1) All Presidents and Secretaries would have received an email this week from Andrew Best from the RI office in Parramatta regarding the Office of the Children's Guardian. This office monitors and audits organisations to ensure they are meeting their obligations. Rotary clubs in NSW have been selected as part of their audit. On Wednesday the 4th September 2019, you would have received an email from
compliance@kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au asking if your club undertakes programs for youth or children.
Please ensure you respond to this email.
2)
The Rotary Club of Sydney Darling Harbour invites all Rotarians and friends to the
2019 Rotary Inspirational Women's Awards Luncheonto be held on Sunday 27th October at City Tattersall Club, 198 Pitt St Sydney at 12.00pm. Cost is $65.00pp. Contact: Rae-Ane Medforth
raeanne_medforth@worksight.com.au (Please see attachment for booking details).
3) The Rotary Club of Parramatta invites all Rotarians and friends to celebrate two significant dates in the world calendar, by meeting in a convivial setting and sharing stories with people from diverse cultures within our communities, both local and international. A High Tea will be held on Saturday 26th October at Rydges Parramatta at 11.00 am to celebrate United Nations Day and World Polio Day both on the 24th October.
Rotary and the United Nations have a shared history of working toward peace and addressing humanitarian issues around the world and Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 30 years. As a founding partner of the
Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we as Rotarians have helped to reduced polio cases by more than 99.9 percent. It is important to remember that if all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyse as many as 200,000 children each year. Contact: Christine McSeveny e:
mcseveny@bigpond.net.au m: 0421 082 842 (Please see attachment for details).
4) The END POLIO NOW campaign leaders in Evanston have signed off on fundraising goals for the current Rotary year with $50m for Polio eradication. They would like every club in every District to set a minimum PolioPlus goal of $1,500 – in addition to Annual Fund goals. They are also encouraging us all to celebrate World Polio Day on October 24. Our District is supporting the Polio Train Ride starting at Cronulla at 4.33AM and finishing at Tallawong at 10.52PM after going to all 195 stations in the Sydney area.
Most Rotarians agree that fund raising becomes more difficult each year and last year was particularly arduous, given the huge demands of the tragic drought prevailing throughout most of NSW and Queensland. In May, the END POLIO NOW campaign had raised just $30m.That equated to $3m per month over the first ten months of the year. Take that average forward to the end of June and our total would have been approximately $36m, a shortfall of $14m. This would have left $28m of the Gates funding match on the table and would have had a great impact on our work in the field. Concern was shared around the world and the response was magnificent. Every END POLIO NOW Coordinator reported extra effort from clubs and Districts and incredibly the final total was $50.8m.
The great news for August was the completion of a Polio free three years for Nigeria, with certification to follow in the near future. Further cases of Wild Polio Virus have been reported in Afghanistan and Pakistan – a tribute to more intensive surveillance measures in the area of conflict along the Pakistan/Afghanistan border. The latest figures (with figures for the same period 2018 in brackets) are:
- Global – 71 (15)
- Afghanistan – 13 (12)
- Pakistan – 58 (3)
The final total for 2018 was 33, with 21 in Afghanistan and 12 in Pakistan. The number of global cases for vaccine derived polio stands at 59. There were 50 cases at the same time last year, and a total of 103 for the year.
5)
The Rotary Club of Sydney Inner West invites Rotarians and friends to the
Spring into Spring Dinner Dance at the Balmain Bowling Club on Saturday 21st September at 6.30pm. Cost: $75.00pp. Proceeds to the PCYC Glebe-Leichhardt. Contact Cherylinne Graham m: 0403 863 036
e:cherylinnersiw@yahoo.com. (Please see attachment for details).
6) A new digital edition of
Good Manners in Rotary is available. It is a Kindle edition and can be found at:
Good Manners in Rotary. This book was written by PDG John Thorne while he was District Governor. It costs US $1.50 (about $2.20 AUD). All proceeds go to The Rotary Foundation.
7) In January 2020, Rotary in India will be celebrating 100 years of Rotary service in India. As part of the celebrations for this historic moment in Rotary District 3190, a mega event titled Rotary Idol International 2020 been scheduled for the 1st February 2020. This is a singing contest to crown the best singer in Rotary worldwide. Contestants will perform in front of an expected crowd of 5000 plus of Rotarians, Rotaractors and family members, one big, happy and happening Rotary party. The District Governor Dr. Sameer Hariani and his gracious First Lady Rtn. Dr. Roopa Hariani are preparing to give their International contestants a memorable experience in Bangalore. Contestants will also attend the District 3190 Conference on 1st and 2nd February, a conference that promises to be one of the most engaging and memorable conferences ever. They promise an enjoyable stay, legendary hospitality and sightseeing in and around Bangalore as their special guests. (Please see the attachment for more information).
8) The Rotary Club of Kiama is organising a raffle for a MG ZS 1.5 litre auto. Tickets are $100 each and there will be a maximum of 450 tickets sold. It will be drawn at their Auto Expo on 24th November. Proceeds will go to local projects including the Parkinson's Support Group. (Please see the attachment for details on how to purchase your ticket).
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