Days for Girls, is an organisation making a difference in the lives of many women and children by providing access to education and menstrual hygienic supplies. Thousands of volunteers worldwide sew, gather materials, create connections and raise funds: that all add up to more dignity, more education, more health and more opportunities for females. A simple bag of items costing less than $15 changes lives in real ways. It’s simple. It’s basic. It’s vital. It’s giving back days.....one woman at a time.
Last Wednesday night we jointly hosted a service activity evening with Eastwood Rotary and saw what an amazing work Days for Girls does. 43 Rotarians, Rotaractors and friends mingled and introduced themselves to one another in the bar area of the Royal Coach while enjoying savouries and drinks at “happy hour” prices for 3/4 hour before moving into the Adelaide Room to receive instructions and commence assembling the brightly coloured kits.
And yes, we were up for the challenge - in fact we surpassed our goal and packed 70+ kits.
It was a great opportunity to volunteer together and be part of one of the ways in which Rotary is changing the world.
At the end of the evening both Eastwood and Adelaide Light presented Suzanne Harris, of Days for Girls, with cheques to help Days for Girls continue their work in Australia and the world.
Our next breakfast meeting on June 14th will be held in the dining room of The Royal Coach instead the Board Room due to a conference being held at the same time.
Thought for the week:
Have you registered with Barry Grear to attend our Changeover Breakfast on a Thursday 21 June? Please do so ASAP.
President Julie presenting a cheque to Suzanne Harris from Days for Girls
RYPEN student Olivia and her Mum Kylie assembling kits
One table displaying the finished kits
Our members - aren’t we clever!
President Brian from Eastwood Rotary, D4G Suzanne Harris and Pres Julie welcoming everyone
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
14 June 2018
21 June 2018
28 June 2018
Chairperson
John Wotherspoon
Change-over
Yvette Reade
Attendance
John Karran
Don Tindale
Phil Harding
Attendance
Barry Grear
David Rowe
John Karran
Furniture/Hosting
Di Lane
Katrina Ball
Julie Campbell
Bottles/ cans
Fred Field
Rob McLennan
Dean Sullivan
Rotaract roster
18/6 Not required
25/6 TBA
2/7 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; wine raffle sheet); register member payments/ apologies/ guests. Hosting: Set up name badges display; welcome all at the door; ensure speaker and guests are introduced to appropriatepersons. Furniture: Flags; banner display; raffle balls; collection boxes; 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 and empty bags to David Rowe at next meeting. Rotaract: Meets alternate Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the General HavelockHotel in Hutt Street. Bread: 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 be recognised as the Service Club of Choice in the Eastern Precinct of Adelaide because we are a Friendly Breakfast Club that appeals to a broad range of busy people who want to make a difference to local and international communities.
Doug Smith is on his deathbed and knows the end is near.
His nurse, his wife, his daughter and 2 sons, are with him.
He asks for 2 witnesses to be present and a camcorder be in place to record his last wishes, and when all is ready he begins to speak:
My son, "Bernie, I want you to take the Mayfair houses."
My daughter "Sybil, you take the apartments over in the east end."
My son, "Jamie, I want you to take the offices over in the City Centre."
"Sarah, my dear wife, please take all the residential buildings on the banks of the river."
The nurse and witnesses are blown away as they did not realise his extensive holdings, and as Doug slips away, the nurse says, "Mrs. Smith, your husband must have been such a hard working man to have accumulated all this property".
Sarah replies, "Property? He only had a paper round!
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