SJOG Community Garden working bee #2
SJOG Community Garden working bee #2
Dec 09, 2023 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
St John of God Langmore Centre
Rotary Club Of Berwick Christmas Party
Rotary Club Of Berwick Christmas Party
Dec 13, 2023 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
The Beaconsfield Club
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The Rotary Club of Berwick is a group of men and women who take action locally and globally. Each week club members work together completing projects that have a lasting impact.
Locally we support and work alongside community programs and a not for profit organisations in supporting those less fortunate. Our club is engaged in Rotary leadership and educational programs for young people.
Together as Rotarians …
  • We see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change — across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves. Driven by a desire to create opportunities, strengthen communities, and find solutions to the tough challenges that affect people
  • We bring together leaders who use their combined expertise to tackle some of the toughest challenges facing our communities.  We find a place for your expertise and passion. Whether you want to lead a project or participate in one, the Rotary Club of Berwick welcomes your involvement.
  • Many members are involved in hands-on projects in our community or in international projects in creating opportunities through sustainable educational development, clean water or disease prevention in helping to break the cycle of poverty.
The Rotary Club of Berwick is part of a global network of 1.2 million men and women - neighbours, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who join together to make a difference in our communities. 
 
If you would like to give back to your community, get to know a new group of people and are interested in joining us, please contact us at Membership@Rotaryberwick.org
Stage Two: Let's bring this project home!
Posted by Geoff Double on Nov 16, 2023
On Saturday, the 11th of November, a very enthusiastic group of Rotarians raked, dug, shovelled, loaded debris and installed garden edging at the Community Garden under the Oak tree at the Langmore Centre in Gloucester Avenue, all while enjoying lots of fellowship, and some, using a burr hoe for the first time! Over the next couple of weeks, maintenance staff from St John of God will install a water fountain and the brightly painted seats in the path that we created. Refreshments and nutrition to keep us going for the day were provided by our members (we now know where those long-lost meringue mushrooms came from!) and by staff from St John of God. 
 
BUT WAIT - THERE IS MORE!!!!
 
We all had so much fun on Stage One that we are going for GOLD on Stage Two! Planting, Mulching and laying of the gravel path are the order of the day. Lots of wheel burrows, shovels and mulch forks, and a happy crew of fun-filled Rotarians (That's all of us, right?) will get the job done with almost no effort. AND there will be catering just to keep us on track to get the job done.
 
Now if you are a person who cannot physically push a wheel burrow or man/woman/person a shovel, do not think you are excluded from this activity! All volunteer activity relies on a support crew. A friendly reminder to work a little harder, making sure our team stays hydrated, calling a smoko break or just encouraging us all by extolling the beauty of the project and what it will mean to the community is all part of the magic that brings together to make a difference to our community. Every Rotarian has an important part to play, so don't feel you have nothing to contribute.
 
 
 
 
Our next working bee, on Saturday the 9th December, from 10.00am to 2.00pm, will involve laying the toppings path, planting the garden, installing irrigation and spreading mulch. Many hands, shovels and wheelbarrows will make light work of the day's tasks. Volunteers and members of the public interested in Rotary are welcome to join us. Please contact Gus by email if you want to find out more. secretary@rotaryberwick.org Be there or be square!
 
Birthing Kits Update
Posted by Jane Moore on Jul 07, 2023
 
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Exciting news!
We have received notification of the delivery of our birthing kits!
The 200 kits we packed on 10 May, have arrived safely at their destinations.  The following details are the recipient countries and the accredited field partners:
 
Democratic Republic of Congo                    SOS Jeunesse et Enfance en Distresse
Uganda                                                             Rotary Club of Makindye
Nigeria                                                             Safer Hands Initiative
Nigeria                                                             Golden Change Concerned Youth Forum
Papua New Guinea                                          Living Child Inc.
Ghana                                                              Women’s Health to Wealth
Nigeria                                                             Hacey Health Initiative
Uganda                                                             Partners in Community Social Action
Uganda                                                             Uganda Australian Outreach
Papua New Guinea                                          Reef and Rainforest Research Centre
Kiribati                                                             Wendy Flahive
 
These kits have been delivered to women living in and facing the most challenging of circumstances when they give birth.  One kit can mean the difference between life and death.
 
THANK YOU to the Club for providing funds to purchase the kits from the Birthing Kit Foundation of Australia for this project.
THANK YOU to all members and friends who came along to our packing night!  This is awesome.
Donations in Kind - making a difference through volunteering
Posted by David Button on Jul 23, 2023
Imagine what would happen if two Rotary Clubs got together and spent a morning working out? Not at the gym but a place where every bit of effort made a difference to someone, somewhere in the world. 
 
This trip involved picking up excess equipment from Coastcare Medical Equipment Hire & Sales and taking it to Rotary Donations in Kind in Footscray. Thank you to Coastcare Medical Equipment Hire & Sales for donating the equipment. It will all be put to good use!
 
Please take the time to view our volunteers in action! It was a fun and educational morning.
DIK Pickup July 2023 by David Button
 
Grasmere Wetlands seat installation
Posted by Sam McCurdy:
 
On Saturday morning, a dozen Rotarians met to install three summer seats along the walking path at Grasmere Wetlands in Berwick. 
 
The seats, made of recycled plastic, completed four that our club donated in the project. The first one had already been installed on 1st April.
 
Work began in cold and misty conditions, which eventually gave way to a beautiful sunny Autumn day.
 
Learning from their experience with the first seat, the team had pre-mixed concrete delivered for the foundations and this made the job so much easier.
 
Congratulations everyone on a job well done!
Rotary Clock in Lyall Road, Berwick
Posted by Sam McCurdy:
 
Rotary Club of Berwick President, Ray Martin,
and Vocational Chairman, Laury Gordyn
In 1999:
The Rotary Club of Berwick began this year with the realisation of a dream when Eastern Energy finally set the new Rotary Clock going in the centre of Princes Highway in Berwick.
 
Club President, Ray Martin, said the clock had been a dream for the Club for more than 10 years and that each year more money was contributed to the project.
 
"Our slogan for this year is to follow the Rotary dream and this is the case of a Rotary dream coming true."
 
In 2011:
The clock was then moved to its' current position in Lyall Road in Berwick in 2011, and this caused several operational problems. 
 
The problems were finally resolved 2020 and the clock is now fully operational.
 
2023 Presentation Balls
Posted by David Anderson:
 
On Wednesday & Thursday nights this week, the Club had the privilege of co-hosting the Berwick College Presentation Balls for the 38th time.
 
In total, 55 Debutants and their partners were presented to College Principal, Kerri Bolch, and School Council President, Phil Wightman, on Wednesday night; and to Co-President, Geoff Double, and College Principal, Kerri Bolch, on Thursday night.
 
The events were incredibly successful with over 300 guests on both nights, which really filled Cathies Lane Receptions, where the Balls were held.  
 
We were proud to have Isobel Caulfield as Master of Ceremonies on Wednesday, and Jen Marshall on Thursday. Both ladies did an absolutely spectacular job.
 
The band 'Almost Famous' kept things moving and as usual, the dance teachers, Jo Mills and Judy Blackhurst made sure the debutants and their partners showcased their talents and had a lot of fun doing so.
Debutantes show their dancing skillsEveryone joins in the fun
 
The nights were attended by a number of Rotarians who helped at the door and had a lovely evening doing so.
 
Wednesday's Rotary VolunteersThursday's Rotary Volunteers
 
It is incredibly important to also acknowledge the work of Michele & Andrew Somers in managing the ticket sales, and Isobel and Michele for arranging flowers and suit selection.
 
Overall the nights were incredibly successful and could not have been achieved without the outstanding teamwork of volunteers from the Rotary Club of Berwick.
 
Well done and thanks to all involved.
Mock Interviews at Nossal High School
Posted by Sam McCurdy:
 
The 2023 Mock Interviews were held for 204 Year 11 students at Nossal High School, on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th April.
 
The goal was to provide the students with an interview experience from which they could be given constructive feedback on their performance and the quality of their resumes and covering letters for a fictional job.
 
Interview venue
 
Twelve Rotarians from our Club, two from the RC of Narre Warren and a former Vice-Principal, Keith Butler, conducted the interviews over the two days. A few members of the Team were only available to conduct the interviews on one day.
 
Thursday's Interview TeamFriday's Interview Team
Co-ordinator - Di ScheepersPP David Button
(Photos provided by Trevor Watson)
 
The Coordinating Teacher at NHS, Marion Campagna, was well pleased with the outcomes and expressed her thanks and appreciation, on behalf of Nossal High School, for the Rotary Club of Berwick's participation in this event.
 
Our Club Coordinator, Di Scheepers, sends a big thank you to Narre Warren RC, who sent out two volunteers to assist - namely their President Tim Fisher and Ritesh Prasad. 
 
In Di's own words, "We interviewed a really great group of students with very promising futures and careers ahead."
 
Well done everyone!
 
The Four-Way Test
Extracted by Sam McCurdy from a Facebook post by DG Bill Degnan:

The Four-Way Test, was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy.

This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy.

The Four-Way Test was adopted by Rotary in 1943 and has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It is now a test used by Rotarians world-wide as a moral code for personal and business relationships, and can be applied to almost any aspect of life.

 
 
Rotary members should not use The Four-Way Test to look at others, but rather to look at themselves in considering the ramifications of a thought, statement, or action.
 
It should not be a window through which we look to judge others. It is a mirror at which we look to judge ourselves. 
 
Evan Burrell - Changemaker, gave a lot of thought to what each of the Four-Way Test questions asked of us and came up with the step-by-step process above, to give some real clarity behind these most often recited questions.
 
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