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Stephen Bellamy
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Stephen Bellamy President 2018/2019
Upcoming Events
Meals On Wheels - Jan Read
Dec 14, 2018
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
 
Meals On Wheels - Alison Dennis
Dec 21, 2018
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
 
Meals On Wheels - Janey Preston
Dec 28, 2018
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
 
Meals On Wheels - Alison Dennis
Jan 04, 2019
 
No Events advertised.
 
President's Chat
President's Chat 26
Hello Daybreakers,
 
At this week’s meeting our guest speakers were Natalia Mendes & Ayesha Albarwani.  Natalia & Ayesha are employed by mpower, however, they gave us a refreshing and informative presentation on Culture & Community in their place of birth.  Despite issues with their PowerPoint presentation they managed to keep us enthralled and at times amused with their Q&A session.
Next week we will be hearing from Sergio on his recent European travels.
 
Rotary District 9780 Rotaract Chair Cheryl Bellman has been busy this week.  Cheryl and IP Warrnambool Rotaract President George McLeod attended Southwest Healthcare to make e a significant donation.  From past Rotaract fundraising activities George and Cheryl presented a cheque for $2000:00, this will go towards the purchase of a second image intensifier (x-ray) machine for the operating theaters.
 
Planning is underway for the Club Christmas party being held at Glenn and Ree Rundells on Saturday August 8th.  For catering purposes RSVP to Alison before this week’s meeting. (see attached flyer).  Please remember that this is a Saturday event because of our ongoing commitments to the Homeless Program and Hillside Markets.
 
A reminder that the last club meeting for the calendar year will be our Christmas meeting held at Andrew & Betty Sugget’s on Wednesday December 19th. Jan will organise the coffee van to arrive as per last year.
 
Hillside Markets.  This Sunday marks the 1st of three markets.  Please remember to check your diaries for your rostered events and times.  If you have any books, please let either Ian Harper or myself know so we can arrange to have them picked up.
 
Homeless Program.  The club’s commitment to this program continues, we are awaiting updates from other organisations in the community before we can give updates on venues during the “Festive” season.   In the meantime, it is important that you check your diaries, for OH& plus insurance we must have the rostered members present.
 
Upcoming Board meeting.  The Board is due to meet on Thursday December 13th, if you have something you wish discussed please send me an email or catch up at the next two club meetings.
 
On the eve of the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (Dec 2), the Australian Federal Government has passed into law the first Federal Modern Slavery Act
 
While the legislation is not perfect - I believe there needs to be an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and penalties for companies that do not comply, this is an important first step and there will be a review of the scheme in three years.
 
Grace Forrest, Co-Founder of the Walk Free Foundation, has been appointed UNAA Goodwill Ambassador for Anti-Slavery.  
 
Grace was a keynote speaker at the recent One Young World Summit 2018 in The Hague, Netherlands.  The Young Leaders Against Sexual Violence (YLASV) are a group of young people who demonstrate a strong personal or professional commitment and significant expertise in addressing sexual and gender-based violence in their communities and around the world.
 
This following is a clip/YouTube video of her presentation. (the clip only runs for 2.53 minutes
 
 
Have you opened your copy of Rotary Down Under yet?  The following link will take you to just one of the articles available. 
 
“When Zoe Bellamy joined her local Rotary Club, the last thing she expected was to make life long friends. ” 
 
 
Trivia Corner: On this day in History
 
  • 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of France in Paris
  • 1845 Manifest Destiny (todays state of the Union ??) : US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West
  • 1967 1st human heart transplant performed in South Africa by Dr Christiaan Barnard on Louis Washkansky
  • 1976 Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado
 
Future Meetings/Activities & Service Projects:
 
Where in the World OR Fun Session
  • December 12th Fun Session – Bob Jeans
  • December 19th Fun Session – Janey Preston
Guest Speakers:
 
  • TBA
 
December: Disease Prevention & Treatment Month
 
  • Meals on Wheels – Friday 7th , 14th , 21st , 28th
  • Surfside Homeless Program – Sunday 2nd, 9th, 16th
  • Homeless Program – Sunday 23rd, 30th , At ??
  • Hillside Markets – Civic Green – Sunday 2nd 9th & 23rd
  • Saturday 8th – Club Christmas Party to be held at Ree & Glenn Rundell’s
  • Summer Night Markets – Lake Pertobe Friday 28th BBQ & Movies in the Park Fundraiser
 
January: Vocational Service Month
 
  • Meals on Wheels – Friday 4th , 11th , 18th , 25th
  • Homeless Program – Sunday 6th , 13th , 20th , 27th AT ??
  • Summer Night Markets – Lake Pertobe Friday 4th BBQ & Movies in the Park
  • Summer Night Markets – Lake Pertobe Friday 11th BBQ & Movies in the Park Fundraiser
  • Summer Night Markets – Lake Pertobe Friday 18th BBQ Fundraiser
  • Summer Night Markets – Lake Pertobe Friday 25th BBQ Fundraiser
  • Australia Day Celebrations – Botanic Gardens Saturday 26thth Fundraiser
 
February: Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month
 
  • Long Lunch – Sunday
 
Thank you for all that you do within our community, please continue to “Be the Inspiration”.
 
Cheers Steve
 
                      Kalay Academy                                   Glenn and I represented Daybreak.
Ann Boyle represented WARRNAMBOOL RC 
Trent Hrabar won the Education Award.
Warrnambool Parkinson’s Peer Support Group Coordinator
and community leader Andrew Suggett OAM has been
named the 2018 recipient of the Sir Zelman Cowen Award in recognition of his invaluable voluntary contribution to the Parkinson’s community.
George and Chez presented a $2000 cheque to SWHC towards their Christmas Fundraiser appeal for $150.000. To purchase an extra XRay machine for ICU.
 
Chris and Janey have just spent the last 3 days
in Melbourne competing in the second round of
the selections for the Australia Benchrest
Shooting Team to compete in World Rimfire
and Air Rifle Federation World Championships
in South Africa in July  2019.
Chris missed out by one shot. The first 9 are
automatically in. Chris came 10th by one shot.
Chris is the now the first emergency.
The team of 9 now have one month to say if
they are going or not. If someone pulls out
or gets sick. Chris then has the opportunity. 
 
 
Read more...
   
 
   
 
 
 
Check out the daybreak Facebook page for the stories. 
 

LAUGHTER, THE BEST MEDICINE

Some bad puns…
 
The meaning of opaque is unclear.
 
I wasn’t going to get a brain transplant but then I changed my mind.
 
Have you ever tried to eat a clock? It’s very time consuming.
 
A man tried to assault me with milk, cream and butter. How dairy!
 
I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I can’t put it down.
 
It’s a lengthy article about ancient Japanese sword fighters but I can Sumurais it for you.
 
It’s not that the man couldn’t juggle, he just didn’t have the balls to do it.
 
So what if I don’t know the meaning of the word ‘apocalypse’? It’s not the end of the world.
 
The other day I held the door open for a clown. I thought it was a nice jester.
 
I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.
 
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Eight kids were too many and the cost of rising prices was getting Fred down.  He told his wife if they had any more kids he would go out of his mind with worry.
 
A week later his wife announced that she was pregnant.
 
“That’s the end,” lamented Fred.  He opened the drawer beneath his desk and pulled out a revolver and held it to his head.
 
“Stop,” cried his wife. “You’ll be killing an innocent man.”
 
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He came home in  a state of utter despair and sat with his head in his hands.  “I have just been sacked,” he told his wife.
 
“After 40 years of doing the same job week after week I have been replaced by an electronic gadget about the size of a torch,” he lamented.  “What’s more it can do everything I can do, and do it better and never wear out,” he moaned.
 
But nobody was listening.  She had gone out to buy one.
 
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I always enjoy a lemon lime and bitters when I go out so when I saw a bottle for sale in the supermarket I purchased it to drink with our lunch at home. Somehow it tasted really different, like syrup or medicine, but my husband and I gave it a chance and finished it off. It was then I put on my reading glasses to look at my phone and glanced at the label on the bottle. We had been drinking straight cordial!
 
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Two Kiwis, Trevor and Jean, are walking down a street in Bondi in Sydney. Trevor happens to look in one of the shop windows and sees a sign that catches his eye. It says 'Suits $10.00 each, Shirts $4.00 each, Trousers $5.00 a pair'
 
Trevor says to his pal, 'Jean, look!  We could buy a whole lot of those, and whin we get beck to InZid, we could make a fortune”. “Now whin we go unto the shop, you be quiet, okay? Just lit me do all the talking cause uf they hear our accint,  they might not be nice to us. I'll speak in my bist Aussie accint.”
 
 'No worries, smiled Jean, I'll keep my mouth shut.' They go in and Trevor says, 'I'll take fufty suits et $10.00 each, 100 shirts et $4.00 each, and fufty pairs of trousers et $5.00 each. I'll beck up my truck and...'
 
The owner of the shop interrupts, 'You're from New Zealand, aren't you?' 'Well... Yis,' says a surprised Trevor. 'How the hill dud you know thet?' The owner says, 'This is a dry cleaners!'.
 
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"You are suffering form what is technically known as an Electra Complex," the psychiatrist is informing his blonde female patient. "In other words, you are in love with your father."
 
The blonde breaks down into hysterical sobbing.
 
"Now, now," comforts the shrink. "It's not all that bad."
 
"Yes..(snif)...yes, it is," the blonde gets out between sobs. "I have no chance at all...he's a married man!"