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Bulletin Week 21 2020-2021
Roster
Week
25-Nov
2-Dec
9-Dec
16-Dec
Speaker
David Grodski
Wisdom of Wellness
Stewart Annan
Member
Presentation
TBA
Scotland District 1220
Chair
Rob Rosaia
Maurice Woodburn
Stan Hendy
Barb Mitchell
 
 
President Report 
   
President Report   Nov 18   
Greetings all from wonderfully warm Yackandanda
Liz preferred a warmer setting (Bed)
Complimentary Dressing Gown?
Rotary events coming up:
  • Nov 24th  at 7.30 am is the 28th Paul Harris and Business Breakfast. You need to book online for this event. There is no cost.
  • We have made a booking for the Changeover/Christmas function for 13 December at the Bendigo Pottery in Epsom. Will be for two course lunch and include presentation of PHFs.  Cost $30 includes a welcome drink. We will be looking for an indication later in November of who will be coming.
  • Volunteering to support Bendigo Foodshare  Dec 21, Jan 4 & 11.
Things on my agenda.   Caravanning at Cooryong and the north east.
Notices
Guest Speaker
   
The guest speaker for the meeting was Dorothy Gilmore from the Rotary Club of Melbourne. Dorothy spoke to members about the Rotary SAFE (Stopping Abuse in Families Everywhere) Families project. This project has a focus on helping Rotarians to be part of the solution in saying no to family violence. Dorothy prefers to reference the program in terms of abuse because she believes the word violence stiffles discussion about seeking solutions. The Project has overseen the production of two films which can be used to help raise the issue of abuse of the elderly, women and men. The links to these are included below.
 
Dorothy discussed the three R's as a means of supporting Rotarians in ways to respond when they witness or sense that abuse is taking place. These are Recognise, Raise Your Voice and Refer. The fear of personal repercussions or repercussions for the victim can lead to bystander behaviour where people chose to ignore something they witness. Suggested responses can always be explored by dialling 1800 RESPECT. As a Club we could become ambassadors for the program by downloading the banner on our website.
 
Rotarians are not alone in taking a stance against abuse. Banks have an in built checking process which is a part of any requests by the elderly to change accounts or the arrangements for transactions. The Law Institute has embarked on a program to raise awareness about elder abuse with Lawyers. Rotarians have the opportunity to join with other community groups in changing perceptions about abuse being the norm, it is not the norm. SAFE families has a focus on helping Rotarians to help others
 
Dorothy's presentation created a lot of discussion and served to raise awareness about this initiative which is a priority for the board. Supporting the community to be proactive and empowered to take action about abuse takes time and consistent effort in much the same way as the drink/driver campaign took time to change behaviour. We congratulate Dorothy on the effective way in which is leading and promoting this project and we thank her for the giving of her time to be our guest.
 
 
ROTARY SAFE FAMILIES PROGRAM Document link https://portal.clubrunner.ca/9389/Documents/en-au/ce7b5d63-5c9d-4863-96d3-12284c6edb9f/1/
Computors for the Congo
Donations of used computers from fellow Rotarians and friends delivered to Tom Cecil for eventual use in the Congo. 
 
 
Speakers
Nov 18, 2020
Rotary SAFE Families Program
Nov 25, 2020
The Wisdom of Wellness
Dec 02, 2020
Member Presentation
Dec 16, 2020
Update-Members of Froendship Tour
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Notices
Christmas function/changeover? 
A booking has been made for Sunday the 13th December at the Bendigo Pottery. The fellowship team will have more on this subject in coming weeks as the 
Covid restrictions are eased.
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Jokes

A man sits down in a movie theatre and notices that the man in front of him has brought his dog and it’s sitting in the seat next to him.
He thinks it’s unusual, but he likes dogs so he decides that as long as it’s not a distraction he won’t mention it.
The movie starts and pretty soon there’s a funny part. The dog makes some low woofing noises that sound like laughter.

A little while later there’s a sad part in film and the dog appears to be weeping. This continues throughout the film and the man sitting behind the dog is astounded.
When the lights finally come on he taps the dog’s owner on the shoulder and says, “I gotta say, and I know it sounds weird,

but it seemed like your dog really enjoyed this movie.”
The dog owner looks at the dog and nods. “I know, it really is weird,” he says, “because he absolutely hated the book.”

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
Stirling Room, Foundry
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 St
 
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