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Our Newest Member
We are always looking for new members for our club. We recently held an interest meeting where we hosted several people who had shown interest in Rotary and our club. To date that meeting has not resulted in any new members. However, a chance meeting socially in the weeks before Christmas resulted in an invitation to a lady who expressed an interest in getting involved in community activities. The result was that on 6th March we welcomed into our club Amanda Woods who lives in West Pennant Hills and is a real estate agent with First National Homeway Real Estate at Castle Hill. Amanda has a long association with Pennant Hills and surrounding areas. Indeed, one of the very interesting items to emerge was that she received a Pride of Workmanship Award from our club in 2016 when she worked for the W Group Real Estate. Amanda has quickly become involved in 2 of our projects. We are delighted to have her with us.
 
Australia Day Celebration Dinner
This celebratory dinner is one of the highlight events of the year for our club. We were honoured to have as our keynote speaker Dr Kristin Bindley OAM, an expert in the fields of palliative and bereavement care. The title of her address was 'Matters of Life and Death'. The acknowledgement to country and toast to Australia were delivered by the local mayor, Philip Ruddock.
The keynote speaker was introduced after dinner. She spoke of her early working life as a lawyer and her transition to health care whilst caring for a close family member. She then became involved with research into palliative care and also saw the importance of the co-ordination of grief and bereavement care. Her work has been centred in Western Sydney with its high level of disadvantage. Although in Australia we have a relatively high level of palliative care, it is estimated that the need will double by 2050.
Following her address, President David introduced the history of the club's annual Australia Day Merit Awards and with 3 previous awardees on hand, together the 2024 award was made to a very surprised Dr Kristin Bindley.
2023 Christmas Trailer Raffle
This year we made a conscious decision to reduce the number of selling weeks to six due to the restricted numbers available to sell on Saturdays. We chose the 4 shopping centres where we have traditionally done best - Pennant Hills, Thornleigh, Westleigh and Cherrybrook, with the first two being visited twice as usual. The result was so much better certainly than expected. On only one day did we not easily exceed sales at those locations last year. And throughout the 6 weeks, Daisy Huang has used her charm and persuasion to again sell a fantastic number of tickets - over 660 - to her business clients!
In all, we sold 2743 tickets and total takings were $9,738.50. The generosity of so many in the community is amazing - and having St Lucy’s School as the major recipient, was a significant help also. On Sunday, a small group gathered at the Pennant Hills Market Place, near to our Tree of Joy, for the drawing of the winning ticket. Phil Stanton was able to bring the tumbler barrel so the tickets were mixed and Kelly Tam from the Banna Group did the honours of drawing the winning ticket - No.1688 with the name ‘ANNETTE’.
The 2023 Christmas Trees of Joy
Posted on Sep 29, 2029
Again this year, we had 2 trees, one in each of the shopping centres at Pennant Hills and Thornleigh. At Pennant Hills we receive excellent support from the centre  and we were able to secure gifts in the vacant shop adjacent to the tree. This was a great assistance to both us and their security guard who oversaw the storing of the gifts.
At Thornleigh we were again able to have the gifts  secured in the AMS Hair Salon which is also very close to the tree. In all we produced just over 600 cards which denoted the age range and gender of the recipients. As in previous years, the trees have operated from mid November through to now. We received just over 500 gifts for distribution.
 
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Our Diwali Dinner
OUR DIWALI DINNER
Last Sunday evening we were so delightfully welcomed and hosted by Anoop and Neeru Sud and their lovely family. The occasion was a celebration of Diwali, a Hindu traditional celebration of Peace, Prosperity, Happiness and Good Health.
They so graciously hosted us, all seventeen of us including PDG Lindsay May and Tania, and PP Kaye Carter. This was a great time of fellowship and sharing of a traditional Indian banquet which had been prepared by Neeru and her daughters in law.
The following photos tell much of the story, but note that at the end of the dinner the guests all receive a gift! A big THANK YOU to Anoop and Neeru for a wonderful evening.
The 2023 Christmas Trees of Joy
Posted on Dec 24, 2023
Again this year, we had 2 trees, one in each of the shopping centres at Pennant Hills and Thornleigh. At Pennant Hills we receive excellent support from the centre  and we were able to secure gifts in the vacant shop adjacent to the tree. This was a great assistance to both us and their security guard who oversaw the storing of the gifts.
At Thornleigh we were again able to have the gifts  secured in the AMS Hair Salon which is also very close to the tree. In all we produced just over 600 cards which denoted the age range and gender of the recipients. As in previous years, the trees have operated from mid November through to now. We received just over 500 gifts for distribution.
 
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Welcome to our Club!

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Wednesdays at 6:30 PM
Pennant Hills Community Health Centre
5 Fisher Avenue
Pennant Hills, NSW 2120
Australia
Phone:
0407 805 487
Email:
rotaryclubpennanthills@gmail.com
We meet on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month. On 5th Wednesdays we have a social meeting at a local restaurant. Please phone Ida on 0451 265 122 before the meeting if you are planning to visit.
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Club Executives & Directors
President
Anoop Sud
Vice President
Jim Fraser
Secretary
John Ellis
Treasurer
Ida Shi
Immediate Past President
David Firth
Club Administration/Service
Theo Glockemann OAM
Membership
Phillip Stanton
Public Image
Daisy Huang
Rotary Foundation
Anoop Sud
Projects
Pamela Hudson
International Service
Anoop Sud
Vocational Service
David Firth
Youth Service
John Ellis
Pride of Workmanship
David Firth
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Pride of Workmanship Awards Project
This project, which originated in our club, provides Rotary Clubs with an opportunity to connect with their local community, particularly the business community. They provide organisations and businesses with the vehicle by which key staff can be publicly recognised for their contribution to the success of the business. Award trophies are available together with other associated materials including a complimentary Program Guide. 
 
Apologies and visitor advice
Visitors, please phone 0451 265 122 and advise if you are attending the next meeting. Members, please advise Ida if you are bringing a guest to the meeting or if you are an apology. 
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