From the Pen of the President....
As you are no
doubt all aware, the seventh avenue of service in Rotary is the
environment. Lyn has set up a committee
that is considering what we as a club can do in this regard. On Saturday
morning, District had a webinar on this topic and it was pleasing to note that
7 of our members participated - far more than any other club. Various
initiatives and possibilities were discussed. It is possible that a global
grant could be obtained for a suitable project, which could well include a
number of Rotary clubs. To qualify, the project will have to be sustainable,
measurable and preferably community driven.
Please put on your thinking caps and let Lyn have any suggestions you
feel should be considered.
Our quizzes are continuing
and are a super way of interacting with Rotary clubs in other countries and
districts. Please consider participating if you have not yet done so. I can
assure you that you will enjoy the experience.
Enjoy the warmer
weather and keep safe!
Costa Qually
President
Tailpiece
I count them
braver who overcome their desires than them who conquer their enemies, for the
hardest victory is over self (Aristotle)
Last Friday....
- In less than three weeks time District Governor Stella Anyangwe will be paying our club a visit and the various committee chairs are preparing and refining their activity and project reports.
- Pam Donaldson was happy to report that the average attendance had improved and that in July we had two meetings where we nearly had full-house. Please let her know of make-up
- Club Treasurer John Symons reported back that we are on track with annual Rotary subs. Various donations that were made in lieu of the President's induction dinner will be channelled to the Boikanyo (Dion Herson) Foundation to assist Marilyn Bassin in her charitable endeavours.
- Richard Maloney, our International Chair is very keen to resurrect the Cervical Cancer Project and has been doing quite a bit of research. He has hit a bit of a roadblock when it comes to the Department of Health involvement but Richard would like to investigate the possibility of getting buy-in from Transpharm, which is part of Shoprite Holdings.
- David Bradshaw has been hard at work recruiting potential members and he is hoping that we will soon exceed the target we set ourselves for this year. Please read what his Membership vision is below.
- As club almoner he keeps contact with people like Carol Lawrence, who had a bit of a fall the other day, but has recovered. Hugh Rix is back from Cape Town, he's been in touch with Elaine Margolius to see how she is bearing up, and she has decided to stay put and not move right now. Judy Powell also seems to be doing well.
- The Youth committee had a quiet month; unfortunately the Covid restrictions have not eased up, and there is talk that the Spring school holidays would be scrapped this year, and with these uncertainties it has made it impossible to plan a Senior Youth Leadership course this year.
- Head of publicity, Ann, hopes that everyone has read the latest edition of Rotary Africa that has all our club's award winners in it.
- Les Short reported that Foundation was holding it's first Environment training session on Saturday the 21st, and it was encouraging to see how much interest this course had evoked.
- Sonja Hood, our fundraising queen, was thrilled to report that the Clem Sunter presentation had netted R12 500 for the Alexandra Education Committee. A big thank you for all the support!!
- It is now full steam ahead for our annual Quiz fundraiser on Wednesday the 20th of October at the Parkview Golf Club. We are still in need of prizes for the Raffle.
- Besides that Sonja has a few other fundraising ideas up her sleeve.
- As Sybille, who chairs the Vocational & Community Services committee, was unable to attend this week's meeting, Lyn Collocott volunteered to report back on her behalf.
- The committee has identified 5 worthy recipients for an Vocational Services award and the award ceremony is to take place on Friday the 8th of October; venue to be confirmed. The Board has approved that each award winner is to receive an amount of R1 500 towards a charity of their choice.
- The committee is still crystallizing a sustainable project, and to that end Sybille had made an exploratory trip to Limpopo to discuss a potential project with Dr Coenie Louw, the CEO of the NGO Gateway Health Institute, a man with an impressive CV, who is researching the development of socially, economically and environmentally sustainable sanitary pads made from natural fibers. These pads are 100% compostable - breaking down to soil in less than 180 days. The project is entering a clinical trial phase, awaiting approval from SAHPRA.
- Lyn Collocott has surrounded herself with an enthusiastic committee and was looking forward to attending the environmental training session on Saturday.
- Unfortunately she was facing headwinds with her attempts to reach out to the powers that be at City Parks to try and find out how we as a club could get involved in the upcoming Arbor week at the beginning of September.
A letter from the Membership Chair....Grow membership “Each one bring one”.
Improve service “Grow more to do more”.
We have the power and the magic to change lives, good new members bring new life to our club, new ideas, new energy.
The majority of new members did not ask to join us, they were invited either by family members, work colleagues or friends.
We are all proud to be members of such a wonderful organization, but how many of us have ever spoken to non-Rotarians about Rotary, especially about possibly becoming a member.
As Chairman of the Club’s Membership Committee, I sincerely encourage you to think more about this and do your bit to introduce new members.
Let us not keep Rotary as the best kept secret.
Thanking you
David.
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