A publication of the Rotary Club of Croydon ID No 18360 RI District 9810, Tuesday 15 th November 2016 Volume 44 Number 20 President Dr Joy Varughese UPCOMING PROGRAMS PARTNERS ARE ENCOURAGED AND INVITED TO ATTEND ALL CLUB MEETINGS DATE Tuesday November 15 th 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30 pm start. SUBJECT Melba College Followed by Board Meeting SPEAKER Terry Bennett (Principal of Melba College) CHAIRMAN Lindsay Hurford DATE Friday the 18 th of November 2016 SUBJECT District International Service Seminar DATE Tuesday November 22 nd 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30 pm start. SUBJECT Club AGM / District Conference Promotion/ Croydon History SPEAKER Stephen Bode /Lyn Davies CHAIRMAN TBA DATE Friday 25 th November 2016 SUBJECT District A.G.M. DATE Monday November 28 th 2016, at Melba College, 6:30pm for7:00pm start. SUBJECT District 9810 Primary School Speech Contest Final. CHAIRMAN Marlene Sinclair DATE Tuesday November 29 nd 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30 pm start. SUBJECT 4-Way Speech Contest Final for year 10 students.. CHAIRMAN Marlene Sinclair DATE Tuesday December 6th 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30 pm start. SUBJECT Christmas Dinner with Kris Kringle. CHAIRMAN Ross Taylor The ChroniCle 15-11-2016 newsleTTer
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A publication of the Rotary Club of Croydon ID No 18360
RI District 9810, Tuesday 15th November 2016 Volume 44 Number 20 President Dr Joy Varughese
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
PARTNERS ARE ENCOURAGED AND INVITED TO ATTEND ALL CLUB MEETINGS
DATE Tuesday November 15th 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30 pm start. SUBJECT Melba College Followed by Board Meeting SPEAKER Terry Bennett (Principal of Melba College) CHAIRMAN Lindsay Hurford DATE Friday the 18th of November 2016 SUBJECT District International Service Seminar DATE Tuesday November 22nd 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30 pm start. SUBJECT Club AGM / District Conference Promotion/ Croydon History SPEAKER Stephen Bode /Lyn Davies CHAIRMAN TBA DATE Friday 25th November 2016 SUBJECT District A.G.M. DATE Monday November 28th 2016, at Melba College, 6:30pm for7:00pm start. SUBJECT District 9810 Primary School Speech Contest Final. CHAIRMAN Marlene Sinclair DATE Tuesday November 29nd 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30 pm start. SUBJECT 4-Way Speech Contest Final for year 10 students.. CHAIRMAN Marlene Sinclair DATE Tuesday December 6th 2016, Dorset Gardens Hotel, 6:00pm for 6:30 pm start. SUBJECT Christmas Dinner with Kris Kringle. CHAIRMAN Ross Taylor
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS (Contd.) DATE Tuesday December 13th 2016, Chirnside Park, Country Club at 7:30pm SUBJECT Rotaract Yarra Ranges 5th Birthday & Christmas Breakup DATE Tuesday December 20th 2016, Chirnside Park, Country Club at 7:30pm SUBJECT Fun Meeting cum Fellowship followed by Board Meeting DATE Tuesday December 27th 2016 - NO MEETING DATE Tuesday January 3rd 2017 - NO MEETING
Club Information:
Postal Address: P.O. Box 226 Croydon Victoria 3136
Meeting Venue Dorset Gardens Hotel 335 Dorset Road Croydon 3136
Not Able To Come?... This is so important! Please advise apologies for meetings to John Hexter on 0437 392 932 or email: [email protected]
Note! Mondays before 10.00am.
Greeter for November: Jean Stuart.
Cashier for November: John Hexter
Two course dinner $25.00 at the Dorset Gardens Hotel.
Chronicle contributions and any articles of interest are invited from all members and persons that have an interest in the promotion of Rotary International.
Please email Jean at: [email protected] By close of business Friday.
We had our second club fellowship at Crave Restaurant, Boronia. Twenty eight of us gathered at the restaurant at 6.30 pm for good fellowship and fun. Everyone was allowed to choose his or her own meal for dinner. Food was excellent and too filling for some. Hence, there was nothing to complain about. After dinner we were entertained with a slide presentation of Cheryl O’Neill’s 60 km group trek over 6 days in the gorge country in the Northern Territory. It was very enjoyable and fit for the occasion. Thank you very much Cheryl. The last group finally left at 10.00 pm. Thank you Ross Taylor for organizing the event. Thanks David Ferres for bringing along the equipment for the slide show.
When I reported on the Maroondah Festival, I omitted the names of 2 people in my list of thanks. Rowan Cole picked up the meat, bread, etc the previous day and then on the day, he delivered the bread to the site at 5.45 am and helped set up the stall. Jill Fletcher did her fair share of work frying the eggs, bacon and sausages. Thank you both for your great effort.
The Christmas Raffle sales went on at the Kalinda Primary School on Friday 11th evening and at the Warranwood and Yarra Road Primary Schools on Saturday 12th evening. Thank you all who took part in these sales. There is also an offer from Gladesville Primary School for 23rd November. The sales at the various Shopping Centres will start on 15th November and will end on 16th December with the draw at 6:00pm at the Croydon Central Shopping Centre. David will be making available the roster for you to fill in your names on the days when you can assist in selling tickets. All hands on deck please.
On Tuesday 15th November we will have Terry Bennett, Principal of Melba College, talking to us about the College. We have had a good working relationship with the College for some time now with, among others, the following: a) Incoming and Outgoing Youth Exchange students, b) Rotary Youth Leadership Awards participants, c) Model United nations Assembly participants, d) host venue for Primary Schools Speech Competition, and e) the United Youth Media Program. We look forward to continuing that relationship. We also hope to form an Interact Club at the College.
Our Annual General Meeting will be on Tuesday 22nd November 2016. The Nominating Committee has made their recommendations for your consideration and action. I would like to thank Jean Stuart for having finally agreed to put up her hand for the position of President Nominee. Well done Jean. After the AGM concludes, we will have the opportunity to listen to the promotion by our On-To-Conference 2017 Representative and Conference Organizing Committee member Stephen Bode. To round up the night, our senior member Past President Lyn Davies will take us down memory lane by talking about the history of the Rotary Club of Croydon and perhaps more interestingly about the Croydon community itself.
The District 4-Way Test Secondary Schools Speech Contest Finals will be hosted by us on Tuesday 29th November 2016 at the Dorset Gardens Hotel. As it is our meeting day, all of us, including our partners should make it a point to be there. Let us all be there to support Marlene and her team. A reminder, once again, that our personal contribution of a minimum of AUD 35.00 (USD 26.50) to commemorate the Centennial of The Rotary Foundation can be paid in to me or the Treasurer or into our Club Administration Account at the Bendigo Bank in November and December. I appeal to all members to contribute to your Foundation.
It has been agreed that our club will be joining the Rotaract Club of Yarra Ranges to celebrate their 5th Club Anniversary on Tuesday 13th December 2016 (our regular meeting day). This event will be at the Chirnside Park Country Club with dinner at 7.30 pm. A flyer about this event is found elsewhere in this issue.
ANNIVERSARIES: Richard & Joy Gilham, 22nd November. RAFFLE PRIZES: Edwina Ricci, Marlene Sinclair, Jean Stuart, Ross Taylor.
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ROTARACT YARRA RANGES 5TH BIRTHDAY AND CHRISTMAS BREAKUP
Rotaract Yarra Ranges are celebrating their 5th Birthday and Annual Christmas break up at the Chirnside Park Country Club on Tuesday 13th December. This event will replace our usual meeting at the Dorset Gardens Hotel. Please advise your attendance/non-attendance with me no later than Friday, 25th November. We hope to see all members and partners at this celebration.
At the 1917 Rotary Convention in Atlanta, Past President Arch C. Klumph proposed a
revolutionary idea: an endowment fund for the purpose of doing good in the world. Since then, The Rotary Foundation has grown tremendously and in many ways, serves as the foundation for Rotary as we know it today.
This November is particularly special for Rotary. We’re not just celebrating Foundation Month,
but also The Rotary Foundation’s centennial. There are many ways to join us in celebrating 100 years of changing lives and improving communities all over the world:
• Holding an event in your community will help you share all the good work you and your
fellow Rotarians have done thanks to the support of The Rotary Foundation. Additional information that can help you in planning your centennial event can be found on The Rotary Foundation Centennial website.
• • Your club can also plan and sponsor a project to address the needs of a community with locally raised funds or global grant funds. You can choose to help provide clean water, ensure basic education for young girls around the world, or tackle preventable diseases like malaria.
• In honor of the Foundation’s centennial, we have a set a $300 million fundraising goal. Your gift to the Foundation will not only go towards this goal, but help ensure an additional century of doing good in the world.
Our celebration will culminate in Atlanta, Georgia during the 2017 Rotary Convention. It’s only appropriate that we return to Atlanta a century later to celebrate our Foundation’s centennial and all the good work Rotarians around the world have done since then.
If you register by 15 December, you’ll still receive the special early-registration discount of
$340. One of the many events you can join us for is The Rotary Foundation’s 100th birthday party, a special event that will take place in the House of Friendship. Learn more about other
Foundation centennial events during the Convention here.
We can never truly quantify all that we have accomplished with the help of The Rotary
Foundation. What we do know is that if Arch Klumph were able to see the impact Rotary has had in the last century, he would be very proud. We hope that you’ll join in marking this historic occasion, as we come together and continue the tradition of Rotary Serving Humanity.
Are you interested in helping in your Local and Worldwide Community, including issues with:- Health, Youth, Community Development and much, much more?…..
Would you like to meet some great Local People?
Would you like to help organize and hold events to raise funds for a range of charities?
Would you like to be involved in regular gatherings where you can enjoy interesting Guest Speakers, Great Company and Brilliant Field Trips?
The Rotary Club of Croydon has been involved in the local and worldwide community for over 43 years and is involved in projects including:
In co-operation with the State Government and Maroondah City Council developed the Croydon Y Space playground.
Ran a Trivia Night Fundraising Event for a local school. Secondary School Youth Exchange. Many, many more projects in the local community and overseas. Involved in Ray White’s Little Ray of Giving for Rotary.
If you are interested in becoming involved in your Rotary Club, contact:-
