Thank you to Past President John Wotherspoon for filling in for me so willingly last Thursday.
Our Club is pleased to announce we have just forwarded our September contribution of $2,000 for the Colombian Scholarship Program to the Rotary Club of Bogota Suba . We know it will be gratefully received and will be immediately put to good use and we are thrilled our collaboration continues to benefit more students in Colombia.
For those of you who attended the Tour of the Adelaide Town Hall organised by Adelaide City Rotaract Club last Monday and led by The Lady Mayoress, we certainly enjoyed a wonderful evening. It proved to be a building full of rich history, secrets, scandals and we were privileged to hear from three experts on specific topics pertaining to Adelaide and it’s establishment as a city. We toured through the rooms, culminating with a supper in the parlour of The Lady Mayoress, Genevieve Haese, who outlined her interest in discovering the history behind the ladies who had held the position before her. We thank the Rotaractors for the evening and trust it was a fundraising success.
Remember to register to attend Rotary Club of Eastwood’s End Polio Fundraiser at Pagoda Restaurant, 189 Glen Osmond Road, Frewville on Wednesday 11th October, 6.30 for a 7pm start. We have quite a group interested in going so Adelaide Light will certainly fill a table with our presence. It will be great to have another occasion to enjoy the company of Eastwood Rotarians and their partners.
Last week's speaker was Lisa Burman, originally a primary teacher, but now an educational consultant specialising in Early Learning. Lisa spoke about her 120 years in New York, which started just a month after the World Trade Centre disaster in 2001. Her role there was as a consultant in a company called "Aussie" (Australian-US services in education). During her time with the company it grew from 60 to 350 consultants, 80% of whom were Australian. She moved into a borwnstone in Brooklyn and consulted with 3-4 schools, the most challenging of which was a "bilungual" school, wgere each class had two teachers, one using American sign language and the other speaking in English. She found some of the most effective changes were to change the environment from "cluttered" to "beautiful", and to introduce books into the classroom.
A lot of the ideas for all this come from Carla Rinaldi, one of the Thinkers in Residence in Adelaide, who comes from Reggio Emilia in Italy - one of the leaders in innovative educational practices. One of the fascinating aspects in what Lisa presented was the idea of young children producing their own books. We saw a video of a 4-year old "reading" his own book, which consisted of a series of pictures he had drawn, and then another video of two 7-year olds who read and talked about quite complex stories they had written. So, the program is about encouraging the children's imagination, and giving them a sense of "I can do this" - rather than criticising their shortcomings and failures.
The combined Rotary Conference to be held in the Barossa Arts and Convention Centre in 2018 will feature a Rotary Showcase where Clubs, District and Rotary affiliated programs can display and issue materials to publicise their activities.
Clubs and Organisations are invited to apply for the allocation of Display Spaces at the Conference. The Conference commences at 1pm on Friday 23rd March with Registration open from 9.30am. The conference concludes at 1pm on Sunday 25th March.
(taken from Rotary Horizons)
2. RAH Equipment for Kenya - by RC Walkerville
ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL has partnered with Rotary to send hospital beds, medical equipment and ward furniture from the old RAH, overseas to help Third World communities. This is the largest donation of its kind, and they want to ensure that surplus equipment is donated to those who need it most.
DONATIONS IN KIND has taken on the task of working with con-tacts overseas to determine needs
The project requires the following assistance;
1/ Man power to assist loading the container.
2/ Financial assistance to meet the budget and the Rotary Foundation requirements
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
5 October 2017
12 October 2017
19 October 2017
Chairperson
Phil Harding
Dean Sullivan
Richard Jarrett
Attendance
Rob McLennan
Barry Grear
David Rowe
Attendance
David Rowe
Katrina Ball
Rob McLennan
Furniture/Hosting
Angus Tuck
Yvette Reade
John Campbell
Invocation
Dean Sullivan
Richard Jarrett
John Wotherspoon
Bottles/ cans
Fred Field
Rob McLennan
Dean Sullivan
Rotaract roster
TBA
TBA
TBA
Bread roster
8/10 Richard Jarrett/
Angus Tuck
15/10 Carolyn Wigg/
John Karran
22/10 Carolyn Wigg/
Bruce McDonald
Members corner
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. Invocation: Recite Rotary or other invocation relating to Rotary and fellowship. 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. Members’ Corner: write for the Newsletter on a topic of your choice, particularly during the 3 weeks you appear here on the roster, but also anytime you have something to say. Rotaract, Bread roster: Roster is for the Sunday/Monday after the meeting date. 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
For good food, for good fellowship and the opportunity to serve through Rotary, we give thanks
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.
