Hello members of Daybreak and welcome to Bulletin number 16.
Daybreak News - Our Guest speakers at this week’s meeting were Murray Kingsley and Lindsay Stowe from Salvos Connect. Murray and Lindsay gave us some good pointers on communicating with vulnerable people which may come in handy considering some of the service projects we become involved with. Members also enjoyed the musical component of their session.
Sergio was to give us an overview of his recent trip but owing to some technical issue that will be held over to next week if we have time. District Governor Roseanne Kava will address our meeting next week and will take questions from the Members, so please come prepared if you have some queries regarding Rotary.
It was also lovely to welcome Cheryl back to our meeting this week. As usual she was full of smiles and is taking her recuperation period in her stride.
Lift the Lid/Bunnings Project – We are very appreciative of the assistance given by other Rotary Clubs in joining us to raise funds at Bunnings for Lift the Lid on Mental Awareness, held on the weekend of October 5-6. Other participating Clubs were Warrnambool, Warrnambool East and Port Fairy. On Saturday we raised the total of $789.15 and on Sunday the total of $308.40 giving a total pool of $1097.55 for the weekend. The money will be deposited on behalf of the four participating Clubs. Bunnings have said their foot traffic was also down on the Sunday given the weather was not as good as the Saturday. Special thanks must go to Ali Dennis and Ian Harper for organizing Daybreak’s hampers and to Peter Cassady, Barry Brooker and Jenny Turner for giving their time to staff the raffle table on our rostered sessions.
All Hampers were delivered to the winners on Monday Oct 7. The winners of the hampers were:
Garden Handyman Hamper - Anne Keane (Koroit)
Plant and Bunnings voucher - Susan Womball (Wbool)
Food and Wine Hamper 1 - Emily Blomfield (Camperdown)
Food and Wine Hamper 2 - Glenda Kelly (Wbool)
Cheese Hamper - Chris Ronald (Wbool)
Fruit and Vegie Hamper - Laurence Wood (Wbool)
Gift x 2 Hamper - Glenda Smith (Panmure)
Board Meeting – The Board has had a change of meeting schedule and will now meet at 7pm on the third Tuesday of each month commencing next Tuesday October 15. This change will facilitate more members attending. The meeting venue will remain at 38 Kelp Street Warrnambool unless members are notified otherwise. A reminder that Board Members will meet with DG Rosanne Kava at conclusion of our weekly meeting on October 16 at the Lady Bay.
World Polio Day Breakfast – Thank you to the members who placed their name on the roster for the World Polio Day Breakfast to be held at The Lawn Tennis Club, Pertobe Road on Thursday October 24. This event is coming upon us quickly and will take some work by members to make it a success. The cost is $20 per head and members can pay eft online (see attached poster for details). We are having a good response by the other Group 5 Clubs who have been invited. The meeting will take the place of our usual Wednesday meeting.
WCC BBQ – Warrnambool City Council has requested the assistance of Daybreak in holding a BBQ on Sunday October 27 at the South Warrnambool Football. This event is in association with a Welcome to Warrnambool Forum the Moyne Warrnambool Road Share Group are holding for International workers who have come to live in Warrnambool Club. The BBQ will occur between 12-1pm and will cater for approximately 300 people. The Warrnambool City Council will provide the food (sausages and bread) and will make a donation to Daybreak. A roster for this event will be circulated at our weekly meeting.
New Marquee – The new marquee equipped with Rotary Daybreak signage has arrived and survived its first test set up. It looks fantastic and is sure to be appreciated by members this coming summer for our major fundraising events. Thanks to Glenn and the team for organizing the funding and purchase of the marquee. I understand renovations to the trailer are also well under way.
Important dates – Other important dates on the Rotary Calendar are
Nov 16 – PETS Training, Ararat
Nov 23 – Membership and Public Image Seminar, Port Fairy. $35 Register District website
Feb 23 – Longest Lunch, Brother Fox, Deakin University
Feb 21-23 2020 – PETS Multi-District, Creswick
March 21-23 – District Conference, Swan Hill
April 26 2020 – District Assembly, Ararat or Stawell (tbc)
June 6-10– Aloha, Rotary International Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii USA
We already have two Members of Daybreak registered to attend the International Conference in 2020. If other members are interested in attending, you can register online with various packages available.
Fellowship Events – Sergio and Jenny are opening their house to members for a fellowship evening on Saturday October 19. Commencing 6.30-7pm members are asked to bring a main course or dessert and their own “beverage supply”. Could Members please RSVP their attendance to Sergio sbachetti0@gmail.com
Sergio is also organizing another fishing trip to Portland and the date is now locked in for February 29, 2020. Save the date and more details will be circulated to members as plans develop.
Have a wonderful week everyone and remember the connections we make through our work with Rotary are important in moving toward a more interconnected and equitable world.
See you next week at the Bay
Liza