20 February, 2026 District 9685 Chartered June 1978
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Dear Rotarians and Friends,
February is Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention Month.
This week, the beginning of the Chinese New Year of the Horse is 17 February and the first day for Islamic Ramadan is 18 February. Best wishes to all who celebrate these special festivals
Last Friday at our Zoom meeting, we had two special guest speakers from 2RRR 88.5FM (Ryde Regional Radio) – Dino and Natalie to celebrate the World Radio Day 13th February. They shared with us on the history and media for multicultural community station in Australia. 2RRR is one of our media partners for Rotary Carols on Common every year and a great supporter of Rotary and the Ryde/ Hunters Hill Community.
Congratulations to Summer RYPEN 2026 student Sylvia Otsyula who was sponsored by our club. Bernie and Peter attended the graduation day at Narrabeen on the weekend on Saturday,Valentine’s Day.
Our next Bunning BBQ on this Saturday 21 February at the Gladesville warehouse. Please let Garry Maloney know if you can help as we are a little short of volunteers in the afternoon contact: mobile 0426230458.
Saturday 7 March is our Trivia Night, if you haven’t booked a table, please contact Bob Selinger OAM (see flyer in this bulletin). This is an important fundraiser for our Youth Programs which include RYLA, RYPEN, Rotary Youth Exchange, MUNA, the Science Experience, th Country students DIGIT week and the Books in Homes project. Hope to see you there! Members, please remember to bring your donations for raffle prizes to the face-to face club assembly meeting this Friday. If you cannot attend the meeting and have any raffle prizes, please contact Pam Wood ph 0400803417 or mobile woodmal50@hotmail.com.
Our next meeting will be face to face Assembly at Dunmore Lang College Macquarie University on Friday 20th February 2026 7:15am for 7:30am start. We will induct our new member, Max Ponza and will have as guest speaker Rana Ensor, Acting CEO of KidsXpress. The meeting will also be accessible on Zoom if you cannot attend in person.
Best Regards
Mandy
For our upcoming Zoom Club meetings and assembly, here is the link details:
The 2026 North Ryde eFun Run for Youth Mental Health will be held over the week beginning Sunday 17 May until Sunday 24 May inclusive.
We will once again be partnering with the Rotary Clubs of Macquarie Park and Ryde as well as Macquarie University Lifespan Health and Well being Research Centre to raise funds for Youth Mental Health.
KidsXpress may also come onboard as a partner.
Some Events for the week are already planned:
The eFun Run week will commence on Sunday 17 May - more information to come regarding an event to start the week of challenges - possibly a modified 7 Bridges walk!
Macquarie ParkRun will be taken over again on Saturday 23 May at Macquarie University to raise funds for the Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Research Centre and to raise awareness about mental health.
This year our clubs will be putting on a BBQ at the ParkRun to also raise awareness about mental health and Rotary.
We will be asking for volunteers to help on the day at the BBQ from 7am until 11am.
We will complete the eFun Run week on Sunday 24 May with a guided historical walk around Annandale from 10am finishing for lunch at the Tramsheds.
This is a gentle, relaxing way to complete your challenge for the week and learn some interesting facts from our very own Historian Bob Selinger OAM!
If you would like to join in on this walk and add to your kilometres for the week, contact Bob on email peternathan64@gmail. Let him know if you would like to join us for lunch so he can book you in!
Fo more information please contact me on mobile 0400803417 or email woodmal50@hotmail.com
Regards
Pam Wood
2026 North Ryde eFun Run for Youth Mental Health Coordinator
