Our Meeting on Thursday 17th September will be GS Dennis Evan from Night Eyes Water and Land Care Group
Don't forget to register your attendance
Calpac Capers 10th September 2026
Rotarian Will Waterford opened the meeting and welcomed AG Tex Pipke and his wife Robyn to the meeting.
Also welcomed was Peter Asher's partner Wendy Hoskins.
Tex Pipke spoke very well on the scourge of Domestic Violence. Some of the highlights: Woman and children have to move and make stays (generally). Response is to make laws but not provide answers. What can Rotary do? Raise awareness by wearing shirts and starting conversations. Speak up when noticing anything amiss. The National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect is a great organisation. They train facilitators to teach kids in respectful relationships. This is an organisation Rotarians can be involved in and not necessarily in our own immediate area. Change can’t be achieved with inaction. Tex’s presentation gave us a lot to think about.
International Toast - Bruce Radford. The big advantage of supporting Rotary rather than other charities is that when disaster strikes in any part of the world there are local Rotarians there on the spot to provide immediate help at a time when it is most needed. Rotary has supplies of food and shelter boxes that can be quickly mobilised for those in desperate need.
As an example, I donated to the Tsunami Appeal through my work, but when they were ready to hand over our donations, they couldn't find an organisation to accept them. We then had to decide where else to direct the funds. This is just one reason it is so important we support the Rotary Foundation. Rotary is not simply an organisation that responds with money. It responds with relationships, local knowledge, volunteers, practical experience and — perhaps most importantly — friendship. We are all aware of the absolute disaster if recent weeks n Nepal. It has been catastrophic, having killed more than 1,300 people, with thousands still missing, while homes, roads, bridge and hydropower infrastructure have been destroyed. Among the missing are 35 Australians. So tonight I would like to propose a toast to the Rotary Club of Kathmandu, which has an established disaster response program providing food, clean water, shelter materials, clothing and medical assistance, as well as helping rebuild homes, schools and essential infrastructure after earthquakes, floods and landslides. The Rotary Club of Kathmandu was chartered in 1959 and was the first Rotary club established in Nepal. It currently has 46 members . . ... assuming they all survived. They will be greatly needed. So could we all raise a glass in a toast to the Rotary Club of Kathmandu. Directors Moments Youth – Bruce Radford reported that Neville Woodforth was nominated for Champion Citizen award and was being supported by Les. Community – Suzanne Lee-Archer Nambour show netted us $2308 just for our volunteer time. BBQ at Bunnings is on 4 October. 15 Shelter bags will by donated to the Salvos. Christmas Trailer Raffle starts early November. 9 October is our golf day – more prizes are needed, particularly wine. Members Moments Win Fowles Army Cadets are also nominated in the community awards. His granddaughter Lucy has a one woman show at the Vancouver Fringe Festival. Graeme Bowden has had two ops and is facing a health struggle. We are all thinking about him. Former member David Smith has just had a pacemaker placed. We wish him well also. Greig Lee-Archer Caloundra State High School mock interviews went well and were much appreciated by the students and the school. Janet Brown Reported that Rotarian Dan Holzapfel from the Cleveland Rotary Club died recently at the age of 104. He very generously donated $2 million to the Rotary Foundation.
Peter Asher also brought along a Shelter Bag for everyone to see - if yiou wish to stil buy one, please contact him.
Riki Tiki Run by Will and won by David Johnston. Sergeant Vern Brown did a great job. Raffle was conducted. Will waterford closed the meeting.
