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Thank you to our January team and welcome to the February team. The theme this month is Peace and Conflict Resolution. Although we have no speaker this week, the team has something planned for us and has requested we breakout the bell bottoms, tie dye t-shirts and crochet vests and come dressed in your best hippie outfit…..this should be good!

From Jeannie our awesome Services Director, we will have another packing night for You Have A Friend. No official date yet, but it will be towards the end of March. The items most sought at the moment are toothpaste and toothbrushes, the most economical place to get these from is the Reject Shop.

Also from Jeannie a virtual online event being run by Solar Buddy - on March 4^th 2021 – International Women's Day, details below:

Celebrate International Women's Day with us!

"We cannot succeed when half of us are held back." - Malala Yousafzai

Did you know that worldwide there are 5.5 million more girls than boys not attending school?

We believe girls and women everywhere, especially those living in extreme energy poverty, deserve equal rights.

That’s why we’re celebrating this International Women's Day with our virtual One Light Only festival.

One Light Only

is SolarBuddy's inaugural virtual event boasting a range of prominent Australian artists and performers, who are banding together to create a brighter future for women and girls across the world.

Australia's best Impersonator, Comedian and One Light Only Emcee, Ben Price, will be joined by a prominent ARIA winner, former INXS member, and one of Australia's favourite duos to bring you an afternoon of entertainment with a difference.

SolarBuddy choose to challenge gender inequalities that play a part in the health and education gap around the world.

We’re aiming to raise $50,000 to enable girls and women without access to electricity in Madagascar to enjoy equal rights, health and education through our life-changing solar lights.

If like us, you missed music events in 2020, this is your chance to enjoy music, art and magic while supporting International Women's Day!

Your ticket purchase will make a real difference to women and girls worldwide, for this generation and those to come.

Join this global celebration and secure your tickets now!

Tickets can be purchased at https://events.humanitix.com/one-light-only

Our belated Christmas party was held last Saturday. It was so good to see everyone who attended, a few faces we haven’t seen for a while (Julie) and as always, we have a good time when we have food and drink. Thank you to Judy and Cathy for organising this and also to Cathy and Peter for opening their home to us.

A camping weekend to Reflections Evans Heads is well and truly going ahead. The weekend is 13^th/14^th of March – however feel free to be there for as little or as much time as you want. When you ring to make a booking be sure to mention you are part of the club so they can group us as close together as possible.

The camping event is getting some good numbers and looks like being a lot of fun. I have been in contact with the newly chartered Evans Head Rotary Club and hopefully we can have a catch up with them.

Please don’t forget to put your breakfast order in and also please remember to start your direct payments for breakfast to the general account again.

See you Wednesday morning.

Cheers,

Hayley

SAVE THE DATE

13/14 March – Camping – Reflections Evans Head

17 April - 100 years of Rotary in Australia Baton Relay

15 May – District Conference Twin Towns

President 2020-2021 - Hayley Ryan

GREETER - SARAH HENDRIKSE

TICKING OFF NAMES - LIZZIE DILLON

SET-UP AND PACK UP- STEPHANIE BOLDEMAN

INSPIRATIONAL WORD WRITING - ELIZABETH HICKEY

GUEST SPEAKER INTRODUCTION - N/A

GUEST SPEAKER THANK YOU - N/A

LOOPER NOTES - RHONDA COWDEROY

If you are unable to attend the meeting and upcoming meetings please let us know via the usual Rotary Email address please before the meeting. This is the usual courtesy required.

Cost of Breakfast is as before $20

Contact Johnny Franco's

Phone Number: 02 6672 3641

Email : adamkasey1@outlook.com

Payment :Rotary Club Mt Warning

722-744

100105068

Today, over 70 million people are displaced as a result of conflict, violence, persecution, and human rights violations. Half of them are children.

We refuse to accept conflict as a way of life. Rotary projects provide training that fosters understanding and provides communities with the skills to resolve conflicts.

Rotary creates environments of peace

As a humanitarian organisation, peace is a cornerstone of our mission. We believe when people work to create peace in their communities, that change can have a global effect.

By carrying out service projects and supporting peace fellowships and scholarships, our members take action to address the underlying causes of conflict, including poverty, discrimination, ethnic tension, lack of access to education, and unequal distribution of resources.

Our commitment to peace building today answers new challenges: how we can make the greatest possible impact and how we can achieve our vision of lasting change. We are approaching the concept of peace with greater cohesion and inclusivity, broadening the scope of what we mean by peace building, and finding more ways for people to get involved.

Rotary creates environments where peace can happen.

You have seen it on banners, in demonstrations, on T-shirts, and on necklaces. It’s just three lines and a circle but there’s no doubt you know what it means: peace.

Today, the peace symbol is a part of global culture. It is used to stand up for all kinds of causes, and we perfectly understand its meaning regardless of where we come from. However, did you know that it is only six decades old? Its original meaning was much more specific but why did it end up being used universally to represent peace?

When the United Kingdom became the third country in the world to manufacture and experiment with atomic bombs in the early 1950s, fear of nuclear conflict began to grow among the British.

To protest against the manufacture and use of nuclear weapons in England, the Aldermaston March was organised in 1958: thousands of protesters were to walk from London to Aldermaston, where the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment was located. Among the marchers was designer Gerald Holtom.

Holtom’s work had shown him the power of imagery. So, the activist decided to create a symbol for the march and the protest movement. He designed it so that the anti-nuclear message would be immediately recognisable and would thus have more power and influence.

Holtom sought a symbol that was representative, yet simple to understand and remember. For this reason, he used semaphore–a sign language still used today by sailors to communicate over long distances– taking the shapes for "N" and “D” to signify "Nuclear Disarmament".

But the symbol also has another meaning: it represents a desperate person with outstretched arms and open palms, like the man in front of the firing squad in Goya's famous painting, “Third Third of May 1808".

Geralt Holtom's idea took effect, and the symbol quickly became popular among critics of nuclear weapons. In fact, it was so successful that its use crossed borders and spread rapidly throughout the world with different people protesting for different causes using it, so its meaning went beyond the rejection of nuclear weapons.

In fact, it is believed that when it arrived in the United States it was first used during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, but it became popular later when anti-Vietnam War protesters adopted it as an emblem of anti-violence and counter-culture.

From that moment on, it was used by all kinds of collectives to defend their causes all over the world: in the protests against Apartheid in South Africa, against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, for LGTBQ+ rights, feminism, and the environment.

The simplicity of the design makes it easy to draw and remember, and the message it conveys is a universal value that everyone can understand and pursue. For this reason, it has been adapted and used by all kinds of people and movements to defend principles such as peace, freedom, and equality for over 60 years.

Gerald Holtom himself as the recognised creator, decided not to register it, so with no copyright to limit its use and distribution, the symbol belongs to no one and is therefore in the hands of all to use in the push for peace.

Enjoy a weekend away with other Rotarians!

Cathy and Judy have booked Reflections Holiday Park at Evans Head from the 11th-14th March.

You may like to book for any or all of those nights and enjoy a break and some Club friendship.

You can book by calling 6682 4212 and saying that they are with Mt Warning Rotary. We will be grouped together.

Cathy and Peter are at site 190.

Talk to Cathy or Judy if you have any questions.

27th January, 2021

Meeting opened by President Hayley followed by Kaylene delivering us the words of wisdom.

Hayley called on each table to share one fun/exciting thing that happened during the week.

Being Australia Day week it was encouraging to hear that 33 New Citizens in our Shire were inducted as Australians. Plus numerous commendations one being the volunteers of the hospital shop who work tirelessly without pay to provide a much needed service.

Hayley presented Maryann Thackray with a Paul Harris Sapphire for reaching her $1,000US Rotary foundation donation.

Jeannie announced the upcoming women’s festival Thursday afternoon 4^th March cost will be $33 for those who would like to attend.

Reminder of the belated Xmas party being held at Cathy Akehurst’s place this Saturday 30^th January starting at 1pm.

Simone introduced our guest speaker Meredith from Wedgetail Retreat. It is always a pleasure to have her along. Meredith is such an inspiration.

Meredith advised due their nurturing (my description she is too humble ) reputation they have an ever increasing demand from families of end of life patients to spend their final days in the beautiful, peaceful and caring environment at Wedgetail Retreat (only community hospice in NSW).

Unfortunately intake is restricted as they currently only have 4 bedrooms and regretfully cannot accommodate all that need their service. So she has been actively searching for another suitable property. Meredith was pleased to announce they have been successful in obtaining land at Cudgen which has been secured on a 99 year lease. They can access government funding to partly assist with the building. However the majority of their funding comes from the sale of clothes, goods etc donated to their Op Shop and of course cash donations from community members. They have also been given beds and other furnishings from local nursing homes which is a wonderful gesture.

If anyone would like to establish a regular donation visit the website and set up a monthly payment. For the cost of 1 cup of coffee a week you can help this fabulous community service ( My words not Meredith).

Hayley on behalf of our club proudly presented Wedgetail Retreat a cheque for $2,000. Ann Prendergast thanked Meredith for being our guest speaker presenting her with a little gift.

Raffle won by Kaileen Casey.

Fines and Cross fines closed out the meeting.

Scribed by Kaylene Butler.

President

Hayley Ryan

Immediate Past President

Mary Lynch

Vice President

Simone Wong

President Elect

Jeannie Anderson

Secretary

Mary-Ann Thackray

Treasurer

Cathy Akehurst

Club Administration

Simone Wong

Rotary Foundation

Kaylene Butler

Service Projects

Jeannie Anderson

Youth Service

Judy-Anne Parker

Public Relations

Kaileen Casey

Membership

Cherry Jackson-Saw

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