Our Sergeant Michael presenting our Special speaker from last week’s meeting - Thanks David for your insightful presentation and introduction on Club Runner.
This is from the DVLC weekly message by Kate Madden. The course was conducted by our Prsident Francis and some rotarians among the graduates. Well done all.
Congratulations to our inaugural graduates of Mental Health First Aid last week, and many thanks to all of you who made this course a success. Some of the benefits that participants spoke about were: they learned practical ways to extend help; felt better equipped to ask people if they need help; and realised how important it is to go “towards people rather than away from them” in times of difficulty.
Michael and Jerry represented the club at the mosque community visit held on Sunday afternoon, July 26th. Michael was greeted by many local people who remembered his and Francis’ contributions to projects conducted by our club, the Banyule Scout District, and other community groups for local migrant children. Jerry introduced the prayer leader (Imam Riad Galil) who has previously attended Rotary meetings at our club and at the RC of Heidelberg. There were 26 youth and adult visitors.
District 9790 has advised Grant, chair of the youth service committee that District has approved a matching grant to assist the Banyule Scout District Executive to fund the cost of new heater in the District Scout Hall. The youth service committee is currently contacting local Rotaract and Rotary clubs to ask them to assist in raising the matching grant.
Other club committees that would like assistance to apply to District 9790 for a matching grant for a local or an international project should contact our Rotary Foundation committee, chaired by Michael, deputy chair, Charles.
The board has elected Yvonne Donegan, Christine Shields and Irma Sartori as honorary members for 2015/16)as honorary members for 2015-16
Members may suggest the names of other honorary members in strict confidence by giving their names to either President Francis or to Jerome, chair of the membership committee.
Please encourage young adults (age 22-28) who show leadership skills in their work or in their community to consider applying for a Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) by visiting the RYLA website at www.ryla9790.org.au/eoi/. RYLA applications are should be submitted by the end of October 2015. The dates of the associated training seminar are Monday, 23 November – Sunday, 29 November.
The board has approved a review of members’ vocational classifications which will be conducted by the membership committee.
From the September 2015 issue of The Rotarian
When Carole Kimutai was growing up in Nairobi, family members were always coming for long stays – a grandparent one month, a cousin the next.
"Anyone who needed school fees would come to Nairobi, and my parents would assist," she says. "Or if my grandmother was sick, she would come to live with us until she was better. It was natural to help others."
Years later, Kimutai was invited to a meeting of the Rotary Club of Nairobi-East, where she instantly felt at home. "I grew up seeing my parents help relatives, and now I am seeing people help quote-...
From the September 2015 issue of The Rotarian
Chances are, you’ve heard of Psy and his signature song, “Gangnam Style.” He’s the Korean pop star with dark sunglasses and a distinctive galloping horse dance who was everywhere a few years ago, including on a This Close ad for End Polio Now.
But what you might not know is that Psy is merely the tip of the colossal iceberg known as K-pop, short for Korean pop. If you plan to attend the 2016 Rotary International Convention in Seoul from 28 May to 1 June, you won’t have to search for K-pop – you’ll hear it in the streets, in cafes, in taxis, and on...
From the September 2015 issue of The Rotarian
A Rotarian for nearly three decades, Jay Cook has helped hundreds of young people broaden their horizons through Rotary Youth Exchange. Recently, while working for the nonprofit Water Missions International, he’s turned his attention to bringing safe water and sanitation solutions to developing countries and disaster-stricken areas. Cook is a member of the Rotary Club of Charleston Breakfast and the Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group.
THE ROTARIAN: How did you become involved with Rotary Youth Exchange?
COOK: My club was hosting a young...
From the September 2015 issue of The Rotarian
When I was a college student in Wisconsin in the 1970s, those of us who worked at the 10-watt radio station hoped our signal would reach not only the 1,500 students on the Beloit College campus and the 35,000 residents of the town of Beloit but also the people in the cars and trucks passing by on the interstate 3 miles to the east – and possibly, late at night, the 150,000 who lived in the bustling metropolis of Rockford, Ill., 20 miles to the south.
Some of us hoped to get jobs in radio after we graduated, and there was even talk about starting...
From the September 2015 issue of The Rotarian
Before her family was forced into exile, before her mother was assassinated, before her father became president, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari was known for something simpler, but in some ways equally powerful: In 1994, she became the first child in Pakistan to receive the oral polio vaccine, as part of the country’s first National Immunization Day. Benazir Bhutto, then prime minister, gave the drops to her daughter herself, a compelling endorsement of the nascent campaign.
“I was a baby at the time, so I don’t remember it,” says Bhutto Zardari, now 22. “...
