President: Trevor Donegan

Bulletin No 39 for 28-4-15.pubRC Box Hill Bulle n Vol 59 No 39 28-04-2015
President: Trevor Donegan District 9810 DG Tony Monley
Vol 59 Issue 39 28-4-15 Editor: PE Lyndon Smith www.boxhillrotary.com.au Club No. 8355
WHERE ARE WE?
Rotary Club of Box Hill meets at 6.00pm for 6.30 pm every Tuesday at The Pavil- ion, 1153 Whitehorse Road, (off service Rd.), Box Hill, (Box Hill Oval). Meetings are held over a 2 course dinner for $33 includ- ing tea and coffee. Drinks at bar prices..
WHAT’S ON?
Tue 28th April 2015 6.30pm Club meeting at The Pavilion Speaker: Det Sgt Jeff Maher Topic: “One of the Worst”
Tue 5th May 2015 6.30pm Club meeting at The Pavilion Speaker: Shane McSweeney Topic: Rehab in Fiji
Fri 8th May 2015 8.00pm “Evita” Nova live theatre
Sun 10th May 2015 7.30am Whitehorse Farmers Market
Tue 12th May 2015 6.30pm Club meeting at The Pavilion Speaker: TBA Topic: TBA
Sun 17 May 2015 District Training Assembly Parkdale College Mordialloc
Sat 27th June 2015 7pm District Changeover Dinner Karralyka Centre, Mines Rd RINGWOOD
This week has seen the 100th anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli – 25 April 1915. We commemorate this day as ANZAC Day. Created in October 1914, when New Zealand troops joined the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) in Egypt, this combined force became known as the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp (Anzacs).
Anzac Day commemora ve services around the country were significantly up in numbers for this milestone year. In a ending the dawn service at Glen Waverley, the organisers were overwhelmed by the support given to their service. Crowds spilled out over into Springvale Road to gain a vantage point to see and hear the service.
Among the events that that been held in the lead up to the 25th April, our club, along with most other cluster clubs sponsored a Legacy luncheon. This was held at the Killara Winery in East Seville. In a endance were 90 war widows.
There will be further updates from this luncheon but we hope that in the mean me the sacrifices made by these women have been recognised.
Lest we forget
Yours in Rotary,
Trevor Donegan, President
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Highlights of our Club Meeting, Tue 21th April 2015
Opening: The meeting was called to order by Sergeant Robert Leach followed by the Rotary Invocation and toasts to the Queen and Australia by Ross McPhail Chairman for the evening was Ray Riehm (right).
President Trevor Donegan: Trevor welcomed all members and guest speakers Chloe and Fraser to tell us about Team MED in Uganda. President Trevor advised how a small number of our Club members along with 40 other District 9800 and 9810 Rotarians helped last weekend to load over 100 surplus hospital beds into containers at Box Hill hospital to be shipped to Kenya and Somilia.
Fellowship &
Fundraising Chair,
Melissa Mardjetko Melissa reminded us of four up coming events for our Club:- 1. “Evita” Nova Live
Theatre Production, $33 pp. 8 pm
Friday 8th May 2015.
10th may.
Mordialloc on Sun 17th May.
4. District Changeover Dinner in Ringwood
on Sat 27th June.
Sergeants Session, Robert Leach: It was good to see
Sergeant Robert back in
list of fines.
Melissa Mardjetko (Thomas).
transgressions committed by Geoff ILES, Timothy
Winter, Rae Harding, Merv Agnew, Simon
Wheelton, Ray McLeod-Dryden, Trevor Donegan,
and the list goes on!
Sergeant gave us a joke for the week about
English, Scottish and Irish bank robbers that
ended with a sack of Irish potatoes - we are still
thinking about that one!
Mardjetko Guest Speaker
Chloe Higgins drew
the weekly raffle
lucky winning number
for Robert Leach.
ATTENDANCE APOLOGIES Melissa Mardjetko is looking after attendance numbers for dinner at present.
Please phone Melissa by 2.30pm on Friday before Tuesday Club
meetings if you are unable to attend to avoid being invoiced for a
meal. (Emergency changes by 9.30am Monday).
Also please advise Melissa if you are bringing a friend or partner.
Contact Melissa on 9890 7274 or 0412 235 123
Club Attendance: Tue 21st April 2015, at The Pavilion
Members:- 27
Apologies/LOA: 10 Steve, Rob, Ron, Patricia, Bruce, Tom, Geoffrey, Paul, John Zhi and John Xiao.
Partners: 0
Total present 29
(Club Stats:- 37 Members and 3 Honorary Members).
Stamps & Foreign Coin Collection Used stamps and foreign coins are still
raising money for Rotary District projects.
Please continue to bring foreign coins to
Tuesday Club meetings for the coin jar
and tear off stamps with 1cm around them
for Madeleine Smith who will bundle them
up and send them to the District
collection centre.
TOM THORPE HEADLINES
REMEMBRANCE ARTICLE Chairman of the Wattle Park Heritage Group, Box Hill Rotarian PP Tom Thorpe, was interviewed by Sally Heppleston from Leader Newspaper last week about the historic Lone Pine tree in Wattle Park, Burwood. Tom explained how a pine cone was brought back to Australia after WWI in 1915 from the historic tree on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Five seedlings grew from seeds planted in 1927 and one seedling was planted in Wattle Park in 1933 by the 24th Infantry Battalion who had their home there. Tom says the tree has suffered with time but a new seedling from the tree was planted at an ANZAC Day ceremony in 2011 to continue the ANZAC history.
Club Presenta on
Team MED Uganda Speakers: Chloe Higgens & Frazer Tankel
Team MED is a team of Monash University medical students formed in 2009 with the desire to learn, experience and contribute to the field of global health ànd currently participating in trips to Nepal, Tonga and Uganda.
Chloe Higgins is a third year medical student at Monash University, currently undertaking a placement at Box Hill hospital and has volunteered as the TeamMED operations manager.
Fraser Tankel is a second year medical student also at Monash University, who is an NYSF alumni, and has been involved in several volunteering organisations, as well as a volunteering trip to Cambodia in year 12.
Uganda Trip. Chloe and Frazer told us about their recent trip in January this year to Lubanda, a village in Uganda, where along with five other year 2 to 4 medical students and a local medical officer they were involved in medical testing at the Suubi Health Centre and dental health promotion (a significant problem in the country).
Medical testing included HIV/AIDS, TB, Diabetes, Malaria, Typhoid, Peptic Ulcer and many more both at the centre and outlying villages.
Rotary Chairman for the evening PP Ray
Riehm thanked Frazer & Chloe for their talk
and presented them with a wooden carved
“Flying Angel” which acknowledges our
contribution to the Angel Flight Service who
voluntary fly country people needing
medical attention free to a hospital or clinic.
Very soon Art Show Committee members will
start canvassing previous sponsors and
supporters, but we need more new sponsors! We ask all Members to be on the look out for
potential sponsors and advise Rae Harding so
we can add them to our sponsor list to visit.
Croquet Anyone? Last Sunday 12 Rotarians got together for a BBQ
lunch followed by a wonderful afternoon of very
competitive Croquet under the watchful eye of
Croquet legends Clem & Judy Joyce.
We assembled at Clem’s Croquet Club in Kew
and first enjoyed a sit-down sumptuous BBQ
lunch of chicken and pork sausages with five
salads and several bottles of wine. (Sweets came
later). We then formed three teams, armed
ourselves with multi-coloured balls and mallets
and in between showers we launched into a
highly competitive tournament of Croquet,
(subject to careful supervision by Clem & Judy).
Croquet is more than just a backyard sport. It’s even more than a group of white-clad men and women enjoying a Sunday afternoon on the croquet field, Croquet is as competitive and intense as any other sport (early this century it was actually played in the Olympics!) We had heaps of fun and a big thanks to Clem & Judy.
Two very important District 9810 events for
our Club Members to attend:-
Sunday 17th May 2015 at Parkdale Secondary College, Mordialloc. (No cost, lunch provided).
For all Rotarians with an interest in furthering their involvement in our programs and projects but attendance is essential for:-
Lyndon Smith, Rae Harding, Tim Lynn, Timothy Winter, Directors and Club Committee Chairs.
The focus will be on strategies, actions and plans for Clubs to achieve bigger, better and bolder outcomes for the community for 2015-16.
Key messages DGE David Tolstrup outlining Rotary International and District 9810 directions for 2015/16 Key Club Officer sessions on the latest tips and techniques for Club Secretaries, Treasurers,
Directors and Membership Chairs. Cluster Club session for multi-club project opportunities, joint publicity and membership drives.
DG Tony Monley and Kathy & DGE David Tolstrup and Alison
Invite all District 9810 Rotarians and Partners
Venue: Karralyka Centre, Mines Road, Ringwood
Saturday 27th June 2015 7.00 - 7.30pm
Cost: $60.00 / person Drinks: At bar prices
Dress: Ladies: After Five, Gentlemen: Black Tie or Jacket & Tie
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Attendance by Box Hill Club Members is important to support DG 2015-16 David Tolstrup & Alison
Please provide your attendance details for both events to
Melissa Mardjetko at your earliest convenience
Don’t miss our presentation
on Tue 28th April
Detective Sergeant Jeff Maher
Rotary Club of Box Hill Rotary Invoca on: For good food, good fellowship and the
opportunity to serve through Rotary, we give thanks.
Ed’s Corner
Date Grace/Toast Greeter Cash Desk (1) Cash Desk (2)
Tue 28th April Vincent Li Tom Thorpe Mick Matthews Clive Nicholson
Tue 5th May Simon Wheelton Kath Bins Geoff ILES Timothy Winter
Date Topic Speaker Chair
Tue 28th Apr “One of the Worst” Det Sgt Jeff Maher Ray McLeod-Dryden
Tue 5th May Coral Coast Rehab in Fiji Shane McSweeney Joe Mardjetko
Date Member / Partner Event
1st May Margaret Cummins Birthday
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES (27th April to 3rd May 2015)
CLUB DUTY ROSTER
CLUB PROGRAM
Please submit ar cles to the Editor, PE Lyndon Smith, by Friday each week to [email protected]
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