Weekly Club Bulletin - Vol 84 Issue 22, 17th January 2022
Pres John Mansour
Rotary Affirmation:
May Rotary friends and Rotary ways help us to serve our community
here and abroad in many ways.
Next meeting 17th January 2022
Meeting at Coro88
88 Burwood Road Burwood
6.00 for 6.30
At out last meeting
Delayed Change over and Christmas meeting opened by PP Irene at 7.00 with the Rotary Affirmation.
Pres John introduced the raffle and we had dinner and fellowship. The raffle raised $500.00 and Pres John thanked those present for their generosity.
PP Irene reported on her year. COVID restricted fund raising and the number of physical meetings and so we met via Zoom. Thanks to Sam and Faye Helou for letting us use their ware house for physical meetings. We had our family ANZAC breakfast at the warehouse which was very successful
PP Walter sent a container to Philippines.
Robert Witney organised the Youth programme.
PP Irene presented Paul Harris Awards which acknowledge appreciation of Service to Rotary
David Kwong PHF presented by John Mansour
Liam James. PHF for services to Rotaract and RC Burwood’s and organising PRISCA. Liam thanked the club.
Lou Kepalupo PHF for support of the Club and Burwood Festival financially over many years
Mark Kepalupo PHF for his support for the RC Burwood over many years.
PP Fuad congratulated them on their awards. He acknowledged that they realised what we were doing and contributed their time and support over the past ten years for Burwood Festival,
Jill Robinson PHF for ongoing help and support for Days for Girls and other Rotary fund raising such as Diabetes Alive with husband John
There were some funds to distribute even though fund raising was restricted. Pp Tim O’Connor has funds from his year,
Days for Girls. To assist with their efforts . Faye Helou thanked us for our support,
Fifi Hazzouri for Diabetes Alive This donation should cover two more pumps. Fifi thanked the Club for their support . Burwood Rotary helped over ten children at $9000.00 per pump to under privileged children
Walter Bock for Philippines charity.
Pp Walter responded that things have been very difficult there due to COVID and they have been supplying bags of rice once a month.
Patricia Abraham from Eurella Services and for helping this Christmas with the Tree of Joy.
Patricia responded by thanking us on behalf of the community at Eurella. It will help to create a sensory garden and repair to the building.
Pres John commended PP Irene who did a great job considering the circumstances. He thanked pp Peter Moore for publishing Spoke throughout the year and organising the Zoom meetings.
He introduced his committee members. Paul Sarks, Keith Weeding , Tim Connor Lloyd Roever David Kwong, Fred Walker, Peter Moore, Sam Helou and Theo Kapeleris , Irene Giardino
Thank you To pp Peter Hamer who has retired from the RC Burwood and thanked him for his service for many years.
Also John Kane is intending to re join C Burwood. Now time for Christmas carols led by John Kane,
I received another email from Juvie and MinPRA in Gingoog. Somehow, miraculously they avoided much damage to themselves. On the compound it appears two fruit trees came down and the other crop was damaged. On the mountain property the damage was even less. They hate asking for help but they would like to help the island of Dinagat where Vera took a team on a SewAID Mission a couple of years ago.
It is with some sadness that we have had to postpone the upcoming RYLA program - that was scheduled for 3rd to the 9th January. And this includes the celebratory final-day Bar-B-Que that you may have been invited to attend.
The promised easing of COVID restrictions and the reopening of schools is welcomed by District’s youth program committees. During 2021 many programs, such as RYPEN, RYLA and YEP had to be to be abandoned and others, such as MUNA, were poorly attended. School closures prevented our club maintaining contact with the local students and the teachers who support our youth programs. However, the future looks much brighter.
The Rotary Club of Burwood is looking into creating a Satellite Club in the Burwood local area, so as to meet the needs of those community minded individuals who can't attend face-to-face meetings on a regular basis, due to work or other commitments, however they won't to give back to the community.
Rotary Youth Exchange - making a difference - Reflections from a Reunion 30 years later.
The Year is 1991, two busses full of Rotary Exchange Students enter a parking lot in Sydney after 3 weeks around Australia on the “Capricorn Ramble Tour”. Saying goodbye was heart-breaking, knowing that we would soon be back home and maybe never see each other again.
Jumping to September 2021, downtown Frankfurt on a Friday afternoon in brilliant weather. Stepping out of the car to greet 3 people I have not seen for 30 year in front of their hotel.
The Rotary Club of Burwood has created the 50th Anniversary Charitable Trust with the overall charitable purpose of "relieving poverty and the advancement of education or any other matter beneficial to the community". Funds are awarded to persons who satisfy the Trustees that they are financially disadvantaged and are undertaking some form of further study/sporting endeavour beneficial to themselves and to the community in general.
The Rotary Club of Burwood has now moved across to Rotary ClubRunner website hosting and administration platform. More than just a website, ClubRunner offers a robust membership management and communication platform
