UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Standard meeting venue and time: Dorset Gardens Hotel, 335 Dorset Road,

Croydon 6:00 pm for 6:30 pm start, unless otherwise specified. $25 for a two-course meal.

DATE Tuesday 25th September 2018.

SUBJECT Sport And Life Training - SALT

SPEAKER Penny Mentiplay and Carissa

CHAIR John Anderson

DATE Tuesday 2nd October 2018.

SUBJECT District Governor’s Visit

SPEAKER Russell Gurney

CHAIR Jean Stuart

DATE Sunday 7th October at Bramleigh Estate, 420 Ringwood-Warrandyte Rd, Warrandyte at 12:00 for 12:30 pm start.

SUBJECT Fashion Parade by Cachi Designs

DATE Tuesday, 9th October 2018.

SUBJECT Impressions from the RI Conference in Toronto

SPEAKER Stuart McDonald

CHAIR Ian Cumming

DATE Tuesday, 9th October 2018.

SUBJECT Impressions from the RI Conference in Toronto

SPEAKER Stuart McDonald

CHAIR Ian Cumming

ROTARY CLUB OF CROYDON 46 Years of Serving our Community

25th September 2018 – Volume 46 No. 13

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THE CHRONICLE

A publication of the Rotary Club of Croydon ID No. 18360, District 9810.

President 2018/19 – Jean Stuart

PLEASE NOTE:

It is the responsibility of The Chair for the night to write a small summary of the night, 2 to 3 paragraphs and email to the editor so it could be printed in The Chronicle.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS (Contd.)

DATE Tuesday, 16th October 2018.

SUBJECT Mid wife in Zambia

SPEAKER Elle Anderson

CHAIR John Anderson

DATE Tuesday 23rd October 2018

SUBJECT ‘Who do you think you are?’

SPEAKER Paul Power

CHAIR Ross Taylor

DATE Tuesday 30th October 2018.

SUBJECT 4-Way Test Speaking Competition, Finals

CHAIR Marlene Sinclair

DATE Tuesday 6th November 2018.

SUBJECT Melbourne Cup Day – Pegasus BBQ at Eastfield Park

DATE Tuesday 13th November 2018.

SUBJECT ER Libraries, Electronic Services

SPEAKER Angus Cooke

CHAIR Ross Taylor

DATE Tuesday 20th November 2018 at Melba College

SUBJECT Primary Schools Speaking Competition Finals

ORGANISER Marlene Sinclair

DATE Tuesday 27th November 2018

SUBJECT Multi District Conference

SPEAKER Wil Cornelissen

CHAIR Stephen Bode

MEMBERS CORNER

Cashier for September : Sue Jonas

Greeter for September : Michael Jackomos

If you are on duty and cannot attend, PLEASE ARRANGE FOR A SUBSTITUTE.

Raffle Prizes for Partner Nights: (would those mentioned below, please bring a gift for the raffle)

Jean Stuart, Ross Taylor, Eric Thomas, Joy Varughese.

Warm Birthday wishes to all those celebrating their special day during September.

Ruth Bode 8th September

Pat Gander 10th September

Janine Martin 16th September

John Anderson 21st September

Congratulations to those celebrating their Anniversaries this month

There are NO Anniversaries celebrated during the month of September.

Chronicle contributions and any articles of interest are invited from all members and

persons that have an interest in the promotion of Rotary International

By emailing

President@rotarycroydon.org.au

By close of business on Friday.

It is the responsibility of each member to inform the club of absenteeisms,

OR if additional numbers are expected at the meetings,

before 10:00 am on Monday

MEMBERS CORNER (Contd.)

Report on progress of PP Joy - some good news:

I spoke with Joy on Sunday and he is doing well. He had another chemotherapy treatment last Thursday

and has come up feeling a lot better than he did after his first treatment.

The good news is that his results are very good and his readings significantly lower already.

He is in a good frame of mind and will welcome a phone call.

Kevin Francis

Almoner

John Gander

I spoke with John Gander today. John is getting better slowly and has been attending a program called

HARP (Hospital Admission Risk Program), a rehabilitation exercise program provided by the state to gain

muscle tone. We wish John all the very best for a speedy recovery.

Hopefully, John will attend our meeting on the 2nd October.

Jean Stuart

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ROSTER TO VISIT YARRA RANGES ROTARACT CLUB

Club Meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 7:15pm for 7:30pm

Kimberley Place Community Centre, 33 Kimberley Drive, Chirnside Park

DATE NAME

June 12th 2018 Michael √

July 2018 Marlene √

August 2018 Joy √

September 2018 Ross

9th October 2018 Ian

November 2018

December 2018

January 2019

February 2019

March 2019

April 2019

May 2019

June 2019

Could I please have volunteers to visit the Yarra Ranges Rotaract Club in November?

President’s Report: 25-09-2018

Last Thursday, a new agreement was signed by John Anderson and myself at the Knox Police

Complex to re-register the Community Police vehicle under the Croydon Rotary Club for another

12 months. Vic Roads Registration papers were also received by the club and payment made

last week.

With the District Governor, Russell Gurney’s visit drawing near, Joy Varughese and myself have

been quite busy collating all the required paperwork and information together. I would like to thank Joy

for the guidance and the tremendous amount of help he has given me towards achieving this mammoth

task.

Last Tuesday night we had Daniel Hearn and Debbie Styles speak to us about the Social Inclusion Program

that is run by the Maroondah City Council at the Kerrabee Club located in Croydon. The Kerrabee Club

runs a Social Inclusion and Wellbeing program that ensures residents that are frail/aged, have a disability or

are socially isolated, receive support to remain independent and continue to participate in their community.

They offer a variety of services including transport to and from the centre. The programs at the Kerrabee

Centre include: social groups, men’s and women’s groups, woodwork groups at the Men’s Shed on the

premises, monthly day trips and even taking residents to medical appointments.

Please note that our meeting at the Dorset Gardens Hotel next week will be held in the Board Room.

We will conduct our meeting first and those who wish to have dinner will proceed to the Bistro where

a table will be organized. Please ensure you notify me prior to the meeting, if you wish to

stay for dinner. Drinks will need to be purchased at the Bistro prior to the meeting.

Our Fashion Parade at Bramleigh Estate in Warrandyte, is drawing near. If you have not yet purchased any

tickets, please do so ASAP. John Anderson and Marlene Sinclair are organizing the tables, so if you want

to make up a table of 8 or 10 or for just a single ticket or two, please inform John or Marlene. There will

be plenty of prizes to be won and heaps of fun in store!

Regards,

Jean Stuart

Chairman’s Report:

Daniel Hearn has been an employee of Maroondah City Council for over the last 4 years. He was originally

employed to take the reins of a new position within Council as the Community Halls Officer. This position

consisted of creating new policies, procedures, and risk management guidelines for over 50 community groups

accessing a range of community spaces with Maroondah. At the beginning of 2017, Daniel accepted his current

role with Council’s Aged and Disability team at the Kerrabee Centre as the Social Inclusion and Wellbeing

Officer.

The Kerrabee Centre is a facility which provides Social Support services for residents who are frail/aged and

identified as being socially isolated. Daniel has assisted in increasing the number of Social Support Programs

on offer at Kerrabee, facilitates the Maroondah Carers Support Group, and is a committee member for the

Maroondah Festival 2018.

The Kerrabee Centre is funded by the Federal Government and has two full time and six part time staff with the

support of many volunteers. The programs are planned monthly and centre around gardening, arts & crafts and

a Men’s workshop. These run Monday to Friday from 10am until 2:30pm. Clients are collected from their

homes by

one of four buses driven by volunteers. In addition, fortnightly external social support programs include two

hourly shopping outings to Eastland, visits to Croydon Library and monthly outings.

The aim of Kerrabee is to create a sense of belonging and companionship amongst the vulnerable aged in our

community.

BIRTHING KIT ASSEMBLY DAY

Following last year’s successful Birthing Kit Assembly Day, Mordialloc and Cheltenham Rotary Clubs have

again joined forces to host another assembly day on Saturday 27th October, 2018 commencing at 12:30pm at

the Sandbelt Hotel, 630 South Road, Moorabbin.

An indication of number of people attending would be most appreciated to ensure we have sufficient chairs.

DONATIONS IN KIND

Made up of men and women across all vocations and

cultures, Rotary continues to make an impressive impact.

Are you:

• Keen to help others and want to make a difference?

• Seeking more meaning and purpose in your life?

• Looking for ways to help your community?

• Want to be part of a worldwide network for good?

• Interested in a Corporate Social Responsibility program in which your company can participate?

Volunteering with Rotary can provide you with a great work life balance. It’s an opportunity to extend

your life experience and business skills, to benefit your local community and the wider world.

• It provides a bridge from your working and home life – to meet and network with other

business and community people

• Ongoing personal development

• Grow your understanding and knowledge

• Open to both men and women

• Make a new extended network of friends

• Weekly contact opportunities

• Links to a vast international network

• Provides a pathway to do good in the world

The impact our members make takes shape at our Club meetings and activities. These gatherings allow you

to join other passionate, visionary people to discuss and act upon community needs.

Rotary Club meetings are also a place to strengthen connections to friends and neighbours and form

meaningful relationships that last a lifetime.

If you are interested in finding out more about:

The Rotary Club of Croydon please visit:

http://rotarycroydon.org.au/ or for information about Rotary

International visit: www.rotary.org.au/

Club Information

Postal Address: P.O. Box 226, Croydon Victoria 3136

Meeting Venue: Dorset Gardens Hotel 335 Dorset Road, Croydon Victoria 3136

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CroydonRotary

Website: http://rotarycroydon.org.au/

Club President Jean Stuart president@rotarycroydon.org.au 0416 036 489

Vice President John Anderson john@anderson-assoc.com.au 0408 341 516

Immediate Past

President Stephen Bode stephen.bode@optusnet.com.au 0468 565 250

Secretary Dr Joy Varughese secretary@rotarycroydon.org.au 0451 880 186

President Elect

Treasurer Eric Thomas treasurer@rotarycroydon.org.au 9723 4162

PR/Communications Stephen Bode prmarketing@rotarycroydon.org.au 0468 565 250