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Tuesday 22 October 2013

In this weeks newsletter find out about:

Voyage of Discovery cruise for Hat Day for Mental Health Research this Sunday
Hutt Street Centre's The Big Picnic @Touchwine
Rotary Club of Kent Town's new Sister Club in Western India
Youth Opportunities SA's Christmas Lawn Bowls Extravaganza

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Tuesday 29 October
District Governor Nominee Dick Wilson
Tuesday 5 November
Joint Meeting with St Peters at Adelaide Zoo
Tuesday 12 November
Committee Working Groups
Tuesday 19 November
Starting Rotary Club of Kent Town, Chris Harris
followed by Board Meeting

Tuesdays 6:30pm for 6:45pm
The Royal Hotel
2 North Terrace Kent Town

President
Tegan Webb
E: presidentrckt@gmail.com

Secretary
Jonno McIntyre
E: secretaryrckt@gmail.com

Honorary Member
Steven Marshall MP for Norwood

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FEATURED EVENT

THE BIG PICNIC @ TOUCHWINE

In its 9th year, Hutt Street Centre's The Big Picnic @ TouchWine is a fantastic day out with an emphasis on playing, eating and being active together. Alongside a social touch footy tournament is a family fun day out including great SA wines, games, music, Kidstown, Touch footy competition, featuring Fork On the Road and much much more! Learn More...

WHEN Sunday 10 November 2013
TIME 12:00pm - 5:00pm
WHERE Park 17, South Parklands, Greenhill Road, Adelaide
COST Free entry with food and drinks available for purchase, or optional $110 three course set menu in the Vineyard Marquee.

CLUB ACTIVITIES

Rotary Clubs of Kent Town & St Peters Joint Meeting

Rotarians and friends of Kent Town and St Peters are invited to attend a night tour of the Adelaide Zoo followed by joint Club dinner in the Wisteria Cafe.

WHEN Tuesday 5 November 2013
TIME 6:45PM for 7:00PM start, followed by dinner at 8:00PM
WHERE Zoo main entrance on between Frome Road and Botanical Drive
COST $35.00 includes three course dinner or $32.00 without the Zoo tour
RSVP Club Secretaries Jonno (Kent Town) secrtaryrckt@gmail.com and Phil
(St Peters) stpeters@rotaryclub.org.au

Meet at the Zoo main entrance on between Frome Road and Botanical Drive at 6.45pm for a 7.00pm start for a one hour tour and enter the Café at 8.00pm for a 3 course meal.

Kent Town Rotary 'Asylum Speakers' already booked to visit Clubs

The Asylum Speakers Project of the Rotary Club of Kent Town is dedicated to informing other Rotarians about the current situation of asylum seekers and refugees living in Adelaide and surrounding areas. Through a series of educational training sessions, Rotarians of the Kent Town Club will become ”Asylum Speakers”. As such, they will be equipped with the knowledge and understanding to present accurate and concise information to other Rotary Clubs, Rotaract and Rotary affiliated associations in Districts 9520 and 9500. Read more about the project by downloading Information Sheet

Our "Asylum Speakers” will be available to present to clubs from December 2013. To make a booking, please contact Nelson Sanz-Cadena – Kent Town Rotarian & Rotary Peace Fellow 2010-2012 at nelsonsanzcadena@gmail.com and if you are interested in becoming an “Asylum Speaker” please send your expression of interest to Nelson by 22 October 2013.

Image Courtesy: Edmund Rice Oceania

Hutt Street Centre Angels for a Day

After raising over $4000 jointly with the Rotary Club of St Peters at our Hutt Street Centre Ha! Ha! Comedy Night in May, our clubs have been given a total of eleven Angel for a Day spots to assist the Hutt Street Centre volunteers and clients serve breakfast and lunch under the direction of the fabulous head cook Brenda.

Rotary Club of Kent Town members and friends have been selected for the dates below:

Wednesday 27 November 2013
Breakfast 7:00am – 8:45am Steve and Sarah
Lunch 11:15am – 1:00pm 2 volunteers required

Monday 10 February 2014
Breakfast 7:00am – 8:45am 2 volunteers required
Lunch 11:15am – 1:00pm 2 volunteers required

Tuesday 11 February 2014
Breakfast 7:00am – 8:45am 2 volunteers required
Lunch 11:15am – 1:00pm 2 volunteers required

EVENTS CALENDAR

5 November 2013
10 November 2013
12-13 October 2013
20 October 2014
3 December 2014
23 February 2014
2 March 2014
20-23 March 2014
5-6 March 2014
2 May 2014
4 May 2014
01-04 June 2014

Joint Meeting with St Peters, Adelaide Zoo Cafe
The Big Picnic @ Touch Wine for Hutt Street Centre
Australian Rotaract Conference, Perth
Magill Sunrise Rotary Club’s Cabaret Day
Spring Gully Foods vocational visit
Campbelltown Rotary Day
District Team Training, Adelaide
District 9520 Conference, Warnambool, VIC
President-Elects Training Weekend
White Lion ‘Bail Out’ event
District Training Assembly
International Convention, Sydney, NSW, Australia

ANNOUNCEMENTS

POSTPONED: A FASHION SHOW OF PRELOVED CLOTHING

Due to unforeseen circumstances the Rotary Club of St Peters' Fashion Parade scheduled for this Saturday 26 October has been postponed. The Club looks forward to hosting the event in April/May next year. Stay tuned for details.

ROTARY CLUB OF KENT TOWN'S SISTER CLUB IN WESTERN INDIA

Rotary Club of Kent Town is pleased to announce our new partnership with sister club the Rotary Club Aurangabad West in Maharashtra state of Western India.

Founded in 2008, after the first District 3132 Assembly at Aurangabad, all the Past Rotaractors’ came together to sow the seed of opening a new Rotary Club. The Club's projects include running Blood Donation Camps, supporting Shelterbox, and sponsoring six Interact Clubs and the Rotaract Club of Aurangabad West. The Club has formed a remarkable number of partnerships with sister clubs all over the world including Sri Lanka, Tanzania, USA, Jamaica, Costa Rica and many more.

View the Rotary Club Aurangabad West website

CHRISTMAS LAWN BOWLS EXTRAVAGANZA

Have a ball and enjoy a scrumptious Christmas feast knowing your support is helping people make positive choices for their future! Enjoy a Champagne and light morning tea on arrival before stepping onto the green. Bowls will be followed by a banquet lunch, live auction an premium wine lottery. Learn more...

WHEN Sunday 15 December 2013
TIME 10:00 for 10:30AM start until 4:30PM
WHERE Holdfast Bay Bowling Club,
583 Anzac Highway Glenelg North
COST $85 per person
RSVP Natalie Evreniadis by email natalie.evreniadis@youthopps.com.au

HAT DAY FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH

Every year more than four million Australians are diagnosed with a mood disorder.

By 2020 depression alone will become the second leading cause of death worldwide.
HAT DAY is Australian Rotary Health’s response to the increasing need to destigmatise mental illness and raise much needed funds for vital research into this area

Rotary members and friends are invited to take a Voyage of Discovery for mental health on a twilight cocktail cruise along the River Torrens on a mini squadron of Popeye launches, complete with on board entertainment and refreshments.

WHEN Sunday 27 October 2013
TIME 6:00pm - 8:00pm
COST $50 per passenger
RVSP Call 8212 1322 and collect tickets from Belperio Clark, 11 Halifax Street Adelaide.

BREAKFAST IN THE PARK FOR SHELTERBOX AUSTRALIA

The Rotary Club of Morialta invite you to have breakfast in the park for ShelterBox Australia, who are currently deploying to millions of Syrian families are caught up in what the UNHCR has called "the biggest refugee crisis of this century".

WHEN Sunday 17 November 2013
TIME 9:30AM - 12:30PM
WHERE Thordon Park Reservoir, Paradise
COST $25 adults and $10 children under 12 years old

Breakfast will include scrambled eggs and pancakes as well as bubbly and orange juice.
Make sure you get your tickets.

www.shelterboxaustralia.com.au/

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

"Do just once what others say you can't do,
and you will never pay to their limitations again."

- James R. Cook

2013-2014 BOARD OUR LAST MEETING

President
Tegan Webb

Vice President
Kaylene Kranz

Immediate Past President
Steve Hayter

President Elect & Club Engagement Director
Sarah Stewart

Secretary
Jonno McIntyre

Treasurer
Augustine Bhaskarraj

Community Director
Chris Harris

International Service Projects Director
Greg Love

Communications & Visibility Director
Nelson Sousa

Meeting
16th Meeting for 2013/14

Date
Tuesday 22 October

Chair
President Tegan Webb

Venue
Royal Hotel, Kent Town

Activity
Rotary Club of Eastwood, Calperum Experience

Apologies
Abbie-Lea, Nathan, Heather, Sarah, Steve, Jonno, Anders

Guests
Viv, Rotary Club of Elizabeth, Elliott, Rotary Club of Eastwood, Kaitllin and friends.

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