On this Wednesday, Thomas Robinson will be inducted into the club. He will be our first new member this year and he will be under the classification of Youth Services. Also great to see that Charles Thomasson informed us that Johnny Bueti is back with us and hopes to be at a meeting in early October 2023. He was recently married to Catherine (see image on right) and we all wish the couple all the best in the future.
At the board meeting last week, we were notified that we were not successful in receiving the grant from Club Helensvale, but also to reapply in the future.
The “workers” are returning to Pentecost Island on 12th October, if all goes to plan. Hopefully, all goes well and the project can now be finalised. Most of the workers who were there in July will give us a presentation at this week’s meeting.
Don’t forget that Ross Augustine has organised a Bunnings Bar-be-que for this coming Friday 22nd September. If you can assist, please contact Ross.
Thought for the Week:
The way I see it if you want the rainbow, you have gotta put up with the rain- Anonymous
Back in July, our construction team traveled to Pentecost Island to erect the X-Ray and Pathology Annexe, which had been pre-manufactured at our project shed, on site at the Mauna Health Centre. The team includes our members Mitch Brown, Al Sirovs, Rotaractors Kristen 'KJ' Jewson, Matt Hayward, Dan Snart, Al Sirov's grandson Hudson and (hopefully) John Groves, the builder.
In a moment, I'll run the risk of violating the Rotary principle of being non-political... But let me start off by quoting from a message by Past Rotary International President Bill Boyd, all the way back from 2007:
“Without literacy, all the written words we encounter every day – not just in books and newspapers, but in maps, labels, street signs, and billboards – are mysteries and roadblocks to full integration into society. For me, teaching someone to read is one of the most rewarding acts of service imaginable. All it costs is patience and time, and the rewards are incalculable. Like nothing else, literacy is a stepping stone away from poverty. It is a gift of self-reliance, one that can be freely passed on from generation to generation. Once there’s literacy in a family, it’s almost always there to stay, as literate parents raise literate children. Literate parents are also more likely to raise healthier children, whose horizons will stretch far beyond their own homes and villages. Literacy, quite literally, opens up a new world.”
Back to the present: Try googling the terms “Adult literacy Australia”. I wish you luck to find anything more recent than an Inquiry commissioned by the Federal Government dated March 2022 titled “Don’t take it read”. It refers to a “corrigendum” tabled in Federal Parliament. Delving deeper into it, it mostly refers to data going back 10 years, to 2011-12… One suspects that the report found a comfortable place resting in somebody's filing cabinet and web server, and that the situation today is much the same:“One in five adult Australians have low literacy and/or numeracy”. This means that around three million adults do not have the skills to meet the demands of work and life.”
So, where do we come in as Rotarians, as members of the community? Quite simple:
volunteer to assist somebody who needs help
personally help somebody who needs help
refer somebody who needs help to a provider
Where to to go to? In Queensland, there are several bodies; here are just two of them:
This year's Surfers Sunrise Golf Day will be held on Monday, 30th October 2023, at the usual location, the Surfers Paradise Golf Club. It will be a 'Shotgun Start' at 12:00 pm (registration from 11:00 am). Several options:
Corporate Hole Sponsor (includes 4 players, signage and advertising)
4-player Team
Single individual player
Chief organizers Doug Lipp and Charles Thomasson are looking both for players, helpers as well as Raffle Prizes. Invite your friends, associates, customers, suppliers and make up a 4-player team or two! Tickets are strictly limited. Bookings close on 23rd October, or when all tickets have been sold.
Secure online booking site is now open. Click on this link, or scan the QR Code:
The annual Golf Day on 30th October will be one of our major fundraisers for the year, and the raffle we conduct forms a very significant part of the income generated. Fundraising Director Ross Augustine needs your assistance to get a big table of prizes together. Congratulations to Evan Mita, who has received a commitment for a week's holiday stay at the Mariner Shores Resort! Thank you!
Two of our most popular youth programs happen shortly after New Year, so now is the time to be on the lookout for suitable candidates. Over the years, Surfers Sunrise has fielded participants to jsut about everyone of these camps. And if the sheer enthusiasm of their reports are anything to go by, it was worth every dollar! Do you know anyone who qualifies? Now is the time to apply. Click on the links for details.
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
Note: Wednesday 12th July is a formal, NOT social meeting to bring the calendar into alignment.
Do you remember the famous Olympic Alpine skier Picabo Street (pronounced Peek-a-boo)? She is now a nurse in an Intensive Care Unit at the local hospital. She is no longer permitted to answer the phone. It caused too much confusion when she answered the phone and said "Picabo, I.C.U"... [This is, of course, a fib. She published her autobiography, titled 'Picabo - Nothing to hide'. And that is a fact.]
You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic. Robert A. Heinlein.
Very relevant these days when people seem to think that punctuation is superfluous:
to be at a meeting in early October 2023. He was recently married to Catherine (see image on right) and we all wish the couple all the best in the future. 
In a moment, I'll run the risk of violating the Rotary principle of being non-political... But let me start off by quoting from a message by Past Rotary International President Bill Boyd, all the way back from 2007: 
Invite your friends, associates, customers, suppliers and make up a 4-player team or two! Tickets are strictly limited. Bookings close on 23rd October, or when all tickets have been sold.
The annual Golf Day on 30th October will be one of our major fundraisers for the year, and the raffle we conduct forms a very significant part of the income generated. Fundraising Director Ross Augustine needs your assistance to get a big table of prizes together. Congratulations to Evan Mita, who has received a commitment for a week's holiday stay at the Mariner Shores Resort! Thank you!
RYTS - Rotary Youth Transition Seminar:
RYLA - Rotary Youth Leadership Award:
