Nambour State College and Worklife For the last couple of weeks, Alex Rotary volunteers have been helping the grade 11's at Nambour State College following an invitation from The Smith Family to augment their "Growing Careers Program. And who better than Rotary with their background in Youth and Business to manage the gap between education and work. So Craig, Geoff, Tony and John have been providing some mentoring workshops on getting ready for work, and doing well with job applications and that all important job interview, as well as some guidance on how to approach career selection. In total the group spoke to 180 kids over 2 days and while some of the students excelled, its clear that this sort of external support "makes a difference" to the students, no matter their academic achievements. Saturday Garden
Inner Wheel & Birthing Mothers - a small group making a big differenceEvery week...Suzanne and Leanne and this team of ladies get together and assemble birthing kits for the island communities. The kits provide basic sterile aids to help expectant mums deliver their babies in very primitive conditions. It's a major logistic exercise from here, to get the kits to the Rotary redistribution centre in Brisbane and then ship to PNG and islands, for the volunteers there to distribute the kits onwards to the mums in need. Its a very practical way that these ladies are helping the health of Mum and Bub arrive safely in the world. A certain scribe recalls seeing many "birthing trees" in Zambia when he was a younger man, and expectant women from the village would go to the village tree and hold on to the tree though the pain of childbirth, in very unsterile conditions. So these kits of a clean sheet, and wipes, pads and medical thread would have been a great help to those women. Our mate Craig, came up with a brilliant suggestion to include a pictorial with the birthing kit on instructions on how the kit components were to be used. Might be particularly helpful to the men of the village who apparently steal the medical thread used to tie the knot for their fishing purposes !! doh! Caloundra Pacific - what else do they get up to? Cal Pac is famous for organising the ROMAC trivia quiz, but what else do they get up to? Here's theirs newsletter...interesting their speaker Mark MacArdle was an early member of Alex Rotary a few years back! Smarty pants Bob On Wednesday morning a certain member set the sartorial dress standard for future Rotary meetings... Saturday Garden Rotary's good deed on Saturday morning Thanks to the Mooloolaba Rotary scribe for this article... The yard clean-up was a small part of a project to extensively refurbish and repair the home both inside and out to make it liveable for the family. The “before” photos show the task the team were confronted with and the “after” photos show the result of 12 Rotarian’s hard work. This project was certainly a case of “many hands make light work”." Mark, Geoff and Roger and team from Mooloolaba, Ray. Michelle, Craig and Geoff and John from Alex. ..and not forgetting Wendy's morning tea which was very well received.. We'll done to everyone involved and a BIG thankyou to The Board Meeting Surf Charity who invited the Rotary team to help. Mark and his team to a great job in the community and its a privilege for Rotary to support such a great cause. The great news is that the home is expected to be handed back to mum and kids in 3 weeks, with new internals and a freshly landscaped garden. !! Young Parents Programs - Alex / Mooloolaba Rotary Project ?Following on from a delivery of books and bookcase to the Young Parents centre, the club is considering helping out with a refurbishment of a shaded area that could be transformed into an exciting all weather play area for the toddlers of the young mums and dads who attend this centre for support and advice on bringing their precious cherubs. We've also reached out to our mates at Mooloolaba Rotary who have been partners in helping with the larger projects in the past. Stay tuned for more news.. Apparently a certain super artistic club member has a few ideas for those blank walls ! Some of us recall that both Mooloolaba and Alex Rotary clubs refurbished the front garden pre-covid and the front of the centre is in good condition with teh soft play and mud sinks in good order.. ..a certain club treasurer's painting prowess, is still evident in the above play area. Inside the Young Parents centre, its very welcoming, this is where the education and support takes place from Tanya Fraser and her team.. Solstice Swim - Now looking for ideas for sponsors OK members, so the club is having only one major fundraiser this year, the Solstice Swim, so get your thinking hats on and help Bob and his team find some sponsors..any ideas...drop Bob a line on boblane55@hotmail.com The theme is "community education" especially saving kids lives through learn to swim so anyone with an interest in this should be on your list. Clean Up Australia Day - Sunday 5th March Attention readers...here's your chance to support your community. Register for a local clean up and do your bit to maintain the beautiful Sunshine Coast. Craig will have details on Wednesday... btw, did you know that we have 2 turtle nests on Alex Beach for the first time in years...!!..so it's their backyard too.. ROMAC Trivia Quiz - Thursday 2nd March Just letting you know there are still a couple of places available for the Caloundra-Pacific ROMAC Trivia evening at Unity College, next Thursday 2nd March. We have two tables of 8 (total 16) and we have booked in a total of twelve – 2 tables of 6. Partners definitely can be booked in … we have a few partners within our booking of 12. Please contact me pretty quickly if you’re interested in being a late starter. Cost is $35 per head and that includes a “light supper”. The is a cash bar and an opportunity to buy raffle tickets which, if like previous years, will have MANY prizes!. Start time is listed in The Gist as “Doors open 6.15pm and trivia starts at 7.00 PM”
Unity College is at 47 Lomond Cres, Caloundra West QLD If interested, let Tony know and copy Wendy in as she is collecting the money and making a single payment for the club. If you’re a late addition, please also advise any dietary issues. Email we were not expecting Every so often the club secretary gets an email out of the blue. here's one that came this week... Dear President/Secretary Rotary Club of Alexandra Headland Namaste from Rotary Club of Dhulikhel From Nepal.It is our pleasure and honor to contact your club for friendship and cooperation. Regarding, the Rotary Club of Dhulikhel , it is one of the most active clubs in Nepal with many service projects . We have 30 members at the moment . We would like to take this honor to introduce my club visual presentation . Thank you for your cooperation and looking back at your response. With best regards, Ranjeev Shrestha-Past President Rotary Club of Dhulikhel RID3292 Nepal-Bhutan Dhulikhel,Nepal What's App/Viber-9851175960 "Rotary is in more countries that MacDonalds" |
