It was a pleasure to present Richard Jarrett with his Paul Harris (3 Sapphire) pin last meeting. Richard donates to the Centurion Club each year and these $100 annual donations eventually lead to the requisite $US1000 donation required to receive another Sapphire recognition. These funds are very necessary for the Rotary Foundation to continue their great work in providing funds for all Clubs in our Zone 8 Rotary area covering Australia and island countries.
Last Thursday’s excellent guest speaker was Janet Weir from the Stroke Foundation. Her talk on how to recognise and lower your risk of strokes was informative. Strokes attack the brain – our human control centre. A stroke is when blood can’t get to all parts of the brain due to a blockage (Ischaemic stroke) or a break that causes bleeding (Haemorrhagic stroke). Strokes can happen at any age and affects the way they walk, move, talk, swallow, think, feel and see. It was great to learn that more than 80% of strokes can be prevented if you take action to lower your risk of stroke. A TIA (transient ischaemic attack) is when blood can’t get to all parts of the brain for a short time, and often disappear completely and quickly; however, after a TIA your risk of a stroke is higher. To recognise the signs of stroke:
*Face (drooped)
*Arms (can’t be raised)
*Speech (slurred or confused)
*Time (is critical, call OOO immediately).
To lower your risk, there are some factors that increase your risk of having a stroke – namely, being older, being male, a family history of stroke or already having had a stroke. But everyone can take action to lower their risk by having a health check with your GP, and being active, eating well, carrying a healthy weight, avoiding excessive alcohol and quitting smoking. Have regular blood pressure checks (high blood pressure is a cause), get your cholesterol checked and check for Type 2 diabetes. Aim to be active for 30 minutes most days, eat foods from the key nutrition groups, drink plenty of water, and have regular GP check-ups to avoid strokes.
For those romantics in our Club, don’t forget to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your partner on Wednesday 14 Feb.
Our next Board Meeting will be held at John Wotherspoon’s home on Wednesday 21 February at 6.00pm. I look forward to seeing our Directors on the night; members are also welcome to attend. If a Director can’t attend on the night, please forward your report to the President and Secretary several days prior to the meeting.
This Saturday, Cuppa Conversation will be at the Esplanade Hotel, Brighton at 10am. As the weather will be warm, bring your bathers and towel if you would like to have a swim afterwards.
I look forward to seeing you all at Coffee Conversation this Thursday at the White Picket Café at 9.30am.
Best wishes and have a wonderful week. Yvette, President.
How Much: $20 each or $200 for a table of 10 (not including any applicable fees)
Tickets are already on sale and you can secure tickets for yourself, friends, and family through the link HERE.
Tell me more: The quiz night will feature the usual favourites; a wine wall, games, Emmanuel as MC, and a raffle. There will be a special prize for the best-dressed table/group. Considering it is the grand final weekend the theme is 'a sport or sports team'. There is something for everyone, you don't have to answer questions to win a prize!
BYO food and drink/alcohol (we will have a tea and coffee station for gold coin donation). We will have card facilities on the night, however, please bring along some gold coins if possible to make the games run more smoothly.
How can you help: Apart from buying tickets, we would be very grateful for donations of wine to add to our wine wall. These will be wrapped up to keep the label a surprise and people will pay for a lucky dip-style chance at a bottle. In the past, this has been a very lucrative sideshow, so rest assured your donation will be impactful. We would also be grateful for donations suitable for a raffle. If you have any questions, please let me know by return email.
We had a lovely and entertaining afternoon during the Mexican cooking class, in case you missed it. Everything was authentic and traditional, and so simple to make at home using ingredients that can be found in a Latin store, online, or at the supermarket. We had mole chicken enchiladas and green salsa beef enchiladas, cornbread cake, and fresh horchata for drinking.
I'd like to thank Carol and Brian for opening their home and doing a lot of work, Elaine for the logistics, and my lovely friends Priscila and Blanca for sharing their knowledge and stories and making this experience very personal and cosy.
Priscila sent us a message: “Thank you for receiving us, it was a pleasure showing you a little of our culture. I’m glad to know everyone enjoyed the food and had a good time on Saturday. It´d be nice to know if someone tried to cook something”. Now you know… please share if you do!
This past Saturday, we had a wonderful time with 26 enthusiastic migrant guests and our welcoming Rotarians under beautiful weather. Exploring Morialta's waterfalls, admiring Mt Lofty's panoramic views, drinking coffee, and chatting were all memorable experiences. Thank you to everyone who got involved, but especially to Barry Blakeborough of the Walkerville Club for being a part of this special activity!
Mark your calendars for our upcoming Cuppa, scheduled for Saturday, October 21st, at 10 a.m. Location to be confirmed.
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
15 February 2024 - 9.30am
22 February 2024 - Dinner meeting - Kent Town Hotel - 6pm
29 February 2024 - 9.30am
Chairperson
Coffee Conversation
John Wotherspoon
Coffee Conversation
Attendance
Kirsti Kankkunen
White Picket Café
White Picket Café
Furniture/Hosting
Erfan Abidi
Bottles/ cans
Fred Field
Rob McLennan
Di Lane
Bread run
Bruce McDonald (18/2)
Bruce McDonald (25/2)
Richard Jarrett (3/3)
Rotaract meeting
TBA
TBA
TBA
Chairman: Meet/greet speaker for the meeting; introduce and thank speaker. Preparation:- find details about the speaker prior to the meeting. Attendance: Set up reception table (attendance sheet; members list – re -payments; guest welcome sheet; money); register member payments/ apologies/ guests. Hosting: Welcome all at the door; ensure speaker and guests are introduced to appropriatepersons. Furniture: Flags; banner display; Rotary theme banner; gong and hammer; lectern position before and returned after the meeting. Computerset up – Connect to projector. Switch on. Hold function key & press F5 twice. Bottles/cans: Collect bags of bottles/cans at meeting and take to recycle centre for refund, pass refund to Bruce McDonald and empty bags to the next duty member, at the next meeting. Rotaract: Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the Astor Hotel, 437 Pulteney St. Adelaide. Bread Run: Sundays, meet outside Romeo's, North Adelaide at 4:55pm
Members rostered for Thursday morning duty are asked to be in attendance by 6.45am
United in the spirit of Service we value truth, fairness and friendship; and we welcome the opportunity that Rotary gives us to contribute our talents and resources in support of others.
Rotary Club of Adelaide Light Mission Statement
To have fun and engage interest from new members and friends as we use our strengths for a better world here and abroad - a welcoming, flexible group having fun doing hands-on activities for positive impact.
