Pictured with President Mehul is our Youth Service Chair Liz Bligh, NYSF Chair Brooke McLeod, and two of the participants heading to the program from Warrnambool
Calder Nicholson (Warrnambool College) will be heading to UQ in Brisbane to look at Physics and AI.
Rachel Waterhouse (Warrnambool College) will be heading to ANU in Canberra to look at Health industries
NYSF - National Youth Science Forum
NYSF started in 1984 at Australian National University (ANU) Canberra.
The program started as a summer school initiative to invite year 11 students entering year 12 onto a university campus to experience science at a university level. The aim is to excite students to continue their STEM subjects into a university course after finishing high school.
In modern times, nearly 700 students from around the country will visit the Universities in Canberra or Brisbane to experience 2 weeks of action-packed hands-on STEM experiences. They will have workshops, laboratories, lectures and more in a set stream of STEM that they choose. They will also participate in a careers day listening to current industries about what jobs will be like in the future decades.
To read more about the entire NYSF program and their sister programs on their website via: https://www.nysf.edu.au/
Pictured with President Mehul is our Public Relations Chair Dianne Brown & Her Guest Speakers Tom Richardson & Jacob Paton-Lee from Find Your Voice-
Tom spoke passionately on his involvement with the Find Your Voice Collective and its creative adventure, An innovative not-for-profit community-based organization for people of all ages & abilities, established to increase visibility, capacity, inclusion & opportunity through creative & artistic experiences.
And then Jacob, gave us a wonderful rendition of his favorite Joe Cocker Song.
After our meeting on October 9th, Members of the Rotary Club of Warrnambool Daybreak and other Rotary Clubs gathered for a morning tea, the tea was provided by the Clontarf Academy to acknowledge the financial support from Rotary for the purchasing of a trailer.
Update from our Foundation Chair Ann Barker.
Movie Night
On October 10th we held a fundraiser Movie called Thelma. The event was to raise funds for the end polio now program. Approximately 130 people attended and $2,120 was raised. With the matching from the Bill Gates Foundation we have made a significant contribution towards ending polio. Thank you to all club members for the support and donations of door prizes.
By Kiran Singh Sirah, 2011-13 Rotary Peace Fellow
Hurricane Helene rained sadness and pain for 600 miles across our region with catastrophic impact. In parts of Tennessee, across the mountains in western North Carolina, and beyond, the magnitude of the destruction is devastating. Some have described this as a once-in-a-1,000-year event. A Tennessee civil engineer suggested that the only place anywhere in the world capable of withstanding rainfall like this without serious consequences is the ocean.
An image keeps returning of a place close to my heart. It’s located just a stone’s throw from where my wife and I were married, on the banks of the ancient Nolichucky River, which flows through this region from one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world. It’s a place that holds meaning for many communities – especially for those who live there, who have been displaced from their homes, or are experiencing the loss of loved ones. The image is of Unicoi County Hospital, where just a few days ago, staff and patients had to be rescued from its rooftop.
