One of the highlights of last Monday's meeting was Rod Simpson's idea that we could link the speaker's topic related to plane flights by having a paper plane making and flying competition.
Great fun was had by all with Doug Hawley, a scientist by profession, demonstrating that he also has given much of his free time to paper plane design with a flight that easily traveled around 15 metres to take out the winners trophy.
In matters of interest:
The Camberwell RC is hosting an International Women's Day breakfast event in March and are looking for volunteers to assist with the organisation . If you are able to assist please contact Tony Laycock.
Val again called for volunteers to assist with a FORaMEAL repacking night on Tuesday 16 February at Doug's factory in Dandenong.
Rose asked members to collect, where appropriate, toiletries when staying in a hotel or motel to be used in the Pinchapoo program in hospitals. Rose will provide a collection box at Club meetings.
Our speaker Rodney Richards spoke to us about Angel flights.
In 2003, Bill Bristow started a not for profit charity in Brisbane. His vision was to establish an organization which provided free flights for residents in remote and rural communities, who need non-emergency medical transport. As there are no medical people on board, patients and carers are required to be ambulatory. Earth Angels, of whom there are four hundred, meet the pilots and transport patients and carers to the location, and then return them to the same location for the trip home.
There are many compelling stories associated with this non profit organization. For those of us with the advantage of having medical and other facilities close to us, we need to understand the tyranny of distance. Quite recently, during the border closures between Queensland and New South Wales, a young patient and her mother, who were unable to travel via normal transportation, were offered the services of Angel Flights. Those who experience this service are grateful for their compassion and provision of transportation.
This emergency medical transport for rural people in Australia relies solely on donations. Eighty-five percent of funds raised goes towards fuel. There have been 45000 flights since 2003, although the number of flights has been impacted by Covid restrictions affecting State boarders.
Rodney, himself a private pilot of some thirty years standing, presented us with a magnificent picture of what can be achieved with a single vision and the application of co-operation with passionate pilots, earth angels and other volunteers.
For the past 10 years, Kerrie Anne Frost has been the Director of a small NGO called Team Vista, located in Moshi, TANZANIA (east Africa) in the Kaloleni Ward, which is an area surrounding the town’s rubbish dump. Kaloleni is the poorest Ward in Moshi.
The vision of Team Vista is to break the cycle of poverty, ignorance and lack of education in the Kaloleni Ward and surrounding areas through the education, health and welfare of the most vulnerable children, to show the children the value of education and how this can change their lives and that of their family. Children have a right to be safe. Through education programs in the Primary schools, children will learn important aspects of Child Protection in order to feel safe.
The Maling Road Auto Classico is coming up on Sunday 28 March.
Graham Bishop is holding a meeting after next Monday's Club meeting to discuss the organising of the Club's involvement at the event.
Fund raising at the Auto Classico will be through ‘Gold Coin’ collections, and using the "Square" contactless machine for donations using credit/debit cards.
The Club's involvement will feature sales of honey, and Wear the Wattle badges, and promoting the ‘FORaMEAL’ activities.
A roster of Club volunteers will required to cover from 10 am to 4 pm will be set up of the event.
The International Women’s day Committee is holding an International Women's Day
This year the Event will be virtual with the video available to stream for $20 or a Group booking, possibly for a Club or organisation, available at $100 (10 or more people) . For the Groups a video will be available for download.
The Canterbury Rotary Club lunch usually meets bi-weekly for a meal and some fun.
David Zrna looks after the reservations for the lunch group. Please contact David at david.zrna@canterburyrotary.org or on 0467033092 to advise that you will be coming to a lunch.
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