A Business Meeting, District 9400 Mid-term Assembly and The Ann's 100 Club fundraising initiative....

From the Pen of our President... 

Dear fellow Rotarians and friends,

 After dealing with Club business on Friday some of us spent a very fulfilling and exciting couple of hours on Saturday morning listening in on the District mid-year assembly.

Rotary is such a satisfying organisation to be involved with – whenever I do anything Rotary related I feel so proud to be a Rotarian. Spend some time with other clubs and the District 9400 representatives and you feel like that times 100!!

After hearing all the stories about what other clubs are doing and planning and involved in I was absolutely inspired – WHAT AN AMAZING ORGANISATION ROTARY IS!!!

 Feeling very proud of Rosebank, the members and just being part of it all – you should join some of the calls and try it!!

Yours in Rotary,

Ann

 

Last Friday....

...was a business meeting with report backs from various Chairs:

 Treasurer - John Symons:

• Club Subscriptions - most members have elected to pay their annual  dues in full, only six members have chosen to pay their subscription monthly and are being urged to do so by debit order.
• All RI, District and Rotary Africa Magazine dues have been paid across in full.
• Last year it was suggested that as we were not meeting at Wanderers where attendees would have paid R50 lunch money, to instead donate that saving to the Club. Only a few members have heeded that call.

Membership  -  David Bradshaw :

• 2 new members who have been attending many of our Zoom meetings are to be inducted soon - Anne Padmore and Charmaine Cleesman, 
• Sonja Hood's son Gareth, who returned to China late last year to continue his teaching contract, is very keen to join as an e-member. With the 6 hour time difference our Friday meetings would suit him perfectly. 
• There are a few potential members that David is working on, so hopefully we will attain our membership goal for this year.

 International  -  James Croswell:  

• The Container Project for the Palliative Care Unit at Baragwanath is as good as completed; only the electricity still needs to be connected.
• An official hand-over will be communicated, Covid restrictions dependent.

Youth  -  Jean Bernardo: 

• Due to the delay in schools reopening not much is happening on that front.
• Marianne has been in touch with Mimi from Highlands North School.
• Masego (or Momo), our exchange student recently returned from Thailand and is struggling to adjust to being back in S.A. She will be addressing us in March and will also give us a demonstration of the Thai cooking skills she acquired.
• President Ann delivered 5 Certificates to scholars of various schools in Johannesburg.

• Given the Covid restrictions the Youth Leadership course will more than likely again be conducted online.
• Thought has to be given how best to conduct the Annual Careers Day given the ongoing Covid challenges.

 Publicity and PR  -  Jean

• 3 articles showcasing our Club have been published in the Rotary Africa magazine.
• We are weighing up whether we should consolidate the Club website and the weekly Ramble.

 Foundation  - Les Short

• Rosebank has fulfilled all obligations to Foundation
• The club received a District Grant of R9 500 with which sewing machines were purchased and with which a group of ladies are sewing masks for the Diepsloot community

Community Services   -  Sybille Essmann

• Although the annual Norwood Spar "Festive Cheer" food drive only took place over two weekends we nonetheless managed to collect R27 600 worth of food items, which were distributed by means of vouchers to Puthatidjaba in Alexandra, The Frida Hartley Foundation, the Candlelight Club and Charity begins with Me. A big thank you goes to Pam Donaldson for her very generous donation of R5 000.
• Sybille is in communication with JoJo Tanks to hopefully receive a donation of a 5000 liter water  tank to harness rain water for the vegetable garden that residents of the informal settlement at Durban Deep mines have planted through the dedicated work of Stefan Ferreira from Charity begins with Me,
• Ongoing support of the "White Cane" Project
• Potential project - the AquaBox - as described on page 26 of the November edition of the Rotary Africa magazine.

Fund Raising - Sonja Hood

• So far about 30 tickets have been sold for the Rob Caskie talk on the 17th of February and Sonja urges that every club member invite at least one friend or family member to this event.

• Sonja will shortly be submitting an application to My School, my Village, my Planet to motivate that Rotary Club of Rosebank become a designated beneficiary.

• Please diarize our annual Quiz fundraiser in October. Surely by then we will be able to hold this ever popular event.

The District 9400 Mid-Year Assembly

263 Rotarians from the far reaches of District 9400 had registered to attend the mid-year Assembly held last Saturday the 23rd of January, and at any given time at least 168 people were online 

The gracious DG Annemarie and the  vivacious DG Elect Stella Anyangwe and a handful of attendees.

I don't want to steal DG Annemarie's thunder, because no doubt she will report back to us in her monthly newsletter.

In support of the Rotary Anns 100 Club.......

Anns 100 Club

The  Anns 100 Club has been running for some five years now.  It brings in money to support our projects.  This year, because of Covid 19 it is an ideal way to raise funds requiring, as it does, no social contact.

This is your opportunity to join the 100 Club for 2021.  Lyn Collocott was our latest winner of the big draw – this year it could be you.

The prizes work as follows:  Every month (for 11 months) there is a monthly draw with a prize of  R300 and one of R150.  At the end of 11 months there is a big draw with a prize of R3000, one of R1500 and one of R500.

Here’s how to buy yourself 11 monthly chances and one for the big draw.

Do an EFT to the Rotary Club of Rosebank Anns for the once=off amount of R300

For the beneficiary reference put in your name and surname and 100 club. 

GOOD LUCK!

THE ODDS ARE GOOD AS ONLY 100 TICKETS ARE SOLD

Banking details:

FNB  -   Bryanston

Branch code   -   250017

Account  number  -  50374602884

P.S. To find out who the other winners for January were please click on the Rosebank Rotary Ann's dedicated page at the top.