Welcome to Meeting No. 158 of the Rotary eClub of Latitude 38
President's Message
Dear members,
Kerrie and I have returned from our travels after having a great time in Asia but missing out on visiting Pete and his family in Vietnam because my illness in Singapore from which I am still recovering.
We now look forward to resuming our projects in Vietnam and hearing from our RYLA student who has completed the District weekend. We also need to hear from Viv Armstrong about Australian Rotary Health. All this to look forward to!
Regards
Brian Norris
This week's meeting material
Rotary Club Project Spotlight - Rotary Club of Yarra Bend
Thanks David R for sharing these posts, much appreciated and great to see the amazing work that Rotary is doing.
After the major earthquake in Nepal, Yarra Bend Rotary ( RC of Yarra Bend Facebook page ) donated $3000 for a water storage facility. This was initially connected to some 300+ houses providing water for many many families. After more work by the town development committee the pipework has been extended to a number of community buildings including the Bright Future Community Centre. Fresh water is crucial to a healthy community and saves the manual carting of water to homes and buildings - work like this makes a huge difference to many in Kopan and our members and friends can be rightly proud.
The Rotary Club of Yarra Bend provides a range of services covering International Service, Youth Service, Vocational Service and Community Service. Their International Service is focused on Nepal with one project being a Sewing School to help local women to gain skills to asist in generating a small income. The school has become a centre for the production of kits for the Days for Girls Program. Browse through the website and have a look at the range of projects that this club is participating in.
November is Rotary Foundation Month
5-11 November - World Interact Week
10 November - Rotary Day at the United Nations
This officially ends meeting No.158. Let me know on our Facebook group what you thought of the meeting material. Serious, leave a comment. It helps to get some feedback on the meeting and also to hear your thoughts and ideas. For club members go to the closed group here Closed Group Facebook page and for non members please leave a comment on our Public Facebook page, like, and share.
If you have an interesting topic, or project to share please contact Pete at pete@showell.com.au
Thank you for joining us, we appreciate your feedback, hope you will return soon and invite a guest.
Pete Showell
Webmaster
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