This is my last message before Australia settles back into our traditional slow and easy festive season mode. It’s been a year of which we can all be proud. 👏 😃
We coped with COVID limitations, adapted with flexible meeting arrangements and settled into our new home at the Terrace Hotel. Our projects to make a difference in our community blossomed thanks to Kirsti’s team and we’ve started some new international and youth-oriented directions as well. In all this we’re gathering a growing band of ‘Friends of Adelaide Light’ to work and party with. Sadly, we lost two of our Club’s charter members in the passing of Phil Harding and Tony Reade.
Looking ahead, last week’s breakfast speakers (Robyn Smythe and Bridget McAteer) helped us understand the kind of trauma refugees experience and also gave us a glimpse of the excellent refugee services available. This was timely, as last Saturday Katey and some of our Refugee Mentor group met a young man from the Afghani family we are starting to work with. Another meeting with more of our group later this week will help us start to understand how we might best assist.
As we slip into holiday mode, there’s a Coffee Conversation gathering 9:30am this Thursday at White Picket Café in Dulwich for those who’d like it. In the new year, there’s a casual breakfast 7:15am Thursday 13th January at Bici Espresso, 259 Hutt St (between South Tce and the Arab Steed Hotel in the city). Our first breakfast meeting back at the Terrace Hotel is 27th January. More on the rest later.
Meanwhile, have a merry one - stay safe, healthy and happy through into 2022!
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
23 December 2021- 9.30am
30 December 2021
Chairperson
Coffee Conversation
Attendance
No meeting
Attendance
White Picket Cafe
Furniture/Hosting
Bottles/ cans
Dean Sullivan
Bread run
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); 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 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 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.
