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PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE
Aphorisms
For Our Time
99 percent of lawyers give the rest
a bad name
Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard
this bull before.
The 2 most common elements in the universe
are huydrogen and stupidity.
Always remember to pillage BEFORE you
burn.
The trouble with doing something right
the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
The average woman would rather have
beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than
he can think.
Paranoids are people too; they have
their own problems.
A diplomat is someone who can tell
you to go to hell and make you feel happy to be on your way. Eagles
may soar, but weasels aren't sucked into jet engines.
If at first you don't succeed, destroy
all evidence that you tried.
****DON'T FORGET****
SORTING
OF HAMPER FOOD THIS SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 30TH 9 - 12
JP EXPRESS COURIERS REDDEN STREET
NEXT DOOR TO GAROZZOS
THESE NAMES ARE ON THE ROSTER
SANDY, BRAD AND GIRLS, CHRIS LORD,GINA,
NEI, DAVID COURT, ROBYN GOODWIN, GAYLE AND MICHAEL PLUNKETT, DAVID
KIRCHNER, DENISE
PACKING AND DELIVERY NEXT SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY DECEMBER 7 AND 8 10.30 - FINISH
THESE NAMES ARE ON SATURDAYS ROSTER
SANDY AND GIRLS, CHRIS LORD, PLUNKETTS, MERV, JEFF AND GLORIS, RON
AND BEV, CARL, CHERYL AND ROD, ROBIN AND MARK LOGAN
THESE NAMES ARE ON SUNDAYS ROSTER
SANDY AND GIRLS, GRAHAM COSSINS,
DEAN, DAVID KIRCHNER, COL KOPPEN, JOHN LIPSCOMBE, JEFF AND GLORIA,
PETER SEXTON, CHRIS AND BILL WINN.
WE HAVE ALSO HAD PHONECALLS FROM
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WILL BE HELPING AS WELL AS FRIENDS AND
FAMILY MEMBERS.
Thank you to everyone for your
invaluable help
$200,000
Bequests To The Rotary Foundation
Dedicated Rotarian Walter Bock and
wife Franziska have set shining example for Australian Rotarians
by Bequeathing $100,000 each to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary
International.
A member of the Rotary Club of Burwood,
N.S.W.. Past President Walter has shown incredible leadership within
Rotary for years and was proud to announce the bequests at the District
9690 Foundation Seminar last Roary year.
Fittingly, R.I. Past President Glen
Kinross, now chairman of The Rotary Foundation Trustees, was special
guest speaker at the function, and presented the Bocks with their
donor's three diamond circle Rotary pin and commemorative crystal.
However, the Bock story, and Walter's
incredible leadership, does not end there. Because the gift is a
bequest - and Walter and Franziska have many happy rears of life
ahead of them, - they have added a special clause to their will
which, depending on various circumstances at the time of their passing,
could see the amount of money left to The Foundation increase to
as much as $1 million each.
In making the presentation, Glen Kinross
praised the commitment of the Bocks to The Rotary Foundation - and
their exceptional example to their fellow Rotarians. He urged Rotarians
everywhere to support The Foundation, saying: "Not everyone can
match the size of the Bock's donation but everyone can match the
principle.
" Walter Bock has been a Rotarian since
1974, and his service has never wavered - at club or District level.
He had 12 years on the Burwood club board and was president in 1991/92.
He served notice of things to come when he won Paul Harris Fellow
recognition and became a Foundation Benefactor in 1996.
Walter claims to have introduced more
than 100 new members to Rotary. He has initiated seven new projects
within Rotary club, four of which are now regular events. He has
served as District interact chairman and Rotary Australia World
Community Service Chairman.
He has led an Interact Tour to Japan,
several Rotary Goodwill tours to China, and has initiated many valuable
club and district projects in China, India, Indonesia, Fiji and
Bangladesh. Walter's crowning achievement has been origination of
the Rotary Community Chest Raffle each year.
It now involves 25 Rotary clubs and
over 10 years, has raised $A5,548,000 for community programs.
Franziska Bock ahs always supported
her husband's Rotary service to the limit. She also achieved PHF
recognition and became a Foundation Benefactor in 1996. In addition
Franziska has hosted many exchange students, Group Study Exchange
members, Rotarians and visiting officials. The Bocks home has been
"open" on may occasions for special Rotary function.
From Rotary Down Under November
2002
Training
and Tools for a New Country
The Rotary Club Of Hawthorn, Vic has
sent to East Timor a shipping container packed with 600 metal toolboxes
and 100 other packages of oversized tools.
This outstandingly successful project
began with research by the club's international service director,
Richard Groom, to find a project of value to the East Timorese to
rebuild their country.
Discussions with District 9800 leaders
with relevant experience suggest that hand tools were a vital requirement.
A location where tools offered could
be brought, sorted and reconditioned was essential. Fortunately,
such a site was available in East Brighton, Vic in a former Army
Reserve depot which was to be developed into retirement housing.
A phased publicity campaign was commenced
using handbills distributed by Hawthorn Rotarians, a direct approach
to large hardware retailers and tool manufacturers and advice by
email to all international service directors in District 9800. This
proved successful in launching the project.
Impetus came with spots on radio, articles
in local newspapers and forging a link with the Hand Tools Association,
a grou0p of tool collectors and enthusiasts. Public response saw
hundreds of offers come in and be logged. Rotary volunteer collectors
ranged far and wide gathering tools for processing and other Rotarians
undertook the huge task of reconditioning.
Rotarians were on-site twice a week
for six months to receive tools from the public. Response form Rotary
clubs was similarly enthusiastic. Metropolitan and country based
clubs adopted Tools For Timor as a club project and made collections.
A Transportation Grant from The Rotary
Foundation covered shipping costs. Planning for packaging next became
an issue. A decision was taken to purchase 600 metal toolboxes.
Financing concerns were eased when
the Hand Tools Association identified "collectible" items from our
stock and allowed us to take part in its Tool Fairs, raising substantial
funds.
Valuable contributions toward the tool
box purchase were also made by Rotary clubs. Each tool box was filled
with around 25 individual items. Oversize items came in many forms,
each requiring its own special packaging.
More than 400 saws, all sharpened,
need 30 "guitar boxes" vices, large clamps, rubber mallets and large
wooden planes all received their own treatment. Shipment form Melbourne
Vic to unloading at Dili wharf in East Timor took 12 days.
Distribution in East Timor was through
a range of non governmental organizations. The Salesians of Don
Bosco, the Marist Brothers and APHEDA (The Australian Council of
Trade Unions humanitarian aid affiliate) all run TAFE styled training
courses in carpentry and building East Timor and will use the tools
in those courses.
At the end of course, trainees were
given a box to take to their village.
Richard Groom.
From Rotary Down Under November
2002
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