Bulletin 34 RCoBS (Feb 27, 2022)

Club Activities

Those on raffle duty, it is only the selling of the tickets, the club has accepted to responsibility for the prizes. There will be a container of mixed prizes held in the store room of the tennis club.

ZOOM https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85024056142?pwd=Q1NVOGxLdWo5MW9GQXBGa0pVNmphdz09

The zoom link above has been issueed by the club laptop and is operating ok.

Fellowship night. Monday 28th February Rising Sunn Hotel 6.30pm. Partners & friends welcome

ROSTERS Read with care

Week	2-Mar	9-Mar	16-Mar	23-Mar
Speaker	Military Museum in Pall Mall	Club Forum	Margaret O’Rourke Councillor COGB Former Mayor	Dennis Johanson Strathfieldsaye Enterprises
Meeting Location	Pall Mall 7.30am to 8.30am	Pepper Green Farm	Bendigo Tennis Centre	Bendigo Tennis Centre
Chair	Barb Mitchell	Doug Lougoon	Stan Hendy	Maurice Woodburn
Welcome		Brian Hinneberg	Allie Lyall	Judy Miatke
Raffle		Ian Johnson	Graeme Lynas	Geoff Michell

President Notices

President’s Report

Firstly, don’t forget fellowship night on Monday night at Pat’s Pub 6:30 pm

Also, this Wednesday’s morning meeting will take the format of an Industry meeting organized by Jim at the RSL museum in Pall Mall opposite Myers. Start time will be 7:30 am sharp. The RSL management has waived entry costs, due to our Club’s generous support over the past years. We be holding a raffle, with exciting prizes being presented and monies raised going back to the RSL

Ted has sent 600 invites out to potential Stall Holders for the Easter Fair, as of writing in 24 hours there has being already approximately a 50 % take up, with six weeks to go.

Honey Harvest at Rosaia’s

Guest Speakers

Guest Speaker

The guest speakers for the meeting were Alice Saver and Kaye Lehmann. As well as working at Physical Mind Co Bendigo they are both members of the Rotary Club of Bendigo. The Physical Mind Co Bendigo uses the three planks of engagement, empathy and empowerment in creating a healthy mind. Alice stressed the importance of feelings in an era where people have a tendency to overthink things. Everyone experiences feelings both positive and negative from time to time. It's important to let them be and acknowledge them. This is the first step in dealing with negative feelings.

Alice worked as a secondary teacher for twenty five years. She commented both about the joy of working with young people and the reservations she had about the system. On completing teaching she did some trekking in Nepal where she experienced extreme happiness among a people with few material possessions. This impressed on her the importance of being in the moment and focussing on the areas where we have influence. There are inherent dangers in not facing up to hardship and in the case of our children protecting them from it.

Psychological distress is often associated with physical sensations. Moments of anger or anxiety can be accompanied by a lump in the throat, tightness in the chest or a sick feeling in the stomach. These feelings are there for a reason and it is important to deal with them physically rather than thinking about them at least initially. Deep breaths and crying are common ways to release the stress which results from negative feelings.Feelings of sadness or disappointment are often associated with love. The challenge is to restore the emotion of love or deal with the loss.

Alice made the point that young children find it hard to distinguish between wants and needs. As parents and grandparents we need to support them in working out the differences and not giving into manipulative behaviours such as tantrums. Society can be too quick to seek medical remedies for normal levels of hardship which are the means through which humans grow. We thank Alice and Kaye for being our guests and for engaging with us in a way where everyone experienced the benefits of a good laugh, more often than not at the expense of President Rob. Although he probably gave as good as he got!

Wild polio case detected in Malawi (Central Africa)

As an imported case from Pakistan, this detection of type 1 wild poliovirus in Malawi does not affect the WHO African region’s wild polio-free certification status.

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has confirmed a case of type 1 wild poliovirus (WPV1) in a child suffering from paralysis in Malawi. Analysis has shown the virus is genetically linked to WPV1 that had circulated in Pakistan’s Sindh province.

Detection of WPV1 outside the world’s two remaining endemic countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan is a serious concern and underscores the importance of prioritising polio immunisation activities in countries such as Malawi to prevent future instances of importation.

While the news from Malawi is disappointing, the polio program has seen importations from endemic countries to regions that have been certified wild polio-free in the past, and has moved quickly to successfully stop transmission of the virus in these areas. Now is the time for all parties — Rotary members, communities, government leaders, and global partners — to recommit to ending all forms of polio for good.

Progress in Pakistan shows that polio eradication remains achievable

Pakistan, one of the last two countries where polio is still endemic, has gone a full year without one report of a child being paralysed by the wild poliovirus. This shows that a polio-free world is within reach. We recognize the commitment of Rotary members in Pakistan and around the world who have made this progress possible, and we continue to focus on the hard work we still need to do to deliver a polio-free future to all children everywhere.

Rotary members in Pakistan play a vital role in polio eradication by raising awareness and funds, advocating with government officials, and engaging community leaders. To date, Rotary has supported polio eradication in Pakistan by giving nearly US$347 million in grants to fund vaccines, immunization campaigns, and surveillance efforts, and to hire health workers. We’ve also established medical camps and water filtration plants to bring broader health improvements to communities.

Even as we reflect on our encouraging progress in Pakistan, we also recognize that it is fragile. Surveillance efforts in Pakistan have continued to detect the wild poliovirus in samples from the environment, and challenges in reaching all children with vaccines persist. Rotary and our partners must redouble our efforts to stop polio transmission.

Feb 23, 2022

Alice Saver & Kaye Lehman

Physical Mind Co Bendigo (Psychology)

Mar 02, 2022

Industry Visit

Military Museum Pall Mall

Mar 09, 2022

Club Forum

Venue Peppergreen Farm

Mar 16, 2022

Margaret O'Rourke

Councillor and Former Mayor of the COGB

Mar 23, 2022

Dennis Johanson

Strathfieldsaye Enterprises

Mar 30, 2022

Dr. Geoff Russell

Author of "Water For Gold"-History of Supplying Bendigo's Water

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Notices

Youth Service Update

Lightning Reef Garden: We kept the garden alive over the school holidays with a good crop of corn and spring onions ready for harvest. The first session for the year was conducted in 2^nd week back. We’ve had a couple of discussions with the school about some changes this year which will allow for better planning before each session and potential expansion of scope. Main change is the sessions will be on Monday afternoon’s instead of Wednesday. This will better suit the school’s timetable. More helpers needed, so if you can spare some time on the occasional Monday afternoon, please let Stew know (0474515412).

Lightning Reef Fruit Delivery from Coles: Slow start this year: Coles Bendigo are struggling with staff changes. The temporary manager is supportive but reluctant to commit. The school really wants this to continue. We are gently prompting the temporary manager and hopeful the fruit delivery can kick-off again next week or the following week.

Support for Weeroona College: Weeroona has a quite a few kids from disadvantaged backgrounds. We have had an initial discussion with the Principal about how we might provide some limited but targeted support to those kids. The Principal has welcomed this and we are now working up a proposal, including how it would be implemented and associated boundaries. Hopefully we can conclude something in the coming weeks.

Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN) Camp: The next RYPEN camp is in late March. This is for kids in Yr 9 and 10. Our schools (Marist, Victory and Weeroona) have been contacted to encourage applications. One possible from Weeroona at this stage. Hopefully more. Applications close 10^th March.

JC touring

Is that right

Images

There was a little old lady who was nearly blind, and she had three sons who wanted to prove which one was the best to her.

Son #1 bought her a 15-room mansion, thinking this would surely be the best that any of them could offer her.

Son #2 bought her a beautiful Mercedes with a chauffeur included, thinking this would surely win her approval.

Son #3 had to do something even better, so he bought her a galah that he had been training for 15 years to memorise the entire Bible. You could ask the galah any verse in the Bible, and he could quote it word for word. What a gift that would be.

Well, the old lady went to the first son and said, “Son, the house is just gorgeous, but it’s really much too big for me. I only live in one room, and it’s too large to clean and take care of. I really don’t need the house, but thank you anyway.” Then she confronted her second son with, “Son, the car is beautiful. It has everything you could ever want on it, but I don’t drive and really don’t like the chauffeur, so please return the car.”

Next, she went to Son #3 and said, “Son, I just want to thank you for your most thoughtful gift. That chicken was delicious.”

Club meetings

BENDIGO	BENDIGO SOUTH	EAGLEHAWK	KANGAROO FLAT	INNER WHEEL BENDIGO
Tues 12.45 for 1 pm Bendigo Club	Thurs 6 for 6.30 pm Boatshed Function Room Lakeview Hotel Macrae Street Bendigo	Wed 6.15 for 6.30 pm Cal Gully Mechanics Institute	Monday 6 for 6.30 pm Rotary Gateway Park	2nd Monday 6 for 6.30pm each Month Uniting Church Foyer Neale Steet