Rotary Community Major Art Union

The Rotary Club of Cairns-Mulgrave Inc. advises that it is proposing to conduct its annual Community Major Art Union between the months of April to September 2002. The major prize will again be a car.

Rotary seeks Expressions of Interest from local charities schools and sporting groups interested in participating in the Art Union. Participating organisations will retain a substantial percentage of the $2.00 ticket price for no outlay, other than a commitment to sell tickets in the Cairns Community.

If your group would like to be involved in this event that last year saw over $48,000 distributed to local participating organisations please contact:

Club Secretary
Rotary Club of Cairns Mulgrave
P.O. Box 2051
Cairns 4870

Enquiries -
David Kirchner
Telephone (w) 40323377. a/h 40547408
Written expressions of interest required by Thursday 7 March 2002
Subject to the approval of the Queensland Office of Gaming Regulation.

Cairns Mulgrave Rotary Club

Boxed Gift Pens Available Now

$15.00 each.
Please see Secretary Kevin if you would like one

What's Happened This Year?

We would love to have any - photos - stories - certificates - anything at all of what has happened over the past year.

It's time to start putting the booklet for changeover together so please give any materials to Gina.

Gina Raccanello
Ph 07 4041 0565
Fax 07 4031 9011
Mob. 0407 178898
Email Gina@absolutecomputers.com.au

Rebecca's Letter

7 May, 2002

Dear Mulgrave Rotary Club,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your help in allowing me the chance to represent your club as a Rotary Exchange student for 2003. 1 have recently received word that I have be accepted for this once in a life time chance to travel to Norway.

I am very aware of the wonderful opportunities the Rotary Organisation is offering and am for ever grateful for this chance and intend in being a worthy ambassador for our country.

Thank you yet again,

Yours sincerely,

Rebecca Bryant

Instructional Videos

Rotary Club of Lismore West Inc.
District 9640
March 2002
The Rotary Club of Lismore West,
P.O. Box 323,
LISMORE, NSW, 2480
ABN: 54 302 015 490
Dear Friends,

Our club has now made 4 informative videos aimed at helping people detect health problems at an early stage, and encouraging them to seek medial assistance. The videos are made professionally with full support from leading medical authorities in their fields of cancer research and treatment.

Early intervention CAN SAVE lives- Why not enjoy better health?

The videos are:
1. WHAT WOMEN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BREAST X-RAYS.
2. WHAT EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HIS PROSTATE.
3. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MELANOMA.
4. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BOWEL CANCER.

Statistics tell us that we face the following risks.
Breast Cancer 1 woman in 12.
Prostate Cancer 1 man in 18.
Melanoma 1 person in 40.
Bowel Cancer 1 person in 24.

The Videos run for 14 to 20 minutes and cost $50 each (incl. postage) with discounts for multiple purchases. They are VHS and include an explanation booklet.
Your Organisation may wish to donate some videos to local health groups or community organisations, ie Probus, CWA, Hospitals, Bowls Clubs, Libraries, Schools or Local Health Authorities etc or of course to keep them for us in your club.

We trust you will support this life saving project. All videos are ideal for general viewing, and are available for immediate delivery.
RETURN ENCLOSED ORDER FORM. (Available on request from your committee.)
Yours faithfully, For More Information
ring:- Bob Barnes Ph: (02) 6624 2233 Fax: (02) 6624 5222
Bob Barnes

Australian Rotary Health Research Fund

Ist May 2002

Dear Club President,

As your year of leadership is in its final months, I write this letter of appeal on behalf of the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund.

Perhaps your Club has already contributed funds this year - perhaps not, however I ask for your consideration. This truly national Australian Rotary community service program has pledged to spend $1,000,000 per year for medical research and a public awareness campaign for MENTAL ILLNESS.

Research is so necessary to try and improve the lives of so many Australians whilst the awareness program is aimed at destigmatising mental illness and showing the community that help and treatment are available.

One in five Australians (20%) are likely to be effected in any one year with a mental illness - perhaps some of your club members and their families have been affected. Your Club's support might well help them. I believe that through our television and radio- Community Service Announcements our research and awareness program has raised the profile of Rotary in Australia.

We are, through the enhancing the image of Rotary but we still have a long way to go. As your board makes their decisions on distribution of funds for this Rotary year, I appeal to you to please consider the ARHRF.

Your support will be gratefully appreciated and will contribute to the better health of all Australians.

Yours sincerely,

Denis Green

Chairman Administration office: Rotary Down Under House, 43 Hunter Street, Parramatta, NSW 2150
Postal Address: PO Box 779, Parramatta, NSW 2124 Telephone: (02) 9633 4888 e-mail: arhrf@arhrf.org.au

Commemorative Port

To; Club Presidents.

From; Terry Dowling,

Rotary Club of Mt Isa West. Subject; Commemorative Port.

Presidents/Presidents Elect,

The district conference has come and gone and I trust you all enjoyed your brief stay here in Mt Isa. One of the initiatives of the "West's Rotary Club" at Conference was to have available for sale a limited number of Commemorative Ports.

This port was a moderately successful venture for our club, and the point of this e-mail is to advise there are still some boxes available for sale.

These ports would make an excellent thank you gift to speakers at your club, as raffle prizes for your members, or as a reminder of the Outback Conference for both those who did attend and also those who could not make the event. In fact some clubs have already purchased I& 2 dozen lots for this purpose.

I ask that you consider the purchase of a dozen bottles of this port, to support a small Rotary Club endeavoring to meet it's commitments to RI and our community. The cost of this port is $16.50 per bottle, which is a bargain. If you are interested please advise so I can begin to make the necessary arrangements.

Thank you for your consideration;

Yours in Rotary, Terry Dowling

Interplast AUSTRALIA

A.C.N. 006 155 193
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Spring Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
DISTRICT 9680 Telephone: (03) 9249 1231 (03) 9249 1232 Facsimile: (03) 9249 1235
Reply to Neville Hodgson PO Box 1064 HUNTERS Hill 2110 26/04/2002

Dear Fellow Rotarians,

Enterprise AUSTRALIA will APPRECIATE YOU HELP, Not to mention the children with deformities!!

Consider the history of Interplast Australia 19 uninterrupted years of surgery to the disadvantaged 286 programs completed by volunteer medical teams 400 +Volunteer medical professionals have been on a program 12,000 Operations carried out Cleft lips, Palates, burns, tumors, injuries. Over 20,700 patient consultations. 48 Patients brought to Australia for major or dangerous surgery.

48 Doctors and Nurses brought to Australia for further training. Will you help? just $500 will pay for an operation and change some ones fife forever~. This is an out International programs 22 teams will visit 15 Countries this year at a cost of $32000 per programs. Each team will deliver outcomes that would cost $500,000+ if done here.

Over 1000 underprivileged children will be given hope for a normal fife. A big thank you to the following Queensland clubs that have donated to Interplast between July lst 2001 and March 30.

Bundaberg East, Cairns Earlville, Gladstone Midday, Hervey Bay, Ipswich North, Longreach, Maryborough, Marybourough City, Moranbah, Rockhamptom North, Rockhampton West, Townsville, Windsor, Darwin NT. A Special THANK YOU to the INTERACT CLUB OF HERVEY BAY.

There are 274 Rotary club in Queensland Districts even a small donation will make a difference. Please take the time to read the attached case story.

Yours in Rotary PP Neville Hodgson Member of HUTNTERS HILL Rotary Club D9680

A story about a baby and lnterplast in Rabaul

I went on a trip to Rabaul, Papua New Guinea late last year, with a small team of one surgeon, (Bill Walker N~SW) Catherine Boaden (Nurse Vic) Alan Richardson (Observer),from the Rotary Club of Mt Gambier ~SA) and myself

It was a fascinating place, with Volcanoes above and below the water, in varying degrees of evolution, plus WW2 relics, very enthusiastic local Rotarians, and great, if very junior local medical support, The surgeon was a young trainee, Arnold Waine, who was so receptive of ideas and so quick on the uptake that we were all staggered. Bill assisted him to do a cleft lip at the end of our tour, which is an amazing progression.

Perhaps the most poignant of the stories that presented on that trip was the fate of a very small baby, a little less than 6 months old, who had been accidentally dropped on the fire by her (slightly) older sister carrying her around. She was admitted to the hospital with extensive (about 20%) bums to her back and legs, and nursed on her face ~with dressings of disinfectant cream to stop infection.

Dr Arnold had never treated a bum as extensive as this before, and was unsure of the next step. And the hospital had just about used all the burns dressings and cream it could find. Dr Bill took Arnold through the process of modem ~management of burns, and described how, without removal of dead tissue and avoidance of scarring, awful contractures which would produce horrific deformities, could result.

Dr Bill and Dr Arnold operated on this small child in a lengthy and very challenging operation (and anaesthetc) that was accompanied by significant blood loss, temperature fall, and trauma. The scabs and dead tissue was excised from the wound site, skin was taken via a grafting knife to provide a split skin layer (from the unburnt areas of the legs), and grafted to the raw areas of flesh.

The child recovered from this very painful surgery, being nursed, oh so lovingly by her family, face down to avoid any pressure on the wounds. A fly screen provided some protection from contamination and mum and the others took turns at keeping the flies off. Nonetheless, the temperature and humidity were very high, and we did not expect great results.

We took her back to theatre some days later, where she was anaesthetised again, and the dressings taken down and redressed. As we expected, there were a lot of suspect areas, and we were not hopeful of a tremendous result when we left. Nonetheless, Dr Bill went through all the stages of aftercare with young Dr Arnold, who listened intently to his advice, and we hoped would be able to at least salvage some of the skin to make a revision at some time in the future less demanding.

Imagine my pleasure when Bill forwarded to me the enclosed photo of the young child, now nearly 12 months old, in the arms of her mother (who is so very pleased) and standing next to an unbelievably proud Dr Arnold. I would like to send this photo to you, along with a couple of others to illustrate Interplasts most important function - to train indigenous staff in plastic surgery.

We would like to do ourselves out of a job, and Dr Arnold might be just the fellow to do that in Rabaul! John Oswald Anaesthetist .

Footnote: Dr Bill, Dr John and RN Catherine are all Rotarians and Paul Harris Fellows They are members of Hamilton NSW D9670, Ballarat West D9780 and Mount Eliza D9820 VIC respectively

Youth Exchange Report

Welcome to May, and placement time for our incoming northern hemisphere students for the 2002/2003 year.

Many clubs would have received a call from me requesting the club to consider hosting an inbound student for a year starting in July or August. This time of the year is our largest intake of students. I have to find places for 25 students, and support from the clubs is vital. At the time of writing this report, I still have quite a few students to place. Please, when you get the call, say YES!

As reported last month, selection for outbound students for 2003 is complete. 35 students have been selected for a life altering experience for 2003. Once again, the quality of students interviewed was amazingly high, and many more than 35 would have been suitable to send out on exchange.

However, the numbers sent out must be balanced with the numbers brought in, and 35 is our Districts limit. Safari for our current inbound students is almost over. Safari finishes in Mount Isa on the Friday of conference. I am sure many great experiences were had by all, including our escorts. Thanks to Warren Leeder, Joan Barber and Kay Barber for giving up their time to escort our safari.

Reports from our current outbounds continue to flow in, and in most cases exchange is proceeding with few hiccups. For sponsoring clubs, please remember to maintain contact with your outbound student, as the contact is very rewarding for all concerned.

I look forward to meeting as many fellow Rotarians as possible at conference.

Yours in Rotary Youth Exchange, Trevor Williams.