FEBRUARY 2018 COMMUNITY // FOOD // ENTERTAINMENT. The Good Life. deewhyrsl.com.au

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1 FEBRUARY 2018 COMMUNITY // FOOD // ENTERTAINMENT The Good Life deewhyrsl.com.au

2 LUNAR According to ancient legend, the beginning of Lunar New Year started with a fight between villagers and a mythical sea beast called the Nian (Chinese word for Year ). Now, this might not be fact, but as the Year inhabited the sea, we re pretty certain one of his favourite dishes was lobster need we say more? Introducing Lobster in Black Bean Sauce. Enjoy this Lunar New Year. Lobster in Black Bean Sauce Available: 16 February - 2 March Times: lunch and dinner Whole: $39.50 or 700 PTS* Half: $21.00 or 350 PTS* Where: The Asian *Members Pricing.

3 Introducing the new Chair of the Veterans Centre, Brigadier Michael Griffin, AM (From Left) Ben Webb Centre Manager VCSNB, Sarah Sutherland, Chief Financial Officer Dee Why RSL Brig Michael Griffin, AM, Former Chair John McInerney, OAM and Bill Hardman, OAM, Treasurer VCSNB. In October 2017, Mr John McInerney, OAM, Chair of the Veterans Centre handed over leadership of the Centre to Brig. Michael Griffin, AM. I am extremely grateful to John for his vision and hard work. As a founding member of the Centre and then also serving a tenure as Chair, John led his team to answer a need of current Defence Force members, ex-service members and their families. John will continue assisting ex-service families through his work with Legacy. The Centre has been operating from Level 4 of Dee Why RSL for the past three years and provides a holistic model of care to current and ex-service men, women and their families. This means providing one service, compensation and welfare support, and referring all other means of assistance to partner organisations. This approach has led to an increasing demand for services and unfortunately, the demand is too great, with calls for assistance being triaged onto a wait list. To improve this situation, the Centre relies on donations from the public to provide these needed services by a paid and volunteer workforce. Ben Webb, Centre Manager states that the Centre is unfortunately seeing an increase of clients in crisis, at risk, or who have attempted suicide. Brigadier Michael Griffin, AM newly appointed Chairman of the board of the Veterans Centre. The Centre has not been idle in the face of this growing demand and severity of clients needs. Ben continues to describe that, the Centre has a number of major projects finishing in the first half of 2018 which will greatly add to the capabilities and capacity of the Centre, ultimately providing a better service to clients. Michael will bring a wealth of experience to the Centre. Serving as a soldier for 42 years, Michael is currently serving as a Brigadier in the Army Reserve and has been awarded the Member of the Order of Australia for services to the law. In addition to this, Michael is also the Agency Head of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity. My key objective for my tenure is to continue to build and maintain the reputation of the Centre as a trusted source of advice and support to the veteran community, To learn more about the Veterans Centre please visit vcsnb.org.au

4 WHAT S ON WHEN DOVES CRY THE PRINCE EXPERIENCE FRI 2 FEB THE RADIATORS + SPY VS SPY FRI 9 FEB LISA HUNT FRI 16 FEB MANPOWER AUSTRALIA 2018 TOUR THU 22 FEB Fri 23 Feb BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW dyrsl.com.au or Club entry conditions apply. Visit dyrsl.com.au for all show terms and conditions.

5 The Good Life THURSDAY 25 JANUARY SUNDAY 4 MARCH Members receive a daily free entry plus additional entries through the purchase of food, drinks and show tickets*. CASH DRAWS Every Wednesday and Saturday from 8:00pm in February. THREE MAJOR DRAWS AN ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA, FIAT 500, APRILIA SCOOTER, OR CASH. Fri 2 March from 8:30pm Aprilia Scooter valued at $5,700 plus $5,000 cash Sat 3 March from 8:30pm Fiat 500 valued at $22,793 or $12,000 cash Sun 4 March from 8:30pm Alfa Romeo Giulietta valued at $40,568 or $26,000 cash Activate your entries from 6:00pm on each of the cash and draw days for your chance to win. MUST BE HERE TO WIN! *Terms and conditions apply. See in the Club for full terms and conditions. Authorised under NSW Permit No. LTPS/17/20611 DRIVE YOUR DREAMS FURTHER.

6 COMMUNITY Fighting Chance Builds a New Future for Disability Michael (right) and Nic (left) work together at Avenue Dee Why RSL is very proud to assist local community group Fighting Chance, who are based in Frenchs Forest. Fighting Chance design, build and scale social enterprises - creating increased work opportunities for Australians with disability and their families, and are now supporting 180 people in our local area. Dee Why RSL has specifically helped one of Fighting Chance s expanding social enterprises: Avenue within the Northern Beaches. Avenue was established under the firm belief that all people can meaningfully contribute their skills and talents to society, and that people with profound and severe disability are no exception. Club President Graeme Liddell and Executive Manager, Community Sheila Malone recently visited Fighting Chance to appreciate first-hand all that they do. Avenue imports a range of giftware products, handmade by artisans from around the world, and sells them to the Australian consumer through local markets, an e-commerce website and local wholesale. This commercial activity creates economic participation opportunities for a team of people with significant disabilities, who manage the importing, sales and distribution, marketing and promotion of the ethically sourced products. Avenue offers each person their first, and potentially only, opportunity to utilise their skills within a work setting. L To R: Nina Murphy (COO), Alex Carpenter (Partnerships Exec), Sheila Malone, Laura O Reilly (CEO), Graeme Liddell Fighting Chance was set up by siblings Laura and Jordan O Reilly, who grew up at the side of a younger brother, Shane, who had profound cerebral palsy. As Shane entered his late teens and began to look for meaningful post-school options, it became increasingly clear that his opportunities were extremely limited. Shane would never enter employment, despite being highly intelligent. Instead, he was likely to find himself in a day program which, while offering amusement and the occupation of his time, offered nothing in the way of personal development, growth, utility of his skills, or the provision of a sense of purpose in society. Partnerships Executive Alex Carpenter stated; Our mission is to ask What if? - to see the world as it isn t yet, to imagine a future quite different to the present; and then to make it happen. Through the creation of innovative social businesses, Fighting Chance provides opportunities for meaningful social participation, employment, work experience and skill development to young people with the most significant disability in our community.

7 When you think of Thailand, one of the first things you probably think of is the food and maybe the amazing beaches, rich culture, and incredible shopping, but the food is almost certainly up there. Easy enough to understand given that Thai food is one of the most popular and tastiest of worldly cuisines, appearing in 2017 s Worlds 50 Most Delicious Foods List seven times! Lucky for you, we re offering arguably the best kings of curries. Massaman Beef Curry Salmon Red Curry Chicken Red Curry Sweet, salty, sour, bitter and spicy in flavour, you ll definitely need rice to mop up the last drizzles of the fragrant curry sauce. Country of Origin: Thailand Available: throughout February Times: lunch and dinner $15.50 Members $17.90 Non Members

8 THINGS TO DO LIVE LTPS/17/16199 MEMBERS CASH DRAW Thursday and Sunday Draws from 7:00pm Must be here to win BINGO Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Books available: 10:30am Games start: 11:00am CASH HOUSIE Monday and Wednesday Books on sale: 10:30am Games start: 11:00am Monday, Tuesday and Thursday Books on sale: 6:30pm Games start: 7:00pm Saturday and Sunday Books on sale: 12:30pm Games start: 1:00pm Supporting local charities FREE LIVE MUSIC Nightly in Flame Lounge From 6:30pm LIVE SPORT Daily in Match Bar From 12:00pm MONDAY 5 FEBRUARY FROM 10AM $4 BUDWEISER * - $1.00 HOT DOGS * - FREE PEANUTS CELEBRATE WITH LOCAL GRIDIRON CLUB - NORTHERN SYDNEY REBELS GRIDIRON POKER Level 3 Monday 6:00pm Sunday 1:00pm & 5:00pm WEEKLY RAFFLES Wednesday and Friday Tickets 5:00pm Draws 7:00pm Sunday Tickets 2:45pm Draws 3:45pm VALENTINE S DAY RAFFLES Sunday 11 February Tickets 2:45pm Draws 3:45pm Wednesday 14 February Tickets 5:00pm Draws 7:00pm 18 + *Members pricing, While stock lasts. NORTHERN SYDNEY REBELS - MMXIV

9 TIME TABLE We hope that you are enjoying the Dee Why RSL Shuttle Bus that is now shuttling members and guests to and from the club. If you have not had a chance to utilise the complimentary service and are wanting to know where to find up to date time tables, routes of the bus and or the current location of the shuttle bus. simply visit bus.deewhyrsl.com.au or deewhyrsl.com.au or ask one of the reception staff on your next visit to the club. Happy shuttling! Thursday: 4pm - 11pm Friday: 4pm - 2am Saturday: 4pm - 2am Sunday: 4pm - 11pm Routes alternate in the following way: North, South A, South B, North. Each route takes approximately half an hour. bus.deewhyrsl.com.au

10 WEEKLY RAFFLES WEDNESDAY GOURMET RAFFLE Win delicious meat trays, seafood trays and a selection of fabulous themed prizes every Wednesday. Tickets on sale from 5:00pm Draws from 7:00pm FRIDAY MEAT & SEAFOOD RAFFLE Win locally produced meat and seafood trays as well as an assortment of prizes perfect for the home, kitchen and outdoors every Friday. Tickets on sale from 5:00pm Draws from 7:00pm SUNDAY LIFESTYLE RAFFLE Win meat trays perfectly arranged for your week ahead, as well as a range of other essentials every Sunday. Tickets on sale from 2:45pm Draws from 3:45pm GOOD VIBRATIONS RAFFLE Enjoy the last fleeting moments of summer feeling fresh and fabulous. Featuring all things fantastic, join us this February for our end of month Good Vibrations raffle*, for your chance to win a wide range of prizes. FRIDAY 23 FEBRUARY Tickets on sale from 5:00pm Draws from 7:00pm *In place of Friday weekly raffle MEMBERS SPECIAL Starter Conference Package $26 * per person. Package includes full day room hire, coffee, tea and light lunch. *Members Pricing. $29.50 per peson non-member. Terms & conditions apply. See in club for more details.

11 PIMM S & LEMONADE JUG SUNDAY - THURSDAY 5:30PM - 7:30PM FEBRUARY $20 * S PECI A L *Member pricing