President's Welcome

Tuesday night we had the pleasure of the District Governor Lesley Shedden come and visit our club. It was great to hear from Lesley and what’s happening in Rotary. We thank Lesley for making the effort to come and visit us. Lesley is also coming to our book sale on Australia day weekend and helping out for the day and we are
looking forward to it.

On the 15th of December we are having a Bunnings barbecue, thank you to all for putting your hand up. Janet has sent around the roster and if anyone has any concerns, please feel free to reach out.

Rachel has sent out correspondence for our Christmas breakup; we are having a 2-course meal – Christmas Roast and Dessert and the cost is $25.00. There will be a Christmas raffle $1.00 a ticket and all proceeds going towards the Camp Quality Cabin. There will be a Kris Kringle exchange and if you would like to participate,
please bring along a gift to the value of $20.00.

Member announcements
- Robbie Blackmore spoke about the blister packs and Chemist Warehouse are still taking them and you can drop your blisters pack into any chemist warehouse.
- Rachel Furnell thanked everyone for the appreciation night at Camp Quality and all business thanked Rotary for putting on the night.
- Judy Ross spoke about the loose change jar and all money goes towards ending Polio and it sits beside the badge board and to bring along any change you might have laying around.
- Ann Body spoke about Hospice and are doing interviews for new volunteers. If anyone is interested in volunteering, please contact Ann
- Anne Adams spoke about the book sale, and we are moving it to 169 Fairy Street and are looking for helpers to move all boxes up to the new address on 14th December. They need as many helpers as they can get and if you know anyone who can help that would be very appreciated.

Apologies: Rob McDonald, Greg Lee, Sharon Kenny, David Brown, Keith McLeod and Svet Lineham

Next week we have Ray Welsford from the Pioneer Board as our quest speaker.

Cathy Bligh is on fellowship
Ann Body is on Invocation

Hope you have a great week.

Kelly Curran
President

Next Meeting 9th December

Ray Welsford - Pioneer Board

6pm for a 6:15pm start.

Location: Warrnambool Bowls Club. Corner of Kelp and Timor St

A reminder, if you cannot attend the meeting; please contact David Brown via 0438 647 536 or dljb3280@gmail.com

Meeting Jobs

Sargeant:
Ann Body

Fellowship:
Cathy Bligh

Invocation:
Ann Body

If you are unable to fill this position, please contact Anne Adams on 0418 528 787 or
adamsanne49@gmail.com

Member Announcements

Judy Ross

Bread Tags
The bread tags have been going to Bakers Delight in the coles carpark at the rear of Target. Feel free to drop them in if you are in the area. However, if you still want to bring them to Rotary, I am happy to deliver them on your behalf.

Ann Body

Bottle Top Collection
Ann will happily take your plastic bottle tops. Please make sure they are washed and dried before you give them to her. They are sent to the lids for kids program in Mt Gambier.

Rachel Furnell

RYLA 2025
will take place in the April 2025 school holidays. We are seeking participants to attend aged between 18-25 at the time of the camp. Applications will open around October. If you have anyone in mind, please contact Rachel.

Brooke McLeod

Youth Exchange
Rotary internationally promotes youth exchange across the globe. Our district has 3 incoming 16 year old students for the 2025 year. Maria from Brazil will be living here in Warrnambool, and as such we are looking for homestays for Maria. This basically means taking on board Maria in your house for a minimum of 6 weeks. She will be attending school and volunteering at Rotary events while here in Warrnambool. If you are not able to take her on board, there are options that if you are doing something fun or 'cool', you are welcome to take Maria along as she is here is experience everything Australian culture. Peter has offered to bring her to the Australian Open for example.

Please get in contact with me about what is means to be a homestay parent.

More info about Rotary Youth Exchange (maybe you know someone we can sponsor out-bound?)
- https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/youth-exchanges
- https://ryea.org.au/
Our district: https://rotary9780.org/sitepage/youth-services/what-is-youth-exchange

Upcoming Speakers

December
10th - Ray Welsford - Pioneer Board
17th - Christmas Break up

Have ideas for the program over the next Rotary year? Talk to Anne Adams!

Upcoming Events

December
14th
Book moving from 10am
See Tony

15th
Bunnings BBQ
See Janet

Upcoming Meeting Jobs Roster

Date	Sargeant	Fellowship	Invocation
Dec 10th	Ann Body	Cathy Bligh	Ann Body
Dec 17th	Ann Body	Alan Bowes	Greg Lee
Dec 24th	Greg Lee	Rachel Furnell	Andrew Body

Additions to the Bulletin

Please contact Brooke and Sarah to add items to the bulletin
brookeemmajensen@gmail.com and sarah.adams2509@gmail.com

We are in need of some fantastic volunteers to help us move the vast amount of books we have in storage for our famous book sale to their new location.

We simply need some 'younger' people who are able to lift small boxes of books. We are aiming to form a working factory line from shed to pallet. The forklift will then do the heavy lifting to the new location.

Saturday 14th December

Meet in the carpark of the old Warrnambool Club on Kepler Street at 10m.
We should be done within 2hrs.
Please let Tony know if you can help!

RYLA applications are now open!
We are on the hunt for 18-25 year olds.
For further information about the program visit our website: https://ryla9780.org/

Please see Rachel about any information or if you have someone interested. Rachel also has physical copies of the flyer if you would like one.

As we have had such a fluctuation of members over the last year or two, it is a great time to point out some elements of Rotary which some of our older members have a great deal of knowledge about.

One small element of this is the small change jar. This cute bear jar is put with the badge board every week as you walk in. The aim is that if you have any loose annoying silver (or gold) coins taking up valuable real estate in your pocket/wallet, you can throw them into this jar. This jar raises money for Rotary's biggest project; To end Polio globally. This money is also tripled by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, so the $1 you add, will become $3.

Another point which highlighted questions this week was the hierarchy of Rotary. Here is a great article from District 9675 about how we are positioned in the grand scheme of things. Have a read in your own leisure, but make sure to ask questions if you have them :)
https://mylearning.rotarydistrict9675.org.au/mod/book/view.php?id=321&chapterid=799

The risk of serious illness for people aged over 70+. - A message from Glenn

Glenn recomneds reading the article from the age here:
https://edition.theage.com.au/shortcode/THE965/edition/436a5d04-d743-fbf9-10f3-eba919b09db3?page=491b8da5-6f7d-2ac6-17bf-73bcb14ee7c4

The main message is that COVID can still cause severe illness on persons who are 70+ years of ago. You can read more information through the government website: https://www.health.gov.au/topics/aged-care/managing-covid-19/for-older-people-and-carers

Glenn also notes:Covid.com.au

We hope you are on the mend Glenn!

DISTRICT CONFERENCE 2025

Time to put March 21 - 23 in your diary and get ready to head to the Surf Coast for District Conference. Numbers are strictly limited to 200 attendees, so hop online and register now to get the Early Bird Special price! https://rotary9780conference.com.au/