RI International President 24/25 – Stephanie Urchick
District Governor 9815 – Colin Byron
Regional Community Group Four Leader – Gus Rozycki
President
Paul Martin
President Elect & Club Service
Peter Johnson
Vice President
Alan Henderson
Secretary
Ben Vallence
Treasurer
Ray Barrett
Attendance
Ray Barrett
Membership
Paul Martin, Peter Johnson
Program
Brian Hodgson
On to Conference
Alan Henderson
Youth Protection
Ben Vallence
Club Bulletin
Tim Manders
Photography
Garry Byrne
Fellowship
Cliff Riseborough Max McWilliam
Board Members
Youth: Peter Johnson (Chair)
Vocation Anita Wood (Chair)
International Gavan McIntyre (Chair)
Community
Car Show Brian Hodgson (Chair) Cliff Riseborough, Ray Barrett, Peter Johnson, Garry Byrne, Alan Henderson, Paul Martin, John Hasan
Appointed as Life Members: Alan Sharp, Peter Manders
Notices:
Wednesday 2 October:
Heather Dryden. Providing personal support in Bali since Covid-19.
Wednesday 9 October:
Complete run through of Car Show preparation at 6 pm for 6:30 pm for all members followed by Board meeting. At The Hub.
Sweet Charity
Brian has booked 20 seats for a performance of Sweet Charity at the Karalyka on Friday 25 October for the Club, price $50. This will replace a fellowship night and he suggests we can arrange a pre-dinner meal. Bookings are needed by the end of this month confirmed by payment to Ray. The performance is by the Mountain District Musical Society who had an excellent run with Phantom a month ago.
Payments to Ray.
Last chance - Bookings close tomorrow, Monday
President's Message
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
This week I wanted to highlight two of our most successful programs, Aust Rotary Health and ROMAC. October is Mental Health awareness month. Did you know that one in five Australians will suffer a serious mental health problem in their life. So how does Australia Rotary Health help? Well by awareness and October is Crazy Hat Events. This is fundraising, but how do the funds help? ARH Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient, Dr. Gemma Sicouri, is an early career researcher and clinical psychologist at the Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales. Her research explores parental and cognitive factors in children's anxiety to improve psychological treatments. Recently, her published work on panic attack symptoms in children provided a new set of guidelines for parents and caregivers that help during and after these episodes. ARH supports her doctoral research program.
The other news item I read this week was on Elina, the young 5-year-old girl who came to Melb with a club foot. ROMAC is celebrating the return home to Vanuatu of Elina, and her mum Enneth, after 3 months of treatment in Melbourne. It was a long and cold period for both of them to be away from an island village that they had never left before. But it was well worth the endurance because Elina went home with her previously distorted foot now perfectly straight, like her other one. There are currently five children in Australia on Romac programs. Changing Lives, one at a time !
This week we are at the Hub and will hear about how Heather Dryden is changing young people's lives by education in Bali.
Remember to let Ray know numbers by Monday noon.
Well thats it from me,Yours in Rotary and thanks for reading
Paul Martin
President 2024/25
Leah Thompson prenting feedback about her RYLA experoences.
Leah Thompson and her RYLA coleagues have presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Youth Chair Peter Johnson.
