What's Happened During the Week???

  • Our President, Sainab overdid it helping deliver food to people that needed it and has injured herself. She is sore in a few spots so hopefully, she will come good soon.

  • We have been notified that applications for RYLA close by 17th December 2021. If anyone knows a suitable candidate the please let me know.

  • We had a great Zoom meeting last week with Yvonne Farquharson speaking about Filter your Future. I don't think many people were thinking it was going to be as interesting as it was but there were a few people that sought out Yvonne's details to contact her after the meeting to follow up with her.

  • The other thing that happened at last week's meeting was that we had our club AGM. As usual, it didn't take much time but it was very productive with the result of the elections as follows:

    • 2022/2023 President                    -             Sainab Sheikh

    • 2022/2023 Vice-President           -             Ida Whiteman

    • 2022/2023 Secretary                   -             Andrew Georgiou

    • 2022/2023 Treasurer                  -             Manjula Pragasam

    • 2022/2023 President-Elect          -             Herbson Singo

  • I can also report shortly after the meeting the club's Annual Statement was submitted to Consumer Affairs

What's coming up???

Well as usual this time of year there is a lot coming up for our club.

Thursday 2nd December 2021 - 6.45 pm for 7.00 pm Start

Our regular fortnightly in-person meeting at the Mercure Hotel with Sainab and Khadijo updating us on the situation in Gedo, Somalia, and what sort of support the community is needing there

Sunday 5th December 2021 - 5.00 pm for 5.30 Start

 

 

Our members should know by now we are doing the BBQ so it will be good to get back into action in a real North Melbourne community event. I think Ted has this all organized.

Thursday 9th December 2021 - at 7.00 pm

Our regular fortnightly Zoom meeting with Catlin Healy from Destiny Rescue who will be updating us on work they are doing and some of the amazing rescues

Destiny Rescue has now 7,976 individuals as a result of their:

  • Search for children in sexually exploitative and trafficking situations. 

  • Identify a child in harmful circumstances and work relentlessly to bring her to freedom.

  • Reconnect or introduce these young survivors into safe and supportive environments.

Friday 10th December 2021 - 3.15 pm for 5.30 Start

This is a big Xmas BBQ for Ames Australia where they will be getting together with their staff and some of the Afghani refugees.

Below is a brief running sheet for the day.

4 pm

Guests start arriving

4.30 pm

Talk by Parks Victoria about enjoying parks in Victoria/park safety / environmental awareness

5 pm

BBQ dinner service

6 pm

Address to the crowd from CEO (own PA system)

 

Visit from ‘The Man in Red’

6.30 pm

Dinner service cease and clean up / pack up for bbq trailer

We will need at least 12 people to help out with this one so please contact Neville Page if you can help on page@ghp.biz

Tuesday 14th December 2021 - 6.30 pm

Join Judy and me at the Southbank Rotary Club Christmas meeting

 

Thursday 16th December 2021 - 7.00 pm

Our own club Christmas meeting at the Mercure Hotel, Cnr Harker St and Flemington Rd North Melbourne

Please join us at this event. We are also hosting guests from Ames Australia and river Nile School

The Mercure Hotel is preparing a special 2 course Christmas meal for us at the special price of $40.00/head. The meals include Turkey and Plum Pudding

Please book your seat at a table using this Trybooking link by Monday 13th December 2021

https://www.trybooking.com/BWAGC

It's only 2 weeks away so please don't hold off booking. So far we have 5 bookings so please log on and book now.

RIMERN    (Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network)

Thanks to our volunteers that helped out last week including Ted, Larry & Michelle as well as Herbson who helped out with the furniture pick-up duties ending up meeting our members when he unloaded what he had picked up.

So that's it for the year now for our club so thank you to everyone that has assisted.

Next year they are wanting us to start in January doing Saturday morning 15th and 29th

Rotary Club of North Melbourne Website address 

https://www.rotarynorthmelbourne.org.au/
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