At this Thursday night’s dinner – 31 August at 6.00pm - our guest speaker will be former Area 12 Governor Jeff Cluse on “Rotary says No to Domestic Violence”. John W will also update us all on “Safe Phones Save Lives!” – a proven initiative from Queensland for abused people to ring for help.
Last Wednesday, the Rotary Club of Adelaide celebrated Founders’ Day - exactly 100 years to the day of service to the community through Rotary. Adelaide Club’s first meeting was held at the Grand Central Hotel on 24 August 1923. President Cam Pearce welcomed special guests Her Excellency the Honorable Frances Adamson AC Governor of SA (Centenary Patron), Kaurna Elder Uncle Rod O’Brien (Hon. Member of Rotary Adelaide), the Honorable Reverand Lynn Arnold AO as the guest speaker, and MC was Mike Smithson, Seven News’ Chief Reporter. Nearly 300 Rotarians and guests from around South Australia attended this wonderful celebration including our members – Barry, John W, Rob, John & Julie C, and I – as well as a large group from the Adelaide City Rotaract Club.
President Cam and Her Excellency Frances Adamson Governor of SA cutting Centenary cake
Rotary Adelaide Choir led by Jyoti Singh and Terry (Lex) Jones on saxophone
Our attending Members
Last Friday, the Adelaide City’s Steph, Zviko and Lucy abseiled 25 storeys (70 metres) down the Intercontinental Hotel for the Adelaide Plunge to raise funds for the health charity “Talk Out Loud”. They raised well over their target of $2550. Congratulations, Rotaractors!
Harnessed Rotaractors
Rotary/Rotaract’s Quiz Night, Friday 29 September 6-10.30pm. Get your $20pp tickets through Humanitix (click HERE) for the event at Wyatt Hall, Pulteney Grammar School, 190 South Terrace, Adelaide. All proceeds to Timor Leste water projects. Members can help by going through their wine stocks and donating a few bottles for the “Wine Wall” or provide other prizes such as boxes of chocolates, etc. Feel free to dress up in a sport’s team theme and win a special prize for the best-dressed group.
Keep the date free on Thursday 21 September (International Peace Day) at 9.00am for the Peace Pole ceremony at Clovelly Park Primary School at a morning school assembly. Clovelly Park Primary is where Erfan and Manizha’s children Mowahid and Tawhid go to school. More information will be provided about this event soon.
The next Cuppa Conversation is Saturday 23 September at 10.00am – we’ll let you know the location closer to the date.
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.
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
31 August - 6pm
Kent Town Hotel
7 September - 9.30am
14 September - 7.15am
South Tce. Croquet Club
Chairperson
Dean Sullivan
Coffee Conversation
Richard Jarrett
Attendance
Barry Grear
Di Lane
White Picket Café
Furniture/Hosting
Brian Harvey
Bottles/ cans
Dean Sullivan
Di Lane
Dean Sullivan
Bread run
Richard Jarrett (3/9)
Richard Jarrett (10/9)
Rob McLennan (17/9)
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 alternate Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the Cumberland Arms Hotel, 205 Waymouth 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.
A man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the door.
The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push. "Not a chance," says the husband", it is 3:00 in the morning!" He slams the door and returns to bed.
"Who was that?" asked his wife.. "Just some drunk guy asking for a push," he answers.
"Well, did you help him?", asked his wife. I did not, it's 3:00 in the morning and it's pouring rain out there!"
"Well, you have a short memory," says his wife. "Can't you remember about three months ago when we broke down, and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him, and you should be ashamed of yourself! "God loves drunk people, too, you know."
The man does as he is told, gets dressed, and goes out into the pouring rain. He calls out into the dark, "Hello, are you still there?"
"Yes!", comes back the answer. "Do you still need a push?" calls out the husband. "Yes, please!" comes the reply from the dark.
"Where are you?" asks the husband. "Over here…… on the swing." replied the drunk.
