Venue: Damien on Fisher
Guest Speakers: Jo Baxter
Guest: Lucy Davies
Attendance: 25 members 2 guests
Valerie Bonython called the meeting to order and President Ken welcomed the guests.
Induction of Lucy Davies
Proposer Heather Kilsby asked Lucy to introduce herself.....and she did.
Lucy was born in 1986 to teacher parents in Highgate and educated locally. She studied Law and International Studies at Adelaide Uni, graduating in 2009. Her first job was as a junior solicitor at Griffin Hilditch, working on local and international cases. Onwards then as an adviser to Deputy Premier and Attorney-General John Rau where life was always interesting. Thence off to New York with a start-up firm - the Big Apple is an amazingly vibrant place. Homesickness brought her back to Adelaide in 2015 and took up employment with KPMG where she met her future husband Tom. Son Henry was born in 2018, marriage in 2019 and daughter Alice in 2020......and a 14yo stepson lives with them.
The family resides in Cambridge Terrace. Lucy works 3 days a week at PwC and volunteers as Vice President at Cara, one of SA's largest disability services provider.
Rotary offers the opportunity to give back to the community.
Lucy was warmly welcomed into the club and will be a member of the Community Services Committee
Guest Speaker: Jo Baxter - Rotary Action Group for Addiction Prevention RAG-AP
Valerie Bonython provided an extensive introduction to Jo. In a nutshell she is a Past President of Rotary Club of Modbury, and has a primary, secondary and tertiary teaching background. She was appointed to the International Board of RAG-AP this year. Her international work in life skill training began in Malaysia in 1983 and she has made contributions to conferences, governments and NGOs across the globe. Combating drug abuse has been to the fore for 20 years, including as Vice President of World Federation Against Drugs 2008 - 2022 and Member of the Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and Drugs 2013 - 2022. In the wide range of other commitments, she is Community Relations Manager at Odyssey House. Whew!
RAG-AP has been set up in USA, Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and now Australia.
It operates on 2 fronts:
- Helping kids understand what they put in their mouths affects their brains
- Picking up the kids who have fallen through the cracks.
The key to achieving behavioral change is information which assists young people make informed choices. To this end, provision of real life stories on how drug addiction which starts with alcohol and cannabis often escalates into the harder and deadlier drugs helps. Jo showed a video of Jade who had been down this path, who had resorted to stealing to feed her habit and managed to be rehabilitated. Anna was not so lucky, dying at 15 after taking one ecstasy tablet......and there are many others.
Jos' theme was that addiction prevention should be treated in much the same fashion as mental health....demystified and discussed openly. We need to 'get in early' with material that will help kids understand consequences. RAG-AP is asking Rotary clubs to take up the challenge by forming partnerships with schools, sporting groups, youth camps etc. There is a quality presentation called Save Your Brain for Years 5-12 school students which lays out the impact of drugs. Clubs can also form partnerships with organisations like Teen Challenge and Odyssey House operating at the coalface.
SPOTS
President Ken related that the Mitre 10 BBQ on Saturday was a success. Lots and Lots of help is needed on Tuesday 27 September for the Variety Club BBQ at the zoo.
Chris Davis advised that all is in readiness for the SA Police Officer of the Year ceremony at the Showgrounds on Friday. Radio interviews have been organised and there will hopefully be TV coverage. 19 of the 20 club members going will be attending the reception following the ceremony. Still 4 tickets available for purchase.....and Lucy nabbed 2. On Tuesday 20 September we will have the winner as our guest speaker.
Rajat Nagpal - Multiple Births Festival on 23 April 2022
Rajat provided an update on the progress being made:
- The event will be most likely held at Orphanage Park
- A website has been crafted
- Unley City Council is providing a grant of $3000
- Discussions have been held with an organisation doing research on multiple births:
- There is a committee of 10 with 5 from our club
- PDG Tim Klar is helping to organise it as a RACWS project which will provide tax deductibility for donations
- Already 120 families have expressed interest in participating
- It will be a ticketed event
- Any surplus will go to support children's education of needy MB families
Finale
The winners of the McGuirk raffle were Virginia X 2, David and Valerie,
Meeting closed at 8.03pm
Rotary International News
Coffee Chat at Impressa, Unley Shopping Centre
10.30 am on the first Friday of the month is good for a chat with Rotary friends and a caffeine fix! Next one is Friday 7 October 2022
Upcoming Meetings
Tuesday 13 September 2022 6 for 6.30pm Damien on Fisher
Event: Committees Night
Attendance and welcome: David Middleton & Bob Mills
Tuesday 20 September 2022 6 for 6.30pm Damien on Fisher
Guest Speaker: SA Police Officer of the Year 2022
Attendance and welcome: David Middleton & Bob Mills
Apologies and Meeting Enquiries to: Secretary Greg McLeod on 0417 811 838 or email to secretary@unleyrotary.org.au
Venue Set-up Enquiries to: Bulletin Editor Stephen Baker on 0403 687 015
Saturday Thrift Shop Roster
Early Shift: 10.00am to 1.00pm Late Shift: 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Week 1: 1 October 2022
Early: John Peacham (Jerry Casburn) & Haydn Baillie | Late: Robyn Carnachan & Leonie Kewen
Week 2: 10 September 2022
Early: Greg Mcleod & Virginia Cossid | Late: Wendy Andrews & Heather Kilsby
Week 3: 17 September 2022
Early: David Middleton & Nathan White | Late: Vera Holt & Rhonda Hoare
Week 4: 24 September 2022
Early: Stephen Baker & Judi Corcoran | Late: Jason Booth & Vera-Ann Stacy
Week 5: N/A
Early: Bob Mullins & Wendy Andrews | Late: Virginia Cossid & Paul Duke
Rotarians, who are unable to attend as rostered, please arrange a swap or as a very last resort contact: Vivienne Wood 0408 819 630; e-mail: vwood#ozemail.com.au
Mitre 10 and Bunnings Barbeques
The Mitre 10 BBQs are the first and third Saturdays of each month. Morning shift 9.00am - 12 noon; afternoon shift 12.00 - 3.30pm, then clean-up.....next one is Saturday 17 September 2022
ALL the Bunnings Mile End Barbeque shifts are from 8am to 5pm
Morning shift: 8.00am – 12.30pm | Afternoon shift: 12.30 – 5pm
We have been allocated the last Monday of each month.....next one is Monday 26 September 2022
The Tale End.....
Jerry is cruisin around the world but still finds time to impart knowledge.....very impressive:
His favourite theme While on a diet
Nostalgia
A year after some of its members participated in their municipality’s inaugural road rally, the Rotary Club of Campo Novo do Parecis ventured into a bigger role as a principal driver of the event. The Travessia do Parecis, held in April, followed a roughly 120-mile route in the west-central state of Mato Grosso, with 87 vehicles and 261 motorists participating.
The Rotaract Club of Colombo celebrated its 52nd anniversary by completing 52 projects during the 2021-22 Rotary year. In March, to finish 10 of them, the Rotaractors boarded a bus for a 30-hour drive. The Charity Bus, as the decade-old project is known, delivered books to a school library, heaters to a wildlife rehabilitation center, an electric oven to a skills development center, a rice cooker to a children’s residence, and rations and other products to homes that serve children and older adults. The group installed plastic recycling bins along a beach and planted trees to help prevent erosion and nurture turtle hatchlings. The initiatives are funded by current and past club members, families, and businesses. “We have developed a culture of building a network of generous well-wishers as opposed to holding fundraisers,” says Chedliya Ishak, immediate past president.
The Rotaract Club of Fiorenzuola d’Arda partnered with municipal officials and the Rotary clubs of Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Cortemaggiore Pallavicino, and Piacenza S. Antonino to challenge high school students to propose environmentally sustainable projects that city leaders could implement. Dozens of students of the Mattei Institute vied for cash prizes in the (Rotar)Act for Nature. Rotaractors served as tutors for the process, says Guido Bosi, the club’s immediate past president. “First place, and €500 [about $550 at the time], went to a project to rehabilitate Lucca Park,” Bosi says, noting that jurors were impressed with the students’ research incorporating existing park plans into their proposal.
