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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 |
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Club meeting time: Mondays, 6.00pm for 6.30pm |
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Venue: Glen Hotel,
Logan Road and Gaskell Streets, Eight Mile Plains Qld 4122 |
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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? |
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Duty Roster |
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Date |
Room Setup |
Door |
Chair |
Fellowship |
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21 November 2011 |
John S & Brian |
Barry |
Stuart |
John H |
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28 November 2011 |
Bob Lemon and
Andrew Turner |
Sue Ellis |
Stuart Hindle |
John Harrison |
Birthdays and
Anniversaries:
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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
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NOTE
NINE NORE PAGES!
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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
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.
