Book and pay now for the club meeting on Tuesday March 15th 2022
6:30pm for a 7:00pm start
Members and guests are also required to register upon arrival at the venue, preferably using the Victoria Safe app, providing proof that they are fully vaccinated for Covid-19
I had great pleasure to induct Joanne Shentu and Meera Ramachandran into our Rotary Club Of Glenferrie Family on last Tuesday night. The occasion was probably even more momentous as it was International Women’s Day, and our club is slowly climbing to a healthy proportion of women in our ranks. My greatest worry is that we must actively get all new members involved in projects. So, I am excited that Amelia Anderson has agreed to join the committee for the Afghan music night. I want to encourage all newcomers to get out of their comfort zones and join in the committees. Events are evolving as we come out of the cloud of COVID isolations. One thing I learnt in life is that you cannot stand back and wait to be invited. You will always be a wall flower. So be bold and approach the directors saying, “I want to be involved”.
The women members and guests at the meeting on March 8th were led in a toast to International Women's Day 2022 by club director Elizabeth Dumonic (far right). The assembly demonstrated not only the strength of the club's female membership, but the valuable community contribution of women through Rotary, and the important leadership roles that women take in modern Rotary. Here's cheers everyone!
President Dr Mark Ellis AM inducted two new members into Rotary on March 8th, bringing total club membership to 59 (50 Active members and 9 Honorary members). Joanne Shentu and Meera Ramachandran started their Rotary journey at a well attended meeting, focused on preparations for the club's Lift the Lid Golf Day at Kingston Heath Golf Course on May 24th.
Joanne is a highly qualified finance professional who has had extensive experience in corporate roles, in China and Singapore as well as in Australia. Meera is a Senior Enablement Manager at the ANZ Bank, which gives her considerable experience in working with people and teams in a service based environment.
Welcome to Rotary. Joanne and Meera. We look forward very much to being part of your Rotary life, and to working alongside you to Serve to Change Lives.
Welcome to Rotary Joanne (centre), pictured here with Rotary Mentor PE Teresa Liu and President Dr. Mark Ellis AM
Welcome to Rotary Meera (centre), pictured here with Rotary Mentor PP Charles Tran and President Mark .
A group of 11 Glenferrie Rotarians along with guests, Ros Winspear and Melanie Clarke gathered in Patterson Reserve during the gloomy morning last Sunday. It was great to have our current president, Mark Ellis along with four previous presidents, Thelma Hutchison, Don Heath, Ian Salek and Rob Winspear in attendance.
Carol Benson, Tim Gale and Andrea Kimler together with new members, Garfield Lee and Paul Shekleton completed the gathering and everyone set off in various directions armed with graspers and a large bag. More than 20 bags of rubbish were collected along with some dumped steelwork and three supermarket trolleys. Overall, it was an excellent two hour's work and we then enjoyed a glass of wine, conversation and a wonderful BBQ prepared by Libby Marshall and Caralyn Shekleton. Thanks again for the excellent work of all participants.
This event to support Parkinson's Victoria will now be held in Federation Square on Sunday 27th March 2022. It had been cancelled on a number of occasions during the past two years of the pandemic. Our Club has actively supported this event during the past decade by running a BBQ in Federation Square. In essence we provide the people power with the BBQ, marquee and food being provided by Parkinson's Victoria.mIn the past it has been a busy and a worthwhile occasion with three 2 hour shifts, each with 7 volunteers: so quite a commitment!
Chairman PP Robert Hogan, left, pictured with guest speakers PDG D9810 Graeme Woolacott, a past director of Australian Rotary Health, Bryan Dyson of Kingston Heath Golf Club and President Dr. Mark Ellis AM
The focus of this meeting was to highlight the LIFT THE LID Golf Day to be held at Kingston Heath Golf Club on 24th of May 22.
Our first speaker was Brian Dyson who has been a member of Kingston Heath for 44 years and was representing the club.
Brian spoke with great pride about the fame and significance of the Kingston Heath Course which is rated in the top 3 in Australia and the top 18 in the world.
Host to many major tournaments including 7 Australian opens and the 2016 World Cup of Golf, the course maintains international prestige.
Brian was keen to point out the wonderful deal we a receiving with our golf day package costing $350.00 of which $100 goes to Rotary Health and $250 to the golf club.
Organisers have announced that ABC journalist and broadcaster Ali Moore will MC this year's District 9810 Conference in Albury, which features a star-studded line-up of speakers.
There is still much availability for accomodation at Albury at the time of the Albury District Conference.
The following link will provide details of Accomodation. It includes; Motels and Hotels Serviced Apartments Self - Contained Units or Houses Caravan Parks
Rotary Glenferrie is an active member of the RIMERN group ( Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network). RIMERN collects and distributes household goods ( bedding, tables, kitchenware, white goods, appliances) for individuals and families in need.
A critical need for RIMERN is to purchase a commercial Van to give them the capability and flexibility to collect households goods offered. They need to raise funds to buy the Commercial Van and have organised an online WINE FUND RAISER through an established “on-line” company called Prospect Wines with the wines selected by Peter Fergusson whom many of you will know from his Fergusson Wines (Dixons Creek) days. Peter is still a wine consultant, so they have quality in mind here in selecting the wines for us.
The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian military has unleashed unimaginable misery on a civilian population, in scenes that have horrified the world. Young and old, women and children, families and people alone are abandoning their homes and livelihoods to flee to safety.
Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) have set up a fund, sponsored by the Rotary clubs of Sydney Cove and Kyiv, Ukraine to meet immediate lifesaving needs of the crisis-affected civilian population in Ukraine & provide early recovery assistance as soon as feasible. To save & preserve lives, easy suffering & promote self-sufficiency.
The terror and misery that people in Ukraine are experiencing right now is unimaginable. You can help through Rotary. Please give now.
Mariupol, Ukraine after a missile attack in which 128 civilians were hospitalised. republicworld.com
Helen Worladge is well known to most club members. Helen and Glenferrie Rotarian Wayne Worladge have been very active in community programs through Rotary for many years. Helen was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2015 for services to education and disadvantaged youth. Her work, first with Western CHANCES, then with the Education CHANCES Foundation in Boroondara is widely recognised as having provided valuable opportuinities for young people who may otherwise have been denied them. Tonight Helen will be joined by the Chaplain from Balwyn High School, Jeffrey Lampard, to talk about the program. The Rotary Club of Glenferrie is the major sponsor of Education CHANCES, through the Boroondara Farmers Market.
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