At last Thursday’s dinner meeting we heard from Catherine House Client Services Manager, Dierdre Flynn. There are many stories behind each Catherine House client but essentially, they mostly involve domestic violence and largely at the hands of men. You can find tips on the best way we can help here at ‘White Ribbon’… and for the men reading this, you can help best by reading this webpage. So, let’s all do our bit to change things - moving mountains starts with small stones.
Next Monday, please join me, Katey, Paige and others at Adelaide City Rotaract’s meeting, 6pm 8 May at the Astor Hotel. Support their club while enjoying a good value meal to hear two speakers with the tools to ensure you’re well informed about the ‘Voice’ referendum. Drawing on consultation with constitutional lawyers, it’s well worth hearing wherever you currently stand on this question.
If you’ve not yet experienced our 7:15-8:30 breakfast meetings at South Tce. Croquet Club (2nd Thursday of the month), do come along. You can easily leave early if you need, before it finishes. They are great meetings with excellent discussion, seated around a large table. The next one on Thursday 11 May will break into service areas (Community, Youth, International, etc.) to hear member views and set future direction. It’s a chance for you to really make a difference and still leave when you must!
Our Club has agreed to sponsor indigenous student Anesha Rahman through her 6 year Bachelor of Medical Studies (Doctor of Medicine) at Adelaide University. Anesha comes from Badimia country, over 270km north east of Perth where the wheat belt gives way to the open skies and rich red dirt of the outback. Her Indigenous Health Scholarship pay Anesha $5,000 p.a. to help cope with some of her living costs while studying. Once qualified, she plans to offer more culturally sensitive medical services to her Indigenous community. Meanwhile, we’ll have occasional contact with Anesha over the next 6+ years for mutual benefit.
Don’t forget our District 9510 Rotary Volunteering Expo on 3rd June 2023 in Bonython Hall at Adelaide University. It’s free and open to the public with 40 exhibitors and Guest speakers on societal change and volunteering trends. Its theme “Proud of the Past Confident of the Future” highlights the satisfying experiences for all Rotarians.
That night there’s a Celebration Dinner 6:30pm at the National Wine Centre, $100 for a 2-course meal, welcome drink on arrival, entertainment and some very special guests. So, move quickly to put 3rd June in your diary… you can register for either/both here.
By the time you read this, Bruce will have returned from his family trip to Vietnam with stories about sailing in a Junk on Halong Bay, cycling in the rain and his ‘fish pedicure’ afterwards. You can chat with him about all this at our next White Picket Coffee Conversation 9:30am this Thursday, or on Thursday 11 May at South Tce Croquet Club over breakfast.
Come and join your local Rotaractors as we OP SHOP HOP through Adelaide City! Through local op shops around Adelaide!
Your $10 proceeds with your ticket will provide you with a goodie bag of snacks, but you're money will give back to the Community with all proceeds going to the Hutt St Centre!
We will meet at Cafe Troppo, for some fellowship and food and then walk and use public transport to take us to our first location- Salvos Adelaide!
On the day you can also donate your clothes to Salvos Adelaide in Whitmore Square! We will have a fun and relaxed day in the city! Everyone is welcome!
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
4 May - 9.30am
11 May - 7.15am
South Terrace Croquet Club
18 May - 9.30am
Chairperson
Coffee Conversation
Coffee Conversation
Attendance
Di Lane
White Picket Café
White Picket Café
Furniture/Hosting
Bottles/ cans
Di Lane
Dean Sullivan
Fred Field
Bread run
Richard Jarrett (7/5)
Bruce McDonald (14/5)
Bruce McDonald (21/5)
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
Barry Grear, Bruce McDonald, Angus Tuck, Carol Ganley, Brian Harvey, Don Tindale, Margie Steffens, Kirsti Kankkunen,, Paige Honor, Stef Hou, Paul Jupp, Elaine Reade, Yvette Reade, Liz Tilley
Present
12
Attendance
Club Guests
Apologies
14
Lili Osario, Helen Smith
Leave of Absence
4
Club visits etc
Absent
2
Other activities
Leave of Absence
Cans & Bottles this week
John Campbell, Julie Campbell, Alex Yepes, Maria Garces
Cans & Bottles YTD
$762.90
For apologies, please phone Rob McLennan 0430 930 067 or Club Secretary Di Lane 0418 806 140.
Club Bank Account details: BSB 085-458, Account Number 20-505-9719
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.
