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Serving the Community since 1985

Presidents Report I had the pleasure of two invitations this week. The first was from Hampton Rotary where they recognised the groups that supported their Glow for Good project. It was very pleasing that, despite some doubts, we got behind this project, as it raised $10,000 for the local Bayside Charity Robert Connor Dawes Fund which supports research into brain cancer in children. Sec-ondly, Chris DArcy and I attended the Cheltenham Community Centre Biggest Morning Tea, which was in support of Cancer Research.

Kerrie Geard and I attended the planning meeting for the June 15 Primary School speech contest at Hampton Primary. The venue is amazing and the Breakout Edu-cation Centre where the final will be held is very impres-sive. If a few more Beaumaris Rotarians can attend on the night, this will help us as we take lead responsibility to run it next year. We have two schools in our area participating, being Beaumaris North Primary and Black Rock Primary. Margaret Cunningham from Days for Girls gave us an update at our regular meeting on Thursday, on how Ro-tary can help this worthy cause (see photos on Page 2). This will potentially be a new project for our club in Trishs year. We also had the opportunity to recognise

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1 Presidents Report 2 Notices 3 Changeover Invitation 4 This Weeks Speaker 5 Parkinsons Information 6 Parkinsons Fundraiser 7 Trivia Night RC of North Brighton 8 RC of Noble Park 50 Year Celebration 9 Club Structure / Picture of Week

Unless stated otherwise venue is Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00

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Royalty within our club, with Joy Leas connection by marriage to King Henry VIII. A small group of Rotarians had a farewell dinner at the Beaumaris RSL on Friday to recognise the RSL and the long standing relationship some of our members and our club has had with the RSL over the years. A sad time to see it close, but hopefully in the future, as the new club is established, our Ro-tary Club will re-engage with the RSL. Our next event is a fellowship night and possibly a Guinness World Record as we squeeze 40+ people into the Glenwrights home. James and Megan will take control as we descend to be wined and dined.

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Hocking Stuart Sandringham 62-64 Station Street

Telephone: 03 9521 9800

Note; As part of our arrangement with Hocking Stuart discounts on agents fees are available to RCOB members.

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T P: D % G After a successful career first as an educator and then establishing and running her own gymnastics business, Chamford. after she sold Chamford she set up a small business conducting dressmaking /sewing classes. This led her in contact with Sewaid; a program which offers selected women in very poor countries the opportunity to not only learn to sew, but to also provide them with the machines, equipment and skills they need to start a small home business in dressmaking or alterations and repair. While in Uganda teaching women to sew Margaret learned first hand how the total lack of any feminine care products and education impacted their lives and prospects. Girls had to stay home from school and lost days from education and women lost days from work. Five days in every 28 days cycle 12 times each year are lost because of no feminine hygiene products or education. On returning home in November 2013 Margaret researched the various feminine hygiene groups and their products . Days for Girls product was a stand out and she registered her ChapterMelbourne Victoria Chapter of Days for Girls in December 2013. Within the first 12 months 1000 kits have been made and distributed throughout the developing countries. The Chapters aim for this coming year is 2000 kits.

The following extract from the Days For Girls web-site provides an overview of the organisation; What is Days or Girls? Every girl in the world deserves education, safety, and dignity. We help girls gain access to quality sustainable feminine hygiene and awareness, by direct distribution of sustainable feminine hygiene kits, by partnering with non-profits, groups and or-ganizations, by raising awareness, and by help-ing communities around the world start their own programs. Thanks to a global grassroot network of thousands of volunteers and supporters on 6 conti-nents, we have reached women and girls in 75+ countries on 6 continents. It's working. You can help us reach the rest. Imagine What if not having sanitary supplies meant DAYS

without school, DAYS without income, DAYS with-out leaving the house? Girls use leaves, mattress stuffing, newspaper, corn husks, rocks, anything they can find...but still miss up to 2 months of school every year. It turns out this issue is a surpris-ing but instrumental key to social change for women all over the world. The poverty cycle can be broken when girls stay in school. Our Mission is Simple: Creating a more dignified, free and educated world through access to lasting feminine hygiene solu-tions. Days for Girls International is a grassroots non-profit. Women, and girls discover their potential and self-value, are equal participants and agents of social change and are given opportunities to thrive, grow and contribute to their community's betterment while ensuring quality sustainable feminine hygiene. We are all about partnerships and joining hands. There are a lot of things in the world that are hard to change. This doesn't have to be one of them. THIS we can change. Together. Days for Girls Vision: Every girl and woman in the world with ready feasi-ble access to quality sustainable hygiene & health education by 2022. This project also fulfills Millennium Goals Target 3.A: "Eliminate gender disparity in primary and second-ary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015" as well as provid-ing more health, safety, rural economic security and sustainability.

http://www.daysforgirls.org/

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What is Parkinsons? Parkinsons is a chronic and progressive neuro-logical condition. In Victoria alone, 27,000 peo-ple are living with Parkinsons, with more diag-nosed every day.

Parkinsons symptoms result from the progres-sive degeneration of a brain chemical called dopamine. It is a condition that affects the nerv-ous system and alters co-ordination and move-ment.

Parkinsons has a range of non-motor symp-toms including depression, pain and problems with sleep.

Parkinsons is not fatal or contagious, and there is no cure.

Key statistics

80,000 people in Australia are living with Parkinsons.

27,000 people in Victoria are living with Parkinsons.

30 people are diagnosed with Parkinsons in Australia every day. Parkinsons is the second most common

neurological condition in Australia.

Atypical Parkinsons The Atypical Parkinsons, sometimes known as Parkinsons Plus, are a group of conditions which look like Parkinsons at first, but progress differently. The conditions include Progressive Supra-Nuclear Palsy (PSP), Cortico Basal De-generation/Syndrome (CBS) and Multiple Sys-tem Atrophy (MSA). Many people living with these conditions may initially receive a Parkin-son's diagnosis.

PSP Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) is a rare condition affecting parts of the brain that control walking, eye movements, balance, speech and swallowing. Progressive means the symptoms get worse over time Supranuclear refers to the part of the brain that is affected Palsy means a weakness or paralysis in a part of the body. Currently there are no known treatments to cure PSP or ways to prevent it from occurring. Treatments, therapies and strategies are avail-able to help people with PSP, their families and carers to make the most of living with the con-dition. About Parkinsons Victoria Parkinsons Victoria raises awareness and funds for services and research to improve the quality of life for people living with Parkinsons across the state. Every day, through our multidisciplinary health team we provide information, education, advice and peer support to people living with Parkin-sons, their families and healthcare profession-als. We also provide funding for research that sup-ports improved quality of life outcomes for peo-ple living with the condition, and the search for a cure. Parkinsons Victoria is a not-for-profit organisa-tion funded in part by the State Government of Victoria. We rely on the generous donations from our community to continue and grow our delivery of support services.

See details of Fundraiser for Parkinsons hosted by the Rotary Clubs of Huntingdale and Clayton on

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Bird Feeders Photograph by Abderazak Tissoukai, National Geo-graphic Tissoukai was near Xing-ping in Chinas Guanxi region when he captured this picture of a cormorant fisherman at sunset. Xingping is definitely one the most beautiful places in China, with its scenic karst landscapes [and] traditional and genuine people, he writes. Curi-ous to learn more about the local practice of cor-morant fishing, in which trained birds with snared throats capture fish theyre unable to swallow, he took a train to Xingping to shoot fishermen on the Li River.

CLUB STRUCTURE 2014 - 2015 UPDATED 20/04/2015

BOARD CLUB SERVICE

President Ken Mirams Director Trish Smyth

PE, VP Trish Smyth Auditor Tony Phillips

Secretary Roy Seager Program Richard Jones

Treasurer James Glenwright Meeting Attendance Trish Smyth

Foundation Mike Hede Communications David Lea

Branding & PR Malcolm Sawle Fellowship Megan Glenwright

International John Beaty Photographers John Beaty, Greg Every

New Generations Kerrie Geard Almoner Geoff Stringer

Community Chris D'Arcy Chair /Host /Cashiers /AV Roster

Fundraising Adrian Culshaw Youth Protection Officer Malcolm Parks

On to Conference Robert McArthur^*

TEAM MEMBERS

International Community New Generations Fundraising

Fred Hofmann Geoff Abbott David Rushworth Harry Wolfe

John Sime Rob Fenton Mary Sealy Heather Chisholm

David Langworthy Richard Shermon Tony McKenna * Roger Frewen

Geoff Stockdale Tony Phillips Max Darby TBC Geoff Stringer

Ross Phillips David Greenall LOA David Hone

Malcolm Parks Lynda Doutch Chris Martin Judi Hall

John Manks Jason Tonks Royal Melbourne Golf Charmaine Jansz

David Greenall Jim O'Brien Antony Nixon

Concourse Festival Branding & PR Harry Wolfe Peter Flude

Kerrie Geard Peter Flude^ David Hone# Mike Hede

Masters Golf Parking David Lea MUNA / NYSF

James Glenwright Martin Fothergill Heather Chisolm

^ Farmers Market # Indigenous Project * District