Rotary Nunawading Bulletin 05 May (Apr 25, 2021)

OUR NEXT MEETING

WEDNESDAY MAY 5^th

at Bucatini at

6:00 pm for 6:30 start

PROGRAM:

Graeme Moorfoot

Off the Beaten Track

SPEAKER FOR MAY 12

Peter Gray RC Phnom Penh, Cambodia: MEC Project

To view program for the weeks ahead, visit SPEAKERS

LAST WEEK'S MEETING

Mark Huddleston

Rotary Membership

Mark Huddleston - author of Creatures of Habit - spoke (on ZOOM) on the crisis in Rotary membership.

Rotary membership has declined by at least a third since the 1980's

He has identified 5 major reasons for the significant decline .They are:

Rotary is seen as less relevant as our average membership age increases.
Ineffective communication
Change in the volunteering landscape.
Obsession with process to the detriment of outcomes
We have become too comfortable and apathetic.

REPORTS

In the last month or so, the RORP.9810 team has dismantled four playgrounds and delivered three to our yard in Kilsyth South.

The fourth playground was taken to DIK and loaded in a container with eight others to be shipped to Nepal.

John Arena of Arena Gardens has kindly donated space in his yard for us to store the playgrounds pending their despatch overseas.

On Saturday May 1, B3 helped RORP 9820 load a further ten playgrounds into another container ready to go to Sri Lanka.

This makes 71 playgrounds RORP Victoria will have sent overseas.

The RORP.9810 members involved in the recent harvests are:

RC Nunawading - B3, Janette, Wayne, Harvey, Peter, Roger Hank, David, Mike, Gabby, and Graeme
RC Knox - Tony and Leon
RC Lilydale - Des, Chris and Jerry

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS

RORP WORKING BEE

As mentioned at last week's meeting, Bob Allardyce is hoping to have a working bee to tidy up the yard in which our playgrounds are stored.

WHEN: Tuesday from 9:30 for about 3 hours
WHERE: 6 Cloverlea Drv, Kilsyth South.

This event is yet to be confirmed.

Please email or call Bob if you can participate.

BUNNINGS SAUSAGE SIZZLE

SATURDAY MAY 8th

Please contact and confirm with Russell

If you had volunteered for last weekend and can ( or cannot) do the same shift.
If If you are able to help out this weekend.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

6 MAY

PARMAS FOR POLIO

NewGen is bringing back

Parmas For Polio night

at The Coach in Ringwood.

Capacity is limited, so don't delay,

bookings at

https://www.trybooking.com/BPMVO

Guest speakers include

District 9810 governor Alma Reynolds and her husband,

Polio campaigner Greg King.

We will also be holding a raffle with some great prizes on the night.

15 MAY

R100 - Rotary's Waggle Dance & Picnic In The Park

THIS EVENT

HAS BEEN

CANCELLED

29 MAY

Whitehorse Rotaract 21^st Birthday

6:00 pm - 11:00 pm AEST

Box Hill Golf Club

202 Station St,

Box Hill South VIC 3128,

https://www.facebook.com/events/356872191648896

12-16 JUNE

The Rotary International Convention

Registration is now open

for the 2021 Virtual Convention.

More info and registration at

https://convention.rotary.org/en

SATURDAY JUNE 26

A WORLD OF ROTARY STORIES

ROTARACT RISING

The ongoing evolution of Rotaract is redefining its place within Rotary.

“It’s a new era,” says one enthusiastic Rotaractor.

Read about all the changes Rotary is making to youth membership programs at

https://www.rotary.org/en/rotaract-rising

Interact Club of Prativa Pokhara Fishtail, Nepal

"Project 15 precious day was a 15 day long project which was done to utilize our vacation. We believe that our small act can make big change in our society. In those 15 days, we did 5 different activities. This video is a sum up of all those 5 activities."

Watch the video they made at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeGFC9_WVXE

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

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this month's

BIRTHDAYS

ANNIVERSARIES

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

16 MAY 2021

SHINE ON AWARDS

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OPEN DOORS	26 APRIL 2021

HIGHLIGHTS	APRIL 2021

RDU	MAY 2021

ARCHIVED BULLETINS

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COLLECTIONS

Club members collect a wide variety of items to provide resources in cash or kind for organisations we support.

Items	Project	Contacts
Small soaps	Days for Girls	Judith
Toiletries	Women's shelters	Judith
Stamps	End Trachoma 2020	Neil
Foreign Coins	UNICEF	Cashier
Sunglasses	Taveuni	Len & Bruce
Mobile Phones	Taveuni	Len & Bruce