club avenues of service recent kew high school chaplaincy
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OUR TEAM
YARRA BEND EXECUTIVE
President Ken Maher
Vice President Clinton Sceney
Secretary Anne Brown
Treasurer John Pocock
President Elect Edda Williams
CLUB AVENUES OF SERVICE
Community Bob Lambert
Club Service Bill Chow
Foundation Matt Pollard
International Isabel Armer
Vocational David Shave
Youth Edda Williams
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BULLETIN PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Yarra Bend Rotary
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For the next two weeks I will be acting
President while Ken Maher attends to other
commitments. I’m pleased to report that the
recent Kew High School Chaplaincy
fundraising dinner was a resounding
success. About $7000 was raised and we
have received a certificate appreciation for
the contribution that Yarra Bend Rotary has
made to this very worthy cause.
The support that we provide to worthy
students, who cannot afford some of the
extra things available at the school is greatly
appreciated.
This week I was rostered on for attendance at
the Camberwell Sunday Market. The
inclement weather resulted in an
understandably small turnout of stall holders
and visitors. Under these conditions it was
impossible to continue, so the market was
closed down at about 10 am.
Unfortunately in these circumstances, which
are very rare, we don’t receive any share of
the day’s donation takings.
Bob Lambert
Acting President
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Upcoming Events for your Diary
04 July (TBC) Yarra Bend Changeover Dinner
29 July Plant a Tree Fritsch Holzer Park
10 November Garden Design Festival on 10, 11, 17, 18 November
Dinner Meeting Roster Click Here
Camberwell Market Roster Click Here
Dinner Meeting – 20 June 2018 Chair: Bob Lambert
Visitors: Kaye Grant, Nola Geary, Andi Lambert, Jim Parke, and Yolanda Parke.
Directors Reports:
William Liew is arranging for another day out at the Melbourne Blood Bank. If you would like to donate
blood please speak to William. He will advise us of the date in the near future.
David Shave: Nola and I had an excellent Sunday at Woodend Rotary Club’s annual change-over. It’s an
excellent club that gets so much done. Five of Woodend members will be coming to our changeover dinner.
Ed Brown: Another garden job done this week. This time at Mont Albert. There is no shortage of money for
the club in doing garden jobs.
Thought – Tony Boyd “Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got”, R Brault
Members Moment – Tony Boyd Immigration and Population growth – Victoria
Based on available information from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Tony gave an informative
presentation on Victoria’s rapidly growing population. Graphs he used clearly indicate that the surge of
overseas immigration into Victoria has outperformed the forecasts of the ABS in recent years. Tony also
showed how the increase in both overseas and interstate migration is affecting suburbs in Boroondara with
Hawthorn and Hawthorn East in particular experiencing a big increase in population. He said the ABS stats
indicate that if the current trends continue, Melbourne will have a population of 6.2 million people by 2030.
He said the increase will have the potential for major ramifications on Melbourne’s infrastructure and
services.
Door Prize: This week’s chairman Bob Lambert, also picked up
the door prize?
Upcoming Speakers
27 June Darren Grevis-James – South Africa
11 July TBC
18 July TBC
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Guest Speaker – Boroondara Mayor
Councilor Jim Parke
The Mayor of Boroondara, Councilor Jim Parke gave a very
informative and detailed presentation about the city’s current
planning strategies and the challenges Boroondara faces in
the year ahead.
Boroondara’s population is about 187,000 people and he said
both locals and the broader community appreciated the
municipality as a great place to live and work.
Planning and development is one of the council’s key issues,
He said the council wants to strike a balance between
protection of heritage buildings while making provision for new
housing developments.
Councilor Parke said a community consultation program
conducted last year received more than 12,000 responses
from Boroondara residents and the feedback from them now
underpins everything the council does and hopefully reflective
of the expectations of the local population.
Councilor Parke said that next week, Boroondara Council will adopt a revised plan for the year ahead.
Major works worth $58 will be spent building the Kew Recreation Centre, while other projects including the
Canterbury Hub, Balwyn Community Centre, and Camberwell Community are also on the councils building
program over the next four years.
Councilor Parke said the works on the Balwyn Library have been very successful and the Library is now the
second most attended library in Australia.
Future challenges the council must address includes the cost of recycling rubbish following new standards
required by China. Another issue for council is the state government’s preferred route of the North East
road link which will cut through parts of Boroondara. On a more sobering note, Councilor Parke said
homelessness in Boroondara is another issue that must be addressed with an estimated 400 plus people
having no permanent place of abode. He said the council has already established a ‘protocol’ to find ways
of assisting these people.
Councilor Parke’s tenure as Mayor will end later this year. He is a former head of ‘Crime Stoppers Australia’
and now taking a particular interest in law and order issues in the Boroondara area while working with local
police to develop ways to make communities more aware of their streets and familiarity with neighbours.
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Edda in the Red Heart
While in The Alice f or a break I dropped i nto one of the 3 Alice Sp rings Rotary clubs fo r a couple of meeti ngs . They have some fabulous p rograms here that ass is t outlying s tations and isolated g roups to remain in contact with the cent ral services in Alice Spr ings . Here I am with outgoing p res ident John and my par tner Paul.
While in The Alice for a break I dropped into one of the 3 Alice Springs Rotary
clubs for a couple of meetings. They have some fabulous programs here that
assist outlying stations and isolated groups to remain in contact with the
central services in Alice Springs. Here I am with outgoing president John (r)
and my partner Paul (l). - Edda Williams
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Rotary Swinburne Collaborative Forum July 2018
invited! We look forward to welcoming familiar and new Rotarians to the July Rotary-Swinburne Collaborative Forum. An especially warm welcome to incoming club Presidents for 2018-19! The Collaborative Forum was established to identify collaborative opportunities to the benefit of communities we serve. At the Forum, mutually beneficial initiatives are discussed in order to strengthen our collaborative efforts and amplify the impact for the local community. we welcome your input for discussion items including opportunities for student projects, volunteering opportunities and community engagement initiatives. An agenda will be circulated prior to the meeting. Forum Details Date: Monday 16 July, 2018 Time: 10.00am - 12.00pm Venue: SPS building, meeting room SPS137, Level 1 room 137 Address: 24 Wakefield Street, Hawthorn VIC 3122, see attached map (D3) RSVP: Please RSVP to this email by Monday 9 July. Agenda items will be accepted for inclusion up to this date. If you have any further questions regarding the Forum please contact Sarah Cleveland, Manager – Collaboration and Partnerships at [email protected] or 03 9214 4693.
BREAK THE SILENCE Hawthorn Rotary Club is holding an event on 17th July
2018 to support the Australasian Birth Trauma Association.
For full details please click here: Break the Silence
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Learn more about what we do
Would you would like to know more about Yarra Bend Rotary, please call Club Secretary Anne Brown on
0404029165
You might like to join us for dinner. We meet every Wednesday over dinner at the Amora Hotel 649 Bridge
Road Richmond at 6:30 p.m. for 7:00p.m.
If you would like to come along and find out more about what we do or have a particular interest in hearing
one of our guest speakers, please first contact the Club Secretary to make arrangements.
Our Mailing Address is P.O.Box 241, Kew East, Victoria, 3102 or e-mail : [email protected]
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