IMAGINE What your Rotary can be - July Edition by David Redfearn

2022

Edition 1 July 2022

DG David

DG David with his children Lily & Liam McPherson and parents George & Val McPherson

Hello all and welcome to the new Rotary year where you get to Imagine what your Rotary can be. But more than that, the invitation from RI President Jennifer Jones is to not only IMAGINE it, but to MAKE IT HAPPEN! July is ‘New Leadership’ month and as such I welcome all new Presidents and their respective board members to their new positions. Some of you may have been in these positions before however I urge you all to don’t just do the same things you have always done, but to think differently, think outside the box, Adapt what you do and the way you do it to better suit the changing world we live in and to make it more relevant to your community. Everything we do has to be relevant to people within our communities. It needs to be valued by our communities. If people see this then they will see that Rotary is an organisation that will want to be part of. (continues on page 4)

“It is the promise of hands-on service that we offer”

Vale Anne Reid Distinguished Rotarian and District Governor 2021-22 Anne Reid joined Rotary in 2008 as a member of the Rotary Club of Alexandra. She was Club President 2013 -2014 and was 2017 Director the Art Show, always a successful event. In District 9790 Anne was Assistant Governor for Group 4 from 2015 – 2018. She enjoyed regularly visiting clubs and was helpful to the Presidents and boards during those years, especially the newer Kinglake Ranges club. Anne served as District Secretary for PDG Malcolm Kerr 2018 – Anne at the District Conference Dinner with 2019 before being nominated as DGN to serve Kathy Mills Seymour Past President. from July 2021. She received a Paul Harris Fellow recognition in June 2015 and on 10th June 2022 was given a PHF recognition with three rubies for her service to District 9790. Anne was determined to proceed with her year as District Governor and focused immediately on her Conference team selected to provide a new model. ‘Embracing Change’ was her theme for the conference, and she endeavoured to have speakers and a structure that reflected new ways of planning. Coming from a smaller club Anne decided to invite other nearby clubs to organise specific elements of the conference e. g. the Saturday Dinner Dance and the Rotary Showcase. Having been involved with the recovery work in the Marysville area after the 2009 fires she was really keen to showcase the rebuilt town to the District. After the 2020 bushfires Anne was quick to become involved in hands on support for the Corryong area and promoted many resourceful ways to support communities impacted in this disaster. Despite her limited availability to meet face to face either due to COVID restrictions or her treatments, Anne visited clubs regularly via ZOOM and encouraged the clubs to develop their hybrid meeting capabilities by purchasing District subsidised equipment. She loved catching up with friends and Rotarians for coffee or a long lunch. Anne’s determination to make the most of her year as District Governor both for our Clubs and her passion for Rotary will be remembered. Her wit and ready laugh continued throughout her illness and were a testament to her strength and resolve, and will be missed by her friends and colleagues alike. A memorial for DG Anne Reid will be held later in the year. Elizabeth McCormick District Secretary 2021-22

Contents Item

Page

District Governor's message

Cover and page 4

Vale Anne Reid

Diversity Equity Inclusion

5-6

Rotary Club of Appin Park Wangaratta Celebrates Fifty Years

Mental Health First Aid

Youth News -RYLA

Youth News - Youth Programs contacts

Youth News - Rotary Youth Exchange - process map

Regionalisation and you

ShelterBox Larapinta 2022

A chat with Melissa Hebbard about Honouring Indigenous Peoples Australia (HIPA)

Rotary Foundation News

Mega Polio Campaign

13-15

Eltham Art Show

Yea Garden Expo

Looking for a Fund Raising Activity? Numurkah car raffle

Australian Ski Event

Calendar of Events

Rotary Calendar

Imagine What's Next, RI Convention, Melbourne, 2023

Photo credits: Cover: courtesy David McPherson and Visit Deni (Facebook); Page 2 :supplied by Sharon Fox;Page 4: David Redfearn; Page 7: supplied by Helen Twitt; Page 8: David Redfearn; Page 9: supplied by Linda Gidlund; Page 11: Shelterbox;

District Governor's Message (continued) With the start of the new Rotary year I welcome also the District 9790 Committee of Management who are here to help you and your club achieve all that you want to achieve this year. District Committee of Management 2022-23 Deniliquin Rotary David McPherson District Governor Tatura Rotary Neta Kirby District Governor Elect Albury Hume Rotary Stephen O'Connell District Governor Nominee Bright Rotary Geoff Tually District Administration/Governance Numurkah Rotary Chris Sutton District Secretary Strathmore Rotary Graeme Lawrie District Treasurer Yea Rotary David Anderson District Foundation Chair Strathmore Rotary Hamish Jones District Webmaster Greenvale Rotary Anne Jungwirth District Community Service Chair Numurkah Rotary Lorraine Greenwood District Vocational Service Chair Southern Mitchell Rotary Marie Gerrard District International Service Chair Diamond Creek Rotary Linda Gidlund District Youth Programs Chair Bruce McIntyre District Youth Training Program Manager Benalla Rotary Albury Wodonga Sunrise Rotary Bryce McNair District Public Image Chair Seymour Rotary Ruth Byers District Membership Chair Barb Joyce District New Style club Development ChairMooroopna Rotary Moreland Rotary David Redfearn District Bulletin Editor Belvoir-Wodonga Rotary Tim Huggins District Youth Protection Chair Sunbury Rotary Terry Grant District Council on Resolutions Chair Corowa Rotary Meredith Miegel District Youth Exchange Chair Milawa-Oxley Rotary Patti Bulluss On to Convention Ambassador Shepparton South Rotary David Earle District RAWCS Chair Melbourne E-Club (Rotaract) Elliot Silcock District Rotaract Representative Eltham Rotary Judy Sharp Assistant Governor Group 1 Pascoe Vale Rotary Pat Solibakke Assistant Governor Group 2 Sunbury Rotary Kerry Kirk Assistant Governor Group 3 Kinglake Ranges Rotary Nina Lunde Assistant Governor Group 4 Shepparton Rotary David Shipston Assistant Governor Group 5 Corowa Rotary Paul Miegel Assistant Governor Group 6 Milawa-Oxley Lesley Sanderson Assistant Governor Group 7 Numurkah Rotary Lorraine Greenwood Assistant Governor Group 8 Belvoir-Wodonga Rotary Graeme Sayer Assistant Governor Group 9 Holbrook Rotary Kerry Morton Assistant Governor Group 10

dmcpherson2710@gmail.com neta@sandplaytherapist.com socsax@ozemail.com.au smoko_shack@bigpond.com cemsutton60@hotmail.com lawriegm@optusnet.com.au ando.in.yea@bigpond.com hamishjones@gmail.com annejungwirth72@gmail.com l.greenwood53@bigpond.com mariegrrrd@gmail.com lleegidlund@gmail.com bruce.mcintyre1@bigpond.com brycemcnair@gmail.com lightwood08@hotmail.com barliej@bigpond.com dredfearn@vtown.com.au T.Huggins@skinner.com.au terryg@altaire.com.au chairperson@rye9790.org.au lpbulluss@internode.on.net davide124@gmail.com drr.9790@rotaract.org.au jbzk@bigpond.net.au patsolibakke2@gmail.com kirk9@gmail.com nmlunde@bigpond.com dashipston@hotmail.com paul.miegel@gmail.com lasanderson.morotary@gmail.com l.greenwood53@bigpond.com thesayers75@gmail.com kerry.mort15@gmail.com

You will be hearing from all of these at various times throughout the year. They are there to help you and your club. Please make contact with them if you want some advice and assistance with something your club is doing. If they cannot help you immediately then they will undertake to get the right information to you. DG David McPherson

Induction of 2022-23 District Governor David McPherson at the Gateway Hotel in Wangaratta

Diversity Equity Inclusion

8 8

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Rotary Club of Appin Park Wangaratta Celebrates Fifty Years The Rotary Club of Appin Park was chartered on 22nd June 1972. So, fifty years later, the Club has just celebrated its Fiftieth Anniversary. A gala dinner has been held at the Gateway Hotel Wangaratta with over sixty past, present, Club and District members in attendance, welcomed by the current President, Beverley Maher, and the Mayor of the Rural City of Wangaratta. In addition there were past exchange students and National Science Summer School attendees (in person or by video), and our first Rotary Foundation (now Ambassadorial) Scholar, Professor Margaret Hamilton. Professor Margaret Hamilton, the first guest speaker, outlined how, having already been a Rotary exchange student, she was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Appin Park to study at Michigan University in the USA under Rotary Foundation. "This Rotary Club," Margaret said, "effectively launched my career." Margaret became Professor Drug and Alcohol at the University of Melbourne. By video link, Justin Nash, came in from Perth to speak about how his experience as a National Youth Science Summer School participant, and the invitation he received to attend the Nobel Prize giving in Stockholm, inspired his scientific career. He is now engaged in the decarbonising of the energy industry. Lachlan Carboon, another NYSS student, who was at the celebration in person, also enthused about his high tech scientific work, inspired by his attendance at this stimulating Rotary program. A number of former exchange students, present at the event, spoke about their current careers. We were also connected by video link to Denmark where Teresa Petersen enthused about her Rotary student exchange experience with the Rotary Club of Appin Park Wangaratta.

Overview of some of the attendees.

Professor Margaret Hamilton

Former exchange student Rachael McGregor

Lachlan Carboon, former NYSS student

Various current and former members who have served as President of the Club, gave a point by point history of the major achievements and events in the Club's history. Original Charter member, Wally Patjens, was invited to cut the Fiftieth Anniversary cake. The whole evening was a very social and uplifting experience for all who attended.

Margaret Hamilton, Wally Patjens, and Bev Maher (President) cutting the cake.

Mental Health First Aid For over five years now Moreland Rotary has focused on Mental Health in our Community. For those at the March Marysville conference, you will recall Rotarian Lee Garwood summarising our Mental Health activities. In the November District newsletter, we shared the remarkable reach and success of our inaugural Lift the Lid walk for our District. Our second walk will be Sunday 9 October 2022 (save the date)! In the February District newsletter, we shared the Reflect Respect Celebrate community breakfast featuring MHFA co-founder Betty Kitchener and Dr Claire Kelly, of Mental Health First Aid Australia.

Whilst there was a large showing of Moreland members and their local community, we also had Rotary representation from Diamond Creek, Eltham, Pascoe Vale, Strathmore and the RYLA Supporter team.

Mental health first aid (MHFA) is a training program that teaches members of the public how to help a person developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. MHFA courses can provide members of the community with: Skills in how to recognise the signs and symptoms of mental health problems Knowledge of the possible risk factors for these mental health problems Skills in how to give appropriate initial help and support someone experiencing a mental health problem Skills in how to take appropriate action if a crisis situation arises involving suicidal behaviour, panic attack, stress reaction to trauma, overdose or threatening psychotic behaviour.

We arranged for the program to be delivered by Aleksei Bondarenko – Edwards, of Bond and Wild Co. Moreland Rotary purchased textbooks, and branded notebooks, pens and lanyards for all participants. The initial two day course hosted at Pascoe Vale RSL was on Sundays 27 March and 10 April. With demand, a second hosted at Federazione Lucana was on Saturdays 30 April and 7 May 2022. Thanks extended Moreland Rotary for funding 30 of the 40 participants in this essential program and to former Assistant Governor Emma Davis for coordinating. PP Emma Davis Moreland Rotary

You have all heard former DG Anne speak of this program. Moreland Rotary are proud People of Action, and so we made a call to action for our local community and the southern end of District; Clusters one, two and three to participate.

Youth News Youth Progams Contacts The dates for the Rotary Youth Leadership Award Conference 2021-22:

International University Student Rotary Home Hosting – Philip Clancy, M 0428 834 162, Email: philip.clancy1@gmail.com Interact – Linda Gidlund, M 0418 173 279, Email: lleegidlund@gmail.com

New Dates – New Dates – New Dates!!!!!!

Sunday, 20 November 2022 to Saturday, 26 November 2022 Yes, yes, yes, the Expression of Interest (EOI) on the RYLA website is open and ready to go! Have your future RYLArians lodge an Expression of Interest (EOI). Make sure you give them your name, contact phone number and the correct sponsoring club name. Contact the team on Email: info@ryla9790.org.au Website: https://ryla9790.org.au/ Kerry Jones Secretary M 0414 861 557 & Linda Gidlund, Chair, M 0418 173 279

District Rotaract Representative – Elliot Silcock, M 0483 041 905, Email drr.9790@rotaract.org.au National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) – Nigel Liggins, M 0400 694 618, Email: nigelliggins@bigpond.com Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) – Meredith Miegel, M 0417 246 546, Email: chairperson@rye9790.org.au Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) – Kerry Jones, Secretary M 0414 861 557, Email: info@ryla9790.org.au Rotary Youth Program of ENrichment (RYPEN) – Contact Malcolm Watt, M 0439 158 274, Email: watt.malc@gmail.com Rotex – Contact Rotex by email: rotex9790@gmail.com Albury North - Rotary Youth Program of ENrichment (RYPEN) – Contact Warwick Tasker, M 0439 158 274, Email RYPEN Coordinator M 0408 052 386, Email warnel@bigpond.com Youth Volunteer Management - Contact Bruce McIntyre, M 0427 623 142, Email bruce.mcintyre1@bigpond.com

If you would like further information please contact Linda Gidlund on 0418 173 279 or lleegidlund@gmail.com

Youth News

RotaryYouth Exchange Youth Exchange 'process map'.

To join click here or key in: https://bit.ly/3z58Og1

Hi!

ShelterBox Larapinta 2022

I’ve signed up to take part in ShelterBox Larapinta 2022! This is a cause close to my heart, so I’ve committed to doing something big and challenging to raise awareness and make a difference. My goal is to raise $500 but I need your help to reach my target and beyond. Please donate now by following the link to my fundraising page here: https://shelterbox-larapinta2022.raisely.com/steve-crosling Your support means a lot to me – thank you so much! Cheers, Steve Crosling Rotary Liaison Officer ShelterBox Australia rotary@shelterbox.org.au www.shelterboxaustralia.org.au Tel: +61 (0) 417 595 282 Rotary Club of Diamond Creek - 9790

A chat with Melissa Hebbard about Honouring Indigenous Peoples Australia (HIPA) Mandy Kwasnica and Peter Tonge of Winnipeg Charleswood Rotary in Canada have developed and are co-hosting a Rotary themed podcast called Talking Rotary. In this podcast they talk to Melissa Hebbard of Milawa Oxley Rotary who talks about the Honouring Indigenous Peoples Australia progam reflecting on the similarities and differences between the situation in Australia and Canada and the challenges faced by First Nations peoples in both countries. Click on the icons on either side to listen to the podcast or key in: https://bit.ly/3IAdw8A Talking Rotary can be found at the website: http://www.talkingrotary.org.

A great risk-free fundraising idea for these uncertain times

If you think your club might like to participate and generate risk free funds, then Contact Richard Speedy on 0490792601 or rspeedy@iinet.net.au to obtain more details.

Calendar of events Location

Event

Date(s)

Contact

Rotary Youth Program of ENrichment (RYPEN) – The next District 9790 RYPEN is coming in October 2022.

TBA

The next District 9790 RYPEN is coming in October 2022.

Malcolm Watt, M: 0439 158 274, Email: watt.malc@gmail.com

Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) Conference (page 9 for more details)

TBA

Sunday, 20 November 2022 to Saturday, 26 November 2022

Kerry Jones, Secretary M: 0414 861 557, E: info@ryla9790.org.au

Deadlines Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA)

Expressions of Interest are open and will remain open. Offers will be on a first in basis, as there will be limited openings.

Kerry Jones, Secretary M: 0414 861 557, E: info@ryla9790.org.au

Rotary Foundation District Grant applications (full information on page 12)

Closing date 31 July 2022

David Anderson, Chair, D9790 Foundation Committee, M: 0419 533 959 E: ando.in.yea@bigpond.com

July 2022 is New Leadership Month

ROTARY CALENDAR Visit this calendar throughout the year to find award nomination due dates and convention and event information. Develop meeting agendas, projects, or public image campaigns based on these special occasions. All dates are subject to change.

August 2022

January 2023

Membership and New Club Development Month

Vocational Service Month

September 2022

8-12 January - International Assembly, Orlando, Florida, USA

Basic Education and Literacy Month

February 2023

October 2022

Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention Month

Community Economic and Development Month

23 February — Rotary's anniversary

3-9 October – Rotary Alumni Reconnect Week 24 October – World Polio Day

March 2023

November 2022 Rotary Foundation Month 31 October - 5 November World Interact Week

December 2022 Disease Prevention and Treatment Month 15 December – Last day for early registration discount for the Rotary International Convention

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Month 13-19 March — World Rotaract Week 31 March — Preregistration discount ends for the Rotary International Convention

April 2023 Maternal and Child Health Month 30 April — Rotary International Convention registrations and ticket cancellations are due

May 2023 Youth Service Month

June 2023 Rotary Fellowships Month 27-31 May — Rotary International Convention, Melbourne, Australia 30 June — Rotary Citation for Rotary Clubs Award nominations are due

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