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Volume 84; Issue 18 President – Veronica O’Sullivan

For your diaries

Dates Event Venue & time Contact

April 4 Next Rotary Moonee Valley NRG (Next Rotary Generation)

Cross Key Hotel – 7PM meeting; 6 PM meal (optional)

Jenny Foster

April 5-7 Adopt a town drought support at Warracknabeal

Warracknabeal Veronica Sullivan

April 18 Hodges Easter egg hunt Riverside Ascot Vale– 2PM- 4PM.

Aaron Leask

May 1 Days for Girls sew in Essendon Baptist Church 138 Buckley St, Essendon, 1.30PM-4.30PM

Jane Odgers [email protected]

May 2 Next Rotary Moonee Valley NRG (Next Rotary Generation)

Cross Key Hotel – 7PM meeting; 6 PM meal (optional)

Jenny Foster

May 3 Trivia night in support of Children First Foundation

Strathmore Bowls Club 40 Loeman St, 7pm

Jenny Foster

May 4 DIK working bee DIK Shed 39, 400 Somerville Rd West Footscray 10 AM – 3 PM

Jenny Foster

May 7 RCE evening meeting Angler’s Tavern, 6.45pm – 8.30 pm. Guest speaker Mark Balla, the Aussie business man building toilets for girls in India.

Veronica O’Sullivan

May 14 Charter night TBA TBA

May 27-31 2023

RI Convention Rod Laver Arena and Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Hugh Bucknall [email protected]

Words from our President April 2 meeting

Firstly welcome to our guest speakers, Sargon and Sara Lindemayer who will speak on Assyria and on

an Australian soldier who helped to save tens of thousands of Syria refugees during WWI. Secondly

welcome to our guests including Gemma Portelli (Michael’s oldest daughter).

22 of us are off to The Wimmera & Mallee Districts for the weekend as part of our

www.adoptatown.org.au project. Key features of such projects are that:

Clubs collaborate on activity/project in the community

Develop a plan to support the community

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http://www.adoptatown.org.au/



Utilise local business where possible

Work Rotary to Rotary to Community

D9800 Rotary club visit to the town/ Stay in their hotels / Eat in their restaurants and Pubs / Shop in their shops.

Rotarians gain a true appreciation of the difficult conditions being experienced

Local and D9800 Rotarian develop bonds when working on the project.

Forge lasting relationships.

New Members or anyone who would like to update their Leadership skills are invited to attend The

Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) Course; Saturday May 5th & Sat May 19th. It has been designed to

further Rotary knowledge, and leadership, management and interpersonal skills and behaviours.

This free course enhances our knowledge, skills, understandings and behaviours, and introduces us

to alternative ways of planning, leading others, working as a team, managing our clubs and telling

our stories. It empowers Rotarians, encourages us to problem solve and be innovative, gives us the

knowledge and confidence to take on a diverse range of roles and responsibilities including the role

of president and enhances our own personal and professional capacities. Skills & understandings

developed not only enhance our Rotary offerings but strengthen us in our Professional lives too.

Want to know more? Give Veronica a call.

Next, congratulations to Sunil for being successful with his 1st District Grant Application for our Sri

Lanka project and to Steve Roe who has been successful in gaining a $5000 Federal Government

Grant that we intend to contribute to DIK.

Our next meeting was to be a combined one with the 3 Clubs that established our Men’s Shed on

Wednesday April 10th at the Men’s Shed. Unfortunately it has been cancelled due to the ill health of

the guest speaker’s wife. - .

Finally, at our lunch meeting on Tuesday April 16th we’ll do a bit of planning for Kelly’s year and we’ll

be looking for input so it will be an open Forum too. Look forward to your input.

Veronica

Guest speaker April 2 meeting: Sargon and Sarah Lindenmayer

Sargon, a leader in the Victorian Syrian community, introduced the topic of the meeting’s talk by

outlining the history of Assyria, which was settled over 7,000 years. In the seventh century AD the

Arabs invaded Assyria and it ceased to be an independent nation. Today’s Syrians still speak Aramaic

Assyrian and are still predominantly Christian. For the Assyrians, however, the plight for survival

continued during Saddam Hussein’s regime up to the recent, heinous crimes of the Islamic State.




Author Sarah Lindenmayer took over and shared the remarkable story of Captain Stanley George

Savige who led the rescue of tens of thousands of Assyrian people from atrocity towards the end of

World War I.

Stanley Savige was born in Morwell in 1890 to a struggling family. He grew to be a deeply religious

man who put a high value on human life, and especially the lives of women and children. Stanley

engaged his future wife Lillian in 1914. He enlisted in March 1915, after months of deep reflection.

Captain Savige served at Lone Pine in Gallipoli until December 1915. Captain Savige then served on

the Western front during 1916-17.

In 1918 Captain Savige was chosen as part of a 300 strong top secret British High command mission

to redeem lost ground on the Eastern front. An unexpected encounter with tens of thousands of

Assyrian refugees fleeing from slaughter led Captain Savige and his men to ride hard to get to the

back of these refugees and protect them from their assailants. The surviving refuges finally made it

to safety near the Tigris River in Iraq. Unfortunately only a handful of the 300 soldiers survived.

Savige returned to Australia after the Great War to lead a life of peerless philanthropic and military

achievement. He established Legacy in Victoria. At the outbreak of WW2 Stanley Savige re-enlisted

and was promoted to the rank of a full General. Stanley Savige was eventually awarded The Military

Cross & Distinguished Service Order. The Assyrian people still regard him as one of their national

heroes.

Full details of this remarkable and heroic story including how to purchase a copy of Sarah’s book

Debt of Honour can be obtained from http://www.debtofhonourbook.com/.

Sarah is a member of Writers Victoria where she completed a Masterclass with American author,

academic and critic Robin Hemley. She supports the Wheeler Centre, the UNESCO Melbourne City of

Literature and literary festivals. She is a social planner by profession.




Combined meeting at Strathmore Men’s Shed (SMS) April 10 commencing 6.30 PM

This meeting has been cancelled due to ill health reasons

Hodges Easter egg hunt

Aaron Leask has let our Club know that he needs access to a BBQ for this event on Thursday April 18, 2019

and would love it if some of the club members could volunteer to come down and assist on the day by cooking the BBQ and liaising with the families.

The location is Riverside and the hunt runs from 2pm – 4PM

My firm has done this now for 3 years, and we expect another 500 kids and 200 + families. It will be great exposure for the club as well.

I would also be open if any Rotarian has a business they would like to promote of theirs, we have 4 business that have chipped in $500 each for naming and support partner rights for the event.

All money raised will be donated to the Good Friday appeal.

FINAL REPORT – DISTRICT GRANT DG 19.7 – Supply of vehicle for BT – Philippines

The District 9800 Grant for the supply of a vehicle for BT, Philippines has been completed. The

funding provided was used to purchase and customise a jeep for use by Bahay Tuluyan, Philippines.

WHAT IS THE VEHICLE USED FOR?

The Mobile Unit vehicle will visit areas where there are large numbers of children living or working

on the street. Each area will be visited at least once a week and children will be encouraged to

participate in street education activities led by youth facilitators. The Mobile Unit will be operated

by a team of professional street educators and social workers trained and led by Bahay Tuluyan.

This team will be responsible for monitoring children’s status and progress and helping to ensure

that they get access to the services they need. This will happen both through the provision of direct

service/intervention but also through the referral to appropriate government or non-government

service providers.

This project will directly address the needs of street-connected children in Manila for:

Children’s rights education

Life skills education including personal safety and child protection

Case management services

Access to critical services such as health and education

Transition options for moving off the street

Peer support services

The Mobile Unit will have the Rotary Logo painted on to the vehicle.




The funding breakdown:

1. District Grant funds paid 5,000

2. Other funding (specify) RC Essendon 10,000

3. Bahay Tuluyan Philippines 40,657

Total Project Income AUD$55,657

Cathy and Shirley

27 March 2019

DIK Update from Bob Lindemann

Over the next 3 months, DIK will need some assistance at the store as at various times

Laurie, David and Bob Glindemann will all be away taking some holidays.

During this time a couple of additional bodies each Tuesday and Thursday will be most

desirable as there are still collections to do and a number of containers to despatch.

We have at least 6 containers to consolidate and despatch as well a s a big collection from

Sunshine Hospital and a nursing home at Caulfield to fit in. Both have multiple hospital beds

which we need for some of the containers coming up.

Additionally in that period there are half a dozen Saturday Club visits/working bees.

So we are in for a very busy 3months from now to end June .

I will appreciate your advices of when you or some of your fellow Rotarians may be available

to lend a hand.




Children First Foundation Trivia Night May 3

Come along and test your knowledge and support a great organisation ' Giving Small Lives Big H ope'

CHILDREN FIRST FONDATION

Trivia night

Strathmore Bowls Club 40 Loeman St

Strathmore 3 0 4 1

Tickets $30 pp, tables of eight

Make new friends and join a table of strangers or gather the

gang and book a whole table.

https://www.trybooking.com/BBQML

All proceeds go to:

Children’s First Foundation

BYO food to share with the table, drinks at bar prices, dessert items

available for purchase. Please NO BYO Drinks.

Including raffles, silent auctions and other fun activities

Helping build the dream since the beginning...

For more information contact Elizabeth at [email protected]

or Jenny Foster on 0410 595 847

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK 2019/2020 NOW ON SALE

Once again Jan Thomas will be selling the Entertainment Book. As Brumby Babes has ceased to operate, please help her new fundraising cause, our own Days for Girls group. The Entertainment Book can be purchased for $70 and used from now until the end of the 2019/2020 financial year. It is full of up to 50% off or 2-for-1 style offers, and is a great way to discover new favourites and enjoy the value at the same time. It includes dining, activities, travel, shopping, car hire, accommodation and much more. Every sale will contribute to our Days for Girls group.

For more information or to arrange collection of your Entertainment Membership, please contact Jan Thomas on 0408 320189 or [email protected]


http://www.trybooking.com/BBQML

mailto:[email protected]





She Shed is here!

Strathmore

’s Shed, Are you keen to turn your hand to timber craft and power tools with other like-minded women? Join us at the fully-equipped She Shed! at the Strathmore Men’s Shed, 144A Mascoma Street, Strathmore.

Beginners are welcome and expert guidance is provided. Sessions are held weekly on Mondays from 9am to 1pm. An annual membership fee applies.

Work on personal or community projects or make items to sell in the handmade shop.

Places are limited. Please contact Community Support on [email protected]

or 9243 8701 for more information.




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Help yourself and help our Club by banking with

Strathmore Community Bank. Take out a loan, term

deposit or open a bank account and the club will

receive up to $500.

Drop into the branch at 337 Napier Street,

Stathmore or call Manager David Porter on 9374-

2607 for details.


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