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Our condolences to Chris and Janey Preston who both lost parents in the lead up to Christmas; Chris lost his Dad while Janey lost her Mum. Our thoughts continue to be with you both. Bushfire Crisis and where to Donate – Over the Christmas and New Year period our country has been ravaged by unrelenting bushfires. The loss if life, destruction to homes, animals and natural habitat has been devastating to say the least. The Victorian Gippsland area which had been suffering from the drought has now been severely affected by the fires. The people of Australia, together with those from other countries, are working together to provide assistance in numerous ways and Rotary has circulated posts outlining three ways in which we may help: - Rotary District 9820 Disaster Relief Fund – encourages clubs to donate to their district’s Disaster Relief Fund in the first instance. The DRF has already committed $10K to the East Gippsland Rotary Fire Aid Committee (outlined below), and will continue to donate funds to where they are most effective. BSB 633 000 Acc 137 927 174
- East Gippsland Rotary Fire Aid Committee – This is an account of the Rotary Club of Bairnsdale with the funds controlled by the East Gippsland Rotary Fire Aid Committee. Rotary Club of Bairnsdale Projects Account is BSB 633 000 Acc 165 960 451 Please email the East Rotary Fire Aid Committee when you donate eastgrotaryfireaid@gmail.com
- RAWCS – Rotary Australia World Community Service National Fire Appeal – This is the only option for those who can only donate to a recipient with DGR (Donor Gift Recipient) status, or those who want a tax deductibility on their donations. Go to www.rawcs.org.au to donate. To make sure the funds go to those affected by the fires in our district, tag the donation to ‘East Gippsland’. RAWCS do use 2.75% of the donations for administration.
Weekly Meeting – We had a relaxed meeting this week as we didn’t have a guest speaker which allowed plenty of time for fellowship. We also welcomed a guest Rotarian, Graham Robinson from the Lakes Rotary Club of Mount Gambier who joined us for breakfast. Chez gave us an update on Mehul who has recently had back surgery and seems to be recovering well, Andrew Suggett who had some health issues over the break but is recovering and Bob who is also recovering from his hip operation but needs the battery changed in his pacemaker. Our thoughts are with these three Daybreak members and we look forward to seeing them at meetings in near future. Future Guest Speakers and Fun Sessions - We will not be requiring Guest Speakers for the remainder of January. However the following people are rostered to either give a presentation or organize another guest speaker during February. The fun session roster is also listed. Could members please advise me in advance if they have organized another speaker? February 5 – Guest Presenter Janey Preston, Fun Session Gerard Lourey February 12 Guest Presenter Jan Read, Fun Session Liza McCosh February 19 – Guest Presenter Glenn Rundell, Fun session Barry Moran February 26 – Guest Presenter Peter Smid, Fun Session Andrew Nield Anniversaries – Congratulations to Lydia Sinclair who has celebrated a Rotary anniversary on January 1. Lydia has been a member of Daybreak for seventeen years. Congratulations also to Peter Smid whose Rotary anniversary was on January 5. Peter has been a Daybreak member for eight years. I unfortunately missed Sue Cassidy’s and Ellie Read’s Rotary anniversaries in the lead up to Christmas. Sue and Ellie both joined Daybreak on December 21 2016. The Care Project –has now moved to Timor Street for the summer period. The roster is circulated at weekly meetings and will be emailed to members with a report after each Sunday session. Rosters for the summer fundraisers are circulated weekly to members via email. Presently the roster for Movies in the Park has enough volunteers but there may be some spaces available for the Friday Night Market barbecues. Please contact Ian Harper if you can assist with this project. Summer Night Markets (BBQ) – We have completed two of our summer market barbecues with remaining dates of January 10th, 17th, and the 24th, , 4.30-8.30pm at Lake Pertobe (see circulated roster for members tasks and times required) . There is also a market scheduled for January 31 but we will gauge closer to that date whether we participate. The first two market barbecues have been an outstanding success with gross takings of $1679 and $1975 respectively.  Movies in the Park – Two movie nights have been held with the remaining one scheduled for this Friday night January 10 when Mary Poppins Returns (G) will be screened. The movie nights thus far have not been as successful as previous years possibly due to a number of factors including changed screening times and lack of promotional material circulated through the camping grounds. For this reason the Council have provided us with 1500 flyers which members will circulate through the parks in the days leading up to the final Friday screening. Other Dates on the Rotary Calendar Feb 23 – Longest Lunch, Brother Fox, Deakin University Feb 21-23 – PETS Multi-District, Creswick (registration now open). President Elects to attend but also Secretaries, Treasurers and Foundation Chairs and other Directors are also encouraged to attend Feb 29 – Fishing Trip, Portland March 21-23 – District Conference, Swan Hill (registration now open) April 26 – District Assembly, Ararat or Stawell (tbc) June 6-10– Aloha, Rotary International Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii Updating Member’s Data – A reminder to all members to update any changed contact details on Clubrunner and also Club Central. If your data is not up to date you may not be receiving important notifications from Rotary International, or closer to home, the Daybreak Bulletin. It remains a busy time for Daybreak members over the holiday period. As we connect with each other and the community through our fundraising and service projects it is gratifying to think that our efforts will be assisting those that have been less fortunate through the catastrophic events of the past few weeks. Have a good week and if I don’t see you at one of our projects, we’ll meet over breakfast at The Bay next Wednesday. Liza
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