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Cairns Mulgrave Rotary Club
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$15.00 each.
Please see Secretary Mike if you would like one
PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE
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week.
CHANGEOVER 2003
$65 per person Saturday July 5th
6.30
Champagne and nibbles on the platform at Cairns Central Station
6.45 Board the train for the Freshwater Connection with the Barrier
Reef Jazz Band
7.00 Arrive Freshwater Connection. Enjoy a beautiful 3-course dinner,
dancing and formalities
10.30 Board the train for Cairns Central Station Dance to the Barrier
Reef Jazz Band back to your car It's elegant, fun and different
Theme for the evening
CHICAGO
Please add you name and number of people who will be attending to
the next page
Please note all money has to be paid by Friday 27th June - as it
will be too difficult to collect the money on the platform of the
train!!
The Story of Mother's
Day
The earliest Mother's Day celebrations can be traced
back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea,
the Mother of the Gods. During the 1600's, England celebrated a
day called "Mothering Sunday".
Celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent (the 40 day
period leading up to Easter*), "Mothering Sunday" honored the mothers
of England. During this time many of the England's poor worked as
servants for the wealthy. As most jobs were located far from their
homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employers.
On Mothering Sunday the servants would have the
day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day with
their mothers. A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often
brought along to provide a festive touch. As Christianity spread
throughout Europe the celebration changed to honor the "Mother Church"
- the spiritual power that gave them life and protected them from
harm.
Over time the church festival blended with the Mothering
Sunday celebration . People began honoring their mothers as well
as the church. In the United States Mother's Day was first suggested
in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe (who wrote the words to the Battle hymn
of the Republic) as a day dedicated to peace.
Ms. Howe would hold organized Mother's Day meetings
in Boston, Mass ever year. In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia,
began a campaign to establish a national Mother's Day. Ms. Jarvis
persuaded her mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate
Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death, the
2nd Sunday of May.
By the next year Mother's Day was also celebrated
in Philadelphia. Ms. Jarvis and her supporters began to write to
ministers, businessman, and politicians in their quest to establish
a national Mother's Day. It was successful as by 1911 Mother's Day
was celebrated in almost every state.
President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official
announcement proclaiming Mother's Day as a national holiday that
was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May. While many countries
of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times
throughout the year, there are some countries such as Denmark, Finland,
Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium which also celebrate Mother's
Day on the second Sunday of May.
Wodonga West's
Busy Program:
President Matt Burke really has his troops well
organised at the Rotary Club of Wodonga West, Vic., (D9790).
On ONE weekend recently, the club had eight Rotarians
taking part in the annual 4WD Safari to central Australia. They
raised $ 8,400 in just seven days. Fourteen Rotarians, assisted
by six family members, cleaned up Wodonga Racecourse after a race
meeting and 16 Rotarians, plus family and friends, made up two teams
to support the 24 hour Cancer Council Relay for Life, raising $7,400.
Not bad for a club of 38 members!
Assistant Governor Ken Jones said the Rotary clubs
of Belvoir-Wodonga and Albury-Hume also took part in the Relay for
Life. Albury North assisted with organisation and logistical support.
Parramatta Clubs Support Function:
The Rotary clubs of Parramatta, Parramatta City
and Granville, N.S.W. (D9690) combined resources to help sponsor
a multi-cultural community festival at Harris Park. Daiken Australia
and the Accor Group of Hotels in the area also gave valuable support.
The event was organised by local community workers Ken Morton and
Brenda Kennedy, with support from Parramatta Council's Community
Development Unit and Commander John Carrol and Parramatta Police.
More than 300 people attended Rosella Park for the
event which featured an orchestra from the Harris Park International
conservatorium of music, St. Olivers school choir, and the Samoan
and Tongan church choirs. Special messages came from the police
commander, Anglican Pastor Neil Fellis, the Nan Tien Temple monks
and local Islamic faith members.
Rotary Down Under April 2003.
Ellerslie gets
the Congo Talking
The Rotary Club of Ellerslie Sunrise, N.Z. is playing
a role in establishing communications in the war torn Congo in Africa.
For some years the club has been supporting a Salvation
Army family serving in Brazzaville. Conditions in the African nation
are harsh with food in poor supply, resources scarce, housing damaged
and communication landlines destroyed.
The Salvation Army's Peter Scadden, as a former
member at Ellerslie Sunrise, is in the Congo but has no way of communicating
with his large number of field workers who can be isolated for several
days at a time. There are serous concerns for their safety in a
war torn country.
Ellerslie Sunrise, with a membership of 57, heard
of Peter Scaddens's need and with the help of Vodafone donated 20
cell phones, battery packs and chargers. Vodafone's sponsorship
manager, Jillian Donnachie, said "We are delighted to be able to
use our resource for such a good cause."
Peter Scadden is returning to the Congo after a
break in Auckland and will take the phones back with him. As well,
he will have boxes of tools for gardeners, carpenters and mechanics.
President Sylvie Wilkinson is the first woman to
lead Ellerslie sunrise. She said: "I feel great pride in what Rotary
is doing to make a difference in conditions we would have difficulty
in even imagining. We are extremely grateful to Vodafone, the partnership
between Rotary and the corporates being a healthy and satisfying
liaison."
Landmine Victims
Helped
Non-governmental and volunteer organisations are
leading efforts to assist victims of landmines that have continued
to kill and cripple residents of Bosnia-Herzegovina, long after
a civil war ender there in 1995.
Among them is the three year old Rotary Club of
Sarajevo, which has co-sponsored a project to provide prostheses
and trauma therapy to children, who constitute one fifth of the
casualties of landmines.
Most of the people helped by the initiative come
from families whose homes were destroyed in the war and where more
than one member is disabled and at least one parent unemployed.
The Rotary Club of Rottaler-Baderdreieck, Germany, contributed $US35,
900 to the project which has seen 23 children fitted with artificial
limbs.
Seventeen others have undergone rehabilitation.
The $60, 900 project was commenced in 2001 after The Rotary Foundation
provided $25, 000 in matching funds. Members of the Sarajevo club
often used their own vehicles to transport victims and their families
to and from health centers and provided free accommodation for them.
In addition, a total of 109 children have been identified, medically
assessed, and recommended for assistance.
During and after the 15 months it took to implement
the project, Bosnian newspapers, radio, and television carried interviews
with Rotarians and victims and their families. The German media
also have featured the effort in its reports.
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