26TH JULY 2002

Welcome home to PP Christine & Bill from their business trip and to PDG Graham Cossins & Margaret from their "fossil dig".

We farwelled our homeward bound exchange student Caroline on Sunday morning. Many tears but we finally managed to get her on to the plane before the doors were closed. Caroline was a credit to Rotary, her country, herself and our Club during her visit with us. We will miss her however she assures me that she will be back.

A sincere thank you to all of the families who hosted Caroline during her stay with us. It is a big ask and your generosity and support of the YEP is very much appreciated. Thank you to all of the members who came to the airport to se Caroline off.

We welcome out 2 inbound exchange students soon. Cheryl Williams and Gayle Plunkett will update us soon on exactly when they are due to arrive. We are still in desperate need of host families for our Thai student, so if you can help out please let Cheryl Williams or myself know.

The big event of recent times has been our Cairns Show commitments. A huge vote of thanks must go to John Quinn, Herman Ehrlich, Robin Logan, and Rupert Crossland in particular and also to all of those members who recognized their commitment to Rotary and to the Club by turning up to not only do their share of the shifts, but also to fill in the gaps in the rosters.

The Club is indebted yet again this to Col Koppen for allowing the Club to utilize his land for this valuable fund raising activity. At the end of the day we managed to service both the Stall and the Carpark with a lot of help from the Cairns Inner Wheel ladies and the TAS students. Both of these groups were a delight to work with. John, Herman and Robin will report to us on Friday on the financial success of the Show.

The Club was also represented at the Walk for a Cause (previously the Terry Fox Run) on the Esplanade on Sunday morning. Approximately $ 4000 was raised for Cancer research and the name of Rotary was once again in the public eye. Many thanks to those who braved the early morning start.

A reminder that, following the minimum formalities and the Show report, this weeks meeting will be turned over to a Club Forum on the future direction of our Club in the coming year with regard to our fundraising projects. Every member will be entitled to voice their opinion on this very important issue so that we can come to a consensus on what we will do, and not do, as a Club in the coming year. So if you have a view, then come along and participate.

Remember that Christmas in the Mountains is on again this year by request from the members. Please give Gina or Ann your details if you are attending. Please don't forget to book your own accommodation in Yungaburra. Gina & Ann have organized a great weekend of fun entertainment so come along and enjoy some fellowship. It will also be a good opportunity to meet our Dutch exchange student Laura who will have arrived by then.

August is Rotary Membership Extension month - have you thought of a business colleague or friend who would make a good Rotarian. If you have please talk to David Kirchner or myself about arrangements to bring the to a meeting in August as a guest of the Club.

That's about it for this week. See you all at the Hilton at 12.30pm for 1.00pm - remember the parking arrangements. Take care of each other, and be sure to talk to someone about Rotary this week.

Garry Shirvington President Rotary Club of Cairns-Mulgrave 2002-03

Rotary 4-Way Test
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

UK couple thanks Chermside

Rotary World Peace Scholars

The Rotary Foundation of R.I

A South Carolina woman, U.S.A., has bequeathed a gift of $US86,866.07

Rotary Down Under July 2002

UK couple thanks Chermside

Our holiday in Australia came to an abrupt end 24 hours after arriving when in Cairns, Qld., I had a massive heart attack which put me in Cairns Hospital.

Later I was flown to Brisbane Prince Charles Hospital by the Flying Doctor for treatment. I underwent a quadruple heart by-pass. The need to know someone was important to my wife and I as she had been left on her own.

Our first thoughts were to Rotary and my club in the United Kingdom immediately contacted a Brisbane Rotarian who asked the Rotary Club of Chermside to contact us. On making contact, the club helped us by arranging my transfer on discharge from hospital to an apartment we had rented and attending to our immediate needs. As I slowly recovered and became more mobile the Chermside Rotarians took up to fetch groceries and showed us some of the many sights around Brisbane.

I late attended some regular meetings and have been in constant contact with them. The fellowship and friendship of Rotary was immensely valued by us both as without help and goodwill we could have had a very difficult time. After 69 days in Australia we still needed to become tourists. Next year, hopefully we can return for the R.I. Convention in Brisbane in June, 2003.

Thank you Jan, Dawn, Doug and Betty for everything. The theme MANKIND IS OUR BUSINESS was very much in our minds and we will be forever grateful.

Dennis and Norma Borman
Rotary and Inner Wheel clubs of Bailgate, Lincoln, U.K.

Rotary Down Under July 2002

The Rotary Foundation has announced the first class of 70 Rotary World Peace Scholars selected through a competitive multi-level process to study at the Rotary Centres for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution.

Australian and New Zealand Rotary Districts have successfully nominated eight of the first 70 Rotary World Peace Scholars. Coming from 32 countries, the 70 Rotary World Peace Scholars represent a wide range of professional fields including law, education, diplomacy and the military.

They will be undertaking graduate studies in international relations, peace, and conflict resolution at seven Rotary Peace Studies Centres in the U.S.A., France, England, Australia, Japan and Argentina.

The Rotary Foundation Trustee Chairman Luis Vicente Giay announced the successful candidates at a non-governmental organizations briefing at United Nations Headquarters, New York City. He said: "I had many feelings on September 11, but one overwhelming feeling was that Rotary's work to improve world understanding and peace is more important than ever.

"One only needs to glance at the front page of a newspaper to realise that there is an urgent need for conflict resolution skills in the world's leaders and diplomats." R.I. General Secretary Ed Futa said: "Our vision is to build a group of world citizens who have skills, as well as a the passion, to bring about positive change in the global community.

It is our sincere hope that some years in the future, we will look back upon this day and recognise it as a true moment of change for peace efforts and conflict resolution in our world. Professor Paul Rodgers, director of the Rotary Centre at the University of Bradford, also attended the press conference.

This is a very visionary program, and for Rotary to be willing to fund and develop seven centres at eight outstanding universities shows great foresight," said Professor Rodgers. "There is a shortage of skilled mediators especially in situations where diverse cultures are faced with complex and deep-rooted conflicts.

"With more than 30 conflicts happening in the world, the need for such expertise is greater than ever, and I am confident that the high quality of students admitted to this program will make a real impact on world peace."

Rotary Down Under July 2002

The Rotary Foundation wins top Gates health prize The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation has chosen The Rotary Foundation of R.I. as the recipient of the 2002 Gates Award for Global Health.

The Gates Foundation established the $US1 million award to recognise organizations making a major and lasting contribution to global health. "We thank the Gates Foundation for recognising the important role that Rotary plays in the effort to improve the health of people worldwide," said Luis V.Giay, chairman of The Rotary Foundation Trustees.

"We are so proud that this honour recognises the critical role of civil society plays I the fight to give people in developing nations access to effective immunisations and health care. We also believe that the award will help raise awareness of the crucial need to eradicate polio now, when we have the opportunity."

The selection committee commended The Rotary Foundation for contributing more than $US462 million to polio eradication, and for immunising more than two billion children in 122 mobilise communities so that every child is vaccinated, including those cut off from the mainstream by conflict, geography or poverty," a statement fro the Gates Foundation read.

The organization also recognised The Rotary Foundation for the numerous projects funded around the world, including a revolving loan program for women in Uganda to break the link between AIDS and chronic poverty, and a project to provide free tuberculosis screening and treatment for children in the Philippines.

The Global Health Council, which administers the award process, considered extraordinary contributions toward progress in the knowledge and practice of health in low-income societies, demonstrated leadership, an established record of achievement, innovation in program design, organisational capacity, collaboration with others, evidence that contributions have been adopted across geographic and organizational boundaries, and substantial impact on health around the world.

The first Global Health Award was presented last year to the Centre for Health and Population Research, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It pioneered the discovery and development of oral rehydration solution, which now saves the lives of 2.5 million children every year.

Rotary Down Under July 2002

Leila had a heart of gold:

A South Carolina woman, U.S.A., has bequeathed a gift of $US86,866.07 to help eradicate polio. Leila Goldsmith stipulated in her will, up in the early 1950's, that, upon her death and the death of her son and executor Frank Goldsmith, her 28 acres of land in Travellers Rest, South Carolina, be sold and proceeds given to an organization fighting polio.

Leila died in 1981 and Frank died three years ago. Her grandson, truck driver Michael, oversaw the sale of the land, which was completed early in 2002.

The Rotary Foundation's PolioPlus program was selected as the recipient. Michael Goldsmith said: "Grandmother was a poor country woman and it's a mystery to us why she chose polio as her cause. Nobody in our family had polio."

The Goldsmiths had six children, but only Lawrence, Michael's father, is living. Grandmother of 14, Leila Goldsmith went to third grade in school. She was 14 and her husband 16 when they married. District 7750, credited with the funds, recognised Mrs. Goldsmith posthumously and Lawrence Goldsmith as Paul Harris Fellow.

The rest of the recognition points that result from this gift have been made available as matching points for Rotarians in the District who wish to make a gift to the Rotary Foundation's Annual Giving Fund.

Rotarians are expected to take advantage of this to complete their Paul Harris Fellows, to become Multiple Paul Harris Fellows or to recognise others as Paul Harris Fellows.

The Cairns Choral Society Inc.
Theatre Restaurant

'Surviving in Paradise'
12, 13 July
19, 20 July
26, 27 July
2, 3 August
Start 7.00pm
Cairns Choral Society Hall,
31 Greenslopes Street
$27.50 pp. for show and 3 course meal. Please book with Helen on 4053 4110

Xmas in the Mountains
Proposed date - 17th August.

Art Union Tickets:
Please hand in sold tickets

Student Exchange:
Laura arrives in July

We need more host families for our additional Thai student

Cairns Mulgrave Rotary Club

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