December Breakfast Meeting

A VERY BIG THANK YOU FROM MYSELF

Rotary Club of Nunawading gave 35 less fortunate people 

 a $30 Coles voucher for Christmas.

FANTASTIC EFFORT

For ever grateful

Suzanne Murphy

John Lynch's group had a wonderful breakfast at The Peddler Cafe in Springfield Rd, Nunawading.

John's soup plate of coffee was enormous and the healthy breakfasts

and amusing conversation was a great 8.30am start to a Sunday.

From left to right: Past Rotary District Governor Juliet Riseley, National Advocacy Advisory Brian Knowles, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Rotary International President Elect K.R. Ravindran, Vanathy Ravindran and Trustee Ian Riseley

Rotary presented Prime Minister Tony Abbott with its Polio Eradication Champion Award in recognition of his leadership and the support of the Australian Government toward ending polio.

Speaking earlier this year at Rotary’s annual international convention held in Sydney, Prime Minister Abbott reaffirmed his government’s commitment of AUD $100 million to end polio. The funds will be distributed over five years to support polio eradication activities. The government of Australia has to date contributed AUD$73.02 million toward the global eradication of polio.

“A disease that once paralyzed 1,000 children each day is now almost history,” said K.R. Ravindran, President-elect of Rotary International.  “Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the government of Australia have helped the world make tremendous progress in the effort to eradicate polio, yet we cannot stop until every child is safe from the devastating effects of this disease.  The support of Prime Minister Abbott and the government of Australia will prove vital as we seek to eliminate polio from the world by 2018.”

Australia’s contribution will support the collective efforts of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a worldwide effort led by Rotary, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Rotary established the Polio Eradication Champion Award in 1995 to honor heads of state, health agency leaders and others who have made significant contributions to the global eradication of polio. Past recipients include Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada; Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany; David Cameron, Prime Minister of Great Britain; Enda Kenny, Prime Minister of Ireland; Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria; and Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations. Prime Minister Abbott is the second Australian leader to receive this recognition. Prime Minister John Howard was honored by Rotary in 2005.

Rotary made polio eradication its top philanthropic goal in 1985. As the volunteer arm of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, Rotary has contributed more than US$1.3 billion to ending polio. This includes more than AUD$24.7 (US$21) million contributed by the more than 30,000 members of 1,114 Rotary clubs in Australia.

Since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative launched in 1988, more than 2.5 billion children worldwide have received the oral polio vaccine, causing the incidence of the disease to plummet by more than 99 percent, from about 350,000 new cases a year to fewer than 420 for all of 2013.

President's Barbeque

Saturday January 10^th- from 12.30

Yarran Dheran Information Centre

1 Ashburton Drive Mitcham

 Melway 49 B6

There are 35 chairs and 4 tables on site so please yourself if you want to bring your own.

Barbecue , hot water etc is available.

Come along for some fellowship time and maybe a game of Finska!

Further details to follow.

• Accommodation will be for Friday 15 and Sat 16 March 2015
• One keynote speaker is Ken Lay, Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police
• A Club member dinner will be organised for the Friday night.
• The Gala Dinner for the Conference will be on the Saturday night at the Ballarat Lodge.
• The theme for the Evening is “Beneath the Southern Cross”
• We have to find some idea to fit the dress theme.
• The Conference will finish with a boxed lunch on Sunday.
   
  Conference Registration
• Each member must book their own registration. $325 / person, the full Conference fee. Youth Exc $160
• This can be done on-line with a credit card at  http//2015conference.9810rotary.org.au/  
• I am available to assist, if required
• Manual booking by forms are available from myself or the above website.
• These must be return to Steve Fisher with Credit card details or Cheque c/- P. O Box 823 Templestowe 3106.
• Please advise me by email or phone, when you have booked
• I will be visiting Ballarat Friday 12/12 to finalise the accommodation and a Club dinner venue.
  Harvey 

Who hides in a bakery at Xmas?

A mince spy.

What do you call an old snowman?

Water

What is the best Xmas present in the world?                                                            

A broken drum, you can’t beat it.

How does a snowman lose weight?

He waits till the weather gets warmer.

What do you get if you cross a Xmas tree with an apple?

A pineapple.

 Compliments of Sue Cross

To our members that are not well at present we hope you are up and about and back with us very soon!

Wishing Bob all the best with his upcoming hip replacement operation!