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President: Debbie Whitfield
Secretary: Ed Klim
Immediate Past President: Lyn Svanosio President Elect : Mike Rodd Treasurer: Lyn Svanosio Club Service & Administration: John Widdup
Community: Shukry Sahhar
International & Foundation: Bish Mukerjee New Generations: Bruce Wyatt
Membership Viola Kalokerinos
Attendance: N. Donaldson & V. Kalokerinos Program: Gary Scott & Mike Rodd Sergeants: Neale Emanuel, Shukry S.
Public Officer: Mike Rodd Archives: Ken Goard Photo records: Shukry Sahhar Bulletins: John Gray, John Wyatt & Widdup
Facebook: Lyn Svanosio, Bruce Wyatt and John Widdup Webmaster: John Widdup Contact Information
PO Box 637 Woden ACT 2606 Secretary: [email protected]
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TODAY – 23 March NEXT WEEK – 30 March Program
Introduction Appreciation Fellowship Raven Recorder Birthdays Anniversaries
Dr Yvonne Luxford TBAGeorge Pratt Shukry Sahhar Des Henderson-Kelly Neale Emanuel George Pratt Pixie Gray 19 March;
Des Henderson-Kelly 23 March;
Dates for your diary Attendance last week
Previous Issues of the Raven Web: <www.wodenrotary.org.au/>
OF WODEN INC.
ROTARY CLUB
Board Directors Other officers
DINNER ROSTER
20 April – Eddie the Eagle Movie, Tuggeranong 24 April – Five peaks (plus one) bike ride 30 April - MyHome Fund-Raising Concert 7-14 May - Rotary Adventure in Citizenship 28-30 October 2016 – D.9710 Conference,
ORDER OF ST LAZARUS OF JERUSALEM ANNUAL L’ARCHE DINNER
ROSTER FOR FUNDRAISING - PARKING AT THOROUGHBRED PARK
Number 37 - Volume 49 - 23 March 2016
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The Club’s crest & bulletin name reflect ‘Odin’ (anglo-saxon ‘Woden’), the ancient Nordic God of Wisdom.
Odin had two ravens called Hugin and Munin (Thought and Memory) who flew forth every day and returned at night to tell him what they had seen, so contributing to his wisdom.
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The Weekly Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Woden Meetings: 6.00 for 6.15 pm Wednesdays, Canberra Irish Club, 6 Parkinson Street, Weston, ACT
Rotary International theme for 2015/2016.
“Be a Gift to the World” “Woden Rotary”
March is Literacy Month
Guests & Members (if attendance or absence is different to previous
advice) please advise by Monday the Attendance Officer to assist with catering or you will be charged
for the meal provided for you.
Val Burns: 0412 720 956 [email protected]
RSVP & APOLOGIES
Members Attending; 8
Visitors: 2 (Pat Schmidt and Deborah Schultz)
TBA
Neale Emanuel Gary Scott John Burns Viola Kalokerinos Mike Rodd Nil
Dr Yvonne Luxford T B A
You are invited to the Annual L’Arche Dinner at the Commonwealth Club, 25 Forster Crescent, Yarralumla, on FRIDAY 29th APRIL 2016, 7:00 PM FOR 7:30 PM Included are a three course meal including table wine and pre-dinner drinks. The cost is $125 per head including $30 donation to L’Arche (donations are tax-deductible). Additional donations would be most welcome. The Order helps L’Arche Genesaret care for adults with intellectual disabilities in the Canberra community
Dress: Lounge Suit
RSVP: Friday 22nd April, 2016. If attending please email Viola
TO BE ADVISED
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Rotary’s PolioPlus program. You can read about the start of the program and Rotary’s commitment to end polio globally at:
http://www.endpolio.org
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RAVEN REPORTER Gary Scott PHOTOGRAPHER
John Gray
Last week Things you should know about
no guest speaker it was decided to have an evening of fellowship & planning.
It was reported that the funds raised from the Black Opal parking 2016 have been distributed to Weston Creek Rotary ($980) and the remainder
($2308) to Woden Rotary.
Our Club has commit- ted to home-hosting eight RAIC delegates (equal to 4 homes) for the period 7th May till 14th May. The planning committee has prepared a program that can accommodate all possible political decisions for the Budget sitting period.
Planning for the Rotary fund raising Con- cert on Saturday 30th April (11.30am till 1.30pm is well advanced. The Concert ($20 entry fee) will be held at the Irish Club and ALL Rotarians and their family &
friends are strongly encouraged to attend this key fund raising activity and to sell tickets to others. The majority of the funds raised will go to MyHome (see below)
The exciting Project MyHome (a major development supported by the Woden Rotary Club) is seeking clarification from the ACT Government that they will receive ACT funding and planning approval to develop at their preferred site adjacent to the Curtin Shopping Centre an accommodation centre for approximately 20 people with a mental disability. Several key issues re management control of the site, ability to self-fund ongoing cost etc are still to be resolved. Several groups have indicated that they may donate “profes- sional time” (eg 10 hours per person) to the development once these key plan- ning and legal issues have been resolved with the ACT Government. Several Rotarians raised issues associated with these outstanding matters as well as offering valuable comments re the successful resolution of this development.
The meeting was opened by by President Deb- bie with a toast to Rotary International. As there was Wednesday 20 April: Meeting transferred to Eddie the Eagle movie, Tuggeranong
Sunday 24 April: Five peaks (plus one) Challenge bike ride - All members to assist on the day
Saturday 30 April: Fund-Raising Concert – A reminder that our Rotary Club is organising this fund-raising concert for the ‘MyHome in Canberra’.
7-14 May: Rotary Adventure in Citizenship (RAIC). All members are expected to assist as and when possible during that week. Can you billet two year 11 students for one of the most rewarding weeks of their lives?
9 May: Meeting transferred to Canberra Rotary Lunch at Commonwealth Club
Canberra Hospital Foundation
President Debbie recently received a warm letter of thanks from the Canberra Hospital Foundation for our donation of two television sets and special stands to the age care ward to support elderly patients, in particu- lar those suffering with dementia. As indicated in the above photo the presentation was attended by a number of Rotarians from Woden Ro- tary and Canberra Hospital nursing staff. The money had come from the Club’s wishing well in the main lobby of the Canberra Hospital that had been recently emptied by Noel Hart.
