It was terrific to meet face to face last Thursday morning and congratulate Stef and Ragini, on becoming our two newest members. The plated breakfast offerings proved to be successful. Johnathon and Gordon from Operation Flinders gave an excellent presentation and thank you to Dean for deputising for Dr Phil.
Last Sunday, Julie and John Campbell and others participated in a very successful Trees For Life tree planting event on a property owned by Tim Jarvis near Myponga.
Hopefully you will have received an email from Katey H. asking if you can participate in working bees at a Catherine House property on four consecutive Saturday mornings commencing on Sat. 12th. Sept. It has taken a long time for all the pieces to fall into place to allow us to make a start on Catherine House Project Mark 2.
To celebrate Mental Health Week, the Rotary Club's of Eastwood and Regency Park are organizing a Rotary Walk for Mental Health on Sunday 11th. Oct. commencing at 8.30 am for the full walk and 9 am for the shorter walk. They are meeting at the corner of East and South Terrace's across from Victoria Park. A cost of $25.00 for adults and a free sausage sizzle will be available and a coffee van has been organized. To participate phone 0414 645 402.
Please let Katrina or myself know if you plan to walk, so we know how many of our members
will be there.
This Thursday morning is a Coffee Conversation at the White Picket in Dulwich from 9.30 am.
Our next Breakfast meeting at the Stamford Plaza is on Thurs. 27th. Aug. arriving at 7am for a 7.15 am start. Please remember to let me know if you are attending and which dish you wish to order by Wed.26th. September, lunchtime.
Our first September meeting will be a dinner meeting on Wed. 9th. Sept. at the Naval and Military Club on Hutt St., thanks to an invitation from the Rotary Club of Adelaide Parks. This will replace our breakfast meeting on Thursday 10th. Sept.
Instead of our breakfast meeting on Thurs. 24th. Sept. Kirsti is planning a Birthing Kit Event jointly, with the Adelaide City Rotaract Club on Monday 28th. Sept.
Rob welcoming Raagini (above) and Stef (below) as new members of our Club
Guest speakers Johnathon and Gordon from Operation Flinders
Sturt Creek Bush walk @ 10am - 2 options, one easier (lunch nearby after?)
To book: email - john@wothers.net by 24th August
On Sunday August 30th we'd planned a picnic in Katrina's 'Jelka' vineyards at Blewitt Springs, preceded by an optional bushwalk. Unfortunately tightened COVID rules now make the vineyard picnic impossible but we'll still do the bush walk.
So please consider joining us for soul-food via a bush walk along Sturt Creek. There's an easy option and slightly more challenging bush walk along Sturt Creek from Coromandel Valley as well. As a guide, Rob with his brand new hips will lead the easier one hour walk. Bruce and I will lead the younger/young-at-heart in a 2 hour walk that's a wee bit extending.
Please use the revised flyer attached to encourage some friends along. It offers a taste of Rotary and a good time (especially for the 30-60s). Do invite others from your network, perhaps include your adult children and their friends.
To ensure an enjoyable experience, please email me by 24th August if you're coming and we'll give you the details. Any questions, ph: 0488 0000 50.
There's a coffee shop/bakery nearby if desired after; or try a leisurely lunch at the 'Duck Inn'.
Rotary District 9510 Polio Ute Relay – October/December 2020
Event Co-ordinator: Bob Cooper E: rg.cooper@bigpond.com
Proposal:
To drive a Mazda Polio ute, suitably decorated in Polio and Rotary advertising material, through District 9510 through the 12 District Areas with staging posts to Adelaide.
Starting on Saturday 24th October (World Polio Day). The Polio ute will become the relay baton as it is passed from club/Area to Area finishing in December.
Aims:
To raise public awareness of both Polio and Rotary throughout D9510
To encourage community participation and all clubs’ involvement.
To fundraise for Polio on a larger scale, involving more public donations.
District involvement:
Coordination of the concept
Provision of the ute
Provision of basic promotional materials as needed. Eg. Polio banners, flags, maybe some A4 flyers
Organize the polio Iron lung trailer and display equipment from NSW if possible
Running of the raffle
Establishing a website, Facebook page and other social media needs and advertising
Finding sponsorship
Club/Area Staging posts:
Each Area to organise an event to publicise Rotary’s involvement in eradicating Polio world-wide. This is entirely up to each Area and will depend on what is appropriate for each area. Try to involve the general public. It can be fundraising but doesn’t have to be.
Each Area to organise PR for their own event and the passing on of the Polio Ute (baton). Aim for as much media, radio, TV, press coverage as possible. Use local shops etc to display advertising material.
Each Area to drive the Polio Ute to the next staging post.
Staging Post Events:
These are entirely at the discretion of each staging post. Aim for maximum club participation and general public involvement. There may be many parts to an event:
Arrival or departure of ute involving public, media etc. Could park the ute somewhere prominent or include the Polio Ute in Christmas pageants
Evening event such as dinner, film event, quiz night, concert, community event, BBQ
Timescale:
Post Staging posts (trying to have staging posts by Areas together):
This is flexible within 3 or 4 days for each staging post and will need to be worked out individually. The following is a guide only. COVID19 restrictions may require modifications.
Saturday 24th October is the start of the campaign in Alice Springs -Mbantua, Alice Springs, Stuart-Alice Springs
Midweek ute arrives Roxby District, Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Whyalla Norrie
Midweek ute arrives Modbury/Golden Grove, Playford, Salisbury, Prospect, Regency Park, Walkerville, Salisbury Rotaract
Saturday 28th November Port Adelaide, West Lakes, Largs Bay, Charles Sturt Grange, Henley Beach, Kidman Park, West Torrens, Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, Somerton Park
Midweek ute arrives Burnside, Campbelltown, Eastwood, Kent Town, East Torrens Rotaract, Norwood, St Peters, Morialta, Magill Sunrise, Tea Tree Gully, Brownhill Creek, Edwardstown, Flagstaff Hill, Hyde Park, Mitcham, Tonsley, Unley
Saturday 5th December Blackwood, Blakiston, Flinders Uni Rotaract, Coromandel Valley, Mobilong, Murray Bridge, Mount Barker, Onkaparinga, Tailem Bend, Stirling
Midweek ute arrives at Victor Harbor, Encounter Bay, Goolwa, Yankalilla, McLaren Vale, Morphett Vale, Seaford, Strathalbyn
Saturday 12th December ute arrives Adelaide, Adelaide Light, Adelaide Parks, Adelaide Central, Adelaide City Rotaract, Adelaide Uni Rotaract, Thebarton Senior College Rotaract, D9510 Online, for final event maybe at Adelaide Oval Test Match where the drawing of the raffle will take place.
The Area Governors will co-ordinate the timing of the Staging Post Event activities with the Rotary Clubs in their Areas (Appendix 1 – Clubs by Area) and arrange for the Polio Ute to be driven to the next staging post.
Fundraising:
The main fundraiser will be a raffle, running from 24th October to 12th December, drawn at the final city event. All ticket butts to be returned to the co-ordinator of the raffle so they can be included in the raffle draw.
Details still to be confirmed but thoughts are for averaging 10 tickets per member in each club at $2 per ticket = 21,000 tickets = $42,000 plus donations from a suitably labelled container.
One main prize, 2 minor prizes, 3 lesser prizes, all preferably donated.
Tickets can be sold prior to each event and at each event.
Each club may fundraise through their own event. Each club will credit the Rotary International Foundation Polio Fund Account with their own sales as their donation to the Foundation End Polio Now campaign.
In Summary:
This will be a tremendous opportunity to unite our 85 clubs in District 9510 increase public awareness through 3 different States and Northern Territory of Rotary and its connection to Polio and raise significant funds for the End Polio Campaign.
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
20 August 2020
27 August 2020
Stamford Plaza - 7.15am
3 September 2020
Chairperson
Richard Jarrett
Attendance
Coffee Conversation
Liz Tilley
Coffee Conversation
Attendance
Julie Campbell
Furniture/Hosting
9.30am
John Campbell
9.30am
Bottles/ cans
Dean Sullivan
Fred Field
Di Lane
Bread Run
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; 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 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 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.
At local taverns, pubs, and bars, people drank from pint and quart-sized containers. A bar maid's job was to keep an eye on the customers and keep the drinks coming. She had to pay close attention and remember who was drinking in 'pints' and who was drinking in 'quarts,' hence the phrase' minding your 'P's and Q's'.
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Common entertainment included playing cards. However, there was a tax levied when purchasing playing cards but only applicable to the 'Ace of Spades.' To avoid paying the tax, people would purchase 51 cards instead. Yet, since most games require 52 cards, these people were thought to be stupid or dumb because they weren't 'playing with a full deck.'
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Ladies wore corsets, which would lace up in the front. A proper and dignified woman, as in 'straight laced' wore a tightly tied lace.
