Calling all Mates!

Are you planning on attending the Mates helping mates disaster relief benefit lunch on Sunday 13 March?


We need you to secure your seat!  Give Lizottes a call on 99849933 so they can secure your table.  Many people have said they will attend but our number of secured seats is disappointing.  Without secured numbers the event is at risk of not going ahead.  So please help us make this a reality.  Our mates need us!


Our disaster affected mates need us now, more than ever!  Rebuilding life after disaster is now a reality.  They have no adrenalin to keep them going and with a series of natural disasters around the pacific the focus of assistance has shifted.  Our mates are struggling to move forward.


The Mates event has been proudly put together by our local community and the performers have all donated their time.  Your ticket price $58 includes your main meal and 6 awesome entertainers.  It will be an great afternoon for a great cause.  Help us make it a success.


To book your table call Lizottes on 99849933   

  

Mates Helping Mates Flood Relief Benefit. Book NOW!

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A huge effort at EmbroidMe, Milton

‘Another day at the coal face.’ Don informs me. Our ‘R-Team’ arrived back at EmbroidMe, Milton today.

Geoff and Mark worked on the electrics and by 3pm all was up and running. For the record, that involved every power point and light replaced, complete new power boards built and installed and every wire inspected and replaced and traced to its correct spot on the board. The air conditioner was inspected, some parts were replaced and it is now operating.

Peter and Don scrapped the ceiling and walls of pealing paint. Then cleaned and painted them with two coats. All looks great, they inform me.

The insurance assessors arrived whilst our ‘R-Team’ were working. Hopefully Mike will receive some good news.

Our Flood Relief Team arrive in Queensland

Well our volunteers have arrived in Queensland. Met with Michael from EmbroidMe and as Aussie's do organized a BBQ with the food they took.

"Very lucky we arrived with all food and we supplied, prepared and cooked a tasty BBQ. All good," Don Says.

They will start work on the shop tomorrow.

Don said "around Grafton was the most obvious flood effected area. The smells were awful. Made the mistake of opening the windows. Yuk!

For the cost of a case

Lyndal says "My local bottle shop sells a case of XXXX for $48.00. How about instead of buying a case for ourselves this Australia Day, we give that money to the Flood Appeal?

Lets try for 1000 pledges. Invite everyone you know

Donate securely online.  

Or make your donation on Australia Day.  Look for the Rotary Dee Why Warringah Flood Relief Team at the Strand at Dee Why Beach on Australia Day.  

What in the world is Rotary?

Nepal Toilet Project Update

We are now just about half way to our target of 70 toilets in Bhattedande village in Nepal. We have actually completed 32 toilets - 22 septic and 10 biogas.

We hope to construct another 10 in the second half of this year, after the monsoon rains. The local Nepali NGO - Community Health Development Society Nepal - and the village management committee are working to select the next lot of 10 families for toilets. So, we are working hard to raise funds for the project. Remember, any donations to this project are tax deductible. So, Lasho, and let's hope we can keep the project going.

Congrats RC Dee Why Warringah

District Awards Night

Bob Manley, Jenny Smith and Bill Forsyth attended the District Awards Night on Friday 22nd May. RC Dee Why Warringah received 4 awards:

Membership Growth Trophy – Larger Clubs: for our net membership gain of 9 from July 1 to April 30

Community Service Certificate of Achievement: for the efforts of our members in such projects as Remedial Reading at DYPS, Bowel Scan, Project ILYPA, Barefoot, SNAGS (with the Spastic Centre), Stacks-On (Pre-schoolers) and our Community BBQ.

With special awards to:

Jo Ragen: Vocational Excellence Certificate of Achievement
Sandra Meihubers: International Excellence Certificate of Achievement

These awards are the recognition of outstanding achievement for Club members who are active in so many diverse areas. Our thanks go to all those who made this possible.

Patrick Moore - Dancing in the Rain

It was all going pretty well there for a while. I was an author, trainer and I had a law degree. I financed my studies by working in the movies as a stuntman - working alongside stars like Tom Berenger and Titanic's Billy Zane. My work week was a little unusual - hanging out of helicopters, falling off buildings and being set on fire.

I'd written a successful inspirational book, been interviewed on national TV and was about to launch overseas. I taught self defence to kids, had a black belt and won several titles in full contact martial arts. A real tough guy. But then I got hit with the hardest punch of all - the one you don't see coming - a complete mental and physical collapse. A stress induced melt down landed me in hospital battling depression and anxiety. I found out I wasn't so tough. It was a fight for my life.

From breakdown to breakthrough

They say the only way out is through. But my recovery took incredible support, an unlikely angel and a yearning to change. I searched for a simpler approach to work and life. I fired my facebook and squashed my Blackberry.

Then came the hardest, most rewarding part - re booting my mind with new ways of thinking. Negative thoughts are like toxic weeds. You've got to weed them out before they take over the garden. It's called awfulising - and I got really good at it. You invent worst case scenarios which are never going to happen - but it's as if you try to make them happen. Little do you realise it's the thoughts themselves that do the damage.

I learned that thoughts are the seeds which determine our feelings, which lead to our actions. And it's our actions (or inaction) which determine our results and our future. Good, bad or great, it all starts with a thought.

And it's why some people dance in the rain...and others just get wet.

Here are some 'dance lessons' for life and business that I learned, and now share in my talks:

Aim for the Gaps - A simple way to perceive every situation as an opportunity
From Can't to Can - You're stronger than you think
Dream Big - Get on the front foot and start now!
Fatness to Fitness - How I lost 14 kilos by following 3 simple "Golden Rules"

www.danceintherain.com.au

General Peter Cosgrove supports the Rotary Club of Dee Why Warringah ShelterBox Appeal

General Peter Cosgrove will be a Special Guest Speaker at a Lunch to be held at Dee Why RSL Club on Saturday, 30 May 2009.

General Peter Cosgrove will speak on a variety of subjects including his experiences operating in disaster zones and the value of ShelterBoxes, recently used to aid victims of the Victorian bush fires in Whittlesea and Kinglake.

Lunch will be 11.45 to 2.00pm

Cost: $70.00 per person

Venue: Dee Why RSL, 932 Pittwater Road, Dee Why

Dress: Smart Casual

RSVP and cheque to:

Rotary Club of Dee Why Warringah

PO Box 100

Dee Why NSW 2099

For further information email: tonyw01@bigpond.com

Or visit: www.RotaryDeeWhyWarringah.com.au

Proceeds of the lunch will be used to re-stock ShelterBox

A children's hospital for Sierra Leone

Dr. Nuli Lemoh and P.P. Laurie Facer from the Turramurra Rotary Club told us about their exciting and ambitious plan to build a Children's Hospital in the town of Bo, Sierra Leone.

There is currently only one children's hospital in a country of 5.5 million people and the planned facility would focus on health promotion and help prevent many unnecessary deaths.

The infant mortality rate is horrendous. One in six babies dying at birth. The common causes of death in infancy and early childhood are malnutrition, diarrhoea, malaria and respiratory diseases. These are all preventable illnesses. A hospital that focused on health promotion would greatly reduce illness through preventive treatment.

Nuli and Laurie presented a lively and informative talk, introduced by bongo drum playing from Nuli, who also gave us an insight into his remarkable career as a paediatrician. We wish Turramurra Club every success in this worthwhile project.

Awarded a Paul Harris Fellow

At our recent Community and Pride of Workmanship Award night keynote speakers were our very own Sandra Meihubers and Paul Pholeros.

Paul shared with us a little of his work with Health Habitat and Sandra brought us up to date with her work in the Sanitation project in Nepal. Both Sandra and Paul are incredibly inspiring in how they exhibit the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self” and freely use their vocation in the service of humanity, here in Australia and overseas.

As a mark of recognition of their selfless work, President Bob Manley had great pleasure in awarding Sandra with a Paul Harris Fellow, and to complete the surprise also awarded Paul with a Paul Harris Fellow.

Congratulations to Sandra and Paul.

Community and Pride of Workmanship Awards Night.

Congratulations to:

Peter Haack, Master Builder and member of the Master Builders Social club who has raised thousands of dollars for local community groups.

Adrian Meredith, restaurateur and owner of Sea La Vie who organised at his restaurant, a wonderful free Christmas dinner for 100 people.

Vanessa Crane, Youth Coordinator at Kaddy Transport coordinates the group's activities in an amazing way.

This year a Vocational Award was given to Seaside Nursing Home for their outstanding service to the residents.

Pride of Workmanship Awards were received by Petes Shoe Repair, John Parker of Westpac Bank, Lianne Brady and Vika Ahafona of Wesley Heights Aged Care, William Kiloh of Pearla Plumbing, Keven Price of Gleneon Retirement Village and Johanne Taylor of the RSL Lifecare.

Creating new opportunities

Occupational Therapy students from the University of Sydney are doing great community service. Kate, Wiktoria and Sarah are promoting Project Ilypa and Operation Papua New Guinea through a new project called the Schools for Schools Challenge. The Schools for Schools Challenge aims to increase awareness of health and educational inequalities in rural Australia and Papua New Guinea. This project will engage students at all levels, primary, secondary and tertiary and will provide exposure and promotion of the work of Rotary. It is wonderful to see and hear these great young people who are contributing so much for the community.

100 Shelter Boxes

Last year Roy Sheargold was ‘decorated’ with an addition to his existing Paul Harris award.

Thousands of bed nets to prevent malaria were sent through Roy’s efforts. He received “more than a little help” from club members and his Rotary contacts in Canada. Click the video clip below to see immediate past president Werner Beeh presenting Roy with the award, then Lionel Arnold in the comfort of his home talks about this tremendous project.

Not one to rest on his laurels, Roy this year has obtained the services of General Peter Cosgrove to spearhead a fundraising to buy 100 (that’s the target!) Shelter Boxes.

STOP PRESS! Some shelter boxes have already been sent to aid the Victorian Bushfire Appeal.

Welcome Jill

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Dee Why Warringah Jill

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE, OI OI OI

Celebrating Australia Day the only way we know how ... at the beach! BBQing!! and throwing thongs!!! Of course. Australia day was a huge success. A grea day for all.

Shining Stars

Little Georgina and Chloe Wood of Beacon Hill emptied their piggy banks and set off to Warringah Mall to find a charity to donate to for Christmas. Their christmas present to the less fortunate. They found the Rotary Christmas Raffle and asked if they could give this money for the poor. They gave $12.75.

How fantastic is that?

Thank you so much Georgina and Chloe. * You are our shining stars *

Thanks to the ongoing commitment and generosity of our community the Rotary club of Dee Why Warringah continues to achieve great things in communities at home and abroad. We thank you all for your support!

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Welcome to the Rotary Club of Dee Why Warringah David and Amy.