Tuesday night was a very quiet night as there were many away with Folk Festival training and we decided to have a fellowship night, and it was an enjoyable evening.
It was nice to see Maria and give us an update on her first week here in Warrnambool.
This weekend is a long weekend and our club has a few things on with the Booksale and Folkie weekend. Thank you to everyone who has been helping out over the weekend. I hope you all got to have some down time as well and enjoy the wonderful weather.
We had no members announcements this week.
Apologies: Cathy Bligh, Svet Lineham, Janet Blackley, Ann Body, Wendy Gosden, Terry O’Neill, Brian Trenery, David Brown, Angela Wheeler and Graeme Ward
Next week we have Zoe Dammon coming from Brophy.
I won’t be here on Tuesday night and hope you have a great night
Hope you have a wonderful week
Kelly Curran
Next Meeting 11th March
Zoe Dammon from Brophy L2P. Chair is Chris Stebbing.
6pm for a 6.15pm start
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:
Ann Donaldon
Invocation:
Ken Sharpe
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
March 11th - Zoe Dammon from
Brophy L2P 18th - John McNeil from the Warrnambool Life Saving Club 25th - Andrew Jeffers from
Wannon Water
April 1st - NYSF Celebration night 8th - New member talk from Rob McDonald 15th - Rotary Chats and Women in Rotary 22nd - Doug Heazlewood on ANZAC Day
May 6th - May races at Wangoom Hall 13th - RYLA participant presentation 20th - Presentation from Maria 27th
June
TBA
Upcoming Events
March
2nd - Clean up Australia Day 7th-10th
Port Fairy Folk Festival 8th - 10th
Giant Book Sale
April 6th
Daybreak's Long Lunch 6th-11th
RYLA
May
June
July
August
11th-12th
Science and Engineering Challenge
September
October
November
December
Upcoming Meeting Jobs Roster
Date
Sargeant
Fellowship
Invocation
March 11th
Ann Body
Ann Donaldson
Ken Sharpe
March 18th
Ann Body
Anne Adams
Leon de Villiers
March 25th
Ann Body
Brian Trenery
Lola Lee
April 1st
Ann Body
Brooke McLeod
Margaret Ross
April 8th
Greg Lee
Cathy Bligh
Menasik Dewanyar
April 15th
Ann Body
Chris Stebbing
Rachel Furnell
April 22nd
Ann Body
Dapinder Singh
Rob McDonald
April 29th
Ann Body
David Brown
Robyn Blackmore
May 6th
Ann Body
Deborah Ferguson
Sharon Kenny
May 13th
Greg Lee
George McLeod
Svetlana Lineham
May 20th
Ann Body
Glenn Brotchie
Terrence O'Neill
May 27th
Ann Body
Graeme Ward
Wendy Gosden
June 3rd
Ann Body
Greg Lee
Alan Bowes
June 10th
Ann Body
Ian Sharman
Andrew Body
June 17th
Greg Lee
Janet Blackley
Angela Wheeler
June 24th
Ann Body
John Hunt
Ann Donaldson
July 1st
Ann Body
John Beks
Anne Adams
Additions to the Bulletin
Please contact Brooke and Sarah to add items to the bulletin
brookeemmajensen@gmail.com and sarah.adams2509@gmail.com
Happy International Women's Day for Saturday
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.
Glenn's Walking Adventures!
Glenn and Marion have been proving yet again that age is just a number hiking along the Great Ocean Road. Make sure to catch Glenn at an upcoming meeting to chat about this adventure but many of his previous adventures or upcoming adventures! Good on you Glenn!
Wisecrack of the week
From John Beks
GOD'S EMAIL
One day God was looking down at earth and saw all of the rascally retirees’ behaviour that was going on ...
So He called His angels and sent one to earth for a time. When the angel returned, he told God, “Yes, it is bad on earth; 95% are misbehaving and only 5% are not.”
God thought for a moment and said, “Maybe I had better send down a second angel to get another opinion.” So God called another angel and sent her to earth for a time.
When the angel returned she went to God and said, “Yes, it’s true. The earth is in decline; 95% are misbehaving, but 5% are being good ...”
God was not pleased!!!
So He decided to email the 5% who were good, because He wanted to encourage them, and give them a little something to help them keep going.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT EMAIL SAID?
Okay, I was just wondering, because I didn’t get one either!
John.
Maria has ticked off some more items off the Aussie Bucket List this weekend. Visiting Timboon to pick strawberries and taste the ice cream before heading down to see the 12 (or what's left) Apostles. Maria mentions that the Apostles are much taller than what she had imagined.
Maria also tried her first 'sausage in bread', which has met her approval. As a treat we also made Honeyjoys to try.
Save the Date - NYSF Celebration Night
Our weekly meeting for April 1st will be heading out to Deakin University for a giant celebration with the 5 clubs that contributed towards the 4 NYSF students. Please bring partners for this grand night.
RSVP strictly on 26th March, please inform of dietary requirements.
RSVP to Brooke (text or email please, or she will forget).
Rotary Down Under March '25 Issue
The latest issue of Rotary Down Under is here. This is a monthly subscription for all Rotarians in Australia. As a member you should be receiving either a electronic or physical copy of the magazine. If you don't get it, please get in touch with Janet (also check your spam folder).
