Welcome to the Rotary Club of Greensborough

Service Above Self

We meet Mondays at 1:00 PM

Supper Room All Saints Anglican Church

14 Church Street
Greensborough, Vic. 3088
Australia

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Time for an eBulletin

Posted by David Ling

A kind of editorial.

It's been a while since we published a bulletin and so here goes for some updates and info. I think I will have a go at some bullet points from a Secretary's view.

President Kate

Kate is settling in to a new work position located in the city and so has not been able to attend weekly meetings for some time. We wish her all the best in her new role and look forward to her being able to connect more again soon. Meanwhile, Vice President Nalin has stepped in to fill the gap and meetings have been going well.

Attendance

On the subject of attendance, although still a bit up and down our attendance average has been been much improved over recent weeks. I resumed recording attendance at the beginning of this year and our best so far has been a 75% plus a few visitors. This could be partly attributed to John Hardiman's prompting from his now appointed Membership Chair but also to a good selection of speakers that have been announced in advance on a more consistent basis.

Facilities at All Saints

We are really enjoying our new meeting location and thanks to All Saints, especially Coffee Shop Manager Christine for arranging our meals. David Fuller expresses pleasure at the sense of added community we bring to his centre and shows servant leadership in setting up the room for us.

Catering

We are still a bit challenged in getting our numbers right to avoid paying for extra meals or on the other hand creating stress for the staff when we exceed our ordered meals. There is some degree of flexibility in this and we want to have ability to provide a meal for those who, because of work circumstances, do not always know if they can attend or not until the last minute. Members can help in this by keeping in touch in regard to expected attendance. Zilis Hardiman will be taking the responsibility for liaison with staff to get this as smooth as we can.

ChildSafe

We have been giving attention to this important subject to ensure that we comply with the State Government’s Child Safe Standards. The focus of the Standards is to help organisations to drive cultural change so that protecting children from abuse is embedded in everyday thinking and practice. We have had one session on this in our Monday Meeting and will schedule more when we do not have a guest speaker.

Board

The next scheduled meeting of the Board is Tuesday the 9th May. Please forward any reports, applications or other requests to the Secretary for inclusion in the Agenda.

Night Meeting

Don't forget our upcoming night meeting at Swiper's Gulley. See the events column for details and register online.

One of our best Bunnings BBQs

Posted by Joy Ferguson

Saturday Sausage sizzle at Bunnings Thomastown

Again the enthusiastic team arrived on the Saturday morning for another fundraising opportunity provided by Bunnings at Thomastown.

It was pleasing to see Rtn Sandra Classon who assisted the afternoon shift.

The day was consistently busy, we ran out of sausages twice (which was good for business) and finished the day with a profit of approximately $1475.00

Our donation box collected $50

. One of the better results again for our club.

Thanks Frank for slicing 10 kg of onions. As he said "not a dry eye in the house!!"

Great team work and lots of laughs.

Another Successful Movie Night

"Going in Style" at Hoyts Greensborough

While the weather was freezing and wet, 69 people, members and friends came to enjoy "Going in Style" at Hoyts Greensborough last Wednesday evening.

Our raffle was well supported with the efforts and support of Zilis Hardiman an Margaret Mac who held the fort, together with President Elect Michael Mweyo, who welcomed the guests. The raffle result was $245.

The presentation of the 5 prizes was beautifully put together, thanks again to Margaret & Zilis.

It was pleasing to see some faces of past Rotarians, Ray & Gayle Lord, Christine and Mark Sefton as well as current member Connie D'Amore. These 3 people brought a total of 16 people with them. Well done, their efforts were appreciated.

Final figures are yet to be confirmed, however with the raffle approximately $1000.00 will add to the Club's funds to help with the delivery of a ramp for the St Andrews "Riding for the Disabled"

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of he evening.

MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOUNDATION

REPORT ON SUICIDE PREVENTION SKILLS TRAINING GREATER ACCRA, ASHANTI AND VOLTA REGIONS

Last Monday our scheduled speaker had to withdraw and PP Francis Acquah presented us with a report of his recent

visit to Ghana.

The Project is supported by the Rotary Club of Greensborough and registered as a Rotary Australia World Community Service project. Francis shared about the recent visit.

The training begun at 9:00 AM (Accra), 10:00 AM (Kumasi) and 11:00 AM (Volta -UHAS) regions respectively. The workshop
attracted a total of about 400 participants from across various organizations and institutions; Ghana Medical Council, Private
organizations as well as non-health workers.
At, UHAS the dean of School of Nursing, Professor Portia Nyadegbor in her opening address called on students, lecturers and non-teaching
staff to take personal responsibility.

Topics discussed during the training include;
SUICIDE - Prevention Helpline Intake and Triage
WRAP - Wellness Recovery Action Plan –A Proven Tool for Prevention of Suicide and other Wellness methodologies.

Suicide Prevention Workshop in Accra

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Movie Night - Murder on the Orient Express

Hoyts Greensborough

Nov 08, 2017 7:00 PM

Gillespie Upton Awards

Heidelberg Golf Club

Nov 20, 2017
12:45 PM – 2:20 PM

Annual General Meeting

Nov 27, 2017 1:00 PM

Rotary Club of Greensborough Christmas Party

Margaret McPherson

Dec 17, 2017 12:00 PM

President

Michael Mweyo

Zilis Hardiman

Treasurer

Asad Abbasi

Secretary

David Ling

Vice President

Nalin Perera

Kate Madden

Director

Francis Acquah

Director

Bill Carter

Director

John Hardiman

Director

Frank Donegan

Director

Margaret McPherson

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