Rotary Club of Wishart Inc.

Chartered 27 March 1984

ABN 29 215 522 827

PO Box 295 Mt Gravatt Qld 4122

Website: www.rotarnet.com.au/wishart

Email address: wishart@rotary9630.org

WEEK 21 & 22–  21/28 November  2011

 

Club meeting time: Mondays, 6.00pm for 6.30pm

Venue: Glen Hotel, Logan Road and Gaskell Streets, Eight Mile Plains Qld 4122

Bzck to Jome Page

Rotary Grace

O Lord and giver of all good

We thank thee for our daily food;

May Rotary friends and Rotary ways,

Help us to serve thee all our days

 

Four Way Test

Is it the truth?

Is it fair to all concerned?

Will it build goodwill and better friendships?

Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

 

 

Duty Roster

Date

Room Setup

Door

Chair

Fellowship

21 November 2011

John S & Brian

Barry

 Stuart

John H

28 November 2011

Bob Lemon and Andrew Turner

 

 Sue Ellis

 

Stuart Hindle

 

John Harrison

 

Birthdays and Anniversaries:

14 November Claire and David Cameron’s Wedding  Anniversary

17 November Sandra O’Neill’s Birthday

 20 November Carol & Rodney MuirStokes Wedding  Anniversary

30 November Tim & Mira Healy’s Wedding Anniversary

30 November Sue Ellis’s Birthday

 

This week

PRIDE OF WORKMANSHIP AWARDS

Coming events

 

 

  •  21 November (speaker) Emily Evans on RYLA
  • 24 November (RSVP by 14.11.11) Invitation to the Brisbane Combined Rotary Dinner Meeting – see flyer attached.
  • 26 November BBQ at Multicap 4.00 pm – 8.00 pm.
  • 28 November Pride of Workmanship Awards (Partners night)
  • 3 December Christmas  Lunch at Cazna Gardens, 11.00 am – 3.00 pm
  • 5 December Election of Officers, Club Assembly and Board Meeting,
  • 9 December Cerebral Palsy Christmas Party
  • 12 December District Governor’s official visit
  • 13 November Brooklands Retirement Village Christmas Party (dinner)
  •  3 February 2012 Invitation to RC of Cleveland  50th Anniversary dinner (RSVP 2.12.11).  See flyer attached
  • 23-25 March 2012 District 9630 Conference – Royal Pines Resort.  See Registration Form attached.

 

NOTE    NINE  NORE  PAGES!

Meeting of the 14th November 2011 – Paul Harris Fellow Night. Attendance was 15/18 = 77.78%

 

Guests:

Special Guests:

Past District Governor and Regional Rotary Foundation Chair Chris Wright PHFand partner

District Governor Nominee and Assistant Governor Stehpen Lazarakis and Lisa

Lord Mayor of Brisbane Graham Quirk (PHF)

Brisbane City Councillor for Wishart and Honorary Member of the Wishart Rotary Club Krista Adams

 

Rotary Club of Wishart:

15 Members (see apologies for balance) and Honorary Member Geoff McDonald

 

Rotary Club of Wishart Members’ Partners and guests:

Claire Cameron, David Jones, Sandra Hooker, Jude Larking, Louise Lemon, Pat Sealby, Simon Skinner and Nirmala Prasad

 

Ajendra Prasad, Sadhu Prasad (PHF Rotary Club of Stretton), Jayishni Niha Prasad, Shiv Kumari Prasad, Pardi Chand, Subhadra Chand, Rae Draper, Dr Anil Nair, Dr Rajesh Chandra, Joyti Chandra, Dewan Shankar, Raju Padrath, Surekha Padrath, Teena Sapwell, Elle, Vashu Maharaj, Subhashni Singh, Rajat Prasad, Jagat Prasad and Surendra Prasad


Tim Healey, Lee O’Neill and Sandra, Geoff McNamara and David Kethel

Mark Fabrit (Mount Graatt Showgrounds)

Lord Mayor’s advisor

 

Past Members and Non Members of the Rotary Club of Wishart who have been awarded Paul Harris Fellowships by the Club:

Janet Cantwell (representing Past President Des Cantwell PHF– deceased)

Past President, Trevor Carney PHF and Pam

John Greenwood PHF

Past President Les MacDonald and Pam PHF

Helen Murphy PHF

Past President Margaret Newman (representing Peter Newman PHF – deceased)

Past President Norman Pearce PHF and Jill

Past President Kevin Weule PHF and Margaret

Lord Mayor Graha Quirk PHF (see special guests)

Apologies received from Past President Ray Duncanson PHF and

Past President Nev Shillington PHF

 

Apologies from:  Margarita Bianco, Carol Muir-Stokes, Clive Plunkett.

Chairman for the night was Brian Hooker

President Jeannette gave her opened the meeting, welcomed guests and thanked Brian and Jitendra for organising the night.

Bob Lemon Proposed the Toast to Rotary International

Regional Foundation Chair, Past District Governor Chris Wright responded to the toast and spoke of the importance of our support for the Rotary Foundation.

Some Rotary stories followed:  

Tony Dundon spoke of his son in law’s participation in the Shelter Box program and his first deployment in a team who were sent to Haiti.

Dr Rajesh Chandra from the Rotary Club of Redland Bayside told us of the project that they are undertaking in Fiji to build a new Regional Hospital with back up facilities.

Jitendra and Sue spoke on how and why they joined Rotary and what it now means to them.

The Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Graham Quirk spoke to us of his vision for Brisbane and the pride he takes in wearing his Paul Harris Fellow Pin.

Our Club then presented a Paul Harris Fellowship Award to Past President Jagat Prasad, Rotary Club of Labasa, Fiji

President Jeannette concluded the evening with the presentation of a cheque for our Annual Contribution to the Rotary Foundation to Foundation Chair, PDG,Chris Wright, PHF.

 

The Raffle for the night  (a weekend on Stradbroke Island and a vintage bottle of wine!!!) was won by Mark Fabrit from the Mount Gravatt Showgrounds.

 

 

 

 

SOME PHOTOS OF THE NIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five reasons to support The Rotary Foundation  

 

By donating to the Foundation, you support Rotary's six areas of focus, which help advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. Contributions to the  Every Rotarian, Every Year (EREY) initiative, are the primary source of funding for Foundation programs. By giving US$100 a year through EREY, you become a Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member. 

 

Here are a few ways your contributions are changing lives around the world.

 

5. Fighting hunger

 

In Romania, children have eggs, milk, and meat because of a Foundation grant that enables local farmers to buy animal feed, packaging materials, and other supplies. The farmers agree to donate a portion of their products to children's hospitals, schools, and orphanages.

 

In Alaska, USA, the Rotary Club of Anchorage East is also fighting hunger by distributing food to low-income families through a mobile food pantry.

 

Projects such as these address two areas of focus: maternal and child health and economic and community development.

 

4. Reducing child mortality

 

The Rotary clubs of Jaela-Kandana, Western Province, Sri Lanka, and Madras Northwest, Tamil Nadu, India, are helping to reduce child mortality by providing improved sanitation facilities for 15 families in a small community in Sri Lanka. With a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant, the clubs have built 14 toilets, helping to prevent the spread of diarrhea-causing diseases related to poor sanitation.

 

According to the World Health Organization, 1.8 million children die of diarrhea every year, making it the second leading cause of death among children under five. Proper sanitation can reduce the child mortality rate in many communities by more than 30 percent. Water and sanitation is one of the areas of focus.

 

3. Promoting peace and conflict resolution

 

Watching civil war tear apart his homeland of Côte d'Ivoire instilled in Rotary Peace Fellow Kouame Remi Oussou a passion to resolve conflict.

 

He is now working for the United Nations Development Programme in the Central African Republic, a country that weathered periodic internal fighting before a comprehensive peace accord went into effect in 2007. Read more about Oussou.

 

Rotary Peace Fellows are leaders in promoting national and international cooperation, peace, and conflict resolution. Help support the Rotary Peace Centers and read a discussion of what the program has meant to a group of peace fellows. The efforts of Oussou and Rotary Peace Fellows advance the peace and conflict prevention/resolution area of focus.

 

2. Basic education and literacy

 

A literacy project sponsored by Rotarians in South Africa and Rhode Island, USA, in conjunction with the International Reading Association and Operation Upgrade, is teaching adults in the rural community of KwaNibela, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to read and write. These skills will help them fight poverty in their community.

 

Through the effort, nearly 600 adults are attending literacy classes taught by instructors trained with help from Operation Upgrade, which specializes in adult basic education. Funding from The Rotary Foundation provided classroom books. Read more about the project, which supports the basic education and literacy area of focus.

 

1. Eradicating polio

 

Around the world, Rotarians are going the distrance -- participating in walkathons, climbing mountains, cycling, even circumnavigating a continent in rubber dinghies, among other fundraisers -- to help Rotary rid the world of polio.

 

Since Rotary launched its PolioPlus program  in 1985, eradicating the disease has become the organization's top priority.  End Polio Now  and help fulfill Rotary's promise to the world.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAST WEEK’S MEETING

EMILY EVANS ON HER RYLA EXPERIENCE

 

Last Meeting: 21 November 2011.  Attendance 13/18 = 72.22%

Guests: Emily Evans – Guest Speaker, Bob Atherton (Rotary Club of Mount Gravatt), Geoff McDonald (Honorary Member Wishart Rotary Club),

Club Guests: Tim and Mira Healey and children Justin and Erin and Sandra O’Neill

Apologies: Sue Ellis, Stuart Hindle, Alex Larking, Carol Muir-Stokes and Clive Plunkett

Chairman for the evening was Past President Andrew Turner

Jitendra Prasad gave Rotary Information on the Rotary Foundation and some International Service Projects.(see following write up)

President Jeanette asked for volunteers to help out at the Multicap event on Saturday 26th November from 4.00 pm- 8.00 pm. Volunteers still needed!

John Harrison outlined the meeting program for the remainder of the calendar year.

John Harrison also let the Club know that we had provided cordial and milo to Street Access at a nominal cost after Past President David had referred an appeal in the local paper to President John.

Jitendra gave a report on last week’s Paul Harris Fellow Night supported by Brian.

Sergeant Tony introduced the two new inductees to our Club – Tim Healey and Sandra O’Neill – and President Jeanette presented them with their Rotary Pins.  Both Tim and Sandra gave well received responses.

Emily Evans – a past attendee of the Club’s to the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Program gave an enthusiastic account of her experience at RYLA and expressed her gratitude to the Club for sponsoring her to attend.