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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 L Cairns/ K Manani Moe eBulletin Issue No. 30
Next Meeting: Monday 4 March
Rotary Club of Moe meets at 6.00 for 6.30
at Moe RSL Club, Albert St, Moe
For Apologies and Guests, please contact: Kishor
kishormanani@hotmail.com
or
Phone: 5134 2388
Or 0401 327 332 ( TEXT preferred)
by 9.30 am on the Monday of the meeting.
Program: Committee meetings
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:
JUNE
Fellowship Month
A chance to join and enjoy an international social group,
with a common passion and a fun way to extend friendship,
with Presidential Changeovers so near
Pete's (terminating) Peregrination
#44
In Westminster Cathedral, sits the Stone of Destiny.
Souvenired by the English from Scone Castle, it has symbolically crowned the kings of Scotland since the mists of time.
Our destiny is finite and of our own making. We try and push back the halo of ignorance, in the hope that Knowledge and Wisdom will lead us on the right path, through green pastures and still waters.
We hope that whatever the mystery that lies in wait for us, we will be treated kindly by the fates. The Greeks thought the fates were 3 women, one spinning the thread, one weaving it into the fabric of life, and one cutting it.
And so we give back more than life has given to us. This is part of a philosophy was probably imprinted by our parent, or if luck will have it, a mentor.
I come this way but once.... for I may never pass this way again. Make the most of the gifts life has given us.
It is not the cards you hold in your hand, but how you play them.
Not everyone has a winning hand. Be gracious in defeat, and mercyful and humble in victory.
Be fulfilled by the things you do for yourself and for others.
Life can be challenging at times, accept the challenges.
Do your best and never give into revenge or pettiness.
Be of good courage, and do not give in to sham and drudgery, for it is a beautiful world. You just have to find it, even though it sometimes looks like a weed.
This is the end of my year, and there is only one task I have left, and it is to thank you, one and all, for the roles you have played in this Rotary year.
You have been an inspiration to your fellow Rotarians, and to the community at large. We are nothing but drops of water in the great big ocean of life, but some of them sparkle; ... some of them sparkle.
Barry has had a successful hip surgery at Maryvale Private Hospital, today, under the anaesthetist Grant Harrison (Di H's husband) and surgeon and is recovering well, according to Pam. Best wishes to Barry, enjoy some convalescence time, we all look forward to having you back on your feet soon.
We have a short month in March for meetings, as 11 March is a holiday and 25 March is the Gold Classic.
I hope we all appreciated the helmsmanship from our February Sergeants, Maureen Bishop and Diane Wilkinson. For the two meetings in March, Michael Koch has agreed to lead the Moe troops and bring the meeting to order. He may be a little bit late on the day, but I'm sure he will make up for that in his mannerisms.
BIRDMAN RALLY Supports "Rotary Project CLEAN WATER for KIDS", Project of DG Partner, Charlie Spiers
Rotarian Mark Rees (Frankston Sunrise) will take the plunge into the Yarra to raise awareness and funds for the Clean water for Kids project ( SKYHYDRANTS) Every child in the world deserves SAFE WATER. By supporting Mark & the Rotary Club of Frankston Sunrise in the 2019 Moomba Birdman Rally (8-11 March 2019) we will raise funds. By making a secure online donation, to the link below, we aim to raise $15,000 which we will then seek to be matched with a Rotary International Grant.
This will fund 10 SkyHydrant Water Filtration systems to Third World schools in the Asia-Pacific region. The SkyHydrant is a proven sustainable method of removing all bacteria & dirt & produces 1000 litres of safe water an hour. Thank you so much for your generosity. Your donation will truly make a difference.
Donations made through this platform are secure and will be remitted directly to the Rotary Club of Frankston Sunrise Community Service Account and passes onto PDG Charlies Speirs project account. To donate https://birdmanrally.gofundraise.com.au/page/MarkRees0
Last week, we had two guest speakers, Anita Huigan-Lloyd, Micro-enterprise Coach, (Good Money store 10 Tarwin Street Morwell) and Moira Laming, representing an e-Lion Club, talking about the impact of the Tonimbuk fires
-Anita presented a slide show of her role in providing a coaching service and microfinance loan for enterprises in the "greater" Latrobe Valley area, an idea started off by the Good Shepherd" program that provided NILS (no-interest loans scheme). Interested youngsters can contact Anita at the Good Money store in Morwell or Anita on 5120 44403 or 0478 650 267, launchme.og.au
-Moira spoke about her role in the Tonimbuk fires, from an e-Lion perspective. Based at the Bunyip Bushfire Recovery Centre at Bunyip, she helped co-ordinate the relief agencies like Red Cross, St Vinnies, Cardiniashire workers, 2 government funded supporters, a dozen or so Samaritans, BlazeAid workers, to work with each other. She stressed the urgency of blanketing needed, which can be donated at the Bunyip recovery centre
-And finally in swindle news, Bryan announced he had sold 143 tickets, a biggest sales of tickets in one day, EVER. Total pool stood at $966, another high on record. President Pet had the first chance at the pot but sadly drew a 6. Then after another drumroll, the luck of the scotsman, Alan Sinnott, picked out THE JOKER and managed to secure himself half the pot at $480. Well done Alan!
-President Pete closed the meeting almost on time, as the incoming Board was invited to join the outgoing Board at the Combined Board meeting
2 Jul - Innerwheel of Moe changeover night, RSVP or contact Lorraine Backman 0421 089 290
DISTRICT EVENTS
June
25 Jun RC Traralgon Business breakfast - Guest speaker Jane Anderson Latrobe Valley Health Advocate, $20 Full cooked breakfast, Cafe Aura, Seymour St, Traralgon,
Call or email Lorraine Paulet 0419547363 jlpaulet@gipps.net.au
July
11 July RC Morwell changeover $30 per person (RSVP by 24 June)
(20-22 March 2020 District 9820 Conference in Bendigo, see details by email on 7 May from
PDG Tim Moore, District 9820 Conference Chair 2019-20)
Here in Australia, we're celebrating the winter solstice - an astronomical phenomenon that occurs each year in June as the Earth orbits the sun. It is the shortest day of the year and the longest night, and the point at which the earth begins her slow turn towards the light
From the 21st, the days in Australia and the rest of the Southern hemisphere will continue to get longer as the earth continues to orbit the sun, getting closer to the sun each day until it reaches the December summer solstice
The solstice has been observed for many thousands of years, as long as people have marked time by the skies, and its a wonderful time of year to retreat inwards and reflect on the wonders of nature
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