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Welcome to The Rotary Club of Northbridge
Northbridge
Service Above Self
We meet Tuesdays at 6:00 PM
Northbridge Golf Club
Sailors Bay Road,
Northbridge, NSW  2063
Australia
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Please send apologies to Therese Stubbs before 10:30am each Monday at: ts@aiol.com.au
Next Meeting – 10th July 2018
Attendance desk:
Malcolm Lye & John Garett     Reserves: (Denise Woodward & Therese Stubbs)
 
Set up & pack up:
Alan Hession & David Robertson  Reserves: (Barry Anderson & Paul Sullivan)
Speakers & topic:
David Nicholls  - What is Freemasonry
Rotary Club Meeting 3rd July 2018
 

Welcome

President Ranald welcomed all club members, and guest  Graham Foxcroft.
 
Toast
Paul Sullivan gave a toast to the Rotary Clubs of Tamworth.  There are six clubs in Tamworth – Tamworth which was chartered in 1932, Tamworth First Light in 1990, Tamworth Sunrise in 2009, Tamworth West in 1956 and Tamworth North and Tamworth on Peel.
 
Announcements
Paul Sullivan advised about the opening of a new Lifeline office in Naremburn this week.
 
Eleanor Chevor informed us that the NSW Blood Bank is very short of O Negative blood so please consider making a donation, particularly if you are O Negative.
 
President Ranald advised that the Bunnings BBQ raised $1650 last Saturday and thanked everyone who contributed to such a successful day.

Committee Meetings

The Visioning Project will be the club’s focus for the next 3-5 years and it is vital that everyone contributes to it.  Sally O’Neill and John Turner are driving the Vision Project and John gave a presentation about the main topics resulting from the visioning night held last February.  John will help to facilitate in achieving the goals set.
The meeting broke into committee groups to discuss each committee’s plans for the coming year. 
 
Paul Sullivan auctioned a bottle of wine from his wine cellar which raised $60. Paul was also the Sergeant for the evening who extracted loose change from the membership. 
Stories
10 Years of support - ShelterBox put families first!
 
Through the commitment of our supporters, ShelterBox can provide emergency shelter and tools for families robbed of their homes by conflict and natural disaster.
 
The Rotary Club of Northbridge - through our various events and via generous donations received from members of the community, has been able to provide equivalent to 57 ShelterBoxes at the cost of $1000 each to ShelterBox Australia since 2007.
 
Each of these boxes is given a number which can then be linked to its ultimate deployment   in disaster areas around the world.
 
Below is a list which shows box number, related disaster and deployment location of 48 of the Shelterboxes that have been deployed by Rotary Club of Northbridge.
 
ShelterBox (https://www.shelterboxaustralia.com.au/about/) will have a display at the Northbridge Rotary Community Fireworks Event on May 12th, 2018.  Come along, have a look, and consider a donation to this worthy cause.
 
THE ROTARY CLUB OF NORTHBRIDGE DONATIONS TO SHELTERBOX – BOXES PURCHASED
DATE
BOX NUMBER
DISASTER
DEPLOYMENT
2007 – April
OZ 1698 & OZ1700        
Volcanic Eruption       
Rabaul PNG
2007 – December
AUS2566
Humanitarian
Swaziland
2008 – April
AUS2810 
Cyclone
Burma
2008 – June
AUS3972 – 3978 (7 boxes)  
Humanitarian
Swaziland
2008 – June
AUS4020
Floods
Nepal
2008 – July
AUS4453 & 4454       
Conflict
Somalia
2008 – December
AUS4849
Floods
Namibia
2009 – February
AUS4979 
Conflict
Pakistan
2009 – June
AUS5791
Earthquake
Java
2009 – June
AUS5893
Earthquake
Java
2009 – November
AUS7069 – 7071 (3 boxes)
Floods
Peru
2010 – March
AUS8280 – 8282 (3 boxes) 
Earthquake
Haiti
2011 – February
9671 – 9676 (6 boxes)   
Typhoon
Philippines
2011 – February
9774
Tsunami
Indonesia
2011 – June
10332 – 10335 (4 boxes)
Floods
Columbia
2011 – September
10696
Conflict
Sudan
2012 – September
11401
Floods
Pakistan
2012 – September
11494 – 11498 (5 boxes)      
Floods
Pakistan
2013 – March
11903 & 11904        
Earthquake
Solomon Islands
2013 – April
11938
Typhoon
North Korea
2013 - September
12367
Floods
Bolivia
2013 – December
S.B. appeal. $6,000 donation
Typhoon Haiyan       
Philippines
2014 – November
13058
Conflict                        
Niger
2015 - February
13206
Floods
North Korea
2018 – March
Donation to be deployed
(2 boxes)
 
2018 – April
Donation to be deployed
(1 box)
 
 
DO SOMETHING. SHELTERBOX      https://www.shelterboxaustralia.com.au/ 
 
 
Community - Northbridge Rotary Fireworks Record
 
 
A record crowd estimated at more than 4,000 attended Northbridge Rotary's Community Fireworks 30th Anniversary Spectacular on Northbridge Oval on May 13.
The event was a great success, according to the organizer, Rotarian Rob Coote. “We were lucky with near perfect weather and it was a great night for families who attended the evening,” Rob said. “The fireworks were spectacular, there was varied musical entertainment from local school bands plus exciting rides for the many happy children in attendance.
“We had about 120 Rotary Club members, spouses and Friends of Rotary helping on the night,” Rob said.
 
The spectators included North Sydney MP Trent Zimmerman, Premier  Gladys Berejiklian and Willoughby Mayor Gail Giles-Gidney. The Mayor welcomed the huge crowd and thanked Rotarians, volunteers and sponsors for making the huge community event so successful.
The event raised a surplus of more than $40,000 (net of expenses), which will be used to support local and overseas charities.
 
In this regard the Board of the Club at its May meeting resolved to award 100% of the surplus to organizations in greatest need. These included StreetWork (a local youth charity ) to assist in purchasing a new community vehicle ,the Rural Fire Service, children and women’s emergency accommodation, Rotary’s Polio Eradication programme, The Rotary Foundation, medical research into the causes and treatment  of dementia and high need overseas charities in East Timor and Nepal (water delivery infrastructure and schools..)
 
Rotary President Paul Sullivan expressed the Club’s appreciation to Northbridge Plaza (managed by AMP Capital) as the primary sponsor of the event and the new co-sponsor Commonwealth Bank.
 
The invaluable assistance and support of all our other sponsors and supporters were also much appreciated.  These included – Willoughby Council, Westpac Banking Corporation, Anytime Fitness, Ray White Real Estate, Coates Hire, Northbridge Hotel, Borusso’s Pizza and Pasta, Willoughby Leisure Centre, Backvintage Wines, Just Cuts Northbridge, Northbridge Physiotherapy, and Castlecrag Montessori School. 
 
Also, the event would not have been the success that it was without the support of all those other entities who provided prizes for our Raffle, that helped us raise much-needed funds for our charities.  These included – Bridge Climb, Simon & Johnson, Taronga Zoo, National Maritime Museum, Luna Park Sydney, HarbourView Restaurant and the Northbridge Golf Club.
 
The Rotary Club of Northbridge thanks, all sponsors and supporters for their tremendous support.
Northbridge Golf Club Supports ShelterBox Charity
 
The Northbridge Golf Club and the Northbridge Rotary Club organised a charity golf day on 24 February.
 
Thanks to the generosity of the Golf Club, players, and Rotary volunteers we raised over $2000 for Shelterbox,
which provides emergency help to victims of natural disasters.
 
Here is a photos of Ian Burnet presenting a $50 bar voucher to the lucky Lani McDowell.
Northbridge Rotary builds new school in Nepal
 
Northbridge Rotary Club has helped to build a new school in a remote area of Nepal which was devastated by a massive earthquake in 2015. Part of the funding for the project was raised by the club through the generosity of Northbridge residents.
 
 
 
The new school building at Bhakanje village, high in the Himalayas at 2,386 metres, was opened for use in February 2018. At the opening, the villagers of Bhakanje, the school’s teachers and students, and the two managers of Himalayan Project in Nepal expressed their gratitude to the community of Northbridge for their humanitarian support to this devastated community. A brass wall plaque was fixed to the building reading:
 
The reconstruction of this building in 2016‐17 is funded by Rotary Club of Northbridge,  Sydney, Australia and the people of Northbridge in cooperation with Rotary Club of Kathmandu and Himalayan Project Nepal 2017.
 
The new school building has a total of four classrooms, one being a nursery for small children. The stronger, longer-lasting building replaces the original school building which was mainly destroyed by the 7.7 force earthquake. The new building’s brick walls and truss roof are of earthquake-resistant design. The walls are lined with wooden panels to help insulate school students from the cold.
 
The new Bhakanje school is said to be one of the most beautiful and functional schools in that region of Nepal.
 
Rotary Club of Northbridge managed the reconstruction from October 2016 until February 2018 in cooperation with Rotary Club of Kathmandu, Himalayan Project Denmark and Himalayan Project Nepal.
The Rotary Foundation: The best charity in the world!
 

The Rotary Foundation has won the prestigious award for Outstanding Foundation at the 2017 conference of the Association of Fundraising Professionals in San Francisco. The conference drew more than 3,400 senior fundraising professionals from 33 countries.
 
The annual award honours organisations that show philanthropic commitment and leadership through financial support, innovation, encouragement of others, and involvement in public affairs.
AFP’s judges cited Rotary’s comprehensive campaign to eradicate polio as a major driver of the selection.
 
They also mentioned that Rotary applies a methodical, purposeful approach to support a wide variety of international causes, from providing clean water to educating the next generation of peace professionals.
 
Rotary Foundation Chair-elect Paul Netzel accepted the award on Rotary's behalf. “With the generous support of our members and partners, we’ve taken on some of the toughest humanitarian challenges in the world, none more so than the devastating disease of polio,” said Netzel. “We will defeat polio and it will be a landmark achievement for global public health.”
 
“This award helps to spread our belief that service to humankind truly changes our world and, for that reason, it is the greatest work of life,” Netzel said.
 
The Rotary Club of Northbridge and many of its members contribute generously to The Rotary Foundation each year.
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Member Birthdays
Robert Coote
July 1
 
Noel Phelan
July 6
 
Kim Wilkins
July 20
 
John Bolton
July 21
 
Geoff Duggin
July 31
 
Spouse Birthdays
John Bolton
July 21
 
Join Date
Douglas Herridge
July 3, 1984
34 years
 
John Weingarth
July 3, 1984
34 years
 
Derek Matz
July 9, 2013
5 years
 
Karin Eurell
July 9, 2013
5 years
 
Geoff Duggin
July 10, 2007
11 years
 
Paul Sullivan
July 20, 1993
25 years
 
Bob Farrar
July 25, 2000
18 years
 
Mike Cocks
July 30, 1996
22 years
 

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