Notes from Meeting 13th July 2017

Peter Higgs was introduced as the 40th president. He welcomed guests, Russ Stephenson (guest speaker) and Kurt Martin.

 

Frank Price gave some sad news that Pat Lawton (wife of Mike Lawton) passed away last Sunday. The funeral will be held on Wednesday 19 July 2017 from 12pm at the Catholic Church in Caloundra. 

Win Fowles completed the international toast - Rotary Club of Singapore. They held their inauguration at the Pan Pacific Hotel, but they meet for lunch every Wednesday at the Tanglin Club. They have 200 members and are the oldest club in Singapore. They do good work including supporting the Malang Children Project which focussed on disease prevention and treatment in East Java.  They also support the specialist Rotary Eye Hospitals along with several other Rotary Clubs. 

 

Peter thanked everyone for their support and reminded everyone he is always available to talk to at any time.

 

 

20 JULY
Barbara told us that Christmas in July at King Ludwigs is going ahead with 52 people confirmed. Barbara thanked Greig for all his help. The bus will be leaving the CCSA hall at 5.45pm sharp. 

 

21 JULY

The Rotary Club of Alexandra Headlands contacted Peter to see if we would like to have a team at their golf day.  The day will be held at Alex on 21 July 2017. 

 

27 JULY

 

4 AUGUST

A Council Grants Information Session will be held on Friday 4 August at 10am. Kevin will send someone from the Community Service Committee.

 

12 OCTOBER

We had to postpone our trip to the Salvation Army which will now be 12 October 2017.

We are hoping for a date in September where everyone can attend different Rotary Clubs in groups.

 

2 NOVEMBER

The TAFE Dinner will be on 2 November 2017.

 

Dave Handy completed the 2 minute vocational talk for the week. He is currently running a small building company and has been in the industry for many years. He said it has changed dramatically over 40 years and unfortunately there is not as much workmanship as there used to be. Once upon a time it would take 16-20 weeks to build a house, now it only takes 6-8 weeks. There are a lot of trade skills missing these days but he has enjoyed his time in the building industry.

 

Kevin Curd thanked all of the volunteers for RYDA. Rosters will be going out this week.

Andrew Wallace, our local federal member, will be attending the course on the 19 July 2017

 

Kevin Leadbetter thanked Marilyn Harris for working on the community museum idea.  She will continue working on this project and Graeme will join her. 

 

Bruce Radford showed us the emergency medical information kit that will be supplied to pharmacies to pass on to the public.  The kit is kept in a convenient place (like the door of the fridge) and contains information on current medication so that in an emergency the ambulance officers have access to this vital information.   This is another wonderful initiative that can positively impact lives.

 

Ross Harrison told us we can have the Rotary Club of Caloundra Pacific embroidered onto our Rotary shirts for an extra $5 per shirt through Rotary  Downunder. The best way to order is to let Ross know your size and he will put the order in. Polo shirts are $28 and corporate shirts are $36.

 

Mike Healy presented awards to Les Pontin, Bryan Mason and Bruce Radford who were not in attendance on Changeover Night to receive them.

 

Russ Stephenson from the Rotary Club of Nambour was our guest speaker. Russ is working on a project involving food plant solutions for PNG.

Malnutrition affects 1 in 3 people on the planet: nearly half of all deaths in children under 5 are attributable to undernutrition and this translates to about 3 million children a year; 160 million kids are stunted (growth) and 50 million are wasted (skin and bone). The project involves working to understand the local foods in the area and how to teach the locals sustainability and self-help. The project is based out of a place called Maugulu which has no roads, infertile soils, extremely low income (<$10 per person per annum) and a banana diet which leads to extreme under nutrition. In 2015-2016 there was a drought that affected the area and the Bedamuni people were forgotten, leaving 28,800 starving people. Malnutrition in PNG is the worst in the world. There are 27,500 different food plants in the world and they are working on teaching the PNG people how they can benefit from eating different plants and fruits to get their minimum daily intake. There has been $32,000 raised with a goal of $67,000.

 

 

 

 

Peter thanked everyone for their help tonight and asked us to enjoy next week at King Ludwigs!