Weekly Club Bulletin - Vol 84 Issue 16, 1 November 2021
President John Mansour
No meeting this evening
Presidents report
Hi Fellows
I just felt that it was important to formally thank Sam and Faye for their continued hospitality and service to Burwood Rotary and Rotary in general .We had a wonderful evening of Fellowship and fine casual dining. ( See photos below)
All funds raised will go to Rotary Hat Day ( prevention and support of Mental Health.
We raised $570 very generous group Thankyou .I will send out a program for our Face to Face Rotary meetings this week.
We will have our first face to Face Rotary meeting at Keith and Janet's home on Monday 8th November,6 PM start , finish 7.15. Keith has offered to order Pizzas.
I think that’s a great idea Address is 64 Oxford St Burwood
Monday 15th November , we will be meeting at Fuad and Lourice' s home
12 Ireland St Burwood. Again 6 PM start and 7.15 finish, meeting only
The reason for the home meetings are two fold ,I feel that the RSL isn’t the ideal location at the moment. Let's wait until next year and then book the RSL
Secondly ,home meetings are safer and more appropriate for our Club, at this time
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.
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
The Rotary Club of Burwood meet with Burwood Council (Zoom meeting) to discuss the possibility assisting a local community organisation called Gods Love Care' in a similar way that the Rotary Club of Sydney Cove does with the Early Bird Cafe.
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.
