Those members who went to conference wore their MASH outfits to the meeting!
Pres. Bruce read out a letter received from John Sharwood who thanked Nunawading for their support of the Alexandra Race Day. Bruce and John also got their photo in the Alexandra local paper!!
$9,000 is being transferred via RAWCS to the Fiji appeal - Proceeds from the Farmers Market plus MASH hot cross buns and $1000 from City of Whitehorse.
As A/g COCC Ian S is organising a lunch for 09 May 2016. Please see article further down.
Bruce Atkinson broke his kneecap and is out of commission for a few weeks. We hope you have a speedy recovery Bruce!
Hank Gibcus is having open heart surgery in early April. Hank would love to hear from people so give him a call. We hope everything goes well for your operation.
Speaker was Alan Mead talking about Airborne Contamination Control
Southern Australia has the cleanest air in the world due to continual air circulation.
Recirculation of air through air conditioners was used to save money but led to allergies, illness and "sick building syndrome". Hospitals in the 1960's had a high level of contamination due to recirculated air
Nowadays there must be a minimum amount of outside air per person along with recirculated air.
Hepa filters are very common and they are successful in trapping bacterial microns but not viral microns that are 1000 times smaller.
Banks of Hepa filters mean clean/sterile air - important in operating theatres.
The Rotaract Club of Whitehorse would like to invite you to our Giant Monopoly Night
on the 8 April 2016 to help raise funds for ABCD (Art Building Children’s Dreams).
Location: Box Hill Town Hall (Lower Room), 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill
The visit has been arranged for 27 July commencing at 6pm and lasting about 60-70 minutes after which we will adjourn to a restaurant for dinner.
The Institute has advised as follows:-
“Please let me know if there is a particular area of research that you would like to hear about during the tour. The areas of research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute include cancer, including breast, lung, ovarian, prostate, colon and blood cancers; immune disorders such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and celiac disease; and infectious diseases such as malaria, hepatitis B and HIV. As part of the tour you can meet with a scientist that researches in your area of interest, hear about their research and tour through their laboratory. The tours usually run for approximately one hour, and also include an overview of the history and other research areas at the institute.”
The institute is located at 1G Royal Parade, Parkville (behind the Royal Melbourne Private Hospital). There is limited car parking on their forecourt, and more parking available in the Royal Melbourne Hospital car park beside the institute.
In April I will seem the members views on what areas they have an interest in being covered during the visit.
PP Ian Ballantine was the Official Photographer for
the 2016 District Conference.
Ian’s array of photographs for the three days of the
Conference can be viewed and downloaded from the
website for the Rotary Club of Bentleigh Moorabbin
Central at www.rotarybmc.org/conference
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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.
Save used stamps with a good deal of the envelope! They pay by weight! - proceeds go to ROMAC
DISTRICT STAMP FUND
Your DSF is under huge pressure to continue raising valuable funds from Philatelic Garbology.
Why not visit your City Council/Hospital/ School or big business and request their envelopes? -I do !!
$100k is our aim and with $94,000.00 already achieved we haven't far to go.
Please try -it WON'T COST YOU ONE CENT but WILL DO A LOT FOR THOSE LESS FORTUNATE.
Don't forget to save your foreign coins and notes - there is a jar to put them in at the weekly meetings
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