September Theme: New Generation
Rotary Supporters: The activities that we have coming up are listed below.
We would appreciate any help that we can get from our Rotary Supporter Group. Please contact the people listed for more information:
DON'T FORGET DAYLIGHT SAVING STARTS THIS WEEKEND
Guests: Phil Edwards (Guest speaker), Sarah Johnson (Gordon TAFE), Guiliana Ochauanlas (Scholarship winner). Nicole Rappel, business member, was also in attendance.
President's Report: Board will meet on Tuesday, 4th at 10 am at the Greer residence. Please have reports in ASAP. There are a number of 'Lift the Lid' mental health posters to be distributed if anyone has a sensible place where they can be displayed. We will be featuring this program at our meeting on 18th October.
The Variety Concert will be held next week. This is a partners' night so please let the club know if you or your partner is not attending.
Gordon TAFE Culinary Scholarship Presentation Sarah Johnson thanked the club
for the contribution of $1,000 each year to support a second year culinary student who lives or works in Ocean Grove. Students need to apply for the scholarship and meet a strong set of requirements to be successful. Guiliana thanked the club for their support for her course. It will help her improve her English and set for more skills for her career. She came from Peru and has been in Australia for several years.
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| Guiliana Ochauanlas Scholarship Winner |
Chair Person: Geoff Chandler.
Reports:
Vic Harnath reminded members of the membership survey and asked them to complete it online if they have not already done so. The link to the survey is: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GYVNHFH
John Calnin reminded members to get their Art Show Raffle books to Geoff Brentnall as soon as possible. The Variety concert next week has a number of good acts contributed and will be a fun night. It might go past 8 pm. It is a partners' night and visitors are welcome.
Ann Hodgkinson reported on the Youth Exchange program. Sydney Coad is now with her third host family and is enjoying being in Japan. She is beginning to relax now she has her Japanese studies under control. Tiffany Shih will arrive in Melbourne this Saturday and go to her first host family on Sunday with plans to start at Bellarine Secondary College next week.
Graeme Chamberlain reported on this coming Sunday Market and organised the help he needed for various positons. The Ocean Grove Community Association will do the coin collection. The car raffle ticket selling starts at the market with Bill Walton and Geoff Ford in the tent. We now have a vacancy for someone to run the BBQ at the market.
Alex Magee reflected on the Grand Final with the Western Bulldogs in their first final since 1961. They last won in 1954.
Guest Speaker: Phil Edwards reported on the walk he took across England with his army friend, Dave McGahey whom he had known since 1972 to raise funds for the charity, Soldier On. The talk was illustrated with some excellent photos of highlights of the trip. They started at St. Bees on the Irish Sea and finished at Robin Hood's Bay on the North Sea, passing through the Lakes District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors. Phil thanked the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove for their donation to the cause and also individual members who donated.
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| Gerry Spencer congratulates Phil Edwards |
The trip started in rain and wind, which reoccurred throughout the trip although the weather occasionally improved, it being summer in England at the time. The Lakes District section included some steep, rough hill climbs, although there was easier walking in Yorkshire but still fog and rain on several days. They arrived in Keld on Day 10, which was halfway through the walk. On Day 15, they arrived at Ingelby Cross in rain again. This was the end of the Dales and start of the Moors. It was a steep climb up from the Dales but then a flat track across the Moors. On Day 18 they took a detour to Whitby on a steam train, which was where Dave McGahey was born and visited the James Cook Museum. Day 19, the last day, they arrived at Robin Hood's Bay. The trip involved a total of 370 kilometres and raised $26,000 for Soldier On. After the walk, they went to Venice for a cruise to Istanbul, which also visited Gallipoli where they were able to lay a reeve at the Lone Pine Memorial.
Next Week is the Variety Concert. There will be no raffle.
Welcome:
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| Tiffany with Adrian & Ann on her arrival |
Finally our long awaited exchange student Tiffany Shih Han has arrived, we all look forward to meeting with her and sharing experiences with her.
Thank you, Ann Hodgkinson
