Still quite a few members holidaying and travelling; Donna and I also as we had 2 weeks of skiing at Falls Creek and contrary to the negative press, the snow was good, and we were able to ski every day. Thank you, Thelma, for filling in for me this past meeting. We also welcome back Geoff and Kay Widmer and look forward to hearing about their travels.
When former Rotarian Walter Glaser designed the LightWalker, he did so from personal experience. Walter used a walking stick himself towards the end of his life. He discovered that existing walking sticks were inconveniently designed, easy to drop, and then difficult to pick up, uncomfortable for the shoulder, difficult to manage when trying to handle something else, such as your wallet at the shops (or a torch when going to the bathroom at night), inconvenient when getting into cars and then having to find a place to put them out of the way. Walter, who was by now retired, turned his creative mind to a solution for himself. His project turned into a hobby as he realised his creation would have wide appeal. He perfected the prototypes, established a relationship with a reliable manufacturer, organised shipments and started to market the sticks through pharmacies.
Walter, who passed away earlier this year, has donated his remaining stock, about 1,200 walking sticks, to the Rotary Club of Glenferrie to use as a fundraiser, or to give away. If you are available to be part of the Committee now being formed to promote, sell and distribute these walking sticks, please contact me via email, or at a club meeting. We are about to get started in time for Christmas!
To read Walter's explanation of how he came to design LightWalker, click on Read more...
Dharmendra Yadav - Founder of Joeys Foundation, has been dedicated to positively impacting the lives of rural children.
Starting from sausage sizzling, Dharmendra registered his foundation, devoting himself to rural Indian children’s educational needs. The perspective of his foundation can be concluded as follows:
Posted by Russell Jones - President Rotary Club of Balwyn
As discussed with current District 9800 President's, one of my goals as President of Balwyn is to improve collaboration between the Rotary Clubs in Boroondara. Based on our conversations, I am pleased to see that objective is shared. That is not to say collaboration is not good, but I think, like many things, it can be improved, and it offers mutually beneficial opportunities.
I refer to our conversations about the possibility of one of your Club Members hosting a Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) Student. This is one such case where there could be mutual benefit through collaboration, and a benefit to the exchange student. Hilla Karppinen from Finland has been accepted.
📑 Need a document signed for official or legal purposes? Your local Document Signing Station is available at Boroondara police station, 34 Harp Road, Kew. 🖋 This free service is provided by local Justices of the Peace (JPs) and is available without appointment: ☑ Mondays and Wednesdays 11am-1pm ☑ Tuesdays and Thursdays 5pm-7pm ☑ Saturdays 9am-11am
Dr Shurong Lu, or Sharon, is an epidemiologist and biostatistician in mental health and chronic diseases. She is currently a Research Fellow at the Centre for Mental Health within the University of Melbourne. Sharon’s research focuses on population mental health promotion, particularly for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and for people with chronic diseases. She has recently been working on the evaluation of the teen Mental Health First Aid program through an NHMRC-funded 5-year randomised controlled trial, namely the TeenAID trial.
The Rotary Club of Glenferrie acknowledges the traditional owners as the custodians of this land, recognising their connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to Australia's First Peoples, and to their elders, past, present and future.
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