Theme: Magazine Month.
Lookout Reserve Maintenance Roster:
8/4/18 -21/4/2018: Norm Elliott, 22/4/2018 – 5/5/2018: Noel Emselle,
6/5/2018 – 19/5/2018: Rod Greer, 20/5/2018 – 2/6/2018: Alan Keyse,
3/6/2018 – 16/6/2018: James Ricchini, 17/6/2018 – 30/6/2018: Adrian Schmidt.
Report of Meeting: 10/4/2018
Guests: Howard Dene from the Ocean Grove Community Association was presented with a cheque for $1092.85 from the gold coin donation at the market. Christine Waite from the View Club was also presented with a cheque for $1132.00 from the same source.
Guest Speaker: Eloise Cann.
President: John Calnin reported that the District Conference held at Mount Gambier was excellent with some very interesting speakers. The music played by James Morrison was also enjoyed.
Announcements: Richard Grimmett would like to borrow a Super 8 Film Projector if possible. Please contact him if you can oblige.
Secretary: The District Assembly will be held at Ararat on 29/4/2018. Incoming office bearers are encouraged to attend. This is also a good opportunity for recently joined members to learn more about Rotary. See Pearl’s Email of 12/4/2018.
Fundraising:Peter Cullen has been asked if the members of the Club would participate in again manning the gates at the football finals. This is a good fundraiser for the club. Several members indicated they would help.
Foundation: The Centurian program will be finalized soon. See Rod Greer or Vic if you wish to donate $100 to this very worthwhile annual giving appeal.
Social:
- 17/4/2018 – Drive in Movie. There will be 4 movies of varying lengths shown at Bill Steains. Entry on the left just before the main entry (boom gates) at the Collendina Resort. Head for the triple garage.
Food will be supplied. BYO drinks. A seat may be handy. There must be an apology if your partner is not attending. Cost is $20.00. Time 6.00 – 6.30pm.
- 17/5/2018 - Car Rally.
Footy Tipping: Coral Barkers son was the winner this week.
Guest Speaker: Eloise Cann. “Nursing, A Vocation with many Opportunities and Variations.”
1995 – 1997 Eloise completed her Nursing Education at Deakin University and on completion wanted to do her graduate year at the Geelong Hospital. Unfortunately she was not accepted
1998 - Graduate year at a private hospital in Melbourne where she met and married her husband.
1995 – 2005. Eloise worked at the Austin Hospital in various roles including liver transplantation, and non-invasive radiology.
2005 – 2007 Warringal Hospital employment as second in charge enabled her to pursue her desire to move into the management area of nursing.
2007 – 2008 she developed her skills in software for Health IT.
2008 – Eloise was appointed Day Surgery Centre Manager. During this time she gained a Graduate Diploma in Health Management.
2010 - Baby no 1 was born.
2011 – on return to work at St John of God Hospital she had the role of Special Projects Manager.
2012 – Baby no. 2 joined the family and the juggling act of balancing work with family was on.
2013 – 2016 she was employed at the Geelong Private Hospital as Director of Nursing. The family/work balance became more difficult resulting in her resignation from direct clinical practice. During many of these years she was also involved with the Fire Brigade in Ocean Grove, but this interest has had to be sidelined.
2016 – Teaching in the School of Nursing at Deakin and part-time work at Epworth Hospital keeps her busy.
Eloise certainly leads a busy active life fulfilling many and various roles – Mum, Wife. Daughter, Sister, Community member Nurse, Teacher, Traveller and most recently Caravanning.
APOLOGIES ARE NECESSARY! IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND A MEETING. THOSE WHO DO NOT CONFORM WILL BE SENT A BILL, AS THE CLUB HAS TO PAY IF NO APOLOGY IS REGISTERED.
Thank you: A George.
Message from Heidi Wane:
Hello wonderful Rotary people. My volunteering with the Cathy Freeman Foundation has spanned over 10 years. In that time I have encountered much kindness and generosity when fundraising. The Easter Monday market opportunity to collect gate entrance donations is the pinnacle. We collected an amazing $2915.00. The Foundation supports indigenous children with special education programs in remote communities. Your generosity in allowing us to raise money for these children is so much appreciated. Thank you and regards, Heidi Wane - Bellarine volunteers representative.
CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
GILL HICKS: The most impressive of all. Gill lost both legs at mid thigh in the 2005 London Underground bombings. She is now the owner of two artificial legs making her now a “towering 5 feet 8 inches” compared to her former 5 feet 1 inch. Her aim is to build peace and find common ground amongst people who would normally be opposed to each other. Despite her traumatic experience, Gill retains her Aussie sense of humour – she thought of telling paramedics that her name was Amal Clooney just to see if George Clooney turned up! Amazing woman – given a standing ovation at the conference.
PROFESSOR TOBY COATES: Nephrologist at Royal Adelaide Hospital (kidney specialist and therefore involved in the effect of diabetes on the body. A young patient (7 years old) had chronic pancreatitis and was on a cocktail of horrendous pain killing medications. The usual procedure was to remove the pancreas, creating a diabetic nightmare and a shortened life. He was able to remove the pancreas, send it to Melbourne to have “islets” removed and on the same day, have them re-injected into the liver where the islets secreted enough insulin to replicate the pancreas. A better solution is now under way in conjunction with another Royal Adelaide burns specialist to insert the islets into a small wound and cover it with a newly created artificial skin. One Type 1 diabetic patient is now insulin free following the former procedure.
STEPHANIE WOOLLARD: A Rotary Peace Scholar, Stephanie was in Nepal and came across seven women with varying disabilities barely surviving in a tin shed in Kathmandu; their only income was from making candles and soap. In various stages over 4 years, Stephanie was able to arrange training, materials and create a foundation to help women in Nepal who are discarded by their families due to their disability, have suffered family violence, widowhood or extreme poverty. Her organisation called Seven Women has so far helped 5,000 women in Nepal and continues to grow. A building in Kathmandu now hosts tourists learning about Nepal, including cooking and craft making, all taught by Stephanie’s women.
GREG BARTON: Greg is one of the country’s leading scholars of terrorism and counter-terrorism. He is frequently on radio and TV and during 25 years research, is an expert on the role of Islam as a constructive and disruptive force. He is based at Deakin University.
BARBARA ALLEN: Barb is a Registered Nurse, an Australian Rotary Health Indigenous Scholarship recipient and graduate of the Institute of Koori Education at Deakin University. Despite a shaky start to her education, she has since worked in many areas of nursing and acknowledges that receiving the Rotary Scholarship at a time when she could have easily given up turned around her life. She is also based at Deakin University where she is the nursing program co-ordinator.
