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Tuesday 7 January 2014

In this weeks newsletter:

Rotary Awareness Month
International Conference
District Conference
Fundraising Opportunity for Rotary Foundation

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Tuesday 14 January
Asylum Speakers Lead by Nelson Sandz Cadena
Tuesday 21 January
The Ride to Conquer Cancer by Kerry Haines, Chair by Greg Love
Tuesday 28 January
TBA
Tuesday 04 February
Working Groups
Tuesday 11 February
The ongoing construction of the new Hospital in Sagay, Philiippines by Julio Alejo Associate Pastor Edwardstown Baptist Church, Chair by Jesse Barker Gale
Board Meeting
Tuesday 18 February
Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) & Rotary Australia Benevolent Society (RABS) by Roberta Waterman and Geoff Ellershaw, Chair Nelson Sousa

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

Apologies and guests contact our Secretary by email or mobile 0410 485 323

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CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS

Rotary Awareness Month

January is the time to celebrate Rotary by making others aware of our programs, of the opportunities Rotary offers and of the events and activities that involve you and your Club. Contact the Public Relations Committee for more ideas about how this can be done.

International Conference

Rotary International (RI) Ron Burton has extended the early Bird Registration to the 15th of January which is this Wednesday. A reminder that RI International Conference is being held 01-04 June.

District Conference

In an annoucement found in the District Herald this week, Dr Daniel Iereodiaconou who is a senior lecturer in Marine and Freshwater Science at Deakin University in Warrnambool, will present 'Understandable Science'. The District Conference is on from 20-23 of March, Accommodation is still available.

Fundraising Opportunity for Rotary Foundations

On the 23rd of February the Monuments Men will be shown at the Regal Theatre in Kensington, this is the first notice received, further information will be available shortly but please save the date.

FEATURE

ShelterBox Australia 2013

2013 was a momentous year for Shelterbox. We responded to 25 disasters in 20 countries and brought shelter, warmth and dignity to over 13,000 families. here in Austraia, the response from Rotary and the public has been fantastic. we raised over $1 million for our Typhoon Haiyan and Syria Refugee appeals and our SRT members were involved in deployments around the world.

At present we have SRT member, Greg Moran recently returned from the Philippines and newly deployed SRT members, Peter Pearce and SRT Anthony Keating, continuing our relieve work in the typhoon-stricken country. ShelterBox has committed to help nearly 8,000 families in the Philippines and none of this would be possible without our fantastic donors. As our focus shifts back to the plight of the Syrian people, I'd like to thank you all for your support and wish you all the best for the coming year

This month's quote comes from Dr Seuss and I think sums up ShelterBox beautifully, "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answer are simple."

Cheers Mike Greenslad, General manager, ShelterBox Australia

Learn more by connecting to ShelterBox

EVENTS CALENDAR

14 January 2014
21 January 2014
04 February 2014
11 February 2014
18 February 2014
23 February 2014
01 March 2014
02 March 2014
20-23 March 2014
5-6 March 2014
02 May 2014
04 May 2014
01-04 June 2014

Asylum Speakers
The Ride to Conquer Cancer
Working Groups
Ongoing Construction of the Sagay Hospital, Pilippines
RAWCS & RABS
R. C. of Campbelltown Rotary Day
R. C. of Elizabeth Shelterbox CELEBRATE INDIA
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

A YEAR OF EXCITING ACHIEVEMENTS

This past year was one of exciting achievements and forward momentum for Rotary, as highlighted in the 2012-13 Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation Annual Report.

We launched a bold new chapter in our partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that makes your contributions to the vital polio eradication end game work three times as hard.

We also finished preparing for the global launch of our new grant model, boosting our ability to help more communities secure and sustain a better quality of life. and we carry out our first projects with Mercy Ships, while building on our work with Aga Khan University, UNESCO-IHE, the Rotary Peace Centers and other partners.

In addition, The Rotary Foundation earning top marks from several independent charity evaluators, including the American Institute of Philanthropy, Charity Navigator, and the Wise Giving Alliance.

I encourage you to review our annual report carefully, and to share it with others who may be interested in joining, partnering with, or donating to Rotary. You can order print copies of the report at shop.rotary.org. For those who want a more detailed look at Rotary finances, the audited financial statements are available for download.

Thank you for the important role you play in Rotary's work to help meet critical human needs, strengthening the groundwork for a more peaceful world.

Sincerely,

John Hewko
General Secretary
Twitter: @johnhewkot

HUTT STREET CENTRE ANGEL FOR A DAY ROSTER

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

THOUGHT OF THE WEEK

"One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted to do - DO THEM NOW !!!”

- Paulo Coelho

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
25th Meeting for 2013/14

Date
Tuesday 7 January

Chair
President Tegan Webb

Venue
Richard's Park, Kend Town

Activity
Picnic in the Park with the induction of two new members,

Apologies
Kara

Special Guests
Steve Marshall MP for Norwood and Hon. Member
Wendy Gaborit District Governor 9520
Dick Wilson District Governor Nominee 9520
Roberta Waterman Past District Governor 9500 and Chair Central Region RAWCS
Bob Furner Past District Governor 9780 and Chair ShelterBox Australia
Rtn Geoff Ellershaw Chair RAWCS PR Development Committee
Rtn Damien Leach District 9520 trainer
Stephanie Shepherd Australian Rotary Health sponsored PhD student at Flinders University
Melissa Toupin-Laforge and Joshua Richards who are both guests with us for the last time.

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