Our Wednesday, 14 October meeting will be held at 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm and will feature our Dr David Kram. David will present: "The Future of Performing Arts".
Wednesday, 7 October: Lunch Meeting
Registration: https://www.trybooking.com/BLVVE
Wear a Hat: Support Mental Health Research & Awareness
Guest Speaker: Dr Laura Hart, ARH Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Population Mental Health Group University of Melbourne
Topic: Teen Mental Health First Aid - A program to train adolescents to better support their peers
Venue: Zoom online meeting. Please not the ZOOM link will be provided after registering on Trybooking
Pre Meeting Registration: https://www.trybooking.com/BLVVE
Chairman: Peter Rogers
Get out the hat! Dust it off! Don it at this week's meeting as a mark of respect to our "LIFT THE LID" on Mental Illness! There is a prize! Here's President Marion promoting our special hat day.
How can you promote good health when a bottle of wine is worth more than good gums and strong teeth??? Get real Members. The wine has triple the value and the Dental Checkup hasn't even reached its value!!! Come on put some bids in for good health not just good times! Pssst.... Can you keep a secret? The Legal Service - Create 2 Wills is the most underbid but important item on the Auction List. NO BIDS AFTER 5.00 PM TOMORROW (29.9.20) Email your bids to: silent.auction@rotarymelbourne.org.au
Monthly Members Lunch Meeting
Guest Speaker: Dr. Lisa O'Brien (CEO, Smith Family Foundation) https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/about-us/our-people
Unique ZOOM Meeting Registration: TAP ON THIS FOR ZOOM REGISTRATION
Chairman: David Carruthers
Smith Family - Raffle and Silent Auction Results
As the Headlines above read, this is a reminder that our Rotary Melbourne Smith Family donations via the Silent Auction and Raffle will culminate today and tomorrow. The Raffle ends at 11.59 pm tonight (Monday) and the Silent Auction bids cease at 5.00 pm tomorrow (Tuesday). Donations are most welcome at any time via the Donation button on our Website Front Page. Thank you to those Members who have helped Rotary Melbourne fund the Learning for Life Program during this COVID year. Read about the new item in the Auction ...
7 Oct: Lunch Meeting - Dr Laura Hart, ARH Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Population Mental Health Group at the University of Melbourne - HAT DAY – WEAR A HAT!
14 Oct: Evening Meeting
21 Oct: Lunch Meeting – DOUBLE HEADER - 2020-21 Vocational Service Award presentation & Tom Switzer, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Studies and ABC National Radio Presenter, Sydney
VP Pam Brown and her team including Cynthia Edgell, have been working very hard to create the Trauma Recovery Network for bushfire victims.
“A free event of pure joy that will uplift your spirits”.
When? 11October, at 3.00 pm.
Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/BLRVQ
Last Wednesday we had Phil Turtle, National President of the Australia Indonesia Business Council and Director of Engenesis Pty Ltd, speak to us on business opportunities in Indonesia. Chair Richard Skinner has provided his summary of a very interesting meeting.
PP Bob Glindemann provided a terrific update on Donations in Kind at last week's meeting. We respect and appreciate the fantastic work that our Bob performs in making DIK such a world resource for communities nationally and internationally, experiencing hardship and pain.
Membership Engagement is very busy organising their next event: Business Connections in Rotary. This will be MC'd by Debra Yin Foo and will include three of our Members: PP Quin Scalzo, Sandra Hills and Peter Dakin.
Check out the bidding for the items in the Silent Auction! What are we doing? What does your health mean to you?
Last week's segment: "Did you Know?" which highlights a Rotary 100 Year Snapshot, was about PP Bob Glindemann.
A warm welcome to our new Member, Gi Tae Kwon (Gregory) who was inducted at last week's meeting online.
Be a friend to the environment - it helps make the world a healthier and safer place By Peter Berg
This is the first in a series of short articles that aims to give practical advice on how we can all live in an environmentally sustainable way to help protect our environment. Making the world we live in a healthier and safer place; not only for ourselves, but more importantly for future generations.
Stephen Lake has entered a very important fundraising walk and is inviting our participation. "This October I have committed to support “27 for Parkinson’s” https://www.parkinsonswalk.org.au/ which has replaced their annual Walk in the Park fundraiser."
Members have an opportunity to hear Professor Peter Doherty talk about A vaccine - Is it possible? And When?, courtesy of Graduate House, which members might appreciate.
Our Social Media guru, Ari Talantis has sent Editor a blog she created after much reflection of the Professor Brett Sutton promotion on Facebook. Editor is sharing it here.
Don is a Rotarian and lending his talents to help raise some money to assist the Rotary Nomads in supporting excellent community projects with a concert. This event looks really terrific and certainly something different for us in COVID-19 time.
Text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga to Mum and Dad. (For those of you not in the know, Eromanga with a Population of 45, is located approx 108km west of Quilpie and has the claim to fame of being the 'furthest town from the sea' in Australia.)
Phil Cornish gave a very powerful and appropriate Reflection at last week's meeting: "This Too Will Pass"
Let's all take part in the RM Fighting Fund: https://www.trybooking.com/BKEVJ Our taste buds can be tested at our virtual meetings with our virtual menu and we can provide important funds by paying for our virtual meal which is supporting our RM Fighting Fund!
