The Reel 11 January (Jan 11, 2019)

Jan 15, 2019

Chris Paterson, Bamboo Projects

Improving Mental Health in the Surf

Having suffered depression himself, Chris Paterson wanted to help others improve their mental health. By taking people out surfing and in the ocean, Chris has created his own style of mental health support - in the water!

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Our Last Meeting

Our first meeting for the year was a casual Vocational Visit to the Caloundra Lighthouses organised by Daryl.

The meeting was chaired by member Roger Todd who also happens to be honorary architect for the Friends of the Caloundra Lighthouses.

Roger's involvement with the lighthouses goes back to the 1990s when the modern Signal Station had been decommissioned and the old 1896 lighthouse was at Golden Beach after being moved there in 1970 after the new lighthouse, signal station and radar installation had been first built.

Roger thanked the Friends and members who attended and helped with guided tours, John and Donnalea, John Bradley, Julia, Sandy, John and Janice Groves, and River.

It was President Bernie's birthday, and she was given a card signed by the members.

January is Vocational Service Month

A Toast to Rotary International

1,200,000 members, 35,000 clubs worldwide; 197 countries in world

Rotary seems to have clubs in all but nine countries: Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, Uzbekistan, Yemen & Vatican

If we propose a toast to ONE Club each meeting say 45 meetings per year, that would take us around 777 .7 years. Five clubs per meeting would only take us 155 years. So instead, if the toast is proposed each week to one club from each country, that will only take us four+ years.

Having found out that it takes about two hours to locate a club and get details, no wonder Alan Still called it a da;, I may try to work our way through the alphabet by country.

But this just goes to show how massive Rotary International is, and we are part of it.

So tell your business associates, clients, friends, police officers, nurses just what sort of an organization we are part of. And tell them of the wonderful things we do worldwide on which Mark will be educating us in his Rotary Today segment.

So today, toast the organization we are proudly a part of.

Golf Day Sponsor wins

Currimundi Family Doctors won the Early Bird prize of $500 in value of products from Dan Murphy's.

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2017-18 annual report now available

Read about Rotary's accomplishments during 2017-18 in the annual report. The report includes highlights from the year, service projects that are having a positive, long-term impact, and stories from donors on why they contribute to The Rotary Foundation.

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January is Vocational Service Month

National Youth Science Forum - A (Canberra)

Canberra

Jan 02, 2019 – Jan 13, 2019

National Youth Science Forum - B (Brisbane UQ)

Brisbane (UQ)

Jan 09, 2019 – Jan 20, 2019

International (Training) Assembly

San Diego, USA

Jan 12, 2019 – Jan 19, 2019

Member Birthdays

Helen Fox

January 5

Rachael Witton

January 6

Bernie Strong

January 8

Gerry Swan

January 18

Ian Belcher

January 27

Alan Bethune

January 31

Spouse Birthdays

Bernie Strong

January 8

Peter Fox

January 22

Jan Condon

January 25

Anniversaries

Merv Paddison

Anne Paddison

January 4

Join Date

Stephen Engstrom

January 26, 2016

3 years