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| John Fox ably conducts the weekly raffle |
February Theme: World Understanding Month.
Notice of Meeting for the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove
18 The Terrace, Ocean Grove.
Tuesday, February 28th , 6.00p.m for 6.30p.m.
Speaker: Sally Ford, Subject: Dealing with child allergies from a parent’s perspective. Sally is the daughter of Geoff and Jan Chandler.
Chairperson: Judy Greer.
Assistant Cashier and Thanker; JohnEyles.
Greeter and Assistant Sergeant; Geoff Chandler.
Weekly Raffle: Bill Steains.
Birthday and Anniversaries: 6/3 Dick Clay.
3/3 Pam and Tony Haines.
Notice of Meeting for the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove.
18 The Terrace, Ocean Grove.
Tuesday, March 6th, 6.00p.m. for 6.30p.m.
Speaker: all of us…. it’s Red Cross Calling.
Chairperson: Peter Hawthorne
Assistant Cashier and Thanker: John Dodgshun
Greeter and Assistant Sergeant: Geoff Ford.
Weekly Raffle: Tony Haines.
Birthday and Anniversaries: 6/3 Dick Clay.
9/3 Helen and Richard Trigg
Notice of Meeting for the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove.
18 The Terrace, Ocean Grove.
Tuesday, March 13th, 6.00 for 6.30 p.m.
Speaker: Stacey Moore from Book Grove on the business of selling books.
Chairman: Colin Brown
Assistant Cashier and Thanker: Norm Elliot
Greeter and Assistant Sergeant: Richard Grimmett.
Weekly Raffle: Ian Downing.
Birthday and Anniversaries: 16/3 Alison George
18/3 John Flett
19/3 Gerry Spencer
Report of the Meeting on 21/2/12.
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| New member, Gillian Morgan |
Gillian Morgan was welcomed to membership of Ocean Grove Rotary Club
Her classification is Primary Industry- Cattle Breeding . Gillian will serve on the Community Services Committee.
Notes and reminders:
- New Generations – Anne Hodgkinson reported that the only candidate for RYLA is our scholarship holder from the Gordon. High Schools have been contacted about RYPEN.
Graham Bath awards, given annually, need another coordinator as Tony Haines is unable to do the job this year.
- Secy. Vic reminded us that Bowel Scan is on in May.
Soroptimist International – Geelong Branch will be hosting a breakfast for International Women’s Day on 7/3/12.
- Community Development – Bill Walton - 12 people enjoyed The Merry Widow at 13th Beach and 12 went to Music in the Botanic gardens. It is our turn to attend the Lookout Garden this Sunday. This entails cleaning the signs and tidying up.
- Noel Emselle
FROGS – There will be 5 meetings this winter. Members are asked to support this endeavour as it a different way of getting our message out. The first meeting is on 7/3 and the speaker will be Jess Brown from the Ocean Grove Coast Care Group.
A boat has been organized for the 5th March at $45.00 p.p. The lucy sailors will see the Queen Mary go through the heads and weather permitting visit the South Channel Fort.
- Market 4/3 The gate collection will be for the Shelter Box Program
- Red Cross Calling 6/3 - Peter Hawthorne asked the collectors to return to houses if there has been no success at the first call. After collection return to the Bowls Club for dinner as usual around 7.00 for 7.30 p.m.
- Gerry Spencer reported that the bowls continue well, though the Club players have had no success. Still there is always next year!
- John Paton is riding a bike again for Polio Plus and needs sponsors. Even though we (Rotary) have reached our goal for finance there are still four countries where the disease is still a problem. The bike ride which is 960 Kilometers raised $17,000 in 2010 and $20,000 in 2011.
- Richard Grimmett – The Community Showcase is on 15/4/12. The City of Greater Geelong is not providing sponsorship this year so funds are needed. The club has been asked to provide 6-8 helpers.
- Rod Greer told us about the lights being turned on in Federation Square for Polio Plus. There is still a room spare at the motel for the conference and don’t forget to register for the Conference.
Guest Speaker
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| Chairman Geoff Chandler with guest speaker Catriona Heath |
Catriona Heath spoke about working with the United Nations in refugee camps in Liberia, particularly in the area of child protection. Catriona worked as part of the Standby Partners Program involving Australia, Norway, Denmark and Canada. Aus Aid pays for six months of training at Dookie College to equip the participants for field experience in times of emergency. Liberia is the 4th poorest country in the world, is very underdeveloped as it has never been colonized and has endured 25 years of war in the Ivory Coast. There are very low levels of education and UNICEF tries to assist with development of infrastructure. The children are particularly vulnerable. Trafficking, rape and slavery are common. The program tries to prevent this happening through education activities which have protection messages. Foster families help with care but are also refugees and therefore need extra help with goods not cash as basic necessities are a real problem. The refugees are very resourceful, growing some food crops and reusing existing buildings. They do not want to live in camps. The volunteers had to find their own accommodation and their facilities were very basic. Catriona obviously found her experience in Liberia challenging and her presentation to the members informed us about a country and the plight of people most of us have probably never thought of or known about.
Did you know….? (These gems of wisdom come from student nurse examination answers)
- A patient’s comfort in bed will be assisted by a frequent change of position of the bed.
- On washing a patient the nurse must make sure that all signs of dirt are removed, including the hair.
- To prevent bed sores the nurse must circulate the sores and watch the bed often to make sure that all is well.
- To reduce fever:-
- place an iceberg on the child’s forehead
- remove clothing, tepid sponges and a fan
- cool by tepid sponging and a closely supervised fan
- give antipyretic drugs and bring the fever home.
and finally … the aging process begins with contraception and terminates with death!
AG.
