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Stephen Bellamy
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Stephen Bellamy President 2018/2019
Upcoming Events
Meals on Wheels - Leni B
Jul 20, 2018
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
 
Guest Speaker - John Parkinson- "LETS TALK"Program
Mid City
Jul 25, 2018
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Meals on Wheels - Janey P
Jul 27, 2018
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
 
RC of Daybreak 20th Anniversary
Jul 28, 2018
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
No Events advertised.
 
President's Chat
Steve's Chat 5
It was great to see 24 Members plus our guests Charlie Milroy & Sam Bushell attend this week’s meeting.  Charlie & Sam enjoyed breakfast with Grandad Barry, they also considerably reduced the average age of those attending.
July’s Rotary Theme is “Getting Started Month”.   Members were updated on how the incoming board is moving forward with recent and coming events, Including:
 
  • Tree planting, a service project with RC of Warrnambool
    • Sue has trees organized through council
  • Foundation chair Sue meeting with the special development school in August
  • Liza and strategic planning committee meeting on Monday 09/07
  • Lydia & 20th Anniversary committee meeting on Monday 09/07
  • Glenn has started reviewing club registers/policies in conjunction with Andrew.
  • Service Projects Chair Ian & Glenn organising clean-up of trailer and signage
  • Admin Chair Andrew and subcommittee organising the club meetings calendar for fun sessions & guest speakers
 
On Thursday night I attended the RC of Warrnambool East changeover, held at the Warrnambool Football club.  It was an enjoyable evening with plenty of time for fellowship.
 
East had a very successful year donating over $84,000:00 to local and international organizations.
 
Some things they did during the year include:
  • Successfully running the 25th annual Art show
  • Continuing their Warrnambool West Primary School Breakfast program
  • Donating 10,000 to the recent local bushfire appeal.
 
Easts major sources of fundraising were
  • NETT -$70,000 from hole in one
  • NETT $30,000 from BBQ’s
 
Our “Guest Speakers” this week were Chris & Janey Preston.  They gave us a rundown, and a history lesson, on their travels to Canada & USA
 
 
An interesting online article from Rotary.org
 
 
“After a gruelling year of preparation, two Rotarians and a Rotaractor face one last challenge before they can join the elite ShelterBox Response Team”
By Ryan Hyland Produced by Alyce Henson
July Celebrations
 
  1. Date Joined Daybreak/Years of service
    • Peter Cassady                 20 Years        29 July
    • Sergio Bacchetti              20 Years        29 July
    • Barry Brooker                   20 Years        29 July
    • Chris Preston                   20 Years        29 July
    • Janey Preston                  20 Years        29 July
    • Andrew Suggett               20 Years        29 July
Please, continue to “Be the Inspiration” in everything you do in our community.
 
Steve
 
Next Week’s Meeting
 
At our meeting on July 11th the “Guest Speaker” will be Lauren Parkinson from Vision Australia
 
Breakfast is continental, please ensure you send apologies to Mary Bouwman 0439 711 057 before 12:00 Noon on Tuesday.
 
Future Meetings & Activities:
            July 2018
 
  • Friday 13th Meals on Wheels - Janey
  • Friday 20th Meals on Wheels – Dianne
  • Wednesday 25th Guest Speaker John Parkinson – “Let’s Talk” Program
  • Friday 27th Meals on Wheels - Leni
  • Saturday 28th Daybreaks 20th Anniversary Celebrations
August 2018
 
  • Monday 6th, 13th 20th 27th - Soup Kitchen
  • Thursday 23rd – Fundraiser/Movie Night- “The Book Club”
  • Friday 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st -  Meals on Wheels
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Check out the daybreak Facebook page for the stories. 
 

LAUGHTER, THE BEST MEDICINE

As part of the admission procedure in a hospital, a nurse asked the patients if they were allergic to anything. If they were, the nurse would print it on an allergy band placed on the patients' wrists.
 
Once when the nurse asked an elderly woman if she had any allergies, the woman said she couldn't eat bananas.
 
Several hours later a very irate son came out to the nurses station demanding, "Who's responsible for labeling my mother 'Bananas'?"
 
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A nurse was on duty in the Emergency Room, when a young woman with purple hair styled into a punk rocker Mohawk, sporting a variety of tattoos, and wearing strange clothing, entered . . . It was quickly determined that the patient had acute appendicitis, so she was scheduled for immediate surgery.
 
When she was completely disrobed on the operating table, the staff noticed that her pubic hair had been dyed green and above it there was a tattoo that read . . . 'Keep off the grass.'
 
Once the surgery was completed, the surgeon wrote a short note on the patient ' s dressing, which said: 'Sorry . . . had to mow the lawn.'
 
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A young woman brought her fiancé home to meet her parents. After dinner, her mother told the girl's father to find out about the young man.
 
The father invited the fiancé to his study for a talk.
 
"So, what are your plans?" the father asked the young man.  "I am a biblical scholar," he replied.
 
"A biblical scholar, hmmm?" the father said. "Admirable, but what will you do to provide a nice house for my daughter to live in?"
 
"I will study," the young man replied, "and God will provide for us."
 
"And how will you buy her a beautiful engagement ring, such as she deserves?" asked the father.
 
"I will concentrate on my studies," the young man replied, "God will provide for us."
 
"And children?" asked the father. "How will you support children?"
 
"Don't worry, sir, God will provide," replied the fiancé.
 
The conversation proceeded like this...and each time the father questioned, the young idealist insisted that God would provide.
 
Later, the mother asked, "How did your talk go, honey?"
 
The father answered, "another Liberal or NDP, He has no job, he has no plans, and he thinks I'm God."