Moe eBulletin 19 February (Feb 13, 2018)

R.I. Theme 2017-18

Maureen Bishop
President 2017-18

Women In Rotary

CLUB SPONSORS

Rog Taylor
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INVOCATION

For Good Food
for Good Fellowship
and the Opportunity to
Serve through Rotary

WE GIVE THANKS

ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR
Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free,

We've golden soil and wealth for toil,
Our home is girt by sea,
Our land abounds in natures gifts,

Of beauty rich and rare,
In history's page, let every stage

Advance Australia Fair!
In joyful strains then let us sing,
"Advance Australia Fair!"

FOUR WAY TEST
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Posted by R. Taylor on 14/2/2018
Moe eBulletin Issue No.32

Next Meeting: Monday February 19th

Rotary Club of Moe usually meet at 6.00 for 6.30

at Moe RSL 63-65 Albert St. Moe

For Apologies and Guests, please contact:

kishormanani@hotmail.com
or
Phone: 5134 1677

by 9.30 am on the Monday of the meeting.

Program: Dinner and Lawn Bowls
Yallourn Bowling Club
6.00 for 6.30


All projects, scholars, and vocational training teams funded by global grants work toward specific goals in one or more of the Foundation’s six areas of focus:
APRIL MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MONTH Rotary ensures sustainability by empowering the local community to take ownership of chlidcare training programs.

‘Maureen’s Moments’

#40

Hi all

At last Monday night’s dinner meeting I had the great pleasure of inducting Bill Connell into the Rotary Club of Moe. Bill has been attending our weekly meetings as well as some of our social activities for the past couple of months and after showing a great deal of interest in our Club we invited him to become a member. Bill was quick to join in the banter of the evening at our fine session and also has volunteered to attend the Avenues of Service this weekend. Congratulations and well done Bill.

PP Len provided details of his bbq and snooker night to be held next Monday. The Inner Wheel ladies have been invited to assist with catering as well as stay and enjoy fellowship for the evening. I have also invited members of the Rotary Club of Trafalgar to join us. It should be a fun night and the start of another annual social event for our club with yet another ‘striking’ trophy up for grabs.

Peter announced that the Avenues of Service is scheduled for Sunday 29^th April. At this stage we have five members attending which is a great effort. If anyone else wishes to attend please contact Peter for further information.

Have a great weekend and see you all at Len’s place on Monday.

President Maureen

The Long Road From a Broken Heart

Guest speaker Jeremy Scott told his inspiring story last week at our club dinner.

As a youngster Jeremy had to be treated with kid gloves due t his hole in the heart condition. Team sports, in fact any physical involvements were virtually impossible until he had a radical procedure which was totally successful, and changed his life entirely.
After being impressed by the cycling feats of some of his peers while living in London, he thought that he too would have a significant cycling pursuit. In planning for his London to Auckland "pie in the sky" adventure, he broke the trip into 3 categories - Europe, South East Asia and outback Australia.

The overweight, unfit novice who started the journey in October 2011 was unrecognisable two and a half years later when he had cycled the last of his 52,000 kilometres, having travelled through 31 countries.

As well as raising funds for the Heart foundation en route, he overcame many personal fears, discovered untapped strengths and relished talking to locals at each destination.
One such person who inspired Jeremy was a man in Hanoi who explained that his brother had a similar complaint and it transpired that he was operated on by the same surgeon 2 years earlier. Sadly, this fellow did not survive to prosper and grow like Jeremy, but that conversation was the catalyst for him to face each successive adversity with confidence and resolve.

Since arriving home from Auckland Jeremy has become a public speaker and continues raising funds for his charity. But in reality, he really enjoys a simple life, relishing opportunities to spend time enjoying travel and nature.

End Polio Now

Distribution of Grants World-Wide 2010-2017: (Top Ten Recipients as at June 2017)

	Recipient	WHO	UNICEF	Other	TOTAL
1	Nigeria	$US81	$126	$27	$234
2	WHO-AFRO	179			179
3	India	74	87	15	176
4	Pakistan	73	69	5	147
5	Afghanistan	38	68		106
6	Sudan	38	40		78
7	WHO-EMRO	53			53
8	DR Congo	17	29		46
9	Chad	23	17		40
10	Somalia	16	24		40

Operational support cost - 45%

Surveillance - 11%

Social Mobilisation - 20%

Research - 2%

Technical Assistance - 19%

Vaccine - 3%

You're only as Old as You feel

We read in last week's bulletin of Jeanne Louise Calment, who had the longest confirmed human lifespan
on record: 122 years and 164 days.

In an interview shortly before she passed away, she made the following comments -

Being young is a state of mind; it doesn't depend on one's body.

I'm actually still a young girl - it's just that I haven't looked so god for the past 70 years.

I've only got one wrinkle and I'm sitting on it.I'm in love with wine.

Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.

I see badly, i hear badly and I often feel bad, but everything's fine.

I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.

I took pleasure when I could,. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I am very lucky.

At the end of one interview, in response to a journalist who said he hoped they would meet again, she replied, "Why not? You're not that old, so you'll probably still be here.

Forthcoming Events

CLUB EVENTS:

Sunday 29 April - Avenue of Service at Berwick
- MUNA Delegates training at Traralgon SC

Monday 30 April - Partners' Night at Len's Taj Mahal

Monday 7 May - Committee Meetings

Monday 14 May - MUNA Presentation to Club (TBC)

Monday 21 May - Takasago Visit

Monday 28 May - Club Assembly and PE Plans

Monday 4 June - Chantelle Young and Kylie Wan (MUNA Feedback)

*Monday 11 June - Queen's Birthday (No meeting) *

Monday 18 June - Combined Board

Monday 25 June - Changeover Dinner

DISTRICT EVENTS:

Sunday April 29 - Avenues of Service (Berwick)

May 18-20 - MUNA

*Interesting Bumper Sticker: "Honk if you like peace and quiet"*

Celebrations

BIRTHDAYS:
N/A
ANNIVERSARIES:

1 May - Alan and Alison Sinnott

INDUCTIONS:

1 May - Helen Mac Donald (2007)

4 May - Barry Dunstan (1998)

THIS WEEK'S DUTY ROSTER
Date	Chair	Invocation	Registration	Assist. Reg.	Clean Up
30 April	Social	Function	at	Len Cairns'	House
7 May	L. Cairns	B. Eishold	D. Harrison	R. Crooks	J. Yeatman
14 May	D. Harrison	L. Cassar	R. Crooks	B. Eishold	S. Shaw
21 May	P. Kingsbury	W. Farmer	A. Bishop	S. Guo	L. Cairns
28 May	M. Bishop	P. Kingsbury	S. Guo	M. Koch	J. Hutchinson

COMMITTEES
BOARD	VOCATIONAL & YOUTH	COMMUNITY	INTERNATIONAL	CLUB ADMIN.
M. Bishop (Pres.)	R. Noakes	A. Bishop (Chair)	P. Kingsbury (Chair)	P. Kingsbury
R. Taylor (Sec)	H. Morrison	R. Maxfield	J. Hutchinson	R. Taylor (Sec)
B. Puddy (Treas.)	S. Shaw	L. Cassar	S. Guo	J. Yeatman (Sgt.)
L. Cairns (IPP)	D. Wilkinson	D. Power	S. Zhang	L. Cairns (Programs)
P. Kingsbury (PE)	R. Crooks	A. Sinnott	K. Manani	D. Harrison (Publicity)
A. Bishop	D. Harrison	B. Paull	M. Koch	L. Cassar/PD (Catering)
R. Noakes	B. Eishold	B. Dunstan	W. Farmer	R. Maxfield (Historian)
D. Wilkinson		D. Wood		R. Noakes (CPO)
Membership		J. Yeatman		Technology
D.Wilkinson, M.Bishop,				W.Farmer,R.Taylor, B.Puddy
B.Puddy