Grovedale Rotary Bulletin 8 June 2016 (Jun 08, 2016)

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Grovedale A0017768R Inc.

Service Above Self

We meet Wednesdays at 06:30 PM

Mercy Place Rice Village

2-26 Marshalltown Rd
Marshall, Victoria 3216
Australia

District Site

Venue Map

Lesley Goode

Changeover Dinner Wednesday 29 June 2016

Changeover dinner is one of our most important events of the year. The date for the changeover dinner is Wednesday 29 June 2016 6.30pm for a 7 pm start. We request you rsvp your numbers below so as we can have catering right for the night.

Please rsvp all numbers to Greg Cooke by close of business on Friday 24 June 2016. Please call on 0437 443603 or 0352443600 or email me on greg.waurnponds@helloworld.com.au.

Rotary Leadership

Rotary International President - K.R.Ravindran
District 9780 Governor - Jane Cox
Rotary Club of Grovedale President - Lesley Goode.
Meeting Number - 1858

Wednesday, 15June May 2016.

Sergeant Saddo.

President's Report

Meeting 15 June 2016.

Welcome back Graham Perkins. He reported that he is now pain free and progressing well. He thanked members for their support.

Likewise, David Carlyle was back at Rotary and reported that Trish is recovering well and can receive visitors by appointment. Trish and David also thanked members for their support.

Tonight we also welcomed back Christine who has returned from a tour of Italy and Mediterranean cruise.

Barwon Health Patient Transport: Club was presented with a framed certificate to acknowledge our donation of $3000 to this cause. This joint project has raised $24500 and will enable 3 more vehicles with Rotary badging to be provided.

Our guest speaker this week was Gary Jennings from Consumer Affairs: Justice and Regulation. He gave an informative talk on scams, giving a series of anecdotes to which the immediate thought was “ how can anyone be so stupid’ . But Gary pointed out that the scammers use grooming techniques, extortion, threats, fraud etc and they do target the elderly! Huge amounts of money are being lost to scammers every year. Gary’s message – don’t engage with potential scammers and don’t be ashamed to report a scam if somehow you become involved. Gary left with us a very useful booklet – The Little Black Book of Scams. I have sufficient for those who were unable to hear Gary’s speech.

Reports this week:

Pam: Reminded us of the gifting program. There is a Christmas card, Bereavement (Rotarian), Beareavement (Non Rotarian) and an all occasion (eg birthday, wedding) card. Pam urged us to make use of these cards to make a donation to a Rotary cause and asked us to promote the gifting program in the community.

Carlie: Reminder – Icefight information evening, Monday 20^th June at the Arena, 6 – 9pm. All welcome and refreshments provided. Please register on line.

Bill: Bowelscan – this year approximately 7000 kits sold.

Bob: Aldi BBQ this Saturday – 18^th June. There are some vacancies on the roster, if you are able to help please contact Bob ASAP. Computer has crashed but will get the roster out.

Ineke: Her son David Thornton is the speaker at a fund raiser for the Barwon Health/Andrew Love Centre being run by Our Women, Our Children. Please refer to Facebook page for information.

Joint Board meeting next Wednesday, 22^nd June. All current and incoming Board members invited to attend! Please send items for discussion to Peter ASAP.

For the penultimate time - Have a good week

Lesley.

Reminders for your Calendar.

Wed 22 June Normal Meeting with Joint Board meeting of old and new boards. Early Start to be advised.

Wed 29 June Changeover Dinner. RSVP to Greg Cooke on 0437443603 or 52443600 by Friday 24 June.

Tuesday 5 July Bunnings BBQ.

Wed 06 July No meeting.

Wed 13 July Jonathon Clarke, Food Bank.

Get your Entertainment book from Paul(from Greg while Paul is away) for $60 great value!

Wed 20 July Sally Morse and Belmont HS students report on Fiji trip and project.

Wed 29 July Brian Humphreys(President Geelong East) proposed water project Cambodia using global grant.

Tuesday 27 Sept Bunnings BBQ.

BBQ Reminders.

Bunnings Tuesday 5 July.

Aldi Saturday 16 July.

Bunnings Tuesday. 27 Sept.

President Elect 2016/7 Bill Trengrove Proposed Board.

Pres. Bill T
Sec. Coddy
Treas. Ken W
P.elect Greg C
P.P. Lesley G
International David C
Foundation Carly H
Youth John Mc
Comm Serv Ineke T
M/ship & PR Chris H
Funds Paul DBA (no Funds last year)

Rotarian Duties

Chair for Meeting.

22 June Bill Trengrove.

29 June Changeover Dinner.

13 July Lesley Goode.

20 July Pam Hook

27 July Jan Gillett

RYDA Geelong Pilot Program

RYDA Geelong Pilot Program

Thank you all for your clubs’ interest and support. RYDA is definitely happening!

1.About RYDA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kcb8hccs8U

RYDA (Rotary Young Driver Awareness) is a road safety education program for 17-18 year old students. The program was initiated by Rotary members in the northern suburbs of Sydney 14 years ago in response to the high number of young people killed and injured on our roads each year. Since then well over 400 000 students have participated in the program in Australia and New Zealand.

Not-for-profit organisation Road Safety Education (RSE) provides the program content.

In metropolitan areas RYDA programs are run by RSE with the help of Rotary volunteers. In regional areas, local Rotary clubs organise the entire program using RSE materials.

2.Why RYDA is different to the government programs? Is it worth it?

The government road safety education program Fit2Drive is a half day in school program for year 11 students and covers some of the same areas as RYDA including responsibilities, distractions, strategies to avoid peer pressure etc.

RYDA is a one day school excursion made up of 6 interactive sessions: Speed & Stopping, Hazards & Distractions, The Personality Test, Rights & Responsibilities, After the Crash and Genevieve’s Story.

RYDA has more impact on students:

It is run outside the school.
Practical driving demonstrations of stopping distances – seeing a car stop (and hit a “pedestrian”) is much more effective than being told facts and figures.
Genevieve’s Story – the impact on family, friends and community of a road death.
Hearing a crash survivor talk about the impact on their life.

Having seen RYDA in action and being the parent of 3 young drivers, this is a program I would have liked to have been available to my 2 older children and I would like it to be available to my last learner driver.

3.RYDA Geelong

The date has been pushed back from Monday June 6 to Thursday August 4 or 11 to give us time to finalise funding and also to invite potential facilitators and sponsors to attend.

All secondary schools have been contacted, 9 have expressed interest and 6 have replied with firm numbers of students they would like to bring:

Geelong Lutheran College 22
St Josephs College 34
Clonard College 15
Bellarine Secondary College 21 + Year 11 cohort if successful
North Geelong Secondary College 24
Thomas Carr College Tarneit 15 Total 131

When the date and cost have been finalised we will again contact the other schools.

RYDA will cost approximately $3600. This initial program is more costly than usual as presenters are travelling from Melbourne. In the future it is hoped that the program will be almost self-supporting.

A grant for $2000 has been applied for from the COGG. We will hear the outcome at the end of May.
Sponsorship has been sought from several Geelong businesses and organisations which advertise their support of community programs, and also the TAC. We have not had any success as yet. However, we are still awaiting some replies and will seek further sponsors prior to the first program.
Several Rotary Clubs have indicated they will support RYDA if necessary.
- Corio Bay, Drysdale, Geelong West, Grovedale, Lara and Torquay $200 each, Queenscliffe $200 - $500 if needed, Geelong $500.
- Total of $1900 - $2200. Thank you!

Our aim is for sponsorships and donations to total a minimum of $2600 to keep student fees to $10.

4.How you can help this year

Money of course.
A volunteer from each club to help on the day and have a look at the program.
Potential ongoing sponsors – if you have any contacts please let us know.
Local facilitators – driving instructors, teachers, youth workers, emergency services personnel etc. If you know of anyone who might be interested please let us know.

5.Next Year

Committee members – thanks Adrian Schmidt from Ocean Grove and Russell Campbell from Corio Bay who have already volunteered to be school liason (sorry I forgot to mention you at the meeting!!).
Develop ongoing sponsorship partnerships
Local facilitators
Equipment – laptops & projection equipment, safety bollards & cones (to borrow or purchase)

Karen & Wayne Pecar

RYDA Committee

wpecar@bigpond.net.au

Barwon Health Volunteers Thank you Invitation