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President's Message
Charles Thomasson
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It’s a BIG week ahead for Surfers Sunrise.
 
This Wednesday, we have our Breakfast Meeting at the Project Shed to show off the progress of the Vanuatu Health Centre and of course our Flagship Wheelchair Project. It is a FREE BBQ Breakfast and we will have guests from the Rotary Clubs of Broadbeach and Gold Coast as well as other special guests. See you all there anytime after 7am – it’s not a formal meeting so it doesn’t matter if you turn up for 15mins or an hour or two. Full details in the Bulletin below but the address is 175 Napper Road, Arundel (next to the Parkwood Arundel Community Centre).
 
This Friday, Surfers Sunrise will participate in the Rotary Centenary Baton Relay to Celebrate 100 Years of Rotary in Australia. We will have the Baton between 10:30 am and 12pm and will make our way with our Rough Terrain Wheelchairs from the Rotary Broadwater Chapel to the tram stop at the southern end of Broadwater Parklands. Meet at the Rotary Broadwater Chapel at 10:15 am (plenty of parking near the Chapel). Please see full details in the Bulletin below but please wear your Purple Baton Relay or Rotary Surfers Sunrise shirt. It is a once in a lifetime experience for all Rotarians to celebrate so please come on down!
 
This Friday Evening at 5pm, we are all invited to a Sausage Sizzle Celebrating the Baton Relay at the Rotary Kokoda Memorial Wall at Cascade Gardens. The BBQ will be run by the Rotary Clubs of Broadbeach and Mermaid Beach and other Clubs in attendance include Broadwater Southport, Runaway Bay and Parkwood. It will be a great way to celebrate 100 Years of Rotary in Australia with our fellow Rotarians.
 
And this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, our very own Tash Price will be representing Queensland in 3 events at the Australian National Athletics Championships in Sydney. We wish you all the best Tash!
 
Charles Thomasson
President 2020-21
Stories
This coming Wednesday 14th April: Breakfast at the Project Shed 
This coming Wednesday, 14th April, we'll meet at the Project Shed instead of the Surf Club, to receive an update on our X-Ray Unit for Vanuatu project (image on left).  Angus 'Onion King' Miller will have the Bar-be-que on full speed from 07:00 am onwards and cook a hearty breakfast for you! Guests and visitors welcome - why not invite a friend to come along?
 
But there is more!  See next story.
100 Years Baton Relay on Friday 16th April
This year, Rotary celebrates its 100 Year Anniversary since the first clubs were formed in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland. A Baton Relay is conducted to highlight this event. In conjunction a theme of "Rotary says NO to Domestic Violence" has been adopted. Our club, Surfers Sunrise, will participate in the Relay with a special twist: we'll run with our wheelchairs!  So, set the Friday 16th April aside and be in it! Our club will be in charge of the Baton from10:30 to 12:00 pm when we hand it over to Broadwater Southport Rotary at the Gold Coast University Hospital. Please wear your purple Baton Relay or your Surfers Sunrise T-Shirt.
 
In the evening, from 5 pm, we are all invited to a Sausage Sizzle at the Rotary Kokoda Memorial Wall at Cascade Gardens.
 
See President Charles to register. The full day's program is on our download section - click here.
Tash Price in 3 events at the National Athletics Championships
This coming weekend, Friday 16th to Sunday 17th April, our member Tash Price (that's her, training in full flight) will represent Queensland at the Australian National Athletics Championships in Sydney.  Our best wishes, Tash!  Go for it, Queenslander!
District 9640 Conference is in 4 weeks
On Saturday 15th May 2021, our District 9640 will hold its Conference at Twin Towns Conference Centre.  In view of the COVID situation, the format is a one day event. This brings the cost down to just $60.00 per head ($20 for Rotaractors and $10 for Interactors) which includes morning tea break and Lunch.  Registrations close on 1st May, or when the maximum of 500 seats have been sold out.
 
Among the hugely interesting guest speakers is Dr Michael Pyne (picture right), the Chief Veterinarian of the Currumbin Wildlife Centre.  Click here for more information and to book.
Do you have any good wheelchair photos?
In short: we'll have a dedicated website for the Wheelchair Trust, the Project Shed, the volunteers and all the stuff we do. 
 
We are looking for photos relating to our Wheelchairs, various buildings we put up over the years etc etc. If you have any, please upload them directly to a shared Google Drive KJ has set up for this:  Click here - it's dead easy - simply drag the photos from your folder into the 'Drop files here' field.
 
Duty Roster
 
Duty Roster - note: subject to change - please check every week.  Note: Fellowship duty also is expected to be at the Project Shed on the Saturday following the meeting
 
DateDoorChairmanFellowship/Project Shed (Saturday)
14/04/2021Gerald EastGeoff CroadJohnny Bueti
21/04/2021N/A (Social Meeting)N/A (Social Meeting)Mario Fairlie (Saturday 24/04/21)
28/04/2021Simon BrookRay HiggsKaren Holland
05/05/2021N/A (Social Meeting)N/A (Social Meeting)Col Laurenson (Saturday 08/05/21)
12/05/2021Paul JaffarBen IllesGraeme Isaacson
19/05/2021N/A (Social Meeting)N/A (Social Meeting)Mark Twyford (Saturday 22/05/21)
26/05/2021Trent BellingMitch BrownDoug Lipp
02/06/2021N/A (Social Meeting)N/A (Social Meeting)Darrell Brown (Saturday 05/06/2021)
09/06/2021Peter MorganIan MayberryAngus Miller
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Read more...
Inspirations - well, sort of... 140421
Just a reminder: if you work at our Project Shed, you must wear enclosed shoes. Steel capped thongs don't qualify! ☺
 
Andy Bell's post of the week:
I hate it when people say "Act like an Adult". Have you seen adults lately? That's horrible advice!
 
The act of speaking is not a conquest, but a surrender. When we open our mouths, we are sharing with the world - and the world inevitably interprets, indeed sometimes shifts and distorts our original meaning. Frank Luntz, 'Words that Work'
 
I do a lot of charity work. That is, if volunteering my opinion counts.
Download Files
Rotary Baton Relay 16th April - full program
Ben Loots - Portable X-Ray for Vanuatu
Marcus Mission - Suicide Prevention
Briana Dorrough - NYSF - speech text
Briana Dorrough - NYSF - PowerPoint
Rotary Club of Surfers Sunrise - Summary of 2020
The Story of the Surfers Sunrise Wheelchairs Trust
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Upcoming Events
Meeting at the Project Shed - Vanuatu Project updt
Project Shed,
Apr 14, 2021
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Baton Relay - Rotary's 100 years in Australia
Broadwater Parklands
Apr 16, 2021
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
 
Angie Bell, Federal MP for Moncrieff
Surfers Paradise SLSC
Apr 28, 2021
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
 
District 9640 Conference
Twin Town Conference Centre
May 15, 2021
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
 
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Photo Albums
Chinese social dinner and Excellence Awards
The Italian LONG lunch
10,000th Wheelchair Celebrations
Pimpama State College Wheelchairs
Burleigh Heads Rotaractors
Surfers Sunrise Rotary Golf Day Oct 2020
2020 Lutzy Award
Wheelchairs have arrived in PNG and Solomon Islands
X-Ray Unit for Hospital on Pentecost Island
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