• 104 cartons of Surgical Gown Packs (20 packs per carton)
• 117 cartons of Cuffed Isolation Gowns (108 cartons of 50 & 9 cartons of 100)
• 16 cartons of XS D95 Masks (600 masks per carton)
• 16 cartons of Goggles (200 Goggles per carton)
•                               

So, it was 253 cartons (comprising almost 21,180 individual items, with a conservative value exceeding $50,000) – enough to fill a small shipping container, and so much that it had rendered Holloway’s Community Hub unavailable for its daily activities.

All of our initial offers to major hospitals and health facilities went nowhere because it seemed they all had the same issue – they also were holding huge supplies of their own.

 

                                                

We began the distribution with a trickle of smaller deliveries, some to the Rotary District D9800 Donations in Kind Store, some to a local Medical Centre, and some to a medical research facility, but it was time for some lateral thinking if the project was to be achieved.

A preliminary check with a major animal rescue service and a large Veterinary Hospital brought no results, but a few “dog with a bone” members came to the party to the extent that all 253 cartons of equipment found new homes by mid-April – providing recipients with resources and cost savings that they value highly.

Large quantities of equipment went to animal rescue and veterinary services, including:

Second Chance Animal Rescue

• Essendon Animal Referral Hospital
• Cat Protection Society of Victoria
• Unusual Pet Vets
• Karingal Veterinary Hospital

                                

Many cartons of Goggles went to Men’s Sheds, including at Aberfeldie, Strathmore, Brimbank, Melton, Taylors Hill, Sunbury, and as far as Birchip. The Sunbury Men’s Shed also requested some gowns to placate wives who were sick of trying to clean resins and glue from member’s clothes.

 

                                                                                         

 

Last carton loaded – and the Community Hub is clear and available for its intended use.

The project was a great challenge - and in the end we were up for it.

JOB DONE.

                                                                                      

• The role of the Care Navigator service in the Victorian VAD regime;
• The eligibility criteria for VAD in Victoria;
• The VAD Assessment process; and
• Current data on the operation of VAD in Victoria.

• Essendon North Rotary Club
• Essendon Rotary Club  
• Footscray Rotary Club
• Keilor East Rotary Club.
• Airport West Uniting Church  
• Weda Partners
• Rotarians and friends of Rotary

               

 

• 1^st meeting of each month will be a Zoom meeting with a guest speaker.
• 2^nd meeting of each month will be a face-to-face meeting at a hotel or restaurant.
• 3^rd meeting of each month will be a Zoom meeting with a guest speaker.
• 4^th meeting of each month will be a face-to -face social meeting with partners and friends at a restaurant or hotel.

• Technical skills include automotive care skills, OH&S, industry knowledge, computer skills, finance, numeracy and literacy skills, and language.
• Life skills include self-reflection, goal setting, managing expectations, creative expression, self-confidence, social and communication skills.

• We repair and service donated cars that are then sold or gifted to members of the community who are in need.
• We service cars for staff, community partners and members of the public, and make minor necessary repairs where needed.

Building our networks and centres of influence

• Be Aware Of Your Negative Thoughts And Emotions. Surprising insights about what negative thoughts and emotions do to your brain.
• Avoid Speaking Of Your Problems, Diseases, Illnesses Or Worries.
• Meditate. If there is one thing that can really help you raise your vibration and maintain positive energy in life, it will be meditation.
• Avoid Gossip. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
• Let Go Of The Past. You can’t undo anything. It’s done.
• Laugh! Smile! “Laughter is the best medicine.” Numerous studies have proven that laughter decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies.
• Sweat It Off. Exercise physically removes you from your problems, and it also removes you mentally.                                                                                                                                  

• Limiting the last two applications to the $5 Sweep only;
• Taking account of the flexibility offered by some applicants;
• Converting a number of the $10 entries to two each in the $5 Sweep (ie double the opportunity for half the prizemoney) - but, with a couple of exceptions, I have avoided touching any entry where there were different individual names for each entry eg Ted H with 6 X$10 in individually different names is preserved, while Ted C with multiple entries in the same two names has had a couple converted to double $5 entries; and
• Converting a small number of $2 entries in the same manner ie two $2 entries converting to a single $5 entry.

• Scotland's social researcher Simon Anderson,
• Civility Saves Lives founder Dr Chris Turner, and
• An Expert Panel (Julia Harper (CEO of College of Intensive Care Medicine), David Clarke (CEO of the Australian Institute for Health and Safety) and Dr Carmel Crock (Director for Emergency Medicine at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital)) 

• $3,300 has been paid to Rotary Foundation
• $927 remaining from the drought fund has been paid to the Wycheproof Resource Center.
• 100 -150 flyers will be distributed to a different part of Keilor advertising the next speaker from Westgate Tunnel Project, the flyer will also advertise the Hand Brake Turn project. David Bourke has offered to assist with distribution of the flyers.
• Glenda has been in contact with Bunnings who are offering items which could be used as auction items to raise funds for the club.
• The Board approved TH to work with Keilor Downs College to see if it is possible to obtain a Year 11& 12 scholarship grant for a student commencing Year11 next year. It maybe difficult because we have previously received scholarship grants from District.
• Glenda came across a fund-raising initiative by the Rotary Club of Ivanhoe, who were having a virtual online sausage sizzle, people purchased a virtual sausage i.e. made a donation to the Ivanhoe Rotary Club. This idea the Board thought could be used to try and raise funds for the Christmas Bags project and as a way of showing a KRC project to the local community
• To achieve more local content in the Bulletin one member each week will be requested to submit an article of their choice, consisting of approximately 200-300 words to the Bulletin editor or Secretary     

• Through a telescopic sight as an army sniper
• Through the TV lens as a globe-trotting cameraman for ABCTV, National Geographic and  BBC Discovery
• Through smoke and mirrors as a professional magician

• Through a telescopic sight as an army sniper
• Through the TV lens as a globe-trotting cameraman for ABCTV, National Geographic and  BBC Discovery
• Through smoke and mirrors as a professional magician                      
• 
• Julian’s address could be summed up as follows :
• Why it's important to adopt a learning mindset.
• Why you are 100% responsible for your life.
• How change is a process and not an event

1. Monitor and report: make a homemade QFF Trap (see below) and report any sightings to local or state authorities.
2. Prune trees to a reachable height so you can harvest more easily.
3. Exclude with netting, bags or sleeves to stop the female QFF from reaching and laying eggs inside fruit and vegetables. Use specific fruit fly netting, fine gauze or mosquito net - or even old lace curtains; the key to success is openings of just 1.6mm. Ensure the mesh is not touching the fruit. 
4. Garden hygiene – collect all dropped fruit, and dispose of all unwanted fruit.
5. Infested fruit should never be composted – instead bag it and either freeze or microwave to kill larvae
6. Collaborate with community – Get to know your neighbours, and encourage whole community involvement and action to manage this pest.

• 1L to 2L clear plastic bottle with a lid
• Yeast extract
• Sugar
• Fruit peel
• Water
• Knife
• String

1. Put a spoon full of vegemite and a spoon full of sugar in the bottle, plus the peelings from an orange or lemon.
2. Add enough water to fill the bottle to about a third, put on the lid, and shake until the yeast extract and sugar have dissolved.
3. Using the knife, carefully cut an access hole further up the plastic bottle.
4. The trap can be hung with the string near a fruit tree.

This month’s feature - Plastic: the good, the bad and the ugly.

• Waxworms and Mealworms can devour plastics and turn them into compost.
• A microbe, Ideonella Sakaiensis can reduce the time plastic takes to degrade from hundreds of years to just a few days,
• And some manufacturers are turning to plants to develop biodegradable bioplastics and to bacteria that convert food waste

• Rotary, supported by contributions of more than US$350M from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has raised in excess of US$1.5 Billion and contributed countless volunteer hours from more than one million Rotarians.
• The Gates Foundation will continue to match two-to-one, up to US$35 million per year, every dollar Rotary commits to reduce the funding shortfall for polio eradication.
• Over 2.5 billion children worldwide have been vaccinated since 1985.
• Clubs and individuals are encouraged to contribute to the Polio Eradication Fund to ensure fulfilment of Rotary’s promise to the children of the world to have the world declared Polio free.

• Clubs are requested to support District initiated polio eradication fund raising events.
• Contributions during 2019-2020 will support National Immunisation Days, the purchase of vaccines and equipment used in the drive against Polio.
• D9800 is committed to supporting the fight to eradicate polio and will determine a suitable contribution annually to assist the program and supplement club contributions.

• Single Club Model.  This is a single club arrangement that is not so popular now. Most clubs find interacting with other Rotary Means Business chapters more beneficial due to the potential range of exposure to many other Rotarians for networking
• Multi–Club Model. This is where groups of Rotary clubs get together to form their own chapter. Currently this is the most common method of organisation.
• District Model. This style works successfully when there is the support of the District Governor and district level membership and vocational service chairs.
• National Model. This model is no longer encouraged by the Fellowship although a few areas, mostly in South America have been organised in this way.

At our last meeting President David Whiting led a discussion about starting a Club recruitment program . This was followed by our Glenda Bryson displaying a powerpoint presentation about the Rotary Club of Adelaide which recently had a successful program of finding new recruits. The following photos are taken from this powerpoint presentation   Five years ago the Rotary Club of Adelaide faced the brutal fact that in the previous 15 years it had seen a gradual decline of 30% in its membership, which was rapidly aging and seriously lacking in diversity.
Incoming President at the time and now Past District Governor David Egan, together with his team, which included subsequent Presidents, initiated a strategic approach for revival and renewal that focused on retaining long serving older members whilst embracing change. Five years on the club, which is the 2nd biggest in Australia and New Zealand, has a vibrant, growing and much more diverse membership base. As shown in the photo below there was a predominance of senior members

So the plan was to encourage the recruiting of more female  members

 

It was also time to reinvent ourselves and the following was our yearly plan

 

After 5 years of the campaign These were the satisfying results

 

 

Note the increase in each of the 5 categories Now we are more diverse

                              

 

We have embedded a Fellowship and Speaker program

             

 

 

The  Strategic Action Plan covered 5 years

 

            

 

 

In Summary If we are not sure why our club is shrinking, ask these questions: 1. Is my club's meeting time, format, and location convenient for members with families or young professionals still building their careers? 2. How well does my club reflect the age, gender, and professional diversity of my community? 3. Whose interests are reflected in my club's programs? 4. Do ceremonial activities take time away from speakers, club business, project planning, and networking? 5. Does my club have a plan in place to contact guests after they visit?

 

   

•  Members can grow plants that encourage insects, butterflies, birds, bees and other pollinators while adding colour to our world. Members choose their seeds they want to plant
• • Seeds can be ordered on line (or from your local nursery if ‘click & collect’ facility available). Members are encouraged to select seeds/seedlings that promote insects, butterflies, birds, bees and other pollinators; and/or vegetables.
• • Grow these plants in the front or back gardens, balconies, rooftops or pots.
• • Members can be engaged by helping each other with tips, sharing information, posting their photos or videos at Zoom meetings.

                                                        

• • Engage your Club’s leadership team
• • Nominate an Environmental Sustainability representative to manage the initiative and have them report to the club monthly (encourage them to be an ESRAG member which provides a large range of resources and ideas – cost is $US30pa)

 Posted by PDG Gina Growden- Public Image Coordinator

• Enhance the club’s public image
• Gain support and resources for projects
• Build links with other community organisations
• Attract qualified members
• Recognise Rotary members for their contribution to the
  community
• Correct misconceptions about the club and Rotary. 

Last week’s meeting             

1. Name 7 one-word nameThe d countries whose spelling ends in the letter Y
2. Released In late 2015, which multi-Oscar winning movie has a title that means "A person that has returned"?
3. Which two sauces are part of the  of that  ingredients of a Bloody Mary?
4. What is the nick name of the New Zealand men's basketball team?
5. The musical Rock of Ages is based on music from which decade?
6. If Rd is for road and St is for street what do the following designations stand for?
7. Who wrote Jurassic Park?
8. Who is currently in the Australian Top 40 charts with a song titled Juice?
9. who was the King of Persia from 486 to 465 BC?
10. What is the World's most Southerly capital
11. Name the five European countries that have French as an official language. (1 pt each).
12. The words COSY APPEAL are an anagram of which one word?
13. Linseed oil is made from which plant?
14. Within the NRL and AFL, which are the only two team names that do not end in the letter "S"! ( 1 pt each)
15. What is the more common name for the Harvestman spider?
16. Along with Dopey, name the other 6 Dwarfs! (1 pt each)
17. What is the Spanish word for 'navy'?
18. Which Australian band had a hit in 1981 with Bustin' Loose?
19. Which river flows through Washington DC?
20. In the movie Eurovision Song Contest: The story of Fire Saga, which country do the characters played by Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams represent?                             As this was a new format most felt a little unpreprepared for this process          
20. The correct answers were
    1.         Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Paraguay,        Uruguay, Turkey
    2.         The Revenant
    3.         Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce
    4.         The Tall Blacks
    5.         1980's
    6.         Circuit, Glade, Loop, Strand
    7.         Michael Crichton
    8.         Uzzo
    9.         King Xerxes
    10.       Wellington
    11.       France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco
    12.       Apocalypse
    13.       Flax
    14.       Melbourne Storm, Port Adelaide Power
    15.       A Daddy Long Legs
    16.       Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Bashful, Doc
    17.       Armada
    18.       Moving Pictures
    19.       The Potomac
    20.       Iceland
    And the good performers were as follows
    Jeanette Lynch with a score of 24/60
    Closely followed by Tom Barber with 19/60
    We are planning to repeat the experience in a few weeks so we can improve on our performance 
    Many thanks Cameron for organizing this – We are much wiser since reading the answers. We are trained to do it again and perhaps perform a little better

1. The removal of the two types of membership, Associate and Family membership and the rewording of Clause 2.2 to reflect the removal of the Associate and Family memberships
2. Insertion of the numbers of members of the Board of management of the club to read the Board consisting of nine directors and three other directors (when applicable)

• Review and re-write all the operational documents and procedures that the airport holds.
• Provide new procedures where required.
• Work with Airside staff during all shifts (over 24 hrs and two weeks to make sure I evaluate all staff) to see where improvements can be made.
• Ensure that the airport is fully compliant with Dept of Transport and CASA rules, laws and recommendations..50^th Anniversary

  

Rotary Friendship Exchange 

1. Have a presence in the local community such as our Farmers Market.
2. Have a dynamic website, eg. Our front page features positive elements – one pic has three women and one young man as an example of some “diversity”.  In other words, we are definitely not “stale, male and pale”.  I think we have Sri Lankan, Chinese, Polish, Argentinian.  From memory, out of 45 members  30% female membership. There is lots of information about Rotary Glenferrie and Rotary in general at the click of a link.
3. Ask – it is amazing how many people are just waiting, eg. our Membership person last year would sit down in the sunshine at the Market and get into conversation over a takeaway coffee.  He would then chat about Rotary, get their details. And we will continue that now that the Market is back even if with reduced numbers due to COVID-19.
4. Invite to a meeting when there is a good speaker
5. Introduce them to members around the room who can make them feel welcome
6. Get into conversation anywhere and anytime, eg. with friends and family
7. Have an event attended by non-Rotarians and “sell” the joys of membership
8. Keep regular contact with the potential member
9. In conversation, establish that the attendance rules are nowhere near as strict as they were but still the need to keep involved, eg. we have a weekly bread run and in many cases our members collect the bread from Bakers Delight and deliver to the Salvos in Camberwell
10. I don’t know how successful the letter box drop will be but I believe that we have at least one potential new member – but again regular contact helps
11. Ensure that potential member is aware of the cost of membership, eg. dinner/lunch/etc.  At the moment, it is a bit difficult to judge due to the fact that we cannot meet in person.  But we are still keeping in contact.
12. Maintaining members, keep them active and engaged.
13. Fortunately, we have a couple of under 40 who cannot commit as much as they would like but we still keep them and they and their families take part in activities such as Parkinsons Walk and Clean Up Australia as well as being able to attend the occasional meeting.

• • For many years we have seen a year on year decline in membership across our region, and a rising age profile – 24% drop in membership in the last 10 years, the average age in our clubs is over 60. Of the 50% of ages reported in My Rotary, 37.3% are over 60.
• • We lose the majority of members who leave within their first 3 years of joining, so we are not engaging them well or not meeting expectations. In many cases we are not reflecting the
• make up of our communities and we have some difficulty attracting younger members. We hear that cost and time are barriers to joining.

• For many years we have seen a year on year decline in membership across our region, and a rising age profile – 24% drop in membership in the last 10 years, the average age in our clubs is over 60.  Of the 50% of ages reported in My Rotary, 37.3% are over 60.
• We lose the majority of members who leave within their first 3 years of joining, so we are not engaging them well or not meeting expectations.  In many cases we are not reflecting the make up of our communities and we have some difficulty attracting younger members.  We hear that cost and time are barriers to joining.
• Many clubs struggle to get members to take on leadership roles, often because these are seen as too onerous.
• Global and local research has shown that the Rotary brand is highly respected but not very visible. We do not have a single Rotary voice in our region that not only identifies us but also enables others to easily connect.
• We have few national partners or sponsors.

We want your help on how best to capitalise on these opportunities and take us into the next 100 years.

Keilor Rotary Supports Wycheproof Students on a trip to Healsville

The Rotary Club of Keilor  welcomed the students of Wycheproof P-12 College at Keilor Sports ground as they stopped for a meet & greet with Keilor Primary School & Catholic Regional College North Keilor students, to stretch their legs and to have lunch, prepared by the wonderful ladies committee of the Keilor Bowls Club with some of the goodies supplied by Senserrick's of Keilor & Fergusson Plarre.
There were certificates of appreciations exchanged between the three schools and the kids had a blast playing & socialising with each other.
At Night the Wycheproof students are enjoyed Candlebark Farm facilities for their overnight stay in Healseville and the following day they visited the Healseville Sanctuary.
There are many businesses, Rotary Clubs and individuals who have supported this fantastic event and they will be acknowledged in a future post.
We hope the Wycheproof students enjoyed this special excursion and that many fabulous memories are made

Katie Wilford was our guest speaker at our meeting on 16th of July 2019.

Katie Wilford is an Iowa native visiting our land Down Under . She has just completed her Master of Education at the University of Melbourne. Her research explored the embedded intentions regarding Koorie peoples in Victorian education documents.

After submitting her research paper, she ventured off to holiday in Perth (and down the coast) for two weeks. She currently spends her time volunteering at D.I.K. and Missionaries of Charity, providing free mathematics tutoring at Epping Secondary, visiting and presenting at Rotary clubs across the district and crossing off those last minute adventures in Melbourne before returning home.  Katie has one more trip planned in late July, to Uluru, which crosses off visiting all six states!