Rotary Club of Parramatta City Newsletter 10 June 2011

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COMMUNITY NETWORKER
ROTARY CLUB OF PARRAMATTA CITY
PRESIDENT MESSAGE ROTARY YOUTH
The Police Officer of year certainingly strengthened the bond PROGRAM
bewteen the NSW Police Force and Rotary with a supreme function OF ENRICHMENT
held at Oatlands this Monday, a special thanks to John Surian and his (RYPEN)
team for a wonderful evening. John was even able to get a journalist
to attend and we rated a mention with a photograph in the local
Parramatta Advertiser. The Police Minister has agreed to attend next
year and we are locking in a date now.
The Red Shield Appeal last Sunday was well attended by members
and their familes and work collegues, Stepehen Burfield advises the RYPEN, under the sub-title of The
Cultivation of Youth, is an Australian-
western Sydney again show increases in giving reflecting our designed project for young people
between the ages of 14 and 17.
collections on Sunday. Well done and thank you to the members who It took its rise from the fact that there
volunteered their Sunday morning and to Bob Rosengreen and Glenys was little recognition for decent,
hardworking young people and sets
for opening up their home and supplying great food on the day. out to broaden horizons and lift
aspirations in a supervised residential
Numbers for the Sunday 12th BBQ organised by Kevin are low and weekend seminar.
Its stated aim is to communicate to
we have transferred this to next Sunday 19th same place being young people a series of ideas,
Parramatta Park at noon, this is a social day to catch up with each and problems and social experiences
which will assist them in forming their
relax as we come o the end of another Rotary year. own values and moral standards
and broaden their horizons culturally,
Barry has sent out invitations to the Club’s Changeover at Barnaby’s socially and academically.
on Monday night 27th, he is titled it “ a night of talent and then some” Nominations for the seminar result
from an approach made by Rotary
Please respond to Barry’s invitation to allow him to cater for the event. clubs to the local high schools. They
are directed to the district RYPEN
Monday 20th we have Keith Henning speaking about the International chairman for selection and further
communication.
Convention at New Orleans he has just returned, from some of the
Where numbers become excessive
pictures I have seen it looks like he meet some interesting people. for one seminar, it may be possible to
conduct a further course later in the
year.
The cost for the weekend is usually
carried by the sponsoring Rotary club
with assistance in transport where
necessary also being offered.
The district RYPEN committee is
responsible for the presentation of the
weekend seminar.
A program of thought-provoking
activities, informative speakers, social
situations and personal challenges is
offered under the supervision of
counsellors and visiting Rotarians.
Parents and Rotary club members are
invited to attend the final session and
lunch on Sunday. Rypennians, as with
other youth program nominees,
should be encouraged to
address their sponsoring Rotary club
on their return.

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Guest Speaker –Keith Henning
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
JUNE FELLOWSHIPS MONTH
13 PUBLIC HOLIDAY
20 Keith Henning – RI Convention report
27 Club Change-over
JULY
2 District Changeover- Penrith Paceway
4 First meeting
7-11 Prashanth’s Wedding
OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE
OUR INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

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UPDATE on RAWCS PROJECT – Provision of Van for ST PETER’S JUNIOR SCHOOL,
NORTHERN UGANDA
The total cost of the project is $18,000.
The David Henning Memorial Foundation has agreed to match $ for $ up to $9,000.
Donations to date – 18h May
Cumberland Home Loan Group $2,000
Rotary Club of Parramatta City $1,000
Other donations 2,309
$5,309
Thank you to those club members who have already responded.
The financial year is drawing to a close and so is this project.
I am hoping that some of you will have been involved in some fund raising activities and have some
funds available to help reach the target.
To date $ 5309 has been raised. The project still requires another $3,691 to reach the target of $9,000.
This amount will then be matched by a contribution from David Henning Memorial Foundation
Keith Henning
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: MOVING ONWARD
Each month, we highlight a piece of Rotary history and share an inspirational quote from past Rotary
leaders. March’s quote:

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"Just as Rotary itself can never keep its place unless it is constantly growing, so each individual Rotary
Club cannot afford to stand still while the stream of life moves onward."
— Armando de Arruda Pereira, 1940-41 RI president, in The Rotarian, February 1941
Use the comments section below to tell us how your club has grown or adapted to meet new challenges.
 Visit the Gallery of Past Presidents
 See Rotary History and Archives
 Read March's Historic Moment
Rebuilding after Katrina
A fter Hurricane Katrina levelled the yacht club where the Rotary Club of Pass Christian, Mississippi,
USA, gathered each week, members wondered if they would ever meet together again.
The 2005 hurricane destroyed nearly all other buildings in town, but the club was unwilling to give up:
It began meeting a couple of weeks later on an outdoor concrete slab at an abandoned gas station.
Today, the members are back at the yacht club, carrying on the mission of their 2005-06 president, D.H.
Short, who died in 2008.
After the hurricane, Short resolved to help Pass Christian rebuild. "Our town was devastated, but our
Rotary spirit survived the storm," he said in 2006.
At his own expense, Short, whose home was wiped out by Katrina, began a two-year odyssey across
North America and the Caribbean, visiting more than 150 clubs to ask for their assistance. Their
donations and others helped
 Restore 39 homes for Pass Christian’s low-income families
 Purchase two dump trucks for about $75,000 each
 Reconstruct 20,000 feet of sewer lines in the city’s historical center
 Rebuild the library, complete with new sections for children and adults with disabilities

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ROTARACTORS HAMMER AWAY IN NEW ORLEANS
By Ryan Hyland
Rotary International News -- 20 May 2011
Top: Rotarian Jaffrey Blanks assists Rotaractor Andrew Melchers at a service project 19 May during the
Rotaract Preconvention Meeting. Bottom: Rotaractors Timothy Nay and Maria Shibaeva saw wood for the
house they are helping build with Habitat for Humanity. Rotary Images/Monika Lozinska-Lee
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A neighborhood in the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, echoed with the sound of a
saw and the hammering of nails 19 May, as a dozen Rotaractors helped construct a new home for a
family who lost everything during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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The volunteers partnered with Habitat for Humanity of New Orleans during the Rotaract Preconvention
Meeting, adding shingles to the three-bedroom house, installing siding, and building a front porch.
Netila Demneri, of the Rotaract Club of Toronto, says the opportunity to team up with other Rotaractors
from around the world made the project an ideal example of the 2010-11 RI theme, Building
Communities -- Bridging Continents.
“With three countries represented, we are truly bridging our continents, and together helping to build the
New Orleans community,” says Demneri. “As aspiring Rotarians, we’re putting into practice the goal RI
has set out for this year.”
The Rotaractors also worked alongside the new owner, who is required by Habitat for Humanity to
invest at least 350 hours of “sweat equity” to help build the home.
Rotaractor Timothy Nay, of Maui, Hawaii, remembers seeing the devastation of Hurricane Katrina on
the news after the storm hit.
“One of the big reasons all of us are here is that we remember what disastrous things happened to this
city,” says Nay. “We’re only here for eight hours, but I’m truly honored to be a part of rebuilding New
Orleans.”
Cheryl J. Wong, a member of the Rotaract Club of South Bay, California, USA, says the hands-on
project is what Rotary and Rotaract are all about.
“I wanted to do something that would have an impact,” says Wong. “Rotaract is good at raising funds
and putting on events, but it’s much more gratifying to be here, on the ground, making a difference.”