In 2011 Ann and Jeff Ross discovered a colony of honeybees had made a home in the wall of their mechanical workshop in Beerburrum. Many people might have followed the advice of friends and called in the pest control but having come from a family of apiarists; Jeff coaxed the bees into a box and before long bees and honey had become their passion.
Ann’s new-found interest in bees and her love of stingless native honey meant it wasn’t long before there were eight thriving colonies in the backyard. What happened next launched Hive Haven in a new direction toward saving both our stingless native bee.
Ann Ross will be presenting to us next Tuesday morning.
ShelterBox is working closely with Rotary in Indonesia. We have great support from Rotary in Lombok, support from the Governor and also connections with Rotary in Jakarta. We have dispatched a ShelterBox Response Team who are ready to undertake an assessment to determine if we can provide assistance. Rotary will be invaluable in helping us get through the barriers in conducting our assessment in-country and providing support if it is required.
Mark was king for the day - Chair, Presenter, and spruiker for The Rotary Foundation. He welcomed Ken (RC Morwell), about to be member, Ana and Rachael's daughter Meg.
Past Governor Alan took us to the South Pacific with our International Toast to the Rotary Club of Lautoka, Fiji.
The Shepherds Arms Children's Home (SACH) in Bohol, Philippines plans to grow fish from fingerlings in a purpose built fish farm to assist the children’s home become self-sufficient in providing a supply of food. A revenue stream from selling surplus fish is anticipated.
Caloundra Rotary - in partnership with Humanitarian Projects International and the Rotary Clubs of Gladstone, Qld and Tagbilaran, Philippines - has established a project to establish the fish farm.
The total budget is $2,000 for which Rotary District 9600 has approved a grant of $1,000.
The project should be completed in September 2018.
Neville Woodforth is retired from a career in project management in the built environment. He was involved in school P&C's when his daughter was school age and when she became a Rotary international exchange student he joined Rotary. With a strong belief in the need to assist young people to achieve their full potential he became involved in Rotary youth programs to promote science, leadership, citizenship, community service and adolescent road safety.
Neville joined the Rotary Club of Boonah on 1 November 1991 and was its president in the 1996-97 Rotary Year. He moved to the Rotary Club of Caloundra Pacific on 11 January 2007 and later joined the Rotary Club of Caloundra on 10 July 2017.
We have heard from many of our members in the 'Three Minutes on Me' segment at our meetings, and we are just starting to learn about the vocations of our working members.
So, the editor of our weekly newsletter 'The Reel' would like to feature your Member Profile in The Reel. In addition to the feature appearing in The Reel, it will make a perfect post for our Facebook page.
The Profile would include snippets of your working life, retirement highlights, the reasons you joined Rotary, and something of your life as a Rotarian in Caloundra and elsewhere.
We encourage you to put pen to paper and contribute to this segment please.
Don't be shy - we want to hear from you? Just send an email to Les at one of our meetings.
After a seven year drought, it's very clear that our Farmers and their families, the backbone of Australia, are doing it exceptionally tough. The National Farmers' Federation, Channel 9 & Rotary in Australia will work together to raise much needed funds from the very generous Australian public.
The National Farmers' Federation will then be able to access these funds and provide support to approved organisations, helping Farmers through this difficult time.
Attend a webinar on 17 August 2018, 12:30am AEST, to learn about and promote Rotary Global Rewards. Rotary Global Rewards is our member benefits program for Rotary and Rotaract club members and Rotary program alumni. It offers discounts on products and services. Find out how you can take advantage of these special offers, post your own, or choose offers that give back to Rotary. If you can’t attend the live webinar, just register and we’ll send you a recording.
Royal Queensland is in great shape and we can’t wait to hit a few balls around this iconic course, on what promises to be a great day. Cost this year is only $100 per player, so if you want to join us be quick, as spots are strictly limited and will be allocated on first in basis. Full details can be found below. If you feel up to it, give us a call or email and we will do the rest.
We have heard from many of our members in the 'Three Minutes on Me' segment at our meetings, and we are just starting to learn about the vocations of our working members.
