In this week’s edition of Spoke ‘n’ Words our editor extraordinaire, Sandi, brings us articles covering local and international events, including news from the United Nations headquarters in Geneva where the Rotary Day at the UN is being held, and our youth exchange student Alex Kraan has been selected to be part of it all; the RI Presidential message for November about The Rotary Foundation; the latest developments in hearing aids and testing; all the latest about events and activities within the Club including reminders and celebrations; and a special tribute on Remembrance Day – “Lest we Forget”…
Rotary International -Presidential message for the Month of November 2017
Ian H.S. Riseley
President 2017-18
In many ways, The Rotary Foundation is an invisible presence in our clubs. Most of what we do in our clubs and our districts, on a weekly basis, we do without the active involvement of the Foundation. But our Foundation is invisible in our clubs in the same way the foundation of a building is invisible when you're in it: Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it's not holding you up.
On Thursday 9th November, we received news from Ursula Gervasi, Executive Director
of Rotary Youth Exchange Switzerland and Lichtenstein, that our very own Alex Kraan
had met with RI President Ian Riseley on that very day, and that on Friday, he was to go to Geneva, to participate in the Rotary Day at the United Nations in Geneva. Alex is among twenty exchange students selected from a group of eighty to participate in this very
Guest Speaker Vinay Kumar speaking about the work of his company Natural Hearing,
hearing problems and the latest developments in testing and hearing aids.
Natural Hearing is a service provider for people with hearing difficulties and is accredited by the Australian Government to provide services to individuals on pension and Veteran Affairs.
District 9820 AGM: Rotary District 9820’s Annual General Meeting will take place at Lecture Theatre 5N104, Federation University, Gippsland Campus, Northways Road, Churchill, on Sunday, November 12th, 2017 at 10.00 am. Following the Annual General Meeting the District Rotary Foundation Seminar will take place in the same venue. Morning tea will be served, from 9.30am, prior to the Annual General Meeting in the Cafeteria Extension in Building 3N.
Invitation to nominate District Governor: The Nominating Committee for District 9820 is inviting Clubs to nominate a District Governor for 2020-2021.
It’s that time of year when we think about the festive season, the season of giving.
Each year the club supports Rotary Foundation by getting orders from family and friends. I will be putting in our order soon. You can order by emailing me at di.scheepers@gmail.com. I will also be circulating an order sheet at Rotary meetings.
For every Cake or steamed pudding, the Rotary Club of Berwick will receive $2.20 and $2.00 will go to Rotary Foundation.
A very special Happy 90th Birthday to PP Bill Minns (14/11) who by all accounts had a great time celebrating this milestone with loved ones. We wish you many blessings for the next decade and beyond.
Happy birthday also to Helen Rosenthal (17/11) and Rosemarie Hughes (18/11). You have all our best wishes.
Congratulations to PE Lea and Steve Paton celebrated their 5th Wedding Anniversary on the 17th of November. We wish you many more years of happiness and prosperity together
Bill's Big Bash - 14/11 - Bill's daughters, Julie and Karen organized for family and a couple of friends to visit Bill on 12 November. It was a merry and memorable occasion.
Our Club and Rotary in general is thankful for your service. We all hope you enjoyed your very special day.
All Rotarians in attendance are invited to participate, for a small fee, in the Joker's Wild session at each meeting for a chance to win a cash jackpot by drawing the "Joker" from a deck of cards. This week we had 4 new Rotarians who could take part in Joker's Wild.
Guest Speaker, Dr Vinay Kumar was asked to draw a ticket from Sandi's black bag of tickets. He drew Sam McCurdy's lucky number.
At the back of the Rotary Club Handbook there is a heading Acronyms. If you don’t have one of these handbooks or are new to reading about Rotary, these acronyms can perhaps cause confusion.
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