Last Friday’s Club Assembly at Dunmore Lang College was also the official visit to our club of our District Governor Niranjan Deodhar. Thank you to all the members who were able to attend in person and via Zoom. Niranjan presented our club with an award for Club Annual Donor , Level 1, 2024, for support of the Rotary Foundation. A level 1 Club Donor is the equivalent of every member donating $100 to the Foundation. Congratulations to everyone in the club for supporting the Rotary Foundation.
Niranjan spoke to us about the new roles at District level designed to support clubs including the roles of Chief Storyteller, Partnerships, Sponsorships and New Clubs. He emphasised the importance of storytelling in building our Public Image and capability. He made some helpful suggestions on how to build our membership and also encouraged members, friends and supporters to consider attending the
District Conference in March which will be held at the
Pullman Hotel in Penrith. The Conference is open to anyone who is interested in attending, not just for Rotarians.
(see more information below in this bulletin)
We invited Cate Sinclair, the CEO of The Northern Centre, who was the guest speaker at our club meeting on Friday 13 September to the Club Assembly to present the Northern Centre with a donation of $1,000. This was made possible by the generous donations we received from the community at the Cox’s Road Mall Community Day, held on Saturday 7 September.
We also invited Ahmed Allam, the Manager of Ritchies IGA in Cox’s Road Mall, to the Assembly. We presented Ahmed with a Friend of Rotary certificate for organising the Cox’s Road Mall Community Day, and for the support that he gives to our club for our Bunnings BBQs and the Tree of Joy, located in the mall, each year.
Thank you to Past President Peter Mason for organising the social get together last Saturday at the Ben Mika Café, in Blenheim Road, North Ryde. It was a lovely morning and a great way to get together face to face. We were able to wish Kevin Lance a very Happy Birthday for his 84th birthday on Thursday 19 September.
Bernie, Peter, Pam and I attended the Respectful Relationship program's Garden Party fundraiser at The Vicar, Dural.This event launched the Educational Scholarship Scheme designed to support adults and children impacted by domestic and family violence and coercive control. It was an interesting and moving event as well as a successful initial fundraiser for the scheme. I encourage everyone to consider attending the Make A Stand Annual Walk against abuse on Thursday 28 November from 11am. -1pm. See the flyer in this bulletin for more information.
Helpers for
Bunnings BBQ on Saturday 19 October 2024 are needed! Our next Bunnings BBQ is on
Saturday 19 October. A few of our regular helpers will be away on that day. If you can help from 12 noon to 4pm that would be greatly appreciated. The funds that we raise from this BBQ will be donated to the
End Polio Now campaign. Please email
garry.maloney@hotmail.comif you can help.
There is no club meeting this week, however, the Board will meet by Zoom at 7.30a.m. The next Club meeting will be Friday 3 October 7.15. for a 7.30a.m. start. All members and friends are always welcome to attend. .
