Festive Cheer at the Norwood Spar, Rotary Family Health Day Certificate Presentation, The Anns meet, and Momo returns from Thailand...

 From our President's Pen....

And just like that it is Advent, December, holiday season, time for a break, -  The Elf is on the Shelf - The Elf on the Shelf is a fun-filled Christmas tradition (2005) that has captured the hearts of children everywhere who welcome home one of Santa’s Scout Elves for the holidays in the run up to Christmas. The magical Scout Elves help Santa  by taking note of a family’s Christmas adventures and reporting back to Santa at the North Pole nightly.  Each morning, the Scout Elf returns to its family and perches in a new spot, waiting for someone to spot them. Children love to wake up and race around the house looking for their Scout Elf. They have to be good all month because the elf is watching them!! Works like a charm because Santa knows who is naughty and nice!! Parents just have to remember every night to move him to a new spot or they have some explaining to do!!

Thank you to those members who have volunteered at the Spar collections – we really have done well when we have been there in person. There are such amazingly generous people out there. We still need volunteers for this coming weekend – please assist – it is very rewarding.

The first of our Rotary Family Health Days certificates was presented to The Wits Palliative Care Program – they were very appreciative of the thought. Makes such a difference to recognize people – and so easy to do!

 December is Disease Prevention and Treatment Month, one of The Rotary Foundation Areas of Focus. COVID-19 has forced all of us to adapt. This is good, but we also need to change if we are to face the challenges not only for this year but also into the future.

  Looking forward to seeing a number of you on Friday night!!

 Have a great week.

 Ann

Last Friday......

If nothing else, our Club is flexible and goes with the flow. 

Chrispin,who was looking forward to sharing his story with us had connectivity issues and our weekly meeting ended up being a social get-together.

President Ann: "Did you know that it was on this day 33 years ago the Helderberg crashed?" And with that Reiner, who had joined the Zoom meeting with Juanette, far away in chilly Hamburg told us how he had survived 3 plane crashes, and James too had a narrow plane crash escape. James had also experienced a hair-raising hijack attempt on a flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg, with a bizarre evacuation that left quite a few of the passengers with severe injuries sustained when they were herded down the aircraft chute.

Lorenzo (in Italy): " Who would like to see some illegal posters that I managed to smuggle out of North Korea?"

Under the auspices of Unicef Lorenzo made numerous lengthy trips to North Korea in the 1990's and he regaled us with some fascinating tales of his experiences in this forbidden country.

Momo returns home from Thailand.....

President Ann, AG Jean and Sybille were at the airport this afternoon to welcome our Rotary Exchange Student Momo back from Thailand. She is very excited to be back home and we cannot wait to hear her give us an account of her year overseas.