Our next meeting will be 6:30pm Wednesday 24 May at the Graphic Arts Club, Mascot.
Please advise if you will be attending to info@botanyrandwickrotary.org.au
President's Message
Welcome to this Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Botany Randwick Inc. Our club has been serving the local and international community since 1948.
Rotary promotes the ideal of service through fellowship. Attending our meetings allows members to enjoy the fellowship of other club members, enrich their professional and personal knowledge, and meet other business leaders in their community.
As a Club we support a wide range of local and international projects. As well as a broad range of local and international community projects, we are particularly focused on the Rotary projects, Australian Rotary Health, Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) and Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) together with The Rotary Foundation.
All are very welcome to any of our meetings in 2023.
At this meeting Simon Van Wyk, one of our more recent, and already very active, members will tell us his story.
Our last meeting
Our meeting on 10 March was a convivial meeting over dinner when we took the opportunity to talk about a number of current initiatives.
Windeward Bound. Simon told us about how he came to identify a number of students from the Alexandria Community College who could participate in the Windeward Bound sailing voyage to Brisbane. We look forward to having the principal & the students to a club meeting to give their recollections and potential relationship building with the College. Refer to news letter item under.
RYPEN. Greg gave an overview of into his involvement in the project and participation on the Sunday, the enthusiastic responses from Cohen & Tahlia on arrival and the final activity with the presentation ceremony. He has been advised by the Deputy Principal JJ Cahill HS of the very positive reactions from our two participants and their presentations to the school.
Sydney Airport. Mark advised that the next collection will take place on Friday next week and a count will occur the following Saturday. There is focus on refurbishment of the coin collection bins by AWS Signs,
ROMAC. Richard has been very busy assisting with three patients, with another sixty patients in pipeline. At the Children's Hospital at Westmead are a Solomon Island patient with a severe respiratory issue, with half of one lung ultimately removed, due to severe infection and a young lad from Tonga patient is being treated for severe vision issues. Another child from the Solomons has had a series of operations at Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick to repair severe burns to both his hands due to an accident 18mths ago with an old WW2 phosphorus grenade.
RESCA – Rotary Emergency Services Awards. District Governor Elect Ron Browne was visiting for the night and gave a brief description on the awards presentations to be held on 12 August in Sydney, which will lead onto the Australian Awards at the Governor Generals’ Residence, Canberra.
District Assembly on Saturday 6th May. Greg gave a brief overview of the day’s program.
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2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month at the Graphic Arts Club,
182 Coward Street,
Mascot.
6pm for pre-meeting drinks and chat. The meeting, with dinner, starts at 6:30pm and normally concludes by 8:30pm.
Aya, our very recent Global Scholar from Japan, has written to update us on her life since she completed her studies at the University of NSW, where she received the degree of Master of Laws (specialisation in Human Rights Law and Policy) and was awarded Dean's List for "outstanding achievement in course", a fantastic achievement. She writes:
"It has been two months since I returned to Japan, and I am thrilled to share that I have begun working for Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). I started in March to assist their International General Assembly, which will be held in Tokyo in June/July. Recently, they offered me the position of Association Coordinator, which I will start in July. I am excited about this opportunity to be involved in strategy and policy-making, work in the field, and communicate with international associations and movements. Though it will be challenging, I am thrilled to embrace the role.
"I understand that MSF Japan has a close relationship with MSF Australia, and I hope that I will have the chance to visit your country sometime in the future! hehe
"I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the Rotary Club of Botany Randwick for the invaluable support and opportunities you provided me during my scholarship. It was truly an amazing experience, and I could not have done it without your help. Please keep in touch and let me know how things are on your side.
Thank you again for everything, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
The Rotary Club of Botany Randwick is very pleased to be sponsoring three students from Alexandria Community School to sail on the Windeward Bound from Sydney to Brisbane, departing on 7 May for 7 days. This program aims to encourage youth development by supporting efforts towards international friendship and understanding. We will look forward to hearing from them on their return.
The brigantine "Windeward Bound" is a 33 metre symbol of enterprise and commitment to provide youth with an opportunity to enjoy and learn skills otherwise out of their reach. The future of the Trust is tied to the development and training of youth with particular emphasis on those in dire need; made to feel helpless by financial, social, lifestyle or family circumstances.
The Windeward Bound Trust also aims to foster good character and a spirit of enterprise in the youth of Tasmania and Australia generally, including youth disadvantaged or hampered by circumstances who could not otherwise participate.
It is the principal philosophy of the Trust that no young person should ever miss out on the Windeward Bound opportunity because of personal circumstances or lack of funds.
Since launch day in 1996, Windeward Bound has covered more than 100,000 nautical miles, has circumnavigated the Australian continent, sailed to New Zealand and back, circumnavigated Tasmania, crossed Bass Strait more than 30 times and sailed the Australian East Coast many times. Almost always, we have carried Australia's youth, proving time and time again, the value of a structured Sail Training Program on a traditional square rigged vessel. She proudly flies the flag of many sponsors, and of Rotary International with whom she works closely, and is supported proudly by her Patron, Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner AC, the Governor of Tasmania.
May is Rotary International Youth Service Month, when the focus is on young people and the development of the next generation of leaders.
Our programs help younger leaders build leadership skills, expand education and learn the value of service.
Our Club is seeking to expand on its role in this area, with students involved in the RYPEN program, for Year 9 students, Theo recently attending the National Youth Science Forum, sponsorship of students with Windeward Bound just a few opportunities that we are providing.
The Four Way Test
The Four-Way Test is a non-partisan, non-sectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships.
Of the things we think, say or do:
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
To contact the Club, please email info@botanyrandwickrotary.org.au
Aya, our very recent Global Scholar from Japan, has written to update us on her life since she completed her studies at the University of NSW, where she received the degree of Master of Laws (specialisation in Human Rights Law and Policy) and was awarded Dean's List for "outstanding achievement in course", a fantastic achievement. She writes:
The Rotary Club of Botany Randwick is very pleased to be sponsoring three students from Alexandria Community School to sail on the Windeward Bound from Sydney to Brisbane, departing on 7 May for 7 days. This program aims to encourage youth development by supporting efforts towards international friendship and understanding. We will look forward to hearing from them on their return.
May is Rotary International Youth Service Month, when the focus is on young people and the development of the next generation of leaders.