Cyber News

Inside this issue

New Members ............... 2

DG Visit .......................... 2

Mandela Day………...3, 4, 5

Fellowship…………………….5

Blanket Drive ................. 6

District Grant ................. 6

Health Days ................... 6

END Polio NOW ............. 7

Rotary & Shelterbox..…...7

Rotary Humor…….………...8

Upcoming Events…………..8

Special points of interest

Night at the Races

DG Visit

New Members and Old Sponsors August is our International New Membership month, now what does that

mean? Well, for starters, each member need to have a look at his or her list of

friends. We know they are great friends, but will they make better Rotarians? If

your answer is yes, then it is time to talk to them about Rotary.

Invite them to a function or a project so they can see what being a Rotarian is all

about. Should you be talking to a friend of a friend, remember that one very

important question, “what is your passion?” Allowing people to do what they

are passionate about will make them stay.

That brings us to the second part of the heading, “Old Sponsors” We are not

talking age here, but time spent as an active Rotarian! Being a Rotarian also

means you need to educate a new member about the ways of Rotary. It is a bit

like being introduced to the in-laws, you have no clue how they conduct their

business until someone explains it to you. Being a sponsor of a new member is

great, this is when you tell more of your Rotary stories and what makes you a

passionate Rotarian.

Our club goal is to reach 200 members by the year 2020. The success of this

story is in the hands of all the members. Should each one bring one new

Rotarian to the club, we will reach the millennium mark. Should we be so lucky

and all the members do the same again, we will be at 200 by this time next year!

This goal is reachable with the buy in of all our current members. Let’s grow our

club and Rotary at the same time. Most of all, Let’s have fun growing Rotary!!

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Will it build GOODWILL and better FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

August 2016

President A. Mostert

It is time!!! The annual visit of the reigning District Governor is upon us. District Governor Grant Daly will be visiting the

club on 13 August 2016 and we hope to see many faces at the venue.

Venue: YFM Dunkeld Crescent Hyde Park

Time: 13:00—17:00

Program:

13:00—14:00 Projects (presentation)

14:00—15:00 Board Meeting

15:00—17:00 DG address, Inductions and Fellowship

Please note that several of our new members will be inducted on the day after the board meeting so please attend and

show your support. R100 donations to the Rotary Foundation will be welcome on the day.

Should you want to showcase your project to the District Governor, please let Carolyn or Annemarie know as soon as

possible. They will need a short synopsis on the project and some photos. Be prepared to talk about your project either

in person or via Zoom. The Zoom link will be send to all members. Come and join in the fun and fellowship with our

District Governor couple Grant and Nadine Daly.

Our new name badges are available, the cost is R60.

“Rotary theme for 2016—2017”

New Members

District Governor Visit

We are proud to welcome two new members to the club. They are both old

Rotarians and very active on District level.

From Gaborone in Botswana, welcome to PP William Lee, William is also the

District Governor Representative for region 1 (Botswana) and a member of the

Membership & Extension committee under the chairmanship of PDG Kobla

Quashie.

Our other new member is from Pretoria in Gauteng, we welcome Johan Snyman,

he is the chairperson of the Rotary Friendship Exchange. Gentlemen, you have

now entered the next level of being a Rotarian. This is the danger zone, the

members of the E-Club are all passionate Rotarians and hard workers.

Fasten your seatbelts and fly with us, we are better than Emirates and Kulula does

not feature at all!

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Mandela Day 2016

This year was no different than the previous ones. People from all walks of life made the time to spend

67 minutes doing good. Members of the club were equally active in their bit for Mandela day. Here are

some photos of a few activities that happened on the day.

Left:

Charlotte and Annemarie delivering jerseys

Right: Our Wool Tannies (or aunties if you

want)

Left: Robyn handing out Toms Shoes

Below: Steve was in Joubert Park talking about Rotary with Mike

Vink from Johannesburg New Dawn

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Mandela Day 2016

More pictures from Andre and Hilda’s trollies with food, through Mariam at the

hospital, Dr Emad in Nelspruit and Leon finding a deserving person. 67 Minutes of

doing good!

1 & 4 : Andre & Hilda’s food

trollies

2: Mariam at the hospital

3: Receiving a blanket in

Nelspruit

5: Deserving man

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Rik’s concert

….and having some fun when a member gets older, Mark turning 40…...

This years blanket drive proved to be another success. A Big thank

you goes to Sanlam and BNI for their generous support Many of the

club members also sponsored blankets for the needy and in view of the

cold weather, this came in handy!

President Annemarie Mostert and members Theo & Maize Buttress

and Andre van Eeden handed out blankets during the Three2six pro-

ject. Thank you to all who participated and gave time and money to

warm someone this winter.

Loads of blankets were collected by the participating clubs in and

around Johannesburg. The contributions made by the clubs just keep

on growing every year.

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District Grant

Blanket Drive 2016

The club has secured a District grant of $500 for the soccer program run

by Theo and Maize. Well done you two!!

This is just another example of how you can grow your funds for a project.

Five rand in your pocket can become twenty with the District grant.

Should you be lucky and have another international club involved and you

submit for a Global grant, that twenty can grow to sixty!

This is just random totals to indicate the power of the Foundation. This is

also the reason we need to contribute to the Foundation. PDG Francis

Callard is well known for his “Sir, may I please have more??” (of your

money that is)

In reality, it is the best darn bank in the world!! One where you can get a

lot more from than what you have contributed to.

Important Date

Please remember our “Night

at the Races” event. This is

an annual fundraiser and we

will appreciate all the support

we can get.

Venue: Marks Park Sports

Club, Emmarentia

Date: 30 September 2016

Please put this in your diary

and join in the fun!!

The posters; one for BNI and one

for Sanlam

Rotary Family Health Days

Mark & Lynn Doyle have offered to be our site coordinator s for this year’s Rotary

Family Health Days. Our regional chair is Chris Thompson.

The site:

Location: PPC Community Church

Eldorado Park ext 9

Cnr Fisher & Finch Streets

As we continue to fight Polio

Finding the occasional case of

polio outside Afghanistan and

Pakistan, the only countries

that have yet to eradicate it, is

not unusual. In 2014, just before the World Cup brought travelers from

all over the planet to Brazil, the country identified poliovirus in the

sewage system at São Paulo’s Viracopos International Airport.

Those are frustrating examples for the thousands of people around the

world working to eradicate polio. The fight has come a long way, but it

is far from over.

The vaccine itself isn’t the biggest expense in a vaccination campaign

(in fact, Rotary rarely funds vaccines). It’s the distribution of the vaccine

– transportation and staffing, that costs so much. In January, money

donated by Rotarians covered the costs of a Cameroun vaccination

campaign that involved 34,000 vaccinators and 21,000 rental cars,

which volunteers used to canvass neighborhoods and travel from home

to home administering the vaccine.

Funds also went to more than 3,700 town criers and 45 radio spots in

Chad, to more than 14,000 local guides and 500 clan leaders to ensure

that the children of nomads were vaccinated in Ethiopia, and to provide

training and support for 60,000 community volunteer vaccinators in

Afghanistan.

Our club has donated annually...and we need to do more to rid the

world of this disease.

Rotary and ShelterBox renewed their partnership

Rotary and disaster relief charity ShelterBox renewed a

three-year agreement to provide immediate, lifesaving

assistance to survivors of natural disasters and conflict.

Rotary clubs worldwide have mobilized to provide immediate

relief to thousands of displaced people quickly and efficiently

with ShelterBox for 16 years. To date, Rotary members have

donated US$48 million to provide shelter for families in need –

40 percent of ShelterBox's total of US$119.6 million raised.

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END POLIO NOW

Rotary and Shelterbox

Rotary Humor 13 August 2016

District Governor visit

19 August 2016

Rotaract pinning at UJ Bunting road campus. Remember to let Steve know if you are attending include your vehicle details and the names of all the people in the vehicle. Very Important!

20 August 2016

Rotaract book sorting at the Humanitarian Centre

20 August 2016

The Greatest Train Race in Middelburg. Hopefully enough Rotaractors can go and do some fundraising for future projects.

September 2016

Basic Education and

Literacy Month

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