ROTARY CLUB OF CROYDON. 45 Years of Serving our Community THE CHRONICLE. A publication of the Rotary Club of Croydon ID No , District 9810.

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1 ROTARY CLUB OF CROYDON 45 Years of Serving our Community THE CHRONICLE 14 th November 2017 Volume 45 No. 20 A publication of the Rotary Club of Croydon ID No , District President 2017/18 Stephen Bode UPCOMING PROGRAMS Standard meeting venue and time: Dorset Gardens Hotel, 335 Dorset Road, Croydon 6:00 pm for 6:30 pm start, unless otherwise specified $25 for two course meal. DATE SPEAKER Tuesday 14 th November (Partner and Raffle) District Governor s Visit DG Malcolm Chiverton Stephen Bode DATE Tuesday 21 st November 2017 Swinburne University Developing a relationship with Croydon Rotary SPEAKER Terry McEvoy Jean Stuart DATE Tuesday 28 th November 2017 AGM and Club Forum Stephen Bode DATE Tuesday 5 th December 2017 Syrian Refugee Experience. SPEAKER Hagop (Jacob) Kazandjian John Anderson DATE Tuesday 19 th December 2017 Christmas Event TBA DATE Tuesday 26 th December NO MEETING

2 UPCOMING PROGRAMS (Contd.) DATE DATE DATE Tuesday 26 th December NO MEETING Tuesday 9th. January NO MEETING Tuesday 9 th January NO MEETING DATE Tuesday 16 th January SPEAKER PLEASE NOTE: The Chair for the night s responsibility is to write a small summary of the night, 2 to 3 paragraphs and to me so I could print it in The Chronicle. **********************************

3 MEMBERS CORNER All members to advise apologies or additional numbers for meetings to: JEAN STUART on: before am on Monday Cashier for November : Greeter for November : Sue Jonas Jean Stuart. Raffle Prizes for Partner Nights: Marlene Sinclair; Bev Stehn; Jean Stuart; Ross Taylor. Warm Birthday wishes to all those celebrating their special day during NOVEMBER John Hexter Heather Tinney Viv Baum 10 th November 24 th November 25 th November We have no Wedding Anniversaries to celebrate the month of November. 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 Jean at: prcommunications@rotarycroydon.org.au By close of business Friday.

4 President s Report: What a big week for the Club. Starting with the Pegasus Cup Day BBQ, launching of the Christmas Raffle Sales, Club representation at the Maroondah Festival and a visitation by District Governor Malcolm Chiverton and Karen. Firstly, the Pegasus BBQ: Fantastic that we had 14 of our 24 listed members plus 4 partners and friends working hard on the day. Marlene Sinclair again coordinated the planning, purchasing and rostering (in between her busy speech contest and toastmaster schedule). I transported the BBQs, trestles and boxes of supplies to and from shed with Ruth s assistance. The equipment was thoroughly cleaned in preparation for the event as it had been collecting dust in the shed since last year. The financial result was a bit lower this year ($1580). Sales started slowly but steadied during the morning. Bacon was very popular this year. There is now more competition from other food vendors on the oval and traffic flow does not appear to come directly past our facility. A careful analysis of the results and consideration of alternative options for increasing our profile is needed before the running the event next year.

5 I delivered surplus bread and eggs to Helping Hand on Wednesday for distribution through their community relief program. Surplus sausages have been frozen for use in a club BBQ in We have some soft drinks and sports drinks left over and we plan to sell these within the Club. A sheet will be distributed at a future meeting for you to indicate if you wish to acquire any of the drinks. Pegasus was the first time that 2017 Christmas raffle tickets were sold. Five thousand tickets have been printed. Artwork for new posters and promotional material plus repairs to selling booth were carried out by Ruth and myself. Ian Cumming will be monitoring ticket distribution and will be allocating tickets this week for members to sell. Members are expected to also take books to distribute to organisations with which they have connections. As we will be having limited street sales this year (based on member requests), it is vitally important that members distribute books as widely as possible to maximise sales. Raffle sales this week have included: Croydon Primary School: Warranwood Primary School: Maroondah Festival: Eric and Bev Thomas plus Mia. Stephen Bode, Ian Cumming, Kevin Ryan and Joy Varughese. Stephen Bode, Ruth Bode, Jean Stuart, Eric Thomas, Ian Cumming, John Anderson, Bev Stehn and Marlene Sinclair. The school raffle sales return $1 from every $2 ticket sold. Ross and Pat Taylor will be selling at Yarra Road (18/11) and Kalinda (25/11) Primary Schools later this week. Is there anyone able to assist Ross and Pat? Jean, Bev and Ruth have volunteered to help on Sunday 26 November for the Kids Club Family Fun Day. I have not received any other responses from my for this volunteer request. I will be delivering and picking up Club trestle tables to the site and operating a photo booth during the event. There has been no response to my from anyone regarding helping at the bike IT event In December for many years our Club has partnered with Ray White for the Little Ray of Giving Christmas initiative to and deliver wrapped gifts to children at Safe Futures Foundation. Information about the Australia/New Zealand wide Ray White program has been in included elsewhere in this Chronicle Does anyone have any ideas as to how we can encourage other groups to contribute so we can improve the result for our association with Ray White Croydon. The District International Service Seminar to be held on Friday 17th November at the Mulgrave Country Club - Club Room arrive from 6.30pm for 7pm to 9 pm. It will also provide us with the opportunity to officially launch the District 9810 Resource Network (DRN) which is intended to assist Clubs to develop significant, sustainable, higher quality and higher impact service projects. The DRN is an initiative of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation being rolled out across all Districts around the world. With the eradication of Polio, Rotary International seeks to maintain its standing as a premier international humanitarian aid organisation through its significant achievements across the six Areas of Focus. Rotary's future over the decades ahead depends largely on the impact we make through our international service projects.

6 Interested members are invited to attend this workshop to explore creative ways of improving the impact of our service projects in D9810. Regards, Stephen Bode Eric joins the Star Wars Team at the Maroondah Festival

7 A Little Ray of Giving brings thousands of gifts Tens of thousands of gifts have been donated locally to less fortunate children thanks to a partnership between Ray White offices across Australia and New Zealand and their local Rotary Clubs. The Christmas initiative is run throughout December each year and community members are encouraged to wrap and deliver gifts to their local Ray White office. The gifts are then collected and distributed by the partnering Rotary Club to appropriate individuals and organisations. This is the second annual A Little Ray of Giving campaign. The localised nature of the gift drive allows local organisations Rotary and Ray White to pick a suitable benefactor in their community. It s all about local giveback at an important time of year. Across New Zealand, offices in Kumeu, Waiheke Island, Hornby, Hamilton, Ponsonby and many more across the nation participated. In South Australia, Ray White Keatley in Mount Gambier supported the Mayor s Christmas Appeal and collected gifts for ac.care while Ray White Gawler teamed up with the Rotary Club of Barossa and aspired to top their 2012 gift drive where $8500 worth of goods and vouchers were donated by businesses and locals. Ray White Plympton and the Rotary Club of Holdfast Bay collected gifts for children in the south-western suburbs and Ray White Waikerie publicly encouraged the community to consider gifts for mums facing hardship too. In New South Wales Ray White Wetherill Park teamed up with the local Rotary Club to collect gifts for Blue Mountains bushfire victims. Emma Biasetto, the local coordinator, hand painted the gift paper and managed the program locally. Emma s personal touch really made a difference. As June Bragg of the Rotary Club of Wetherill Park wrote to the business principal, I just wanted to say what a delightful young woman Emma is and what a wonderful job she did collecting all the gifts and then personally wrapping etc each one of them. They looked terrific. I am sure that the many children and families who will benefit from her hard work will truly appreciate all the effort she went to. Also in New South Wales, Ray White Rural in Murwillumbah had 44 gifts donated by locals. Ray White Dapto donated over 150 gifts to the Salvation Army. The Double Bay office had 85 gifts donates and Gerringong on the South Coast doubled their gift intake from 2012 to 2013 this year distributing 122 gifts. Rural offices, Ray White Temora and Ray White Rural Murwillumbah, distributed 108 and 53 gifts locally, respectively. Ray White Menai totalled 64. Menai s Matt Debreczeni said it was a fantastic initiative. Great to be a part of and see all these gifts coming in. Wish we could see these kid s faces! In Victoria, Ray White Ballarat participated for their first time. Phillip Lee, Director of Ray White Ballarat said a big thank you to clients, staff and members of the community who put toys under the Christmas tree in their office over the last few weeks. We had the pleasure of handing the toys over to Merv Lincoln from the Salvation Army on Friday to distribute to those in need this Christmas. Mr Lee said, the generous contributions of toys will help put a smile on a young child s face this Christmas. Across Whittlesea in Victoria, offices joined forced with the Rotary Club of Bundoora including Ray White Mill Park, Ray white Bundoora, Ray White South Morang, Ray White Thomastown and Ray White Epping. In Croydon, Melba College supported the campaign. In Queensland, Ray White Rockhampton distributed 7500 pamphlets to encourage the community to get behind the gift drive. Gladstone donated their gifts to the Salvation Army, Roseberry Community Services and UnitingCare Community via the Rotary Club of South Gladstone. The benefactor of the gifts donated to Ray White Whitsunday and Rotary Club of Airlie Beach was the Whitsunday Crisis and Counselling Service. The corporate team collected 85 presents. But story of the month goes to the community of Ascot in Brisbane. Ray White Ascot had 180 gifts delivered by Ascot State School when the year four students decided to boycott secret Santa in the classroom and instead donated all of the gifts to those less fortunate children in their community. In Western Australia, offices from Narrogin to Dongara and Morley participated. So too did offices in Burnie and Central Launceston in Tasmania.

8 What Paul Harris Said Saturday, 11 November 2017 Rotary and the United Nations In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter. Those delegates deliberated on the basis of proposals worked out by the representatives of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States at Dumbarton Oaks, United States in August- October The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of the 50 countries. Poland, which was not represented at the Conference, signed it later and became one of the original 51 Member States. The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories. United Nations Day is celebrated on 24 October each year. 'The first meeting of the UN took place in London on the 16th January 1946, hosted by District 13 at the Caxton Hall, presided over by RI President Tom Warren, who declared it to be the 'touchstone for a gesture of international goodwill unique in the history of Rotary'. President of RIBI, Tom Benson said 'UN is a new beginning in international co-operation to make peace; Rotary, wherever established, is pledged to the ideal of service to mankind in international affairs'. The Romance of Rotary in London, Vivian Carter, published by District 13, London,

9 * Made up of men and women across all vocations and cultures, Rotary continues to make an impressive impact. Are you: Keen to help others and want to make a difference? Seeking more meaning and purpose in your life? Looking for ways to help your community? Want to be part of a worldwide network for good? Interested in a Corporate Social Responsibility program in which your company can participate? Volunteering with Rotary can provide you with a great work life balance. It s an opportunity to extend your life experience and business skills, to benefit your local community and the wider world. It provides a bridge from your working and home life to meet and network with other business and community people Ongoing personal development Grow your understanding and knowledge Open to both men and women Make a new extended network of friends Weekly contact opportunities Links to a vast international network Provides a pathway to do good in the world The impact our members make takes shape at our Club meetings and activities. These gatherings allow you to join other passionate, visionary people to discuss and act upon community needs. Rotary Club meetings are also a place to strengthen connections to friends and neighbours and form meaningful relationships that last a lifetime. If you are interested in finding out more about: The Rotary Club of Croydon please visit: or for information about Rotary International visit:

10 Club Information Postal Address: P.O. Box 226, Croydon Victoria 3136 Meeting Venue: Dorset Gardens Hotel 335 Dorset Road, Croydon Victoria 3136 Facebook: Website: Club President Stephen Bode Vice President John Anderson Immediate Past President Dr Joy Varughese Secretary Greg O Neil secretary@rotarycroydon.org.au President Elect Jean Stuart Jeanieos007@gmail.com Treasurer Eric Thomas royalltreasurer@rotarycroydon.org.au PR/Communications Jean Stuart prcommunications@rotarycroydon.org.au