VOLUME 16 ISSUE 4, 26 July 2015

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Matt Maudlin: Servants Community Housing

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Life week

2nd-9th

August

First 2015-16

course starts

Monday 3rd

August

Yarra Bend Rotary had the pleasure of welcoming back

Matt Maudlin , CEO, Servants Community Housing to

share with us the powerful story and success that is

Servants. Servants has been operating affordable

accommodation and safe housing for those on low

incomes for over a quarter of a century in Hawthorn, and

more recently in Kew.

In addition to sharing heartfelt and uplifting stories of past

and recent residents and following on from the success of

the original publication, Anthology, in 2011, Matt

discussed the success of the recently released book

Narrative, which tells some of the stories of the

residents who call their Servants housing ‘home’.

This project was undertaken with seven Year Eleven

students from Melbourne Girls College, Methodist

Ladies College, Trinity Grammar School and Xavier

College.

Yarra Bend looks forward to gathering a number of

members to visit Servants and share a meal with

residents soon .

Rotary Year 2015– 2016

Yarra Bend Executive

President Justin Wibrow

Vice President Tony Boyd

Secretary David Shave

Treasurer John Pocock

President Elect Clinton Sceney

Rotary International President

K. R. (Ravi) Ravindran

District Governor

Julie Mason

Assistant Governor

Gabe Hau

Club Avenues of Service

Community Bob Lambert

Club Service Darren Grevis-James

Foundation Clinton Sceney

International Isabel Armer

Vocational Matt Pollard

Youth Anne Brown

Club Protection Officer

John Orr

This week’s speaker Matt Maudlin spoke so

eloquently of Servant’s mantra; respect, dignity,

hope. I always find likeminded organisations

provide the inspiration and motivation to

continue to give service above self—thanks Matt

for the reminder!

With Yarra Bend committing to another year of

the exchange program, this time with outbound student Lucy Joseland to

France, I am delighted that our newest member Edda Williams has agreed

to be Lucy’s counselor.

In a few weeks , a number of our Swinburne Rotaractors will be speaking

at our meeting and sharing the exciting year ahead for their club. I remind

members that all Rotaractors will be celebrating their change in leadership

on Saturday 1st August, a strong representation from Yarra Bend shows

our continued support , I encourage your attendance where possible.

Tony reminded us that organ donation week is almost upon us again,

please click on the Donate Life logo on the front page of this bulletin to

learn more and see how you can make a contribution to this valuable

endeavour.

Also on the front page is the logo link to the Rotary Leadership Institute

(RLI) that is kicking off for another successful year in early August. Yarra

Bend has had at least 2 members attend each year for quite some time.

Whether you are a new or experienced member, if you have not

undertaken RLI I strongly encourage you to consider doing so.

Preparations for the launching of Yammer as Yarra Bend’s new communi-

cation, collaborative and storage technology are now complete. To ensure

we all get comfortable with this change I will be running a number of

Yammer workshops with the first being on Wednesday 5 August @ 530pm

(just before our meeting). Please bring your tablet and/or smartphone so

we can get you setup too.

We have tremendous opportunity in 2015-16 to share our gifts as we give

service above self and be a gift to the world.

Members, friends of Rotary & interested readers of this bulletin, I look

forward to seeing you this Wednesday– Justin

Yarra Bend Rotarian Jane Stott The radio superstar!

Justin on the radio

Since mid last year Jane has been quietly acquiring her ‘on-air’ and control

room skills at 96.5 Inner FM by hosting the Rotary in Action program every

6 weeks.

With her ‘dulcet’ tones, and friendly conversational style, Jane flys the flag

high for Yarra Bend Rotary.

Running from 4pm to 5pm each Tuesday, the Rotary in Action hour is

shared among a number of Rotary Clubs with Jane’s next ‘slot’ being

Tuesday 1st September.

Earlier this week Justin

was interviewed on 96.5

Inner FM by Yarra

Bend’s very own Jane

Stott.

Discussing various men-

toring projects, Justin’s

motivation to join Rotary

and his plans as current

President, Yarra Bend

was the winner with a

great opportunity to

promote all the Club’s

good work.

Click on the logo to listen to Inner FM now!

Yarra Bend Rotary ‘Club Business’

Yarra Bend Rotary raises funds for its

club projects by collecting gold

donations at the entrance gates of

the Camberwell Market while also

assisting market patrons with

directions and other customer

service type activities.

Yarra Bend Rotary ‘Club Business and Information’

MARKET ROSTER

2 August Ken Maher

9 August John Orr

16 August Bill Chow/

John Pocock

Interested in Rotary? Are you a visiting

Rotarian? Join us!

Yarra Bend Rotary meets on Wednesdays

6:30pm for 7:00pm at the Amora Hotel

649, Bridge Road, Richmond, Victoria

Up and coming events

30–Aug Woodend Fundraiser (details below)

2-Sep Vocational Visit & Fellowship

23-Sep Edda Williams- Member behind the badge

28-Oct Boroondara Emergency Services Awards

25-Nov District Governor Visit

16-Dec Christmas Party

Meeting Duty Roster

29-Jul Ann Morrison

My 22 years in Bolivia

5-Aug Andrew Wilson

Emergency Management Vic

12-Aug Krishna, Jordan & Brendan

Swinburne Rotaract in 2015-16

The next 3 weeks of interesting

Speakers are….

Camberwell Sunday Market

Please complete the Yarra

Bend Vocational Service

member survey by clicking

on the survey monkey logo

Many thanks– Matt

Chair & Gong Thought Member’s Moment Set Up/ Pack Up Bulletin Notes

29-Jul John Orr Charles Tuchtan Edda Williams Ed Brown John Pocock

5-Aug David Chivers Isabel Armer Jane Stott William Liew Ken Maher

12-Aug Anne Brown John Orr John Orr Jane Stott Matt Pollard

Member Survey– Vocational Service Meeting Info

PLEASE REMEMBER

Apologies and guests to David Shave

by Tuesday 12 midday on 0408 511 615

With thanks to Bill Chow & Charles Tuchtan for the pictures

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Each year the Rotary

International President

selects a theme. Rotary

International President

2015-15, K.R. Ravindran’s is

“ Be a Gift to the World”

View his speech by clicking

on the photo below

YARRA BEND ROTARY

PO Box 271

Kew East, Vic 3102

Australia

yarrabend@rotarydistrict9800.org.au

www.yarrabendrotary.com.au

Rotary Club of Yarra Bend

ABN 97 325 138 640

Chartered 16th June 1986 District 9800

Affectionately known as an ‘adult Disneyland’, David shared a number of

reflections on his recent hiking trip through the Grand Canyon. As high as

Mount Kosciusko, 446km long, 16kms wide and 1.5kms deep, the Grand

Canyon region covers 6700km2.

With a lack of health and safety very apparent, David indicated that there are a

considerable number of deaths with people falling from the rims and paths. A

total of 712 deaths have been recorded since the 1800s.

At Yarra Bend Rotary meetings we regularly have a

Member deliver a 5 minute presentation. Over last few

years we have enjoyed a tremendous variety of

presentations, Rotary related, personal experiences, the

comical and not the so comical! Its all about fellowship

and getting to know each other.

DAVID CHIVERS: Members Moment