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JUNE 2017 Issue No 1

Rotary Youth Driver Awareness (RYDA) Program 2017 Rotary Youth Driver Awareness (RYDA) is a community road safety initiativedelivering practical road safety information targeting attitude and awarenessof young drivers and passengers

This is an essential life skills program The program is facilitated in partnership with Rotary presented byprofessionals and supported by corporate sponsors The Program about roadsafety is directed towards our young people as as they approach the periodin their life when they start driving a car and ride as a passenger in a cardriven by one of their peers It is a program that our Club has supported for a long time and continues tosupport It is a wake up program for many of the young participants Thepicture above was taken at last years RYDA and all I can say is at 60kmhrthe dummy had no chance as it flew across the bonnet of the car beforecrashing in a heap

Each time the volunteers say they learn from the program and the childrensure as eggs learn too The program is being held at Newhaven college campus in Newhaven onFriday 16 June 830am to 230pm

Volunteers are needed Please consider helping out The program provides morning tea and lunch and if last year is anything togo by it will over cater

Volunteers are needed at 0830 and 12 noon - at least one per sessionplease It is not a tough gig to be there all day as there are breaks and theprogram is interesting

So far the only helpers are

0830am - Brian Syd

1200pm - Phil Carron

Please can we have another member or two for the 830am start

Please RSVP to Syd Hadley 0403 030 440 Thank you

Phils Periphery Mondayrsquos meeting Once again we were treated to an excellent presentation bystudent representatives from Newhaven College participating in the Youth Forumfacilitated by the Club earlier this year Vice Principal Jason Scott also added to thediscussion from a teacherrsquos perspective The Forum has provided our Club with anumber of opportunities to further build our relationship with Newhaven College Club Changeovers JuneJuly are Changeover months As per last Bulletin the Club has received invitations from-

The Rotary Club of Korumburra ndash Tuesday 20th June 600pm at the Austral Hotel in

Korumburra

Rotary Club of Foster ndash Monday 26th June 600pm at the Foster Football Clubrooms

Rotary Club of Wonthaggi ndash Friday 23rd June 600pm at the Wonthaggi Golf Club

District Changeover ndash Sunday 9th June 1200pm at the Premier Function CentreTraralgon Jan and I will be attending these functions If any Member would like to attend anyof the above please let me know and I shall facilitate the rsvp Phillip Island and San Remo Changeover at the Cape Kitchen on Sunday

25th June from 430pm District Leadership Meeting The Leadership Group met yesterday atPakenham The main points were-

The need for Clubs to add their Executive positions to ldquoMy RotaryrdquoRotary Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) is looking for host families ndash do notneed to be RotariansDistrict Grant Applications are open Do we have a projectCenturion Club support - a good way of supporting Polio PlusClubs to give thought to 2018 pledging Rotary FoundationShared Membershipsponsorship of Members who can ill afford to join Rotary

Rotary Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) Provides surgical treatment forchildren in Australia and New Zealand from developing countries from our PacificRegion in the form of Life Giving andor dignity restoring surgery not accessible tothem in their home country The children and parents are brought in from theirhomes are accommodated while the child undergoes surgery and post ndash surgerymonitoring and rehabilitation before returning to the home country ROMAC differs from Interplast in that the children are brought to Australia ratherthan the surgical teams going to their Country At 3 years Kachico had an accident which resulted in a long nail entering his headThe nail was removed but metal fragments had been left behind This causedinfections and the formation of a large lesion which continued to weep Kachico wasalso suffering from headaches and fits Brisbane neurosurgeon Dr Tollesson offeredto operate pro bono at the Lady Cilento Childrenrsquos Hospital He removed a lesion thesize of a tomato Dr Tollesson believes that because the lesion was surrounded by a skin and theinfection was weeping that this up to then had saved Kachicorsquos life He also removedmetal fragments Kachico remained on antibiotics for a number of weeks to ensure all the infectionhad been cleared up Kachico and his grandfather Amon have just returned to Gizo Island in the Solomon

Korumburra

Rotary Club of Foster ndash Monday 26th June 600pm at the Foster Football Clubrooms

Rotary Club of Wonthaggi ndash Friday 23rd June 600pm at the Wonthaggi Golf Club

District Changeover ndash Sunday 9th June 1200pm at the Premier Function CentreTraralgon Jan and I will be attending these functions If any Member would like to attend anyof the above please let me know and I shall facilitate the rsvp Phillip Island and San Remo Changeover at the Cape Kitchen on Sunday

25th June from 430pm District Leadership Meeting The Leadership Group met yesterday atPakenham The main points were-

The need for Clubs to add their Executive positions to ldquoMy RotaryrdquoRotary Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) is looking for host families ndash do notneed to be RotariansDistrict Grant Applications are open Do we have a projectCenturion Club support - a good way of supporting Polio PlusClubs to give thought to 2018 pledging Rotary FoundationShared Membershipsponsorship of Members who can ill afford to join Rotary

Rotary Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) Provides surgical treatment forchildren in Australia and New Zealand from developing countries from our PacificRegion in the form of Life Giving andor dignity restoring surgery not accessible tothem in their home country The children and parents are brought in from theirhomes are accommodated while the child undergoes surgery and post ndash surgerymonitoring and rehabilitation before returning to the home country ROMAC differs from Interplast in that the children are brought to Australia ratherthan the surgical teams going to their Country At 3 years Kachico had an accident which resulted in a long nail entering his headThe nail was removed but metal fragments had been left behind This causedinfections and the formation of a large lesion which continued to weep Kachico wasalso suffering from headaches and fits Brisbane neurosurgeon Dr Tollesson offeredto operate pro bono at the Lady Cilento Childrenrsquos Hospital He removed a lesion thesize of a tomato Dr Tollesson believes that because the lesion was surrounded by a skin and theinfection was weeping that this up to then had saved Kachicorsquos life He also removedmetal fragments Kachico remained on antibiotics for a number of weeks to ensure all the infectionhad been cleared up Kachico and his grandfather Amon have just returned to Gizo Island in the Solomon

Islands a 3 day boat ride from Honiara (See picture below) Next week No Meeting next Monday due to the Queenrsquos Birthday holiday Thefollowing Monday at the RSL will be Kathirsquos farewell Phil

6th June 2017

Kachico back home with his grandparents and Rotarian Kerrie Amon is very grateful for saving his grandsonrsquos life

This great cheeky young boy now has a future

MEETING SCHEDULE

6pm for 630pm WeeklyDetails below or call Joy 0419 584 312

RSVP TODAY - YES or NO - We Need To Know

June Mon 12th Holiday Weekend - No Meeting Mon 19th Kathi Klade - Final Farewell Presentation - Youth Exchange Sunday 25th Changeover Dinner - The Cape Kitchen Mon 26th No Meeting July

RSVP Now - Click Here

July 3 - San Remo Hotel - Format TBA July 10 - San Remo Hotel - Format TBA July 17 - RSL - Format TBA July 24 - RSL - Format TBA August Aug 7 - RSL -Format TBA Aug 14 - RSL - Stevie amp John to speak about their trip to the Philippines and theSkyhydrant installation

Duties in June

Set up and dismantle Syd John amp Peter

Registrations Keith Rod amp Rhonda

Celebrations Birthdays in June include John Tennant 2nd June Ted Jeffery 16th June Judy Lawrence 25th June Pam Rotheld 25th June

Breakfast Club184 - Teacher Only Day

25 - Joy amp Tony

95 - Stevie amp John

165 - Judy amp Ian McFee

235 - Keith amp Kirsty

Newhaven Primary Term 2

305 Rhonda amp Judy

66 Joy

136 - Stevie amp John

206 - Tony amp Kirsty

276 - Phil amp Kirsty

Many thanks for volunteering folks Snow and Kirsty appreciate it

The Four Way Test is more than

words on paper

It is a way of life

for all good Rotarians

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Club President Phil Dressing m 0423 058 510

for all good Rotarians

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Club President Phil Dressing m 0423 058 510