The President Elect for 2016/2017 is Phil Maxwell - congratulations Phil!
Trivia night - please bring items that can be raffled, used as prizes or used for the Silent Auction. Please advise if you have anything useful for the live auction.
Board meeting will be held at Eastern Emergency Relief after visit
Vocational Visit to Eastern Emergency Relief
We had a very interesting visit to EER in Mitcham and thank Ben S and Ian A for organising it.
Eastern Emergency Relief Network Inc (EERN) was established in October 1995. There was a need in the City of Whitehorse for a central repository of second-hand furniture and other household goods to be accessed for people in times of crisis.
The people assisted are those who have been identified by member agencies to have an urgent need. These include people with long term illness, unemployment, loss of home and belongings through fire, domestic violence, lack of family support or homelessness and refugees.
For the financial year ending 30th June 2015 there were more than 2250 “distributions” to individuals and / or families. Distributions vary from a small quantity of children’s clothing or a box of food, to a full house of furniture and other household essentials.
Some of the items provided during the past year include beds/mattresses (800), lounge suites/couches (500), and wardrobes (75). A total of 1850 electrical items were also accessed (after being tested and tagged). Items included TV’s (85), washing machines/dryers (200), refrigerators/freezers (120), microwave ovens (120). In addition, some 350 emergency food parcels were given out plus 250 special Christmas hampers.
It is conservatively estimated that the monetary value of assistance provided would in the order of $1 million.
EERN has a volunteer base of over 70 people.
The number of member welfare agencies has increased to more than 140 members. 117 (84%) of members utilized EERN services on at least one occasion during the year. Eight agencies accounted for 45% of total distributions during the year.
Congratulations to the Rotary Club of Box Hill Central - please see below for excerpts from their Bulletin"
.......it was my delight at last Wednesday’s meeting to announce that our Rotary Club had won the prestigious Whitehorse Business Excellence ‘Community Award’ at the Annual Whitehorse Business Gala Dinner, held last Friday evening (16/10). It is both special and humbling to have our business peers and community leaders recognize the work achieved by this Club. Our Mission as a Club is about ‘Making a Difference through Service above Self’.
The areas recognized include the contribution the Club makes to the local community through its support of programs like the Whitehorse Men’s Shed, Medical Student Travel Bursary, NewHope Community Care, Whitehorse Farmers Market, Handbrake Turn and more and through the Whitehorse Charity Golf Day, support for NADRASCA, Alkira, Taralye and Deakin University ‘Change 100 Lives’ Scholarship. Besides support for the local community we see exciting developments happening with our Indigenous Owairtilla Project in the Northern Territory.
Cyrus Restaurant, 456-466 Ringwood-Warrandyte Road, Warrandyte South
Authentic Persian & Greek cuisine
$45 per head for 3 course meal, tea and coffee. BYO drinks
Soft drink and Australian sparkling wine to be served on arrival, included in cost.
6.15pm/6.30pm for 7.00pm sit down.
Firm number required by 25th November 2015.
There will be no raffle on the night, but members are again encouraged to support Wendy Oliver and the Salvation Army with gifts for those she deals with.
Cyrus is located on the left hand side of Ringwood Warrandyte Road, just after the Hussey's Lane/Brumby’s Road intersection. A Coles Express outlet is on the left hand side of the intersection and Brumby’s Road is the road to the Olivigna Winery.
To have a look at the location and menu please click on the link below
Please save the motel soaps or similar size for the 'Days for Girls' program which is a program for sending sanitation products in a wash bag for teenage girls overseas. Give them to Judith. Sandra and the RC Monash think our club is wonderful for saving all the soaps!!
Save used stamps with a good deal of the envelope! They pay by weight!
Foreign coins are being collected in a container at the desk. Ron Brooks RC Forest Hill has collected many kgs!
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