Ian S said the weekend away will be on 11 and 12 November 2017. He will send out a separate email detailing accommodation, dining etc. Need to book accommodation early.
District Changeover is on 24/06/2017 so need to advise attendance ASAP
Hank advised there will be a working bee at Aurora School to build 6 vegie boxes. It will be held on the Saturday/Sunday 23 and 24 September 2017. Probably will have a BBQ. Need as many hands on deck as possible.
Sue C - Carina (our last exchange student) is arriving in Australia on 27/09/2017 and will be staying with Sue and Rob so we will see Carina at some meetings
Bruce S had a email from Michael Sukkar regarding the Deakin Community Awards. These awards are for service within Deakin. Nominations are closing soon
Ian A spoke about the Paraplegic Benefit Fund (PRF) - the dues are $45.00 - please pay to Ian by the middle of July.
Mike P mentioned the recent Dads Group Inc. BBQ at Antonio Park. The group has been meeting for the past 12 to 18 months. There were around 20 to 25 Dads, their partners and children. RC of Nunawading supplied sausages, eggs and bacon.
Janette advised the 2 recent sausage sizzles at Bunnings raised a nett profit of $2,060 - we sold 930 sausages. Many thanks to Joe and Mary V who did all the shopping, set up, sliced 30 kg of onions, picked up stuff after closing etc. Janette also advised we had done 12 sizzles since October 2016 and raised over $13,000 which is a great result.
Our speaker was Marjorie Morgan OAM - she is a volunteer with the Red Cross and was also on the auxilliary for Aurora so she was happy to hear of the partnership we have with Aurora.
Marjorie spoke to us about Celeste de Chabrillan
Celeste was a courtesan who was born in Paris in 1824. She later became an actress and author.
She fell in love with Lionel de Chabrillan who was a Count and they eventually married in 1854. A few days later they left for Australia and Lionel became the French Counsel-General in Melbourne. They had no children. Lionel liked to gamble and lost a lot of money
Celeste wrote her memoirs in 4 volumes and these preceded her arrival in Australia. Consequently she had difficulty making friends and being accepted by society.
Celeste returned to France to get her jewellery from Lionel's brother - she used them to pay off debt.
She funded a home for orphaned children and also a chapel but her name was not able to be attached to either due to her past.
She died in 1909. She wrote 12 novels and 26 plays.
Under her stage name Celeste Mogador she wrote "Daughter of Paris" and under her married name she wrote "The French Consuls Wife"
For those club members who are current ( and even future) supporters of the PBF it can be advised that the donation this year will remain at the same level as last year - $45.00.
As usual a notification will be on the annual club subscription account. Please pay to Ian
If you want more information contact Ian A or visit the PBF website - the link is below
After 2 years, this is my last Bulletin...... John Lynch will take over as Bulletin editor for 12 months starting from next week and I am sure he will do a great job. John has been editor before and also set up the Bulletin for RC of Eltham so he will have a fine repertoire of skills!. Please support him by contributing any items of interest.
Effective 30th June 2017, Ian Donald will be stepping down from his role as the 9810 District Centurion Coordinator and as a member of the 9810 District Foundation Committee after 6 years in the role.
Joy Varughese, who is the 2016/17 President of Croydon Rotary Club, has been appointed as Ian's replacement.
The usual notice for the Club Subscriptions will issue in early July.
In respect to the optional payments (Foundation Centurion, Australian Rotary Health etc etc) please note these must be paid via a separate cheque handed to the Club Treasurer, for a tax receipt to issue to the donor.
They cannot be included in a internet banking credit to the club’s account.
The cheques must be made payable to the respective recipient (Rotary International, Australian Rotary Health etc).
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