2-May-18 The Jewish Experience in Australia  Lynda Ben-Menashe

 No meeting 25 April (ANZAC day)

 Meeting at Massey Park Golf Club MAP  

PRESIDENT RICK'S RUN

President Rick Vosila is running the Stamford Financial Hilly Marathon on Hamilton Island on 6th May 2018 in support of Chalmers Road School, Strathfield and specifically to raise funds to go towards the purchase of a wheelchair-accessible bus for the school that educates the intellectually disabled.

President Rick Vosila says “The least I can do is spend 4-5 hours running up and down hills on Hamilton Island if it means I can raise a few dollars to help buy that bus.”

 

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PS "Oh yes... and running in my Superman costume again!" says Rick

Your support for this great cause would be very much appreciated by the children of Chalmers Road School that can't get out and about at the moment.

Let's buy that  bus!

RENEWAL

THE CHANGEOVER ... it's upon us; only months now until President-elect Charles Pitt takes over from President Rick. This means a NEW opportunity for you to contribute to our Rotary Club.

The new board will be looking to make our Club exciting. The district assembly is next week where our new board will involve its self  with a strategy

What's there to do I hear you ask? Lots! For example, some jobs categorised within club service: the programs, Facebook, the enews, the webpage maintenance, web design, electronic communication generally. And there is so much more. Now is time for renewal. There are many opportunities to contribute to our Club.

If you want to be a player think about what's available to you. Can you inspire us? Search out a club director.

PROGRAMS FOR THE COMING WEDNESDAYS

ANZAC DAY

In past years Strathfield Rotary Club would hold an ANZAC day breakfast (click). It's a video of an event in 2009 (give it time to load)

Here are some ANZAC facts

* ANZAC is an abbreviation for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.

* April 25, Anzac Day, was the day the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915.

* ANZACs were all volunteers

* The first dawn service on an ANZAC Day was in 1923.

* The ANZACs were on the Gallipoli Peninsula for only 8 months, where around 8,000 of them died.

* There is no town called “Gallipoli”. It is the name of an area.

* ANZAC Day was not a public holiday in Australia until 1921.

* The date, 25 April, was officially named ANZAC Day in 1916.

GENERAL.

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