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HELP…. Last call – items for

Who do you know that you can approach to request a

donation of goodies or services to help us raise much

needed funds for our many project: a friend, local

business, or a company that you regularly visit.

Remember it can also help promote their business

and create business for them!

Items/services for our Silent

Auction will be most gratefully

welcomed by Judy N & Janet M.

HELP…Last call for Hampers

Can you help - your support in procuring suitable items for the following hampers would be wonderful:

• Easter Eggs

• Gourmet

• Pamper

• BBQ

• Travel

• Baby Girl

• Baby Boy All donations, including cash if easier, will be very gratefully received by Tania A.

HELP….Last call for BOOKS | BOOKS

Books – New or Second-hand are needed for the Book Stall at our Family Fun Day. Please contact Alick Osborne to arrange storage in advance of the day.

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Rod’s Ruminations

Hi All - Surprise! I’m actually going to be in town this week and at Rotary this week!!

Some great content in the Chatter this week (I got a sneak preview) and there is so much to talk about from District Conference

last weekend, that hasn’t even made into this week’s edition.

It’s also great to see that some of the discussions and topics covered on the weekend are already resonating within the Club and

in work that has been done in the last 2 days since getting home. I’ve certainly got a full list of ideas and ponderings for Rotary,

but the variety and scope of the speakers meant I also picked up some tips for work and at home. The multi district conference

to be held in the Melbourne CBD in February 2019 will be well worth getting along to.

One of the themes presented at Conference was talking about “what we are”, rather than “what we aren’t”. With this in mind,

Alick and a small team have put together a flyer for FFD and beyond helping to explain what Rotary is about, for each of us to

use and to hand-out to people as they come past our stalls at FFD.

Rotary Box Hill posted on Facebook a picture about our $4k donation for the Poona toilet project in India. It’s a great example of

what we do and what we are. We are providing fresh water and sanitation. We are providing a safe and clean environment and

building practical knowledge of hygiene. We are providing an opportunity for all students to learn all the time. We are making a

difference. If everyone has a simple elevator pitch ready to go for FFD, imagine how many people we might inspire to join

Rotary, or to throw some extra dollars our way? Cheers, Rod

Thanks, Rod What’s on this week?

Family Fun Day Planning

And what’s on next

week?

Social Week

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20th March ‘18 CHADDY CHATTER Club Meeting Calendar

Wednesday What’s On? Welcome & Regalia

Sergeant Chairman Front Desk

Weds 21 March

Family Fun Day Planning Sandi & Janet Judy Chris D Bill H

Weds 28 March

Social Evening – more details to come Frank & Andrew Richard Barb M

Weds 4 April SPEAKER: Don Farrands – The Glass Soldier Board Meeting

Tania & Dawn Chris D Mark Bernard

Weds 11 April Club Forum Judy & Walter Mark Rod Dawn

Weds 18 April SPEAKER: Lacey Ryan – Camp Quality Rod & Bernard Frank Hein David

Weds 25 April No Meeting – ANZAC DAY

Weds 2 May SPEAKER: TBA. Board Meeting Tania & Rosemary Caroline Alick Bill

Weds 9 May Visit to Currajong School Tania Ros M Barb M

Weds 16 May Team Meeting Sandi & Janet Alick Barb M Bernard

Weds 23 May School Transition Night Frank & Tawanda Paul Judy Dawn

Weds 30 May Cluster Meeting hosted by Prahran David

Weds 6 June SPEAKER: TBA Joint Board Meeting Caroline & Mark Richard Christina Frank

Weds 13 June Social Night Trevor & Raj Chris Rod Bill

Weds 20 June SPEAKER: TBA Alick & Rod Hein Janet Barbara

Weds 27 June Presidential Changeover Bernard

Events Calendar DATE EVENT Details/ Contact

Saturday 24 March Set up Family Fun Day 12pm – 5pm Chris D

Sunday 25 March Family Fun Day 7am – 6pm Chris D

Saturday 7 April Grand Opening Camp Getaway Kitchen

Saturday 14 April BBQ at Bunnings Chris D

Sunday 22 April All aboard “Melbourne Star” 5.30pm Sandi

Saturday 6th May BBQ at Bunnings Chris D

Saturday 12 May Our Chadstone Craft Market Chris D

Sunday 20 May District Assembly PE Alick O

Saturday 2nd June BBQ at Bunnings Chris D

Thank you to the following companies for their ongoing support……

Unable to attend a meeting? Please contact Lyle to avoid being charged for dinner: lylec@netspace.net.au Phone/text: 0408 585 266

The cut off time for advising of absence is: 2pm on the day of the meeting - via email 6pm by phone/text 6.15pm – if running late call Lyle to request a meal.

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Information on Bushfires and Rotary support

While many of our D9800 Rotarians and partners were enjoying our District Conference in Warrnambool, on Saturday night three major fires broke out. All roads were closed to allow emergency vehicles to fight the fires and several towns were evacuated. Thankfully there has been no reported deaths or injuries at this point. However, there were 12 houses lost, hundreds of livestock died and many kilometres of fences destroyed. The train service may take some days to restore due to damage to signalling damage. We were able to help out in a small way by diverting 120 of our Sunday lunches to the firefighters based at the Warrnambool Basketball Stadium which was a refuge zone. This morning I spoke with District Governor D9780 Ray Herbert which covers from Mt Gambier to Geelong plus Ballarat. I offered him any assistance needed. There is none immediately, as Rotary is not a first responder in these instances. The communities in the South West are very resilient, like most rural/regional communities. However, I did offer to help in some of the longer-term recovery work such as fencing, etc. Past District Governor Ross Butterworth has also been in contact with D9780 District Governor Ray Herbert to offer access to home furnishing goods and appliances, both from Western Emergency Relief Network and Donations in Kind. It would be good to focus any further enquiries regarding potential assistance through Ross, to avoid duplication of effort and confusion from D9780's perspective. As always, the people on the ground need to decide on what is needed and when. I have also spoken to Warrnambool City Mayor Robert Anderson who spoke at our conference and gave him the same assurance that we would help in recovery efforts if asked. Please pass this message on to your members. Yours in Rotary

Peter Frueh (Anne)

District Governor for 2017-18

Rotary International District 9800

Rotary Chadstone/East Malvern presents

cheque for $4,000 to Operation Toilets

“187 students at Dudhodi School, India, will now have

toilets, wash stations and hygiene education thanks to

partnership between RC Poona D3131, RC

Chadstone/East Malvern D9800 and RC Box Hill

Central D9810. Alick Osborne on behalf of RCC/EM

presents a $4,000 contribution to Operation Toilets

executive”.

L to R:

PE Alick Osborne (Rotary Chadstone/East Malvern)

President John Maddock (Rotary Box Hill Central) ?

Mark Balla (Rotary Box Hill Central)

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International Women’s Day Breakfast Feedback:

This was such an interesting event to attend and we feel really thankful to have been

able to go. Overall, we learnt a lot and it was interesting to listen to all the speakers

and their stories relating to women in life and the workforce. We also got some new

ideas for our leadership team and for the Interact club that we are a part of, meeting

some amazing and inspiring women who are doing awesome things to strive for

equality and empowering each other. Thanks again to the Rotary Club of Chadstone

East Malvern for sending us along!”

Chelsea, Mandy, Nicole and Juliette

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Letter of thanks received from Sacred Heart Girls College

8th of March 2018 Dear President Rod, PP Judy and Rotary Chadstone East Malvern, I am writing to thank you for your generous sponsorship of our school in allowing us to attend the Women in Rotary's International Women's Day Breakfast. We greatly enjoyed listening to the panellists’ discussion on gender equality in the work place. Somehow, they managed to be both educational and also quite humorous- Husna Pasha's introductory comments on her "three heads" (being Muslim, Tasmanian and Indian) were hilarious and had us laughing along, and then just minutes later, we were listening to Andy Penn discuss Telstra's newest initiative to even the male to female ratio in technology. Personally, I found the achievements of Deborah Glass particularly inspiring- her international work and appointment as the Victoria's first female Ombudsman make her such a strong role model to all the girls, both students such as myself and my friends, but also to professional women already in the workforce. Thank you again for your sponsorship of the four of us, and for allowing us to experience such an interesting and inspirational event. Sincerely yours, Ruwangi Fernando Sacred Heart Girls College - Year 12 Student

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20th March ‘18 CHADDY CHATTER I will allow Tania to share with you how she got to have her photo taken

with R.I President Ian Riseley at Government House last week!! All I know is that the Editor is very jealous 😊

FAMILY FUN DAY ROSTER – All hands on deck………. 😊

BBQ/DRINKS BOOKS HOT CHIPS FAIRY FLOSS MUSIC

Michael Bennet Alick Osborne Tawanda Whata (AM) Rod Kenafacke Caroline Adrian

Jim Androutsopoulos Fiona Osborne Trevor Simpson Bull Bernie Kenafacke Andrew Hunter

Lyle Chasemore Rosemary Johnson Mark Perree (PM) Paul Rake Louise Mathews

Judy Chasemore Bruce Adams Bernard Henry SHAVED ICE Phoebe

Friend of Judy C Dee Gronlund Fiona/Sam Lyn Don HAMPERS Richard Dixon Jill Dooley FINANCE Carol Stubbs SILENT AUCTION David Jessop Walter Dooley Lyndon Joss Raj Susarla Tania Aisbett

Barbara McBean PRESERVES Bill Hall RIDE TICKETS Judy Newgreen

Evelyn Hunter Ros McMorrow David Knight Sandi Fulcher Janet Massie

George Borrow John McMorrow (AM) GOLF Marc Fookes Chris Hartrup

Julie Jessop Elaine Hall Ian McBean Peter Salmon Jo Roach

Les Atlas BOUNCE CASTLE BUSY FEET SECURITY May Salmon

Charlie Allen Frank Warner Lin Hughes Richard Dixon 6-9 POPCORN CAKES HONEY May Salmon Trevor SB 9-12 Dawn Paynter

Christina Bliss Hein Otten Margaret Joss Alick Osborne 12-3 Cheryl Jenkins

Veronica Otten Paul Rake 3-7

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