From the Pen of our President....
On Saturday
morning, Rosebank Rotarians joined the memorial service for Jerry Bernardo who
had been called to higher service in the early hours of Tuesday. The memories of and tributes to Jerry by
family members, associates and fellow Rotarians evidenced a man who loved his
family deeply and who was respected by everyone who knew him. He was the epitome of service above self and
spent many hours working on projects or assisting others in need. He touched the lives of a large number of
people in a positive way. He will be
warmly remembered and sorely missed by us all.
We extend our
thoughts and prayers to Jean and her family at this time of sadness and as they
face a future without Jerry.
At the memorial
service, Sybille read the tributes to Jerry by Rotarians and these are recorded
in the Memorial page of this Ramble.
Costa Qually
President
Tailpiece
I feel the last
verse from a poem “Does it pay” is appropriate:
If some despondent soul to hope is stirred,
Some sad lip made to smile,
By any act of ours, or any word,
Then life has been worthwhile.
Last Friday.....
Christened Patricia Anne, but because of a family quirk, the second name was the one you went by, thus only ever listened to Anne.
Two older brothers were probably the reason that Anne recalled being a terrible tom-boy.
She grew up in Durban and has fond memories of being a teenager in the Eighties.
She admits that Princess Di was one of her influencers and there certainly was a resemblance.
Her three years at the University of Natal were pretty turbulent, but she did achieve her degree and had the great fortune of being offered her first job with the Sun Group which was part of the big international conglomerate UTI, a global supply chain services and logistics company. This allowed her to travel to many different parts of Europe such as Sweden, Germany, Italy, France, the UK and Spain.
Today she is the supply chain manager for Stellantis, which houses vehicle brands such as Jeep, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Opel, Peugot, Dodge and Maserati.
Anne may have a wonderful career, but the loves of her life are her family. She speaks with great pride of her son Jarred and daughter Amy, and her beloved mother, who is 86 and in frail care.
And of course not to forget her fur babies, who she bought a big house with a garden for, after being told she would not be allowed to keep them in her previous abode.
For fun she she plays golf and cycles. She has successfully completed 6 Argus cycle races and is aiming at doing at least 10.
And what she has learnt?
In the words of Princess Diana:
Carry out random acts of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
Alex Rotary Community Corp to the Rescue.....
A few days ago a devastating fire tore through parts of Alex leaving many people destitute. Through the generous donation of e-soup as reported on in last week's Ramble the Alex Rotary Community Corp were in a position to help people in need.
Training.... to protect the Environment
We're starting this year's Foundation training with the latest addition to Rotary's Areas of Focus - Protecting the Environment.
Please register for this training session, which will be held on Saturday, 21 August at 9 am. This training is open to all Rotarians, so please share with your members, but we'd like to particularly encourage Foundation Chairs, Service Projects Chairs and Presidents-Elect to attend.
Details of other upcoming training can be found on the District Foundation Training Page.
This Friday.....
Our monthly business meeting.
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