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President's Message

Mitch Brown
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Buill aon is a h-uile duine,
 
On behalf of the Rotary Club of Surfers Sunrise, Ashleigh Symes laid a wreath at the ANZAC Dawn Service at Surfers Paradise. Just as the service finished the rain started to bucket down.
 
X-Ray Unit for Pentecost Island: Subject to confirmation that material will be onsite at Pentecost, the plan now is for the X-ray facility to be assembled in two stages. Stage One will involve a team of six travelling arriving on Pentecost on 13 May to check over the material and commence preliminary work such as erecting the floor joists on the footings, assembling the wall and roof trusses, placing the wall panels in order of installation and the like.
This preparatory work will be a bit like staring a jigsaw puzzle – find all the straight edges, separate the colours, complete the border and then work inwards.
 
Stage One is expected to last about 5 days or so and how much can be achieved in this time will determine how long Stage Two will take in July and how large that party will need to be.
 
If the material isn’t on site at Pentecost by 13 May then it’s back to the drawing board. [Hey! what happened to the good ol' Australian saying "She'll be right, mate"? Ed. ☺
 
Enjoy your week and see you Wednesday.
 
Mitch Brown,
President 2022-23
Stories
This coming Wednesday's guest speaker: Andrew Campbell
Andrew Campbell, recommended by Paul O'Neill, is a professional Audiologist with a Masters degree in Audiology from the University of Queensland.
 
Did you know that brain health and hearing issues are connected? (Yes, there is still hope - it may not be too late! ☺)  Andrew will have a free book for all the people attending.
Can you walk for 5.7 Km? Join Graeme at the Gold Coast Marathon 
Here is an email from Graeme Isaacson:
 
Greetings Franz & Fellow Rotarians ……One of the events of the God Coast Marathon Weekend is the Gold Coast Airport Fun Run & I’m putting together a team from our Surfers Sunrise Rotary Club ….Anne & I are already registered. Here are the details……1) Distance, only 5.7 kl…..2) When, Saturday the 1st of July…..3) Time, 1000hrs….4) Where, Along the Broadwater….5) Starting Point, Broadwater Parklands….Cost, $90.00…BUT only $70.00 to us by joining the Sunrise Rotary Group & paying by the 28th of April….SPECIAL NOTE…..Participants can…. run….jog….walk….crawl or do Cartwheels as long as they finish within 1 hour & 20 minutes (Brisk Walking would take about an hour)….there is a great atmosphere at the track with Families / adults /children/teenagers & Corporate Groups………its healthy & a fun way to enjoy our fabulous Gold Coast Lifestyle…..& at the same time Showcase Surfers Sunrise Rotary……….Register on the “Gold Coast Marathon Website”……PLUS…..send an e-mail to me with your Registration Number to  business@mainbeachpost.com.......krg
KRG (Kind Regards Graeme)
…PS: the event is the “Gold Coast Airport 5 Km Fun Run”…….any questions? email me or contact me on my mobile.
How good is that guy?
The photo (by Al Sirovs) shows Wheelchair Trust Chairman Larry Murray pointing out Terry Donovan, one of our long term, regular volunteers at the Project Shed. Terry has just returned from the Transplant Games 2023 in Perth.
  • Age group 80+ he was the oldest competitor.
  • Competitors from around the world approx 1500
  • Of which 180 were Australian.
  • Terry had a heart transplant back in 1992.
  • His donor's family attended.
  • Terry's grandson was named "Nathen '', the same as the donor.
  • Achievements :- Shot Put "GOLD "
  • Javelin " GOLD '
  • Discus "SILVER"
  • Golf "BRONZE"
Our hearty congratulations, Terry, from all the members and your fellow associate members of the Rotary Club of Surfers Sunrise! 
Follow-up on our last guest speaker: Elliott Cox
"... at 18 years of age I was diagnosed with cancer. On October 13th, 2015, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of blood cancer. The doctors found one of the largest tumours ever discovered in the history of the Gold Coast University Hospital. It was 21cm in diameter and 10cm thick. It was like having an inflated football in my chest. A record I am weirdly proud of..." Elliott opened up his speech. He was 18 years old at the time, he didn't smoke, didn't drink, didn't do drugs, ate healthy food, super fit (he played soccer at State level). "The doctors called it 'bad luck'" he said. 
 
There followed six years of non-stop therapy, treatment, surgery. Then he suffered a fungal rash which almost killed him. Then the right side of his heart stopped working, and both his lungs collapsed. "One of the ways to save me was forced oxygen." But, due to all the chemotherapy, Elliott found himself allergic to - oxygen. The only possible option was a double lung transplant. Then the waiting began...
 
Read Elliott's gripping outline of his, his family's and his doctor's fight his life - there is a PDF in the Download section on the right.
Duty Roster
 
Duty Roster - note: subject to change - please check every week.  Note: Fellowship duty also is expected to be at the Project Shed on the Saturday following the meeting
 
DateDoorChairmanFellowship/Project Shed (following Saturday)
03/05/2023Fred HamblenChris ThurtellPaul Smith
10/05/2023N/A (Social Meeting)N/A (Social Meeting)Charles Thomasson
17/05/2023Neil ThurlowPeter MorganAshleigh Symes
24/05/2023N/A (Social Meeting)N/A (Social Meeting)Mark Twyford
31/05/2023Evan MitaRoss AugustineNicole Bricknell
07/06/2023N/A (Social Meeting)N/A (Social Meeting)Andy Bell
14/06/2023Jake RichardsTrent BellingJohnny Bueti
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Read more...
Inspirations - well, sort of... 030523
The best feature of having a hearing aid is to be able to turn it off. (Anonymous - for obvious reasons...)
 
Our compatriots seem to put much stock in slapping a tag on their ailments. Presumably, a complaint common enough to have a name implies that you are not alone and dangles options like internet chat rooms and community support groups for rhapsodic communal bellyaching. Lionel Shriver – ‘We need to talk about Kevin’
 
"What four letter word do people with hearing difficulties use most often?"
"What??"
"Correct."
Download Files
Elliott Cox: Surving a full Lung Transplant
Upcoming Events
Andrew Campbell, Audiologist
Surfers Paradise SLSC
May 03, 2023
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Angie Bell - Federal MP for Moncrief
Surfers Paradise SLSC
May 17, 2023
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
 
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Disassembly and loading X-Ray Annexe
Christmas Party at the project Shed
Visitors from Rotary Club Kasoko, Japan
Surfers Sunrise Golf Day 2022
Changeover Luncheon 02 July 2022
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