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Sep 02, 2020 7:00 am - 8:30 am
Ray Higgs, District Chair of the Rotary Peacebuilding & Conflict Prevention committee, has organised a speaker who is a candidate for this program. Vandy S Kamara came to Australia 10 years ago from his native country, the civil war torn Sierra Leone on the west coast of Africa. He lived a great part of his life in 'Internally Displaced Peoples' camps [what a euphemism! Ed.] and various refugee camps. This gave him a strong belief in humanity and education. Vandy started his own Foundation, largely financed from his own savings. It started with providing water points for communities, funding vaccination for children and later a community school, which now has an enrolment of some 380 pupils. Vandy currently works with Wesley Mission Queensland, supporting homeless people, young people and their families in the Logan to Ipswich region. |
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Sep 16, 2020 7:00 am - 8:30 am
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Sep 30, 2020 7:00 am - 8:30 am
This year's Lutzy Award will be presented to a deserving young member of the Surfers Paradise Surf Life Saving Club. Last year's winner was Jazmin Zimmerman (picture) - who will it be this year? NOTE: You MUST book. The Surfers Paradise SLSC caterers will cook us a very nice, plate served meal, but we need to advise numbers. Bookings close this Sunday night. Click on this link: https://www.trybooking.com/BLQCN |
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Oct 07, 2020 7:00 am - 8:30 am
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Oct 14, 2020 7:00 am - 8:30 am
PDG Prof Graham Jones, who worked in the USA for several years and is intimately familiar with the convoluted process of the Electoral College system, will present again on the US Presidential Elections. This year probably more unusual than any time before - COVID means no mass rallies, and the incumbent probably the most unpredictable candidate ever. Not to be missed! |
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Oct 15, 2020 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Oct 26, 2020 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Our annual Golf Day fundraiser, to be held at Surfers Paradise Golf Club. See more details on our home page. We need both volunteers on the day, as well as players. See booking website for details: https://www.trybooking.com/BLJDK |
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Nov 11, 2020 7:00 am - 8:30 am
PDG Michael Irving will speak on one of the currently most contentious subjects: Climate Change - Fact and Fiction Michael who was our District's Governor for 2016-17. He has held professorial appointments in Universities in Canberra, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, New Zealand, Oman and the USA. He has been a University Vice-Chancellor in Wellington and Sohar, Oman. Prior to his retirement, his field of expertise was in Biochemistry and Cancer Research. However, he also spent time at Scott Research Station in the Ross Sea region in Antarctica. This would put him into that much debated category of "the science is settled" Scientists, wouldn't it? |
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Nov 14, 2020 7:30 am - 12:00 pm
This Saturday 14th November, we'll have a big celebration at the Project Shed: on display is the 10,000th Wheelchair. We expect quite a number of dignitaries to to join us - Councillors, State Members and possibly even Federal Members of Parliament!. The celebrations officially start at 10:00 am. But we need all hands on deck at 07:30 am to get ready! The celebrations are held in conjunction with a Big Bike Sale! Bring a few dollars with you to buy a Raffle ticket and/or a Sausage. Members: please park at the top (behind the Community Centre) so the usual car parks remain free for visitors, thank you. |
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Nov 25, 2020 7:00 am - 8:30 am
Farley S. Tolpen is the founder and CEO of The Mediation Experts, a Brisbane based dispute resolution organization. Farley is an international mediator, arbitrator, trainer and lawyer with over 35 years experience mediating, arbitrating and litigating. His areas of expertise include Workplace, Employment, Family Law, Estates, Workplace, Commercial and Business Law, Real Estate and Construction. He is currently a mediator for QCAT and Queensland Small Business Commissioner (QSBC) for retail shop and commercial leases and Covid19 issues. He will speak on the topic of "Mediation - How and Why it Works". Farley advised that he will "make it interactive, with humour and some stories". Looking forward to it! |
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Dec 09, 2020 7:00 am - 8:30 am
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Dec 10, 2020 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Johnny Bueti, whose grandparents immigrated from Italy after WW2, is certainly no stranger to the delights of Italian Cuisine. He is organising 'The Long Italian Lunch', as a fundraiser for our Rotary Club. In his previous editions, he would have some 150 people there, but due to COVID restrictions limited it to 80. It will take place on Thursday, 10th December 2020. Click on this link to book! See flyer in the Download Section. |
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Dec 16, 2020 6:50 am - 8:30 am
This year's Christmas Breakfast will be at Edgewater on the Isle of Capri (where we held the Changeover). Superb location, excellent breakfast: TRIPLE alternative drop: Eggs Benedict, or Omelette, or Vegetarian Dish (with egg). Bookings are now open. Click on this link: https://www.trybooking.com/BMXNN |
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Dec 20, 2020 7:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Jan 06, 2021 7:00 am - 8:30 am
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Jan 20, 2021 7:00 am - 8:30 am
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Feb 03, 2021 7:00 am - 8:30 am
Our club sponsored Briana Dorrough to attend the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) course in Canberra - she will just have returned. The NYSF is a heavily contested with far more candidates applying than can be accepted. It is a 10 day course designed to give students with high STEM capabilities a broad understanding of their career choices. |
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Feb 17, 2021 7:00 am - 8:30 am
Tammy Richie is a remarkable woman whose story is a powerful reminder about what we are truly capable of as human beings. Way back, she was told that as a woman she couldn't become an Airforce Maintenance Engineer... well, no prizes for guessing: that is exactly what she did for 17 years, before becoming an internationally renowned speaker. |
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Feb 17, 2021 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Andy Bell and President Charles Thomasson have organized for our club to have a social dinner night, celebrating the Chinese New Year of the Ox (well, it will be close to it anyway... ☺) It will be in the form of a sumptuous banquet, held on Wednesday 17th February 2021, from 6:00 pm at the
Highland Court Chinese Restaurant
Benowa Gardens Shopping Centre
203 Ashmore Rd,
Benowa QLD 4217
This year, we'll have the entire restaurant to ourselves! Howzat?? Same price as last year - $35.00 per head. BYO, wine only - no corkage! (wine only - all other drinks must be purchased at the venue). Of course, partners, friends and guests welcome! Click here for online bookings or navigate to https://www.trybooking.com/BONHD Bookings close Sunday evening 14th February.
UPDATE: It has been decided to include the presentation of the Excellence in Workmanship Awards which last year we were unable to run, due to COVID-19. Remember: Max 50 persons, so first come, first served!
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