Rotary Club No. 17632, District 9510. Chartered 24th April 1954

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Gawler, SA 5118
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President

John Lyons

President Elect & Club Administration

Anthony Barilla

Secretary

Michael Jacob

Treasurer

Kim Potger

Immediate Past President

Kathy Heinrich

Director: Projects/ Vocational

Mark Smeaton

Director: International Service/Youth/Foundation

Angela Moore

Director: Membership

Beth Hudman

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Brian Burt

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Angela Moore

Public Officer

Lance Hatcher

Director: Community Service

Steve Barilla

Child Protection Officer

Beth Hudman

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Michael Jacob

Welcome to our weekly bulletin! Find out who our upcoming speakers are, what we covered during the last weekly meeting and other stories as they become available.

Current Club Meetings Planner

February


5th	Induction of new member Nathan Pengelley
12th
19th
26th		Committees/Board

Diary Dates

Monthly	Coffee at Poetic Justice, members, families and friends informal get together
4th March	4WD show Freeling
16th &17th March	Relay for Life Gawler

Member Birthdays

Nathan Pengelly

May 1

Kim Potger

May 5

Jan Meldrum

June 9

Kyle Smith

June 15

Gayle Joyce

June 19

Spouse Birthdays

Sally Fotheringham

June 26

Join Date

Ron Lloyd

May 5, 1980

44 years

Murf Murphy

May 8, 2007

17 years

Steve Barilla

May 10, 2004

20 years

Dave Griffiths

May 13, 2013

11 years

Colin Bazeley

May 28, 2012

12 years

Kim Potger

June 1, 1994

30 years

Anthony Barilla

June 3, 2020

4 years

Mark Forgie

June 5, 1989

35 years

Beth Hudman

June 6, 2016

8 years

Meeting Report 3191

January 29th 2024

Apologies for the evening:

Colin Bazeley, Tom Kelly. Kathy Heinrich, Leanne Clinch, Brian Burt

Guest

Nathan Pengelley- guest of Kyle Smith

This evenings Formalities: Fines to: Code Read (Dyslexia awareness)
Toast	Grace	Chair
Mark F	PP Lance Hatcher	Kyle Smith

PP Barry Stewart introduced the chair for the evening- Kyle who officially opened meeting 3192 and welcomed members and special guest before asking Members who wished to have a Rotary Spot to come forward

PP Mike Williams

Mike passed on the sad news that IPP Kathy Heinrich’s father passed away this week. While Kingsley Folland was never a member, he had a long association with the club and was a regular supporter at special events and Projects. He was very proud when Kathy was inducted as president for the 22/23 Rotary year. Kingsley was well known in the Gawler and Barossa areas and respected by many with his work with SA Ambulance and other volunteer roles.

PP Kim Potger

Kim explained the process of applying for the Police check and also the reasoning behind doing them all at the same time.

Chair Kyle invited guests to enjoy some fellowship over dinner before inviting PP sergeant Barry to present his session for the evening.

Wheel winners this week were 1^st Wayne Murphy, who asked that the $25 was donated to the One and All sailing challenge Charity. 2^nd Shawn and 3^rd Julie Tekyll

Barry entertained us with his Facebook funnies and Bunyip roundup before handing back to Chair Kyle.

Kyle asked Pres elect Anthony Barilla to address the meeting. PE Anthony said it was his honour to invest his first new member and invited Nathan Pengelley and his sponsor Kyle Smith to join him.

Anthony formally invested Nathan into Rotary and presented him with his Gawler Rotary Hat and Shirt as well as his paperwork and certificate of membership. Nathan responded by saying he was looking forward to supporting the club. Nathan has already shown he will be a valuable member by putting his hand up to help in past service and fundraising opportunities.

PE Anthony then closed the meeting by asking members to recite the four-way test.

PE Anthony Barilla investing new member Nathan Pengelly

Presentation of Shirt and Cap

Lifelong friends now united in Rotary as well.

Nathan Thanking everyone for making him welcome

PE Anthony with Nathan and Kyle

Did you know?

A new regular column produced by PP Brian Burt

Most Rotarians and community members are aware of Rotary Youth Exchange where secondary school students are home hosted for a full year but -

WHAT IS ROTARY FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE?

One of Rotary’s greatest attributes is its ability to build goodwill and better friendships. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of Rotarians have opened their homes to exchangees and Rotary Hospitality is legendary.

Friendship Exchange is an international exchange program for Rotary members and friends that allows participants to take turns hosting one another in their homes and clubs.

Participants may travel as individuals, couples, families, or groups, and non-Rotarians may participate.

Benefits of an exchange

· Broaden international understanding

· Explore your profession or job

· Build enduring friendships

· Gain opportunities for active project involvement and support

· Learn about a region’s people, food, languages, customs, and history

· Find partners for grants

· Establish a foundation for peace and service.

All Friendship Exchanges are paid for by the participants. Hosts are not expected to assume a significant financial burden but are expected to provide in home accommodation, hospitality and some meals. Participants and hosts are covered by Rotary Insurance including travel insurance. Gawler Rotary Families have a long history of hosting Youth Exchange Students, Group Study Exchange Awardees and Friendship Exchange Team Members. All have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. A number of children of Gawler Rotarians have spent a year overseas as Youth Exchangees and a number of Rotarians have travelled overseas as Group Study Exchange Leaders and members of Friendship Exchange Teams.

If you would like to know more about Rotary Friendship Exchange, talk to Wayne & Maggie Murphy or Brian Burt, but allow plenty of time.

If you would like to host one or two people from India for a few days next month contact RFE India inbound Group Leader Ashok Manaharan (RC Mawson Lakes) ashok_mano@hotmail.com Mobile 0415 491 504 or Tim Mee (RC Morialta) timm@bizgroup.net.au Mobile 0418 814 856.

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77th Independence Day Celebrations

The 77th Independence Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm at Goodwill Primary School in Thandigudi. The headmistress, Ms Mahalakshmi and assistant- teacher, Ms Thilagamani organised the entire event. The students helped by drawing the Kolam (Rangoli pattern) and decorating the stage.

GCH Advisor, Mr Sundaram, was invited to attend the function. The staff, teachers, and students of Children's Home in Thandigudi all participated in the events. Ms

Mahalakshmi welcomed everyone present. Mr Sundaram former treasurer hoisted the national flag and addressed the students. Students participated in essay, speech, and fancy-dress competitions. Prizes were awarded to all participants.

Former student, Mr Madhan Kumar attended the function with his family. He gave a

special address to the students about his good experience during his childhood life at Goodwill. He and his wife donated stationery items to the students.

Sweets were distributed to the students who were overjoyed. The ceremony concluded with the national anthem and a thank you message from the headmistress.

Message from Bob

Remember those $2 coins for the wheel when you pay in cash

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Do you have a business in Gawler and want to tell us about it?

Are you part of a community group that needs more exposure?

Get in touch and we can see where we can find you a spot.

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