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RPEN attendee Angus Harper thanks the HPRC and Ian Stewart joins Sandy on updating St Judes

Nunyara was the venue for the RYPEN warriors of 2018 gathered in April this year. Attendee Angus Harper bared his soul and story to the Club members and visitors from the HPRC Charitable Trust and thanked the Club for sponsoring him to attend the Leadership Camp.

This year the RYPEN camp was hosted by RC Seaford and visited by Bob Cooper District Governor of our District. Angus told us about the 'icebreaker games" and lanyard identification to find their shared rooms. The Job Skills sessions helped them to discover their personality types and later in the weekend the Relationship Session with Craig Murray discussed strategies and developing resistance . The issues Forum concentrated on bullying and harassment and the Director's night consisted of dancing and team games including a newspaper dress making activity and parade. Angus said that the weekend's attendees included sons and daughters of Rotarians and helped develop his presentation skills. He showed us a creative magazine developed on the 'camp' and encouraged other young people to attend in the future.

President Rob thanked Angus for his interesting and well delivered talk and presented him with a RYPEN pin.

QUIZ NIGHT A SUCCESS ... ST JUDE'S STORY THIS WEEK

WOW A GREAT NIGHT WAS HAD AT THE QUIZ NIGHT... Hopefully some photos taken will be available to produce soon.

Mike McAuliffe thanked the many helpers and summarised the events success.

This week we will have a slide show of the Club's visit to St Judes and Sandy Matz and Ian Stewart will ellaborate with some stories re our sponsored students Kassim (our Club) and Josephine (Charitable Trust).

Shelter Box Presentation

Posted on May 09, 2018

Tim Klar our current Assistant Governor and also District Governor Elect gave us a brilliant presentation showing us the most recent details, results and information regarding the storage and dispatch of the Shelter Boxes which are distributed all over the world. Click on Club Projects on the 'bar above' and the drop down on Shelter Box will give you another look at the type of information presented to us. Our Board will look at the Shelter Box as an option to donate money to when distributing your well earned dollars at a Board meeting in June this year or in the coming year.

18th April - Olivia Barnes and Charitable Trust and Quiz Night

Posted by Sandy Matz

18 April- Olivia Barnes, Charitable Trust and Quiz Night

This week was changed from a social meeting to a very busy meeting at the Goody that eventually concluded with a planning meeting by the Quiz night Committee and encouragement from Allan Moss to contact him for tickets (sets of 10) so that you can hand them to your table members. Save the date and invite your friends on your table Saturday 26th May BYO Food/drink and $20 a ticket. The usual quiz questions, heads and tails and a chocolate wheel as well as our value silent auction makes for a great night.

Olivia Barnes then gave an overview of her year in Switzerland which she calls THE BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE. She lived in Basil and learned the a dialect of the german language and had the opportunity to go Germany, France, Spain, England, Italy and of course Switzerland, to name a some of the countries she visited. She faced the normal challenges of exchange students being initially the language (although she was very grateful for Rotary funding a language course for her), settling in with host families and found her peer exchange students were her best support group and still are, even when returning home. The weather (it was -12 degrees the day she arrived and found her clothing she brought from home completely inadequate) was certainly different to South Australia and the schooling in a gymnasium (a high standard High School system) was certainly different with the students varying from home as they were extremely respectful to their teachers. Her slide show gave us a good vision of the enjoyment she had and she was grateful to her host club for their gift of a bicycle as it enable her to feel like a local and fit in. Olivia’s goal is now to work with International Refugees and found the awareness of the needs of these groups varied in Switzerland and other European countries and sometimes their views were very insula. She looks forward to her involvement in Rotoract groups in South Australia and of course when asked whether she wants to return to Switzerland some time replied quickly “As soon as I can” !!!!

Olivia's presentation was followed by a General Meeting of the current Management Committee of the RCHP Trust where the nominees for the incoming Management Committee were ratified and The Trust was handed over with two current persons remaining being Sandy Matz and Theo Kruys and the remaining Management Committee members being Miles Harper, Peter Griffiths, Rodger Thomas, Mike McAuliffe and Gerry Greenway with Robert Handley as current President of the Hyde Park Rotary Club automatically given a place on the Management Committee. The Charitable Trust plans to meet in May and will report back to the Club on its progress.We also had a visit from our current District Governor Bob Cooper who also invited us to the District Assembly on 27th May at Murray Bridge and to the District Changeover Dinner on 1st July.

Meeting 11th April 2018

Posted by Sandy Matz

Erica Handley - Autism Spectrum Disorder

A brilliant presentation.

As usual, some of our best speakers come from within. Erica is the wife of our current President Robert Handley and we were privileged to have a brilliant presentation from her regarding her role as an Autism Spectrum Consultant at Autism SA, for 15 years. She has provided support to schools across the 3 sectors of education in both Adelaide and Country areas of SA.

The book Look Me In The Eye by John Robinson, and the new TV Show Employ Me on the ABC were two references that we can follow up. Members were advised of the criteria for diagnosis. We gained a much better understanding of how to relate to someone we know who may have autism and options that have been developed to ensure that they take their rightful place in our society versus being labelled as happened in the past because of our lack of awareness of their abilities. The words ‘being on the spectrum’ are now used versus being identified as having a disability.

Some of the details that she expanded upon included the information that:

Being on the autism spectrum is life long
The word spectrum is used to indicate that no two people are the same
1 in 100 individuals (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2015) are effected
4:1 Males to females (Autism Spectrum Australia, Aspect, 2016)
In June 2017 there were 11,667 people registered with Autism SA
1 in every 42 boys living in SA aged between 2-15 are on the autism spectrum
Average of 110 new diagnosis per a month is SA (data from 2016-2017)

(Data used from Autism SA Data Base)

The DSM 5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel, version 5, from the American Pyschiatrist Association), is used to diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorder. Criteria for diagnosis -

Must have a deficit in 2 key areas: Social Communication, Social interaction and Restricted and Repetitive behaviours.
Must present in early childhood
Symptoms together limit and impair everyday functioning

‘I may look and act pretty strange at times, but deep down I just want to be loved and understood for who and what I am. I don’t want to be a genius or a freak or something on display. I wish for empathy and compassion from those around me, and I appreciate sincerity, clarity, and logicality in other people. I believe most people- autistic or not- share this wish. And now, with my newfound insight, I’m on the way to achieving that goal. I hope you’ll keep those thoughts in mind the next time you meet someone who looks or acts a little strange.’
- John Robison, from his biography called Look me in the Eye.

Erica referred us to websites that we can search to find out more information and took questions during the meeting and afterwards from a very appreciative audience. Geoff Hudson gave the vote of thanks.

The Brave New World of Machine Learning

The Rotary Business Breakfast on Tuesday 10th April addressed the very current and important, if some what frightening, topic of Artificial Intelligence, Augmented and Mixed Reality in Business. Edward Deane, Founder/Director of 2excel Web and Software Development (on the left in the photo) gave an overview of the very rapid development of computer power over recent years and highlighted the power of the smart phone that we all take for granted.

Machine learning is the process whereby computers can "learn" from repeated observations with the result that they can, for some tasks, outperform the human performance in both accuracy and speed. The term 'artificial intelligence" is often used to describe this ability, although it is not the same as the intelligence that we ascribe to humans.

We have seen the increasing application of computing to routine tasks, in banking for example, with the resultant decrease in employee numbers. This is just the beginning, and there are many areas where the increasing application of increasingly capable computers will disrupt existing employment with resultant social impacts. In excess of 70 business people attended the breakfast and were keen to question the speaker following his presentation.

Meeting 28 March 2018

Who Says Unley Doesn't Need the Salvos?

That was the question that Major Reno Elms of the Unley Salvation Army put to us at our Rotary meeting. He observed that after many years in the job that however affluent a suburb is there are always people in need of help in some way. In an interesting and entertaining way Reno took us through a brief history of the Unley Salvos and brought us up to date on what they are currently doing.

The Salvos established their presence in Unley in 1888 by opening a hall on Marion Street. Over the years that hall has grown, more land has been acquired and the present centre is still in the same location.

Reno went on to describe some of the recent initiatives they have undertaken to provide help to the many people who need hope and help in their lives. The creation of the Coffee 2 Connect Cafe was one such idea that has proved to be very successful over the past 10 years or so. The cafe is open every Monday at the centre and people come in for morning coffee and cake and this is followed by a home cooked lunch served by volunteers. All food and produce is donated by local companies and the Cafe is seen as an opportunity for the Salvos to reach out to the community and help build the skills of local people. Another important activity is the provision each year of a Christmas lunch for 140 guests and staffed by 60 volunteers. Each guest receives a Christmas gift as well as a Christmas lunch and has the opportunity to socialise in the spirit of Christmas.

Reno was very appreciative of the support that he receives from local service clubs and in particular he thanked us for the support that Hyde Park Rotary Club has given them in the past. He presented Acting President Andrew Sullivan a Partner Appreciation certificate for our donation which helped in the completion of an Access Toilet Block at the centre. Reno also presented as a symbolic gesture a gift wrapped toilet roll to a somewhat surprised and bewildered Acting President Andrew! Nonetheless the show went on and Andrew presented Reno with a cheque for $500 which Reno has pledged to put towards the cost of extending their Coffee 2 Community Cafe.

Finally Reno concluded a highly entertaining evening by thanking all those who help in the annual Red Shield Appeal which brings hope to the lives of so many people.

Ladies of Variety Event

Posted by Geoff Hudson

Easter Big Day Out at the Zoo

Each year the Ladies of Variety team enriches the lives of thousands of children who are sick, disadvantaged or have special needs through wonderful, entertaining and educational experiences. Ladies of Variety functions offer children to be part of activities and events that due to disability or financial hardship, they otherwise would not be able to experience.

Brownhill Creek and Hyde Park Rotary clubs join forces to provide and cook hundreds and hundreds of sausages and serve them up on bread and choice of sauces with optional onions. The weather was perfect and the children had a wonderful time looking at the animals, being entertained by the performers on stilts, the life sized Easter bunnies and eating sausages, sandwiches, hot cross buns etc.

The big BBQ on wheels performed perfectly and Mike and Roger were putting out perfectly cooked snags so that Sandy and Colleen could hand them out to the appreciative throng. A very satisfying event rewarded by the obvious enjoyment shown by the children and their carers.

Social Meeting Wednesday 21 March 2018

Curry Night at Namaste Nepalese

Eighteen Members and partners enjoyed the convivial atmosphere and excellent curries and accompaniments at the Namaste Nepalese Restaurant in George Street Parkside. It was an excellent turnout and based on the buzz around the long table everyone had a good time.

It was great to have members and guests in attendance who in recent times had been absent due to injury or illness. Thanks to the manager and staff of the Namaste for their good service and consideration.

That's Sam's hand on the bottle of red in the second picture. Who else could it be! Apologies to him, Libby, Colleen and Norma for their omission from the pic.

Meeting 14 March 2018

Roger Thomas talks about the Bandung Project

1. September 2013 first concept preparation but started discussions 2011

2. Submission as a project late that year

3. RT flew to Bandung to consolidate submission with Committee

4. Submission tabled at RCHP and agreed to support the project

5. RC H P agreed to $2000 each year for 3 years as the project developed

6. RT flew to Bandung twice a year to ensure the project was on course.

7. Reported to RCHP on return

8. Rotary International approved as it benefitted —Local Community, Humanitarian, Public Relations, Accommodation, Equity, Quality

9. RT/RCBBM worked together in Bilingual Language

10. Concept not only to accommodate homeless girls but to Educate them in all phases of compulsory education leading to Vocational training ,Small business opportunities, university etc

11. From RC H P the Submission was checked by Jim Handley and finances followed up by Theo Kruse

12. Initially 6 girls were taken in cared for by a former Street Kid [now an Artist and House Mother]. They as expanded have shifted 3 times to final shelter to which considerable building renovations are happening to take an additional girls to 16

13. The project has appointed a Project Manager who now has an Assistant

14. The RC BBM look after the welfare of these children and have access to Professional support available

15. The Project Manager produced a Gannt chart of what he wants to achieve and by all accounts is doing a good job.

16. Although I visit the shelter once a year now I keep in contact with a committee person by flying to Melb.at least 3 times a year to keep abreast as to what is happening to which I report to the Board after each meeting with her.

17. The shelter now has access to an IT person who has accepted our 6 laptops via Allen Stanley contacts and a 42 inch T V which will be connected to the Global network soon. The idea is to have a separate computer room.

18. Whilst the RC H P has partnered RC B B M from a solid start to the project our Club is well known and we are invited to visit in the near future

19. Each year we have donated approx. $ 2000 to the RC BBM for its development and the Program is continually growing, focused on providing a greater range of services and assistance to more children in need.

20. The Art in the Box program is instrumental in identifying the girls in jeopardy of abuse, neglect or falling into a life of Prostitution. The trained outreach workers where the street kids congregate with boxes of materials. The street kids emerge. The outreach workers identify a child with serious issues, the Bandung Street Kids Program, can then provide short and long term social and medical support

21. In all I represent the Hyde Park team and most impressed for what is being achieved in Indonesian terms, planning and the opportunity to openly discuss what I thought for the future, Well done to the Hyde Park for the continued support that is well recognised and appreciated, the financial, supply of equipment and able to be there to help as one of our major Projects representing the Club for humanity of the children.

Rotary Women's International Day Breakfast 7 March 2018

RCHP Sponsors Five Yalari Students

Thanks To Hyde Park Rotary club for sponsoring 5 Yalari students to the Rotary Women's International Day Breakfast held at Pavilion on the Park.

A very well run breakfast, and everyone was delighted with the speaker CEO Sarah Brown, who was so entertaining are gave a great background to the history of the Purple House and its origins and purpose. The $5000 raised that morning will go towards more "Purple Houses and Purple Buses" that provide dialysis to indigenous persons with kidney disease to enable them to stay on country and this was so well explained by Sarah when she told the story how the art work (which is often created by indigenous groups meeting and creating such an art work) started the first 'Purple House:' when Packer bought a painting at a time when the government couldn't find its way to fund such an organisation. Since then Sarah has spoken to many groups including Rotary District Conferences and other groups and donations ensure that this has become a financial and social success to support dialysis near people versus them having to travel for hours and hours and stay away from their family without residential support and family support... thus sometimes opting not to undertaking the dialysis and dying.

This is a success story. The 5 Yalari students (including a male student)from Scotch College and the Yalari Co-ordinator Alison McCarthy and Sandra Matz's two grand-daughters and Colleen Ragghianti all thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and the sharing of the student's backgrounds (in fact on of the student's mother had worked at the Purple House in Alice Springs and she hadn't heard the full story), and were delighted with the amount of around $5000 that was raised that morning for The Purple House projects. .

Membership Challenge

Following his article in the Herald, Euan Miller, District Membership Chair was invited to present to the club on the strategy that has been developed to address the challenge of declining Rotary membership.

Declining membership is a threat to the health of Rotary, particularly in developed countries and District 9520 has seen 300 resignations over the period 2007-17 with 50 at the year ending mid 2107, and 8 clubs have closed down. He emphasised the need for action through membership drives with the objective of recruiting women and the under 40's in particular.

Significant changes to the meeting structure and the responsibilities of members have been made over recent years. These have included meeting less frequently and only when necessary and more flexibly with a careful watch on the cost of participation. Members would be expected to contribute to the club with at least 12 hours service/6 months. The objective of meetings into the future should be to eliminate "baggage" and "bling", fines sessions, the national anthem and to keep toasts to a minimum.

Euan described how membership recruitment meetings were structured with each Rotary member encouraged to bring a guest to a cocktail function at which 3 short presentations on the activities of the Club were presented. The objective is to gauge the interest of the guests, and have them meet with the Board. Guests who are recommended for membership have their names circulated for approval, prior to induction with the objective of completing the process in 14 days.

President Rob thanked Euan for his presentation.

Ashley Tudo, a RYLA participant in 2016 gave a brief overview of her experiences and explained how she found it a wonderful, life changing experience and she had no hesitation in recommending the program to young people. She also spoke of RYPEN, a weekend program for 14-17 year old students where she has been selected as a leader this year.

Ashley presented some literature on the up coming RYPEN weekend to be held at Nunyara Centre in Belair on the weekend of 20-22 April. Applications close on the 24th March to clubs or 31st March to the District Committee. Bernie has application forms or go to rypen9520.org.au

If you have grandchildren in this age range, think about the benefits of their participation

NOTE: Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond her control, Olivia Barnes could not make her presentation on "My year in Switzerland" and this has been rescheduled for the next meeting on 14 March.

Lawash Bakery

Thirteen members and guests gathered at the Lawash Bakery and Kebab Restaurant on Wednesday the 21 February and enjoyed a most enjoyable evening of food and conversation without an alcoholic drink in sight.

We started with plates of hummus garnished with olive oil and sumac with wonderful rounds of warm flatbread, called "naan" as in Indian cuisine, but not really. We went into the bakehouse and saw the process of cooking the bread in wood burning clay ovens similar to the Indian tandoor. The wholemeal dough is flattened and stretched over a cloth "cushion" and then pressed against the inside of the oven. In a few moments the bread has bubbled and browned and is removed.

There was a great diversity of food ordered with most opting for kebabs of chicken, lamb and minced lamb served with either rice or bread and a simple salad and dipping sauces, but others going for rice dishes, curries or dumplings. All delicious and served straight from the charcoal grill. Mike and Julian were adventurous in trying the yoghurt drink while the majority sampled the Barbican, a flavoured non-alcoholic beverage. Mike seemed to think that his drink could have had a bit of sugar in it.

A good night enjoyed by all.

Norma Ganzis Induction

Welcome Norma

President Rob inducts Norma Ganzis to the Rotary Club of Hyde Park at on Wednesday 31st January. Norma who was nominated by Gerry Greenway, has been a regular visitor to the club and has helped at some of our functions in the past.

We welcome Norma and wish her a long and enjoyable association with the club.

Mtg 1777 - 1st Mortgage Investing

Investment in Mortgage

Guest speaker at Meeting 1777 of the Rotary Club of Hyde Park was Club member, Gerry Greenway. Stressing that he was NOT touting for business, Gerry gave us an incite into the interesting world of 1st mortgage investment.

After selling real estate for over 40 years Gerry bought a Conveyancing Practice in 1993 which had access to $1m of investor funds. He has since grown this to over $31 million, all by word of mouth referrals, and I am very proud of this.

There is a need for private (i.e. non-Bank) mortgages for a one year term with monthly interest only payments. Mortgage applications arrive from all over Australia on a range of housing, units, vacant land, commercial and industrial properties. An independent valuation is arranged and a maximum of 70% of this is lent. The lender holds the title, registered mortgage and insurance policy – just like a Bank does when lending.

The current (Feb18) interest rate is 7.5% which is 2-3 times what can be obtained by leaving funds in a Bank. An example would be a $250,000 mortgage for a one year term with monthly interest payments of $1,562.50. There are no fees to the lender.

Thank you Gerry. We now have a much clearer understanding about the principles of investing in the provision of mortgage finance.

The meeting then went on to discuss the future for the Rotary Club of Hyde Park Charitable Trust with members asked to consider filling Board Positions about to be vacated by retiring long service office bearers.

To conclude, a new Club banner was presented from member Rodger Thomas who had them made through contacts in the Rotary Club of Bandung Braga Metropolitan (RCBBM) in Indonesia.

2018 Fundraising - Entertainment Book

Fundraising with Entertainment™ is here again for 2018-19.

Watch this space for details about how to get your Book or Digital subscription for this years great savings on dining, shopping, accommodation, travel.

20% of your purchase of EB will contribute towards our fundraising!

We look forward to your support of the Rotary Club of Hyde Park.

Bunnings No2 BBQ Fundraiser

CALL THE FIRE BRIGADE!

Another successful BBQ event at Bunnings and thanks to all those who participated. The setup was delayed by a bum wheel on the BBQ, but once that was fixed, all went smoothly and according to schedule.

The first shift of Nev, Jill, Mike, Colleen, Gerry and Sandy were on the job cooking and serving and the day was underway, and relatively quiet, as expected, compared to the weekend gig previously. It also turned out to be relatively uneventful compared to the afternoon shift.

The afternoon shift comprised Mike, Peter and Lyn taking over from the morning shift and Andrew and Robert arriving mid afternoon to take over from Sandy and Neville. Sales were steady for most of the afternoon and the weather was comfortable although the heat generated by the BBQ does present a challenge.

The Bunnings fire alarm at 3.00 pm created some excitement in the afternoon but did nothing for sales which were considerably disrupted. The entire building, including our tent, was evacuated and we were all asked to go to a point further away in the car park. Two fire trucks subsequently arrived and after taking a break under the trees for about 15 minutes, we were all told we could resume cooking and selling. After careful examination by the firemen, it appeared to be either a false alarm or a minor problem which was quickly rectified. As it was getting later in the afternoon by that time, sales dropped off significantly and by about 3.45 we shut up shop.

Another successful day of fund raising.

Tour Down Under Unley Gala

All Ready to Go

RCHP was again this year offered a spot at theTour Down Under Unley Gala in King William Street. As you can see, the first shift is waiting for the start of the event and we drew the sunny side of the street which made it a bit difficult peering into the sun.

The day was warm and sunny and as evening drew in the temperature moderated and the lengthening shadows provided relief. There was a brisk early trade and it looked like it was going to be a successful event.

UPDATE: The Unley Gala was a great success with expectations exceeded. Thanks to all those participating

Bunnings BBQ Fundraiser

STUNNING DEBUT BY HYDE PARK ROTARY CLUB AT BUNNINGS BBQ

On Sunday 7^th January 2018 the Hyde Park Rotary Club conducted its first ever BBQ at the Bunnings Mile End store in perfect weather for such an event. We were all much relieved that the cool change had arrived and we were able to spend the day in relative comfort in the BBQ tent selling to a constant stream of eager customers.

The set up team of Andrew Sullivan, Rob and Jim Handley arrived at 8.00 am and started putting things into place and by 8.30 am the morning shift of Gerry Greenway, Norma Ganzis, Colleen Rhaggianti, Sandy Matz, Sue and Peter Whitehouse, Julian Lugg and Yoshi Ikeda began arriving for a 9.00 am start.

A steady stream of customers were catered for by our enthusiastic team and by lunchtime the pace started to increase just in time for the afternoon shift of Alan Moss, Geoff Hudson, Margaret Blake, Lyn Pomery, Andrew Sullivan and Rob Handley.

This team worked flat out until mid afternoon when things quietened down a bit but there was still a steady stream of hungry and thirsty shoppers who appreciated the efforts of our gallant team.

Treasurer Peter Griffiths arrived as we were getting our second wind and started counting the money in his counting house. You couldn’t wipe the grin off his face as we kept progressively handing him more money and by 4 pm when we started winding down he was looking like a Cheshire Cat.

It was a very successful debut for the club and also a most enjoyable one for all who attended. Thanks go to them.

Events like this do not just happen and there was a great deal of behind the scenes planning involved and for this we are most grateful to Mike McAuliffe, Sam and Libby Savis, the Handley brothers and Andrew Sullivan who managed the logistics of buying and delivering all that we needed on the day.

We are scheduled for another 5 events at Mile End in 2018 and we look forward to some more worthwhile and enjoyable days like this in order to raise money for others less fortunate than ourselves.

The first shift sets up for the day

President Rob checks sausage cooking

Andrew and Rob cooking up a storm

Margaret and Peter guard the cash box

Christmas Social at the Goody

Posted by Alan Moss

Christmas at the Goody

The food was great as usual!

The Goodwood Park Hotel was the venue for our Christmas Dinner on the 13^th of December. There was much merriment and noise from the 31 members, partners and guests who enjoyed an informal meeting in convivial surroundings. President Rob Handley welcomed everyone and then ran through a list of club events that he had missed whilst he was away on holiday and remarked that it was good that the club could run so successfully without the orchestra conductor.

President Rob reminded us all that Mike McAuliffe was presented with a Paul Harris Award plus 2 Sapphires at an earlier meeting. The presentation was made by Past District Governor Jerry Casburn. Everyone present joined Rob in congratulating and recognising the extraordinary effort that Mike has put into keeping the club together in some challenging times.

The evening concluded with the drawing of the raffle for a number of prizes. Good fortune was with Andrew and Bev Sullivan, Mike McAuliffe and Nancey, and the ever lucky Griffiths family!

President Rob closed the evening and wished all a very happy and safe Christmas.

2017 UPS BBQ

Unley Primary School 2017 Celebration Day BBQ

The synergy between Hyde Park Rotary Club and Unley Primary School is alive and well - BBQing for Unley Primary School for their end of year Celebration Day on a perfect calm sunny afternoon. Undaunted by the unexpected activation of the sprinkler system in a "de ja vous" moment reminiscent of last year, the students performed well-rehearsed dance and musical routines and families picnicked to celebrate the year.

The RCHP team of Andrew Sullivan organising setup before departing to celebrate his birthday, Mike McAuliffe delivering the trailer, Peter Whitehouse and Allen Stanley on tongs for sausages & onions and Sue Whitehouse and Colleen Ragghianti setting out serviettes and bread were kept busy for a little over 2 hours while school parents, led by Richard, sold about 500 sausages and many kilograms of caramelised onions with a selection of sauces.

Champions of raffle ticket sales, Bernie Boxer and Sandy Matz, set up close to the line of sausage buyers, were kept busy selling tickets for our 2017 Christmas Raffle. When it was all over the trailer was taken away by Jim Handley and Lynne to be prepared for use at the Unley Gourmet Gala celebrating the TDU on King William Road in late January.

Merry Christmas UPS. Hope to see you next year.

Precious Cargo BBQ 2017

BBQ Picnic at Precious Cargo Fisher Street to celebrate Year End

The penultimate RCHP BBQ event for 2017 proved once again that the friendship between Hyde Park Rotary Club and Myrtle Bank Precious Cargo is mutually beneficial to both organisations.

With setting up under a canopy of Peppercorn trees supervised by Andrew Sullivan before he departed for other commitments, our BBQ chef team of Mike McAuliffe and Yoshi Ikeda kept the sausages and caramelized onions coming for money man Alan Moss and servers Allen Stanley and Cecilie Moss as they fed the Precious Cargo families enjoying a picnic on a perfect mild evening at the Fisher Street facilities on 108Dec17. Thank you so much for helping out Cec - couldn't have done it without you.

While the children were enthusiastically dancing, performing and petting a baby fresh-water crocodile, rabbit, chicken or owl and playing on a Jumping Castle, raffle sellers extraordinaire, Margaret Blake and Bernie Boxer, added to the successful Christmas Raffle ticket sales.

Thank you Precious Cargo, for having us back again. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Christmas Raffle - Unley Shopping Centre

RCHP selling Christmas Raffle tickets, fundraising for Rotary Youth and Local Community projects in 2018.

Saturday 9th December 2017 - Gerry Greenway and Allen Stanley (photographed by Geoff , the ghost, Hudson) spent the morning at Unley Shopping Centre capturing the passing community for their support and the chance of winning the $1,000 First Prize or $500 Christmas Basket Second Prize or $400 Children's Christmas Basket Third Prize.

Supporters usually have something of interest to offer. One lady would buy a ticket if we looked after her dog while she shopped - "but be careful, he is prone to snarl and snap when approached from behind because it was treated badly early in life." We were successful with Lee Camporeale, wife of past DG. Another person wanted to give a donation - we gave her tickets to the value for her generosity.

Several people expressed an interest in joining the Club next year - will be great if it happens.

Geoff rode off with shopping in hand to read the paper then returned to share the afternoon shift with Neville Highett and Andrew Sullivan.

The sunday shifts were taken by Andrew Sullivan and Lyn Pomery.

2017 Presentation to RAWCS

In the wake of the outstanding success of the Cabaret Night of music presented by the very talented local four piece singing group The 60 Four, event organiser Peter Griffith for the Rotary Club of Hyde Park presented a cheque for $6,250 to Jerry Casburn on behalf of RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service).

Jerry then gave a presentation to the meeting about the work of RAWCS, which he described as the best kept secret in Rotary.

Working hand in hand with The Rotary Foundation, RAWCS is a vehicle for tax deductible donations to support a wide range of projects aimed at the betterment of people in desperate need.

The organisation:

manages project funding in excess of $30m per year
assists in the development of new projects
supports teams going overseas to conduct projects
distributes goods collected by Donations in Kind (DIK)
supports Rotarians Against Malaria (which may be the next Rotary International project after the eradication of polio)
supports Safe Water Saves Lives
supports Rotary Australia Benevolent Society
allocates Compassion Grants from a $1m fund donated by Dick Smith for projects within Australia
supports Rotary Developed Countries Disaster Fund
supports project volnteers
runs on the smell of an oily rag, only taking 2.5% from donations for one full-time and one part-time employees

Acting President Mike McAuliffe (right) thanked Jerry for helping us better understand the work and value of RAWCS.

Michael McAuliffe Honoured

Paul Harris with 2 Sapphires to Michael McAuliffe

Past District 9520 Governor Jerry Casburn presented a Paul Harris pin with 2 Sapphires to Past President Mike in recognition of the selfless service to Rotary through his tireless efforts to revitalise The Rotary Club of Hyde Park while holding repeated positions as President and Treasurer.

The Club proudly salutes you Mikey. You are every bit the gem in your justly deserved pin and so much more than the face behind the RCHP BBQ Trailer.

School of St Jude - Final News for 2017

Posted on Nov 23, 2017

School of St Jude - Final News for 2017: Cause for Hope

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Hi,

It's the final edition of St Jude's News for 2017. This month, you'll meet people in our community who demonstrate moral and intellectual leadership in all they do. We're well and truly on the way to achieving our dream of nurturing Tanzania's future leaders.

I've recently returned from a whirlwind trip to the USA, where Australian Ambassador, Joe Hockey, hosted an event for St Jude's at the Embassy of Australia in Washington D.C. It was so wonderful catching up with our American friends, and of course, St Jude's graduates studying with the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program - ALA in the USA! Thanks to all who made the visit such a success.

Finally, Thank you for your amazing support through what has been a sensational 15th year for St Jude's. It is because of you that we are fighting poverty through education.

Wishing you and yours a delightful Christmas, and Happy New Year!

Gemma

Vicky passes on the gift of education at her former government school.

Our school's special celebrations gave everyone cause for hope.

Jackson and Rehema are school captains. They show us what it means to be a moral and intellectual leader.

The Smith secondary campus service program gives students the chance to spread St Jude's ripple effect.

Firmin is driven by purpose - an inspiring teacher and role model for all.

Look back at the exciting year that was 2017!

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Club Assembly Nov17

The meeting of the Rotary Club of Hyde Park held on Wednesday 22nd Nov17 was a Club Assembly at which the President, Treasurer and Directors summarised the year so far and outlined plans going forward. The meeting was attended by 15 members and lively interactive discussion accompanied each presentation.

SPOT Notices included:

acting President Mike McAuliffe advising a correction to the Treasurer's Report tabled at the AGM
Andrew Sullivan reporting on the successful sale of Christmas Raffle tickets so far and calling for volunteers for sales and BBQ at Malvern Mitre10 next weekend
Jim Handley reminded us of the upcoming Unley Business Breakfast at which Mike Turtur will be guest speaker
Alan Moss congratulated Lyn, Colleen and Margaret on their extraordinarily successful collection of donations for the Christmas Raffle hampers
Alan Moss reminded members that the Club Calendar on the website was now fully commissioned and should be referred to for event info

Gerry Greenway - proposed fundraising events to be a Quiz Night on 31Mar18, a Night of Music featuring Vogue Duo in Sep18. Gerry also updated us about progress of the Donate Life vision to replace the End Polio Now programme once that has reached a successful end.

Bernie Boxer - Highlighted the Club's support of RYDA, RYPEN, RYLA, Thebarton Rotaract Club and Youth Exchange student Olivia Barnes. He proposed consideration of support for the Science Forum and Rotary Adventure in Citizenship. In subsequent discussion, Geoff Hudson suggested that we consider expanding our involvement in Youth Programmes by organising Rotarians to discuss employment prospects with school students.

Rodger Thomas - updated members on the growing success of the Bandung Street Kids Project in Indonesia. The Project now has a Programme Manager subject to KPIs. Rodger has requested regular financial statements showing how RCHP's $2000 annual donation is being used. We hope to donate another Shelter Box this year. Consideration is being given to stopping support for The School of St Jude now that it is being well supported from a multitude of other organisations.

Andrew Sullivan - End of Year function to be an A LA Carte meal for members, partners and friends at The Goody. The Fundraising Budget for the 2017-18 year, $18000, is on target to be met and is likely to be exceeded. BBQing at Bunnings Mile End is to commence on January 7th 2018 and we should get opportunities on at least 6 days per year. Alan Moss advised that he had attended a Bunnings BBQ briefing session. He stressed the importance to the Club's fundraising effort of this exciting opportunity. On the first session we are likely to serve 1200 sausages.

Geoff Hudson - expressed concern about membership numbers and asked all to be pro-active in finding new members with a view to well directed succession. A membership ideas meeting should be programed for early 2018.

A great night was had by all.

School of St Jude - Josephina

Posted on Nov 23, 2017

Thanks to Ian Stewart & Sandy Matz for providing the following update about Josephina's Community Service year.

Josephina is sponsored by The Rotary Club of Hyde Park Charitable Trust.

Bandung Update - More Laptop Computers

Posted on Nov 17, 2017

Bandung Street Kids Project Update - more computers

Thanks once again to the support of CALVERT Technologies we have another four laptop computers ready to send up to the Bandung Street Kids Project in Indonesia.

The computers have come from PARTEK, a leading South Australian building company, who have just upgraded their computer fleet and were pleased of the opportunity to help a worthy cause in preference to sending the old fleet to e-waste.

Club member and International Director Rodger Thomas will coordinate delivery of the laptops to Bandung on his next visit to the project.

Thank you Chris Cook at PARTEK and Dean Calvert at CALVERT. Your support helps make our effort worthwhile.

Dean Calvert with the next lot of computers for Bandung.

AGMs, Constitution & By-Laws

Posted on Nov 15, 2017

The Rotary Club of Hyde Park held it's 2017 Annual General Meeting at The Goody on Wednesday evening.

Following an intense period of review and drafting, Alan Moss and Miles Harper presented proposed updated Constitution and By-Laws. The work was appreciated and acknowledge by the members.

Reports form Past President and Past Treasurer Mike McAuliffe were presented, tabled and accepted. President Rob Handley called for a show of appreciation for the tremendous effort that Mike had put in over the last several years.

Nominations of the positions of President (Gerry Greenway), Secretary (Alan Moss), Treasurer (Peter Griffiths) and International Director (Rodger Thomas) were accepted and approved. The incoming President will "harass" members over the next 7 months to fill other positions.

President Rob presented a Certificate of Appreciation from Australian Rotary Health for the Club's support of Indigenjous Health Scholarship to Margaret Blake.

The Club AGM was followed by the AGM for the Rotary Club of Hyde Park Charitable Trust. Chair Peter Ochota presented a summary report and Treasurer Ian Stewart outlined the Trust's financial position and activity. Over the last 3 years the capital holding in the Trust has declined despite every endeavour by the Board. Vigorous discussion followed the proposal that, unless new members would join the Board of Trustees, the Trust would be wound up at the end of the present financial year. Some expressions of interest were expressed and the Club agreed to advise the Trust of our intensions for the future by February 2018.

Our trailer BBQ comes with 2 cooks.

To book, or to discuss your requirements, please phone: ANDREW SULLIVAN on 0418 816 624 OR email Andrew here.

Before you call, check our Calendar (under Activities) in case it's already booked.

Minimum Hire Fee $300 with 2 people for 2-hours - food not included.

For big events requiring more members please discuss with Andrew.

We do not hire out the trailer BBQ without Rotarians in attendance.

Do You have Time for Rotary? Are you new to Rotary? Rotary welcomes women and men.

Interested in joining Rotary, or simply wish to hear one of our excellent guest speakers? Just email your request and contact details to: hydepark@rotaryclub.org.au or call Secretary Alan Moss (+61 0418 845 141) or Past President Mike McAuliffe (+61 0417 855 182) for an invitation to a meeting. It's as simple as that.

Rotary Club of Hyde Park

Service Above Self

We meet Wednesdays at 6:15 PM
Goodwood Park Hotel

75 Goodwood Road
Goodwood, SA 5061
Australia

Email:

hydepark@rotaryclub.org.au

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Next Events

Wed 20 June 18

No meeting

Wed 27 June 18

Change over dinner

organised by Gerry Greenway

At Hyde Park Tavern

Please Register attendance by clicking on Calendar above

or discussing with Alan Moss or Gerry

Wed 4 July 18

Social Night 6pm

Bracegirdles House of Fine Chocolate

289 Cross Roads

Clarence Gardens SA

organised by Sandy Matz - advise her for numbers

Please Register attendance by clicking on Calendar above

Wed 11 July 18

Meeting at The Goody

The Yalari Program at Scotch

Abhra Bhattacharjee

and

"Gerry's Vision revisited"

Frid 13 July 18

Bunnings BBQ

Please put your name down

TO HELP

Mile End

Wed 18 July 18

No meeting (3rd Wed)

Wed 25 July 18

Club meeting

Speaker

Wed 1 August 18

Social meeting

venue at The Goody

(as we are at The Ed next week)

Wed 8 August 18

Group 6 Combined meeting

Peru Project Report

The Edinburgh Hotel
7 High Street
Mitcham

Wed 15 Aug 18

No Meeting (3rd Wed)

Wed 22nd Aug 18

The Goody

New District Governor Kim Harvey

visits our club

Wed 29th Aug 18

No Meeting

Sat 1 Sept 18

Life is a Cabaret Old Friend

Club Fundraiser

More Details to Come

Unley Primary School

Wed 5 Sep 18

Social meeting venue to be advised

Wed 12 Sep 18

Club Meeting at Goody

Speaker

Wed 19 Sep 18

No Meeting (3rd Wed)

Wed 26 Sep 18

Club Meeting at Goody

Speaker

Wed 3 Oct 18

Social Meeting

Venue tba

Wed 10 Oct 18

Meeting at Goody

Speaker

Fri 12 Oct 18

Bunnings BBQ

Assistance needed

Please if you haven't already

joined in, put your names down

to help... share the load.

Wed 17 Oct 18

No Meeting (3rd Wed)

Wed 24 Oct 18

Meeting at The Goody

Speaker

Wed 31 Oct 18

Meeting at The Goody

Speaker

Wed 7 Nov 18

Social Meeting

Venue tba

Wed 14 Nov 18

Meeting at The Goody

Speaker

Wed 21 Nov 18

No Meeting (3rd Wed)

Wed 28 Nov 18

Meeting at The Goody

Speaker

Wed 5 Dec 18

Social Meeting

Venue tba

Wed 12 Dec 18

Meeting (Christmas)

at The Goody tbc

Fri 14 Dec 18

Bunnings

Wed 19 Dec 18

Combined Group 6 Bfast

To be confirmed

Wed 26 Dec 18

Boxing Day

No Meeting

Merry Christmas

Wed 2 Jan 19

No Meeting

Wed 9 Jan 19

Social Meeting

At a member's home

and planning for

Tour Down under BBQ

Wed 16 Jan 19

Tour Down Under

King William Road

Wed 23 Jan 19

No Meeting (3rd Wed)

Wed 30 Jan 19

Club Meeting at The Goody
Speaker

President

Co-President 01

Co-President 02

President Elect

Past President

Secretary

Assistant Secretary

Treasurer

Assistant Treasurer

New Generation Director

Bernie Boxer

International Director

Rodger Thomas

Fundraising Director

Andrew Sullivan

Membership

Alan Moss

Community Service Director

Fellowship Director

Attendance Officer

Sargeant

Meetings Programme

Business Breakfast Coordinator

Jim Handley

Public Officer

Miles Harper

Assistant Risk Manager

Robert Handley

Youth Protection Officer

Allen Stanley

Assistant Social Media

Allen Stanley

Social Media and Program

Geoff Hudson

TRF

Peter Griffiths

RCHP Charitable Trust Secretary

Ian Stewart

BBQ Trailer Bookings

Andrew Sullivan