Rotary Club of Parramatta City Newsletter 17 October 2011

1. Rotary Club of Parramatta City
COMMUNITY NETWORKER
ROTARY CLUB OF PARRAMATTA CITY
PRESIDENT MESSAGE DONATIONS IN
KIND
I would like to thank all the members who attended last weeks club (DIK)
assembly and I am pleased that we now have the club in unison with
the Club Visioning plan. Over the next month we work in our groups to
define the tasks need to get our aims and goals in place over the next
ensuring years.
I draw your attention to our calendar of events leading up to Donations in Kind in Australia grew
out of the desire of returning FAIM
Christmas break and we have a solid round of speakers starting this team members from the Solomon
week with Alana Wilson a senior registered nurse working in the neo Islands Schools project to continue to
offer material support to the schools
natal intensive care at Westmead Children’s Hospital and she is also a and communities had been operating.
The need to co-ordinate the
Rotaractor who has been President of Rotaract Australia outside of her gathering, storage and dispatch of
normal duties, truly an amazing young person. Check the list of goods was obvious and the
organisation known as DIK was set up
speakers and ask someone from your business to attend as we have under the supervision and support of
FAIM. DIK now operates nationwide
some special speakers from all walks of life. and has sent surplus school and
library materials, medical equipment,
Please don’t forget Joy has asked each member to get a table tools, typewriters, sewing machines,
together for the Trivia night, Friday 4th November at Parramatta Workers computers etc., throughout the
Pacific, to Asia and even to Africa and
Club. So pass your details onto Joy as soon as possible. Joy is also Russia.
DIK has flourished with the support of
looking for prizes, so see what you can come up with. the Australian Armed Forces and the
Christmas is approaching and John Ching will be sending out the help of trucking and shipping
companies and airlines.
roster for the Christmas tree sales, so before it comes start thinking Funding is required to assist with the
shipping of goods, which are
about what days you want to serve, this is one of our big fund raiser’s, generally sent by the container load.
Visiting Rotarians from overseas,
so lefts behind John and his team.
returned FAIM and other volunteers
See you at the meeting. as well as overseas business contacts
are all sources of information as to the
Barry Antees need for items in developing
countries.
The nearest Rotary club in the
recipient area must be involved and
all customs and quarantine
regulations must be adhered to.
Goods should not be collected until a
need has been established, as
storage on a large scale is difficult.
The district co-ordinator for DIK or
RAWCS will be able to give much
helpful advice and perhaps
assist with transport arrangements.
Contact:
District RAWCS Chairman

2. Rotary Club of Parramatta City
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
October
17 Alana Wilson- Past President Rotaract Australia and working at Westmead Hospital
24 Julie Owens Parramatta Federal Member- The vocation of being a member of
Parliament
28 Pre PETS-Parramatta
29 District Social Media workshop-RDU House
31 Gary Raymond-Police Chaplin, Christchurch Earth Quake
November
1-7 Parraamasala- stay tune for news on this event
4 Trivia Night- Parramatta Workers Club
7 Bruce Allen- Manager Rotary International Foundation
14 Steven Maronese-“Insurance Fraud and the Science of Detecting Deception”
21 Geoff Lee, State Member for Parramatta
28 John Hewko- Rotary International General Secretary
29 Foundation Lunch- Waterfront Homebush
December
5 Sgt Brett Evans, Police Officer of the year- Parramatta City surveillance and protection
7 Australian Rotary Health Christmas Dinner
12 AGM
19 Club Christmas Lunch for members, partners & friends of Rotary
January
14-21 RYLA Camp-Blue Gum Lodge
February
23 Rotary Anniversary
March
2 ARH- Golf Day at Riverside
3 Multi-District PETS- Campbelltown
5 Pride of Workmanship Evening
23-25 District Conference- Penrith
April
29 District Assembly
30 Police Officer of the Year
May
6-9 International Convention-Bangkok

3. Rotary Club of Parramatta City
MEMBERS MATTERS
OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE
Just an update on the Missy project (our club donated $650).
The Otto Bock frame has now been received – and of course paid for via your generosity. See comments
from the young girls Carers below. Peter Smith RC Strathfield
Missy is using her standing frame at school every day. We are in regular communication with her
teacher, or teacher's aid, and often receive positive comments about the standing frame. Rest assured
that she is benefiting from it. Following are some quotes from Awel's school communication book:
From her teacher - "Thank-you for bringing in the frame. (Missy) appears comfortable and happy when
using it." and earlier this week ..."She appeared to enjoy being in her standing frame." "(Missy) stood in
her frame after lunch today". So you can see that she is getting lots of use out of it.
Thankyou again, for all that you have done and we look forward to seeing you
Kind Regards,
Geoffrey Satterly
PARRAMATTA CITY TRIVIA NIGHT
TRIVIA NIGHT.
Friday 4th November 2011 at Parramatta Workers Club, 163-165 George Street, Parramatta at
7.30pm.
The good news is that it will only cost $10 per person to enter. However, we need bottoms on seats so
all members are asked to bring along family, friends and business colleagues and make up a table of 10
people.
So far the following tables of 12 have been confirmed –
Barry A 2 tables
Phil 1 table
Johnny 1 table
Mark H 1 table
Keith H 1 table
Prashanth 1 table
David R 1 table
Rotary Club of Blacktown 1 table
Rotary Club of Penrith Valley 1 table
Bob Aitken from RDU has agreed to be MC and question asker!
Come along everyone for a great night and fun and merriment!

4. Rotary Club of Parramatta City
There will be prizes, silent auctions and raffles – but more importantly, lots of fun!!!
Thanks
Joy
OUR INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
ST PETER'S JUNIOR SCHOOL NORTHERN UGANDA - SCHOOL VAN.
Dear Keith,
Our club President Gerald was in Kampala last week and he visited the car bonded warehouses and
found some good vans. I will travel with him and one other member of the club to Kampala on Friday so
that we buy the van.
I will send you e-mail as soon as we buy it. I will be designing a sticker for putting on the van and I will
send you for comment before we print it so that we have the Rotary sign and that of the foundation
visible on the van.
Cheers
Robert Opira
FACEBOOK
We have now available for the club a new facebook page the shortcut is http://alturl.com/wvqj5
Please visit, make comments, open discussions and for your initial visit please hit the “like button”. The
reason is the more members who like the page, we receive additional features. The Facebook page is not a
substitute for our website, but more of an additional way to reach our audience.
QUEENSLAND ROTARIANS HELP FEED
AUSTRALIA'S POOR
By Megan Ferringer
Rotary International News – 14 October 2011
The Rotary Club of Brisbane Centenary, Queensland, Australia,
launched the Beef Bank program by purchasing five cows and raising
them on a member's property. The program has now grown into the
main source for fresh meat for area charities.
World Food Day is 16 October, but the Rotary Club of Brisbane
Centenary, Queensland, Australia, helps alleviate hunger all year
through a program that provides meat to agencies serving the state's
poor and homeless.

5. Rotary Club of Parramatta City
The club launched Beef Bank in 2007 after members heard a presentation on the scarcity of fresh meat
for charities that feed the poor. The Rotarians purchased five calves and raised them on property owned
by past club president Andrew Rodgers.
A local butcher helped slaughter one of the cows, and about 450 pounds of beef went to Foodbank, an
organization that acts as a conduit between manufacturers with excess stock and people in need. The
meat from that first cow provided 1,000 meals.
Since then, the program has expanded, becoming an exercise in fundraising, marketing, and logistics.
Club members collect donations from other Rotarians, corporations, and private sponsors to purchase
cattle, have them butchered, package the meat, and deliver it to Foodbank. The organization then
distributes it to charities including Meals on Wheels, the Salvation Army, Ronald McDonald House,
soup kitchens, and school lunch programs.
Cost of a cow
A donation of A$1,200 covers the purchase of a single cow. The club has set a goal of purchasing and
processing 50 heads of cattle a year.
“Beef Bank plays a direct part in the health, nourishment, and well-being of thousands of men, women,
and children within the community,” says Rodgers, who notes that Beef Bank has become one of the
major sources of fresh meat for charities in the Foodbank network. Foodbank feeds 70,000 people a
week in the greater Brisbane area.
To date, Beef Bank has provided nearly 20 tons of meat. The club plans to expand the program further
by partnering with other nonprofit organizations.
“Even in a wealthy country such as Australia, there are many who need help,” says Past District
Governor Nick Curry, a member of the Brisbane Centenary club. “We didn’t realize the sheer necessity
of a project like this at first, but it’s now become a major part of the community.”
Since 1981, the United Nations has observed World Food Day to increase awareness and understanding,
and stimulate year-round action to alleviate hunger. Here’s how other Rotary clubs are helping to fight
hunger worldwide:
 The Rotary Club of Westville, South Africa, shipped 26 tons of food to FoodBank South Africa for
distribution to poor families. A club member supplied trucks from his cargo business to transport the
goods at no cost. The food was purchased from poor farmers in Jozini, providing them a source of
income.
 The Rotary Club of Prapatan-Dharmawangsa, West Java, Indonesia, installed a hydroponic rooftop
garden to provide fresh vegetables to a local orphanage, offering a supplementary food source for
the children.
 After sending food and supplies to Bosnia-Herzegovina for years, the Rotary Club of Colli Briantei, Italy,
conducted a study of its own population and found a growing hunger problem. Club members set
up the Brianza for Food Project, raising money to buy two weeks' worth of food for 200 impoverished
families. Rotarians stocked and delivered the goods.