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"Service above Self"

Wednesdays at 7:00 AM

Johnny Franco's Place

9 Commercial Road
Murwillumbah, NSW 2484
Australia

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We covered a lot in a short amount of time this morning. We welcomed three visitors: Tony Stanford, Brendan Quinn and Gabrielle Nardi – thank you for joining us.

Jeannie presented us with a beautiful certificate given to us by John Lees for our ongoing support to his charity You Have a Friend, we will have the certificate at our meetings for a few weeks before it gets hung in Jeannie’s office at MMA Accounting.

Jeff is looking for someone to be the RYPEN chair for his year as District Governor next year, if you are interested please speak with Jeff.

Gabi gave a wonderful presentation of her personal highs and lows of being in business. If you haven’t tried her gelato yet, do yourself a favour – it is delicious!

This week we will be welcoming Meredith from Wedgetail Retreat to give us an update on the hospice.

Our belated Christmas party has been rescheduled to January 30 and will now be hosted at Akehurst Plantation, please let Judy or Cathy know if you are attending.

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

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

30 January – Christmas party – Akehurst Plantation

13/14 March – Camping – Reflections Evans Head

17 April - 100 years of Rotary in Australia Baton Relay

President 2020-2021 - Hayley Ryan

GREETER - CHERRY JACKSON-SAW

TICKING OFF NAMES - HELEN HUNT

SET-UP AND PACK UP- STEPHANIE BOLDEMAN

INSPIRATIONAL WORD WRITING - BRIGITTE PRITCHARD

GUEST SPEAKER INTRODUCTION - MARY-ANN THACKRAY

GUEST SPEAKER THANK YOU - ANN PRENDERGAST

LOOPER NOTES - KAYLENE BUTLER

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

MEREDITH DENNIS

This week our guest will be Meredith Dennis. Meredith is the President and Volunteer Co-ordinator of Tweed Palliative Support and Wedgetail Retreat Hospice and Palliative Care.

We will be presenting Meredith with a cheque for all the amazing work the organisation does.

Read on to find out more...

TWEED PALLIATIVE SUPPORT

Tweed Palliative Support Inc. is a multi-award-winning charity founded in 1998.
We are a well-established community run organisation that provides free and donation based support services for people living with a life-limiting illness. TPS “hospice-at-home” service is designed to keep people in their homes for as long as possible by providing help with shopping, personal care, transport to medical appointments as well as respite for the primary carer. If it is not feasible to remain at home, people are offered the opportunity to come to Wedgetail Retreat.

We also loan medical equipment such as electric hospital beds, wheelchairs, etc. Each year TPS trains up to 20 new volunteers who then take on various roles within the charity: home respite, transport, office work, fundraising or assisting the Registered Nurses at the Hospice. Wedgetail Retreat operates on a donation basis.

WEDGETAIL RETREAT

Wedgetail Retreat Community Hospice started with a dream: a deep desire to fulfil the community need for an inclusive, 24/7 specialised palliative care facility in the region.

Clients with a life-limiting illness and their families are welcomed into our modern home-like environment in a rainforest setting. Friendly Registered Nurses and trained volunteer palliative carers offer a client-centred approach to caring for you and your loved ones. The vulnerable and disadvantaged are cared for free of charge. Clients and families that can afford to, donate funds to assist with ongoing operational costs.

Despite our popular hospice taking the burden off the health system, especially for high need palliative clients and those who do not have a full-time carer at home, we are not government funded by NSW state government.

Each year our combined Hospice services support more than 600 palliative clients and this number increases into the thousands when our other clients and family support services are included.

TPS offers best practice, client-centred emotional and physical palliative care support. We collaborate with multi-disciplinary medical teams and community services (volunteers, nursing homes, home health agencies, councils, social workers, community health workers) in the Northern Rivers region and beyond.

Wedgetail Retreat Hospice’s philosophy is to provide a space where people can be themselves. Each patient and their family will be on a unique and individual journey towards letting go. Our team specialise in providing education and information to support clients and their loved ones to make the best decisions based on what is most important to them at that stage of life. Our hospice focuses on the concept of living well and helping our guests to establish a deep sense of meaning and connection during their final days of life.

RYLA DINNER GOES ONLINE!!!!

Each year, Rotarians are invited to attend a dinner evening to meet the RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) awardees they have sponsored, and find out about how they are enjoying the programme.

This year, as with so many things, the dinner is going online (internet issues aside of course!).

If you haven't attended a RYLA dinner before, we thoroughly recommend you do. It is a truly wonderful experience to meet the amazing group of 18-29 year olds who have been sponsored to engage in this very worthwhile week.

Mt Warning AM have sponsored the delightful Emily who looks after us every Wednesday morning at Johnny Francos.

If you can sign in, please do! (Invitation with Meeting Link below)

Read on for a bit more information on RYLA...

ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS (RYLA)

RYLA is a premier youth leadership development program for people aged 19-29.

During a week long camp designed to promote proactivity, personal and professional development through a range of inspirational speakers, team building exercises and leadership training. The development of communication and presentation skills, problem solving, conflict resolution, self-confidence and self-esteem are key objectives of this program.

RYLA is one of those “once-in-a-lifetime” experiences which truly has a lasting impact on your life. The high intensity seminar is filled to the brim with Australia’s leading inspirational and motivational guest speakers, who give up their time purely based on the benefits they see every year for those attending.

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.

As part of Rotary's guiding principles and the Avenues of Service, Vocational Service calls on Rotarians to empower others by using their unique skills and expertise to address community needs and help others discover new professional opportunities and interests.

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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