as well as with the zoom link-up. It was great to see everyone again at our meeting and back in the original friendly format with a lovely hot breakfast enjoyed by all, plus heads and tails which was won by Bob Selinger.
At this meeting, Shankar asked if our Club would like to sponsor a photography competition for young people (aged 5-17). The theme will be around caring for the natural environment and their ideas around Climate Change. This is a project that Dr. Mary Brydon-Miller, a person Shankar is working with, is promoting. Dr Brydon-Miller will be our guest speaker at our Club meeting, by zoom, on 6 May 2022. Put this in your diaries.
Our Club had another successful BBQ at the Gladesville Bunnings store last Saturday (23 April 2022). It was a very busy day from the outset, and it would appear we have sold more than 1,000 sausage sandwiches and plenty of drinks. Rob did 2 emergency runs for the extra supplies. I thank all our Club volunteers who put in the extra big efforts to make it the success it was. We put our prospective new members to work, and I say thank you to Gary Patni, Jonathon Malota and his wife Laura. Talk about recruiting in a good way! Thanks, Garry for organizing this day.
Some of us then turned out on Sunday to christen the eFun Run. Mandy, Ian, Garry, Rob and I selflessly did this hard task and walked a large part of the 7 Bridges Walk. We managed to cover about 15.5 kms on a beautiful sunny day. This helped to remove some excess calories gained from the previous week's supply of Easter eggs? I encourage all our Club members to sign up or at least sponsor members who are participating to help raise the much-needed funds, through your own family and friend’s sponsoring. Remember it finishes early next week and is for our good causes of Youth Mental Health (in association with Macquarie University) and Australian Rotary Health.
Encourage your family and friends to donate or participate.
Monday was ANZAC Day, and we had a roll-up from our Club for the early morning service at the North Ryde RSL Memorial Garden. Mandy, Rob, Bernie and myself attended. We marched along with members of the Rotary Club of Macquarie Park. Roseanna from Macquarie Park and myself laid a wreath on behalf of our two Clubs to honour the armed forces. It was a bit of a reunion to see so many people we have not had the opportunity to meet during the COVID lockdown. Mandy and Rob then went onto the ANZAC march in the city. I also returned to the RSL Club for the sundown service.
Please put in your diaries there is a Rotary Youth Exchange Information night online this Thursday (28 April 2022) at 6:00pm. Register through the District website for attendance.
Also remember the Macquarie Centre for Emotional Health has a webinar for youth mental health for youth between ages of 7 and 14. This is also on this Thursday at the same time.
As I have previously mentioned, Garry has also put together a list of future dates of the BBQs at Bunnings store at Gladesville for you to put in your diaries please.
Remember to put the date 24 June 2022 in your diaries for our Club Change-over dinner. The dinner will be at North Ryde R.S.L. Club. Mandy has been working on the invitation and this has been advertised. You will need to advise myself or Sandeep of your attendance, plus your family and friends, to plan tables and so we can advise the RSL Club by the start of June.
Gary Patni - great helper
PP Rob Wilkinson, PP David Martin, Garry Maloney (still working), PP Liane Corbet, Jonathan Malota, Laura Malota, Pres Peter Mason and Bernie Mason. PP Mandy Van is taking the photo of course,
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And where are they now?
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And of course there was time for lunch - even if everything was a mirror image!!
