Vol: 35 No: 10

​September Theme: New Generation

Meeting	Guest Speaker	Chairman	Greet/Ass't. Sgt.	Ass't. Cash. /Thanker	Raffle	B'days/Anniversary
6th September	Club Assembly	Judy Greer	Fred Andrews	Graeme Chamberlain	Dick Clay.	Fred Andrews 12/9, Noel Emselle 13/9, Anne & Martin Geerings 8/9
13th September	Youth Exchange with Drysdale	Geoff Chandler	Geoff Ford.	Marion Walton.	Rod Greer.	Nil
20th September	AFL - Katie Geerings.	Dick Clay	Tony Haines	Hans Franken.	Jim Ricchini	Nil

Rotary Supporters: The activities that we have coming up are listed above and below.

We would appreciate any help that we can get from our Rotary Supporter Group. 
Please contact the people listed for more information:

Lookout Reserve Maintenance Roster:

14/8/2016 – 10/9/2016 Jill Dwyer, 11/9/2016 – 24/9/2016 Judy Greer, 25/9/2016 – 8/10/2016 Marion and Bill Walton, 9/10/2016 – 22/10/2016 Gill Morgan, 23/10/2016 – 5/11/2016 Alex Magee

VISITORS: Hamish Campbell, Richard Moodie, Guest speaker: Jill Moodie, Sam and Don Ho.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Thank you to John Calnin and Rod Bush, and Committee for Art Show Launch last week.

Mega Swim –

Adrian Schmidt & Trevor McArdle

Thank you to Trevor McArdle, past Rotarian, for managing the event.

We will need a new manager for future events. Also thank you to Jill Dwyer and Dick and Leonie Clay and all who were on the roster. So far it has raised $20,000 with donations still coming in.                                         

Thank you to those who manned the Footy Gates last weekend.

Thank you to all who purchased Circus tickets, which raised $410 for the Club.

Board meets at the Schmidt's, 1 Emperor Drive next Tuesday, 6 September. Please get all reports to Secretary Fred by this Friday.

Invitations – Grovedale/Waurn Ponds Rotary Club have invited members to a dinner dance and Auction at Capri Receptions on 14 October from 6.30 to 11.59 pm. Tickets $70. Members are also invited to their Christmas Function on December 14^th. See Judy Greer for details.

Tuesday, October 18^th is the D.G. visit. It is a Partners Night and will be a Hot Night to raise funds for Mental Illness. Check the web site Calendar for functions.

September 4^th, Channel 7 is interviewing Kim Ledger on the dangers of prescription medicines. Kim will also be a speaker at the next District Conference.

Marg Campbell was Chair for the meeting. The following reports were presented.

Vic Harnath, Administration – Bowel Scan this year has detected 3 occurrences in the Bellarine area.

Geoff Chandler, Youth – We still have no exact arrival date for Tiffany, due to further delays with her visa. Adrian Schmidt is following through with various contacts to try and solve the problem. The Junior Citizenship Awards are progressing well with follow up meetings with the students occurring this week.

Graeme Chamberlain, Car Rally – This social event is scheduled for 18 September. Numbers will be required at next week's meeting.

Coral Barker, Market – Sunday 4^th Sept. The Scouts will conduct the Gold coin collection at the door. Raffle ticket volunteers were found on the night.

Alex McGee, Footy Tipping Competition winners were: First with 146 Graeme Chamberlain, Second with 144 Geoff Ford, Third with 144 Geoff Chandler (who led the competition for 75% of the time, then went to Queensland). Last place was Judy Greer with 129.

 GUEST SPEAKER: Jill Moodie, Executive Director, Barwon Health Foundation and Volunteer Service.      

PP Marg Campbell & Jill Moodie

Jill provided a history of the development of the Barwon Health Hospital in Geelong and the role of Community volunteers in fundraising. The Andrew Love Cancer Centre was named for Andrew Love the first Minister of any denomination in Geelong, who was responsible for the first hospital appeal an accident at the wharf led locals to start agitating for a hospital in the area. It started on the current site in 1849, however due to a shortage of labour caused by the gold rush, it did not open until 1852. Funds mainly came from Community efforts. It expanded in the 1880s in response to an increase in infectious diseases. The first Gala Parade was held in 1916 as a fundraiser for the Red Cross. Thus the 100-year anniversary parade will be held this year. At that time, they realised a new hospital building was needed. The Lord Kitchener Hospital Fund Raising campaign began with money coming partly from gambling revenue in partnership with the Geelong Racing Club. In 1927 another source of funds was found from Health Insurance partnerships with Unions and industry. The new hospital was built in 1931, mainly from community funding. It was renamed the Geelong Hospital in 1958.

The Baxter House Maternity Hospital was built on the land now occupied by Geelong Private in 1954, from a loan from the NAB. It was also realised that an Aged Care Home was needed in Geelong and a public appeal was raised. The McKellar sisters gifted their house on 41 acres I Bell Park, which became the Grace McKellar house, named for their mother. In 2005, a $1.25 bequest enabled the development of the current gardens.

The Barwon Health Foundation was established in 1998, and coordinates the community fundraising, which still has an essential role in financing new developments at the hospital. These include the new 'Cotton On' Children's Ward and Special Care Ward, which cost $7.8 million. Medical Research is a new initiative at the hospital. $800,000 was spent on new medical equipment last year.

The Andrew Love Centre redevelopment is the current major project. The key areas are the redevelopment of the Chemotherapy Day Ward and the relocation of the Oncology Pharmacy. The goal is to raise $3 million, of which half has already been achieved.

Rotary can be involved in Barwon Health projects by

·      Sponsoring a Rotary badged room, probably in conjunction with other clubs;

·      Funding a chair station, $10,000;

·      Helping with the general fundraising and or buying a piece of equipment from $500 to     $50,000

NEXT WEEK: Club Assembly meeting in Service Committees

(It is an opportunity to suggest new and ideas and ways in which we might improve our club even more to build on the good work of previous years)

13 September meeting was to be a joint meeting with Drysdale to welcome Tiffany. However, due to her late arrival this will be cancelled. Instead the meeting will be held as a Social/Fellowship gathering with no guest speaker.

Thank you, AH