"What's on in District?"
Southbank Club
Diary Dates
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Thank you, Editor Bettina!
 Few
of us know how Bettina stepped in at the last minute to help as
Editor of the Southbanker. She had initially only agreed to
help for 6 months but seeing there is a continuing need for her
expertise and assistance, Bettina graciously agreed to assist for
the full year!
What a
fantastic effort we have seen from Bettina. Many Rotarians
from a number of clubs have commented on the high quality of the
Southbanker this year and we have certainly seen a renewed energy
flowing from its pages!
Bettina, a
big
thank you
for your wonderful effort in the
past year for keeping us informed - from all of us!
As in-coming Editor, I will wear my "P" plates for a few issues
before taking over the role completely. I do
Gabe Hau,
Editor 2009-2010
MEETING 486 -
Tuesday 09 June
This meeting of the
Rotary Club of Southbank will be held at
Garden Room
Crown Towers Hotel
Whiteman Street, Southbank
6.00 for 6.30 PM
To book or record an
apology, please contact Bobbi via
email
before 12 am Monday.
Roster for this meeting:
|
Date |
Chair |
Scribe / Greeter |
Corporal |
Members' Moment |
Attendance |
|
09.06.2009 |
Jenny |
Chris |
Richard |
Troy |
Steven |
|
16.06.2009 |
Dianne |
Philip |
Dean |
Jenny |
Stuart |
|
23.06.2009 |
Barbara |
Steven |
Michael F |
Leigh |
Michael G |
|
30.06.2009 |
Rhys |
Dean |
Lyn |
Gordon |
Richard |
Are you rostered for duty at
this meeting, but will not be able to attend? Please make sure, that
you organise a replacement and inform
Club
Service.
PROGRAM
 Air
Cdre Peter Newton (Ret'd) is this week's Speaker. He will
share with us the work of the Ryder-Cheshire Foundation in India.
If you have see "Slumpdog
Millionaire", this will give you a very different view of India.
Raphael was founded by Leonard
Cheshire and Sue Ryder at Dehra Dun in 1959, to relieve the
suffering of the people of India who are ill, disabled, or
destitute, without regard to age, race or religion.
Raphael is a large complex with
a number of special residential components, caring for about three
hundred people who have chronic disease and disability, and their
children. This includes people with leprosy, TB, and a range of
other physical and mental disabilities. ...
President Gabe's
Message
Just a few days ago, on 3 June,
the Rotary Club of Southbank celebrated its 10th Birthday. As
District Governor Elect 2009-2010 Iven Mackay said, it has been a
very successful 10 years of community service for our club and each
of our members should rightly be extremely proud of our
achievements: ...
(Full President's Message here)
Last Week's
Meeting
We had good attendance last week with a number of guests including a
GSE Team member, Pikuan, sponsored by RC Medan, North Sumatra,
Indonesia. Pikuan will be part of the GSE Team going from
District 3400 to Japan in August 2009.
...
(Click here for full scribe notes)
RC Southbank 10th Anniversary and Changeover Celebrations
Click here for
booking form
The Big
Issue
Street Soccer National Championships
The National Championships will
be held Sunday 19th July at Cultural Forecourt, Brisbane
Southbank
The event will be launched at
the Homeless Connect on 27 May with the objective of driving
spectators and possible participation in the Corporate Cup.
Homeless Connect brings together Brisbane City Council, state
government, businesses and community groups to provide free
services to homeless people for a day.
So far it has helped over 2300 homeless people.
The first Homeless Connect event was held on 1 November 2006 at
City Hall, Brisbane. It was the first of its kind in Australia.
Read more
about this initiative here
Homeless Connect Website
Brisbane City Council will be sponsoring the
Championships. If you have any corporate contacts in Brisbane who
you think may be interested in participating in the corporate cup,
please forward the
attached flier
to them.
DS 9800
Bushfire Support Activities
District 9800 Bushfire Recovery
Project sponsors The Kids Foundations Burn Survivor Network
for one of their burn survivors Family camps, Camp Phoenix. Camp
Phoenix will be held from 23rd - 26th August 2009 in Anglesea. Find
more about the Kids Foundation and Camp Phoenix on their website:
www.kidsfoundation.org.au
RC Melton Valleys Yellow
Ribbon initiative.
If you would like to order Yellow Ribbons to support this program
please find more information on RC Melton Valleys
website
or click here for
Order Form.
 GSE
2009 Sweden
Wednesday, June 17
The RC of Albert Park will be hosting the welcome home dinner for
the Swedish GSE Team, including team member Jamie Anderson, who
had been sponsored by RC Southbank.
Contact albertpark@rotarydistrict9800.org
for more information.
Are you interested in their
adventures in Sweden?
Have a look at their
blog
with lots of pictures!
DG's ChangeOver
This year’s ChangeOver dinner will
be held on Saturday, 27 June from 7pm at the Melbourne Park
Function Centre beside the Rod Laver Stadium.
The Rotary Club of Hawthorn will be hosting the event.
Please contact David Pisterman on 0418 345 607 for further
information.
Ryder Cheshire Charity Dinner 17th July
In April our guest speaker Helen Trueman
talked to us about the Ryder-Cheshire Foundation and their
engagement in Klibur Domin – East Timor.
If you like delicious food and would also
like to support projects in Klibur Domin this Dinner is a must for
you.
Please refer to the
attached flyer
for more details
DG Jim Studebaker's Weekly Message
(Issue 45, 1 June 2009)
June is Rotary
Fellowship Month
"An Update on our Bushfire Recovery
Projects"
It’s been a couple of weeks since we have updated
you on the work that District 9800 has been doing to assist
Victorian bushfire affected communities... Here’s the news from
the trenches...
(Click
here
for full message)
Gemma and
The School of St Jude
The continuing story of
Gemma and The School of St Jude
is on
AUSTRALIAN STORY
on ABC this Monday night (June 8) at 8 pm for half an hour and
should be available on the Australian Story website
http://www.abc.net.au/austory/.
It will be repeated on ABC2 at 8 pm on Tuesday the 9th.
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