ROTARY CLUB OF OCEAN GROVE
Volume No. 21 Number 16
Bulletin for the meeting held Tuesday April 20, 2004 at The Ocean Grove Hotel.
Welcome: Rtn Frank Mountford.
President Geoff Brentnall: Members are reminded that the meeting on May 3rd will be held at the Bellarine Estate on MONDAY NIGHT. This is a combined meeting with the Rotary Club of Drysdale and will be a Trivia Night.
Reports: Bowel Scan: Volunteers are called for to assist with the Bowel Scan deliveries.
Tim Kemp, Club Service – Suggested review of some procedures in the new Rotary year, ie: the notion of ‘No Report’ at meetings, the mass production of the Annual Report. The club may like to think about a 100th Birthday celebration as well as collecting money for parking at the market.
Club Assembly followed.
Anzac Day BBQ: The Anzac Day BBQ will be held at the Neighbourhood Centre. A number of helpers are scheduled to arrive at 5.45am; others are invited to help out from 6.15am. Please contact John Calnin if you can assist, as it will help if he has eggsact numbers for the morning.
Members in Attendance:
Total
35
Apologies:
11
Non apologies:
-
Percentage:
74.4%
Make-ups
Nil
Partners
Nil
Visiting Rotarians
Nil
Guests
Nil
Birthdays 21 – 27th
Bob Grant
Anniversaries
John and Nan Calnin
Duties
Date Chair
Assistant Cashier
Ass. Sgt/Greeter/Vote of thanks
April 27
Margaret Campbell
David Cooke
Richard Dwyer
May 3 (Monday)
John Dodgshun
Peter Cullen
Norm Elliott
May 11
Geoff Ford
John Fox
Martin Geerings
May 18
Alison George
Richard Grimmett
Steve Gubbins
Coming up…
April 27th - Brian Ulmer, President Surf Lifesaving Victoria and special guests, including Alistair McCoomb, Australian Lifesaver of the Year.
April 25th (Sunday, Anzac Day) Dawn RSL Service BBQ – On Anzac Day we will be cooking breakfast at the Neighbourhood Centre after the service at the cenotaph.
May 3rd (Monday) Combined meeting with Rotary Club of Drysdale. This is not a mixed meeting and the programme will be a Trivia Night with general and Rotary trivia! Time: 6.00 for 6.30pm at Bellarine Estate.
May 11th – Youth Night
May 18th – Andrew Steains – History and practice of Town Crying.
A MESSAGE FROM THE R.I. PRESIDENT
Dear fellow Rotarians
For only $US100, you can help give the gift of hearing to a deaf child in Pakistan. Imagine the joy of hearing a parent’s voice for the first time or the laughter of other children.
Over the years, The Rotary Foundation of R.I. has changed thousands of lives for the better. The Rotary Foundation is Rotary’s vehicle for enabling dreams to become reality.
During the 2002-03 Rotary year, Rotarians contributed $55.8 million to the Annual Programs Fund for humanitarian projects and educational programs. In my travels around the world, I have seen Rotarians construct low-cost shelters for the homeless, install water wells in remote communities, volunteer at club-sponsored AIDS clinics and provide books for low-income youngsters. At these times, I am truly proud to call myself a Rotarian.
In January, I presided over the Presidential Celebration in Manila, Philippines, site of the first Rotary club established in Asia (1919). The Philippines is also the site of Rotary’s first polio immunisation project, which later led to our greatest service opportunity – the PolioPlus program. In tribute to the Filipino Rotarians, I am shown this month wearing a barong, a shirt donned on formal occasions.
Rotary’s next century promises even greater opportunities for service. But we are also facing many challenges. In recent years, contributions to The Rotary Foundation have not kept pace with the steady growth in programs. This shortfall has resulted in scaling back Group Study Exchanges and approving fewer humanitarian grants.
Many Rotarians believe that their commitment ends once they contribute $1,000 for Paul Harris Fellow recognition. But that gesture of generosity should only be the beginning. It should serve as a springboard to a lifetime of continuous giving.
If every Rotarian were to donate $100 or more every year, we would nearly double our efforts to help people around the world. The 2001 Council on Legislation unanimously passed a resolution approving the goal of $100 per capita by 2005. I am counting on all Rotarians to rise to this challenge so that we can make a difference in the world.
Your contribution makes an impact in very real human terms. For example, a $100 gift to the Annual Programs Fund can help provide one of the following: four new wells for rural villages in Zimbabwe, three cataract eye operations in India, mosquito netting for 35 homes in Bangladesh or nutrition for 20 severely undernourished children in the Philippines.
Each gift to The Rotary Foundation is a gift of hope to someone less fortunate. We can make a monumental difference with our Every Rotarian, Every Year effort. As journalist and former Ambassadorial Scholar Bill Moyers once said: “What we do is touch other people . . . open the horizon to them . . . and say ‘You matter.’ ’’
Rotarians can serve as the torchbearers of hope, ready to Lend a Hand. Please join me in contributing a gift of $100 or more every year in support of the Annual Programs Fund. Together, we can successfully meet the challenges of Rotary’s second century of service.
Jonathan Majiyagbe
President, Rotary International
