Rotary hosted a Swap Meet in Feb Selling burgers & sausage & bacon & egg. Wimpy had organised the start to be early And had set up the site extremely securely. The team opened gates & let everyone in And made sure lots of money was put in the tin. The cooks turned on gas so cooking could start The bacon, sausage & onions, a real work of art. The salad and bread were ready to sell And Roger was set to put sales in the till.
The smell of the food wafted out in the air
And brought people in droves to see what was there.
Was it onion with that or sausage without,
Steak with the lot, oh sorry forgot
That you didn’t want egg & a roll and not bread.
And so it kept going so busy we fed
With crowds lining up it just would not end.
Roxanne made her burgers quick as a flash,
But Malcolm and lettuce continued to clash.
He’d put it on top & it’d fall on the bench,
Then the wind would come through & he’d get rather tense.
Just put on the lid and hope for the best
That the customer didn’t care what order he’d sent.
Now Jim had control of cooking the eggs, So many were used shells spilled round his legs. Darryl had tongs in his hand ready to fill The orders with purpose and obvious skill Sue would sanitise with a cloth in her hand Wiping & cleaning keeping everything grand. So we continued serving like well-oiled machines Selling & cooking, serving customers in streams.
So thanks to you all, you’ve served Rotary with pride. The money will add to the balance you’ll find, To pay for the projects that this year will bring, Helping others that Rotary has proven it’s King.
Rotary Club of Esperance welcomes first female member
Corrina Rawlinson never planned on becoming a trailblazer.
The Esperance resident wanted to join Rotary to help her community, particularly with youth mental health.
But when she told the idea to her dad Scott Mackie, who has a long association with the organisation, he had some surprising news.
The Rotary Club of Esperance, which turns 60 this year, had never had a female member.
The town's other club — The Rotary Club of Esperance Bay — had plenty and invited her to join.
Rod Taylor, the current president of the Rotary Club of Esperance, said although no woman had tried to join in the 33 years since, many wives and partners helped out as "Rotary Anns", a role where they supported the club but were not members.
Mr Taylor said they were happy to receive Ms Rawlinson's application, which was then put to a vote of their 33 members.
"Everyone is so keen now and the stimulation within the club is fantastic."
He said until recently most of the members were men in their 70s, but he said younger people were another demographic also starting to join.
"Word is spreading that we're a good fun club and we invest strongly in the Esperance community," he said.
Pat Schraven, a current district governor of Rotary International, came to Esperance to see Ms Rawlinson officially sworn in last night.
She said while it could raise some concerns that no woman had sought to join the club in decades gone by, she believed it was more important that inclusivity was a priority going forward.
She said there was one other all-male club in her area — The Rotary Club of Boulder, in WA's Goldfields.
The ABC has contacted the club for comment.
Ms Schraven also said some clubs were all-female, which she said she also encouraged to diversify.
She said although there was a lower percentage of women at some Rotary clubs, she had always found them a welcoming place.
"The fellowship, the friendship and the opportunity to still be able to give back to the community has been great," she said.
Solomons Project
The project in the Solomons is chugging along, despite the disruptions caused by the pandemic, riots and political unrest. Fortunately, Dalousu community where the project is being implemented is free of covid. Situated on the island of Malaita no one from that community were involved in the riots.
The boat is being used to transport people from Dalousu to Auki for various things – visits to hospital, shops, and markets and also to take their fishing catch to market. See photos attached – red boat is the one which was purchased.
Information provided by Trevor McQuirk of the Unley Rotary Club.
Dear All at Rotary Club of Murray Bridge,
It is 2022, and we are excited to welcome Anania to Form 2 and Dorcas into Standard 7 at St Jude’s this year. Please find their annual photos attached.
It is always exciting starting a new academic year. We are sure that Anania and Dorcas are prepared to face the new challenges ahead and excel in their studies with the help of our dedicated academic staff. We wish Dorcas and all our Standard 7 students all the best in their preparation to sit for the National Examination at the end of the year. As always, we look forward to keeping you up to date with their progress throughout the year.
We have also attached an updated version of the Sponsorship handbook for your reference.
On behalf of Anania, Dorcas, and everybody here at St Jude’s, we want to wish you an excellent 2022 and thank you very much for your ongoing support.
Kind regards,
Valentina Mboya Sponsor Relations Team
CALENDAR WINNERS 22nd February 2022
$100
831
Jess Hill
Mt Barker
R. Walters
$30
742
Joshua Shepherd
Murray Bridge
J. Scarvellis
$20
659
Debbie Northcott
Murray Bridge
Anglican Church
Object of Rotary
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;
FOURTH: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
End Polio Now
In 1985 Rotary launched PolioPlus to immunize every child in the world against polio. Working with our partners and members of the global health community, together we will end polio.
Through the science of vaccines, Rotary & partners have saved nearly 19 million children from becoming paralyzed by polio. Learn more about our work to End Polio Now and how you can get involved: https://on.rotary.org/3eqtrrr
Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years, and we’ve made incredible progress in the fight to rid the world of it forever.
It’s crucial to eradicate polio from the last two countries where it remains endemic and to keep other countries polio-free.
If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year.
What is polio?
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a paralyzing and potentially deadly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5. The virus spreads from person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can then attack the nervous system.
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