From the Pen of the President.....
Dear fellow Rotarians and friends,
We had a lovely chatty, loud social meeting on Friday and I am sorry that it is not as much fun for those online – it does show us up as a group with vastly different ideas and ways of doing things – we should celebrate these differences. What a pleasure!! We have 6 new members for the first 6 months of the year!!
If you have read Rotary Africa for December, you will have read this: “…..donating to The Rotary Foundation is one of the most intelligent decisions you can make. You know that your gift will align with those values you hold dear and that it will be administered by your fellow Rotarians, who share those values. It is quite an understatement to say that in giving to Rotary, we also receive. ……” visiting Rotary Foundation projects around the world shows that the gift we get in return is priceless.
I did point out that we need to think with some speed about President and officers for the forthcoming year. There are clubs in the district that seem to successfully share the presidency between 2 or 3 members so that, for people who are working, it is not a burden they are hesitant to take on. We could do something similar?? Send me your thoughts.
This is a hectic time of year for a lot of people, the mere thought of holidays coming up, and being ready, puts people into panic mode. We have just 2 meetings left and the prospect of seeing each other on the 3rd as well for a relaxing time of fellowship – I did say if Lorenzo shows up I will jump into the swimming pool (think I am safe on that one) – I may have said something similar about Tutty and his wife coming!!
Jennifer Jones asks each of us to “Imagine, a world that deserves our best where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference.”
Keep it together…
Ann
Last Friday...
As it was the end of the month it heralded our usual social meeting, and after a few brief announcements the Zoom attendees signed off and the Wanderers lot enjoyed the pizza and the fellowship that goes with it.
However, Fellowship continued that evening when our Queen of Fundraising Sonja Hood organized a festive skittles evening where we managed to raise a healthy R6 900, which will go towards funding our projects.
The theme was decidedly festive as we were told to wear our best Christmas headgear.
There were once again wonderful raffle prizes to be won and ticket sales exceeded all our expectations.
The competition was fierce between the green and the red team and judging by the noise levels and the laughter everyone had a marvelous time.
Generosity abounds at the second Food Drive at Norwood Spar...
On Saturday and Sunday the the Rosebank Rotary volunteers were once again astounded by the generosity awarded us by the Norwood Spar patrons when asked to add a non-perishable food item to their trolley which will go towards giving some much needed Christmas cheer to persons less fortunate than us.
Lyn Collocott reports: "The two people who made the most impression on me at Norwood yesterday: The worker who bought a drink and gave me his R4.70 change on the way out.
And the man who had no cash on him, disliked shopping and said to me: 'Grab a trolley, come into the shop, buy R300 worth of groceries and meet me at the entrance to the check-out tills and I'll pay with my card."
This Friday....
Will be the pen-ultimate meeting for 2022 and we will be inducting our 6th new member for the year, Brigid Booth. She has attended numerous meetings and is very excited to be officially welcomed into the Rosebank Rotary family. Her father was a Rotarian in Durban and her mother was a Rotary Ann, so Brigid is very familiar with what Rotary stands for.
Michelle von Benecke will also be given the opportunity of sharing her story with us. Looking forward to seeing you either in person or online.
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