President Steve welcomed the 70 plus members of the cluster clubs, partners and friends to the cluster meeting hosted by the Canterbury Rotary Club.
He advised that our relationship with the the Kew Bears Football Club is developing with Cathie Macmillan and himself appointed managers for their senior women’s team (Cathie on the right in her new cap).
The joint Canterbury and Mitchell River Rotary drought assist program has received a significant boost with an additional grant from District 9800 Drought fund.
Ted Waghorne and Bill Granger are over-sighting the distribution of the funds in conjunction with Mitchell River Rotary and the CEO of the Bairnsdale Community House. Bill and Ted also hosted our third drought affected family last weekend.
The parents and their two children saw Collingwood play Geelong and visited sights such as the Aquarium. Sunday afternoon they returned to their farm, sadly to sell some sheep to enable them to buy fodder.
David Christie, the joint CEO along with his wife of Bakers Delight, gave an enthralling and fast moving presentation to the 75 members and guests present last Monday night. He shared with us his secret ingredients for profitable growth of more than 700 stores in four countries (Australia, New Zealand, Canada and USA). David took us back to the beginning of the family baking business which now spans five generations, starting as one bakers shop in Mordialloc in the early 1900’s.
The business was founded on three key concepts: real bread, real delight and real people. The current Bakers Delight business was born in Glenferrie Road in 1980 and was an originator of the now popular franchising model of retail stores. Successful business growth has resulted from a culture of quality and transparency. Bakers Delight only uses the best ingredients and ensures that all administrative managers work at the counter weekly, having face-to-face transactions with the retail customer providing a continuous feed-back loop. The vision is to always have a point of difference (great product that customer like), continuous (but incremental) improvement and simplicity. Simplicity means continually improving business and in-store processes and simplyifying the message to the customer.
David also believes that employees need a reason to come to work rather than just making a profit and this is achieved by incorporating charity into the business culture. Bakers Delight starts everyday with empty stores as all left-over bread from the previous day has been donated to charity. Bakers Delight also shares their office with Breast Cancer Network of Australia which means that everyday business and charity work side-by-side. David concluded by saying that in 1901 bread from the family business was delivered by horse and buggy, today bread is being delivered by Uber Eats and in Canberra drones are conducting trial deliveries. A lively question session followed.
Stephanie Cantrill has a background in occupational therapy, and worked in that field for a number of years before completing a Masters of Public Health. After her masters, Steph spent four years living and working in India – a challenging and rewarding experience, to say the least. Steph has been back in Melbourne for the last four years and now works as Polio Australia’s Community Engagement Officer, aiming to inform both polio survivors and the wider community about the Late Effects of Polio.
She will be joined by Gary Newton and will talk about the ongoing need both for vaccination and for support and resources for the thousands of people living in Australia who have survived polio and are now living with its late effects.
Sunday 31 March saw our now annual Gourmet “Guess who’s coming to lunch”. Another fabulous social event attended by 47 members and friends of Rotary. Our event kicked off at Helen Hartnett's with bubbles and nibbles before heading off to unknown destinations. The Crosses, Wightmans, Simpsons, Cunniffes, McCaskills and the Krieglers hosted this Gourmet Graze, and David Robinson should be congratulated for arranging the food, all especially selected and sourced. Many thanks to our host families, and especially to Karin Simpson who provided the most delicious Crème Caramel to wrap up what was a fun day of wonderful food, fun and lots of laughter.
The feedback (excuse the pun) from those who attended was most complimentary. The Rotary Club of Canterbury is getting quite a reputation for having these fun events, with the next evening planned on Monday 29 April to celebrate our club’s Anniversary Dinner. All friends of Rotary are most welcome, and we hope to see some of our past members also come to yet another enjoyable event. Remember to save the date!
This photo shows Cathie Macmillan, Tony Laycock, Patrick Cuniffee, Anthony Balocca, Bronwyn and David Zrna at hosts Val and Patrick Cuniffee's home.
I am participating in two fundraising walks in April and May. Most of us know someone who has suffered from melanoma or pancreatic cancer. I would love it if you could spare a few dollars for either cause.
On Easter Sunday I will be walking a section of Jay’s Longest Melanoma March. Jay Allen is walking from Adelaide to Sydney (2000 kms in 50 days) to raise funds for Melanoma Institute Australia. I am walking 24 kms of the 2000! Jay’s target is to raise $1 million for research to find a cure of melanoma. Australia has the highest incidence of melanoma in the world. On average, 30 Australians will be diagnosed with melanoma every day and more than 1,200 will die from the disease each year. Did you know that it is the most common cancer in 15 – 39 year olds? (MIA website).
On Sunday May 5th I will be walking with friends as part of the Put your Foot Down annual Avner Pancreatic Cancer Foundation walk. Team ‘Walking for Wendy’ are raising funds for research whilst celebrating the life of our dear friend Wendy. Currently the 5 year survival rate for this disease is 9.8%. Despite being a top 5 cancer, Pancreatic Cancer receives a fraction of the funding of other top 5 cancers.
The Club have again been requested to provide marshals for the Anzac Day march Thursday 25th April 2019 and this is a call for volunteers.
There are 2 components to the exercise:
On Wednesday 10 April there is a final briefing at Anzac House 4 Collins Street Melbourne, 1st floor at 6pm. This normally runs for 90-120 minutes and light snacks/refreshments will be provided. Also Marshal vests etc will be available then for the volunteers who don’t already have them. As there have been a number of changes to the Order of March it is important to attend this briefing.
The march itself on Anzac Day. This requires a commitment up to approximately 11.30am-12.00noon.
I would thoroughly endorse this very worthy remembrance and if you would like to assist then contact me in the next few days please.
There was a fantastic effort by the members of the Mrs Canterbury team over the weekend of 23 and 24 March at the Cancer Council Hawthorn Relay for Life Walk. An unbelievable effort with 10 members staying overnight on Saturday. Canterbury Rotary Club members also provided the BBQ breakfast on Sunday morning. A special mention to John McCaskill who jogged 20 laps as he does every year.
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this hugely important community event.
The Canterbury Rotary Club lunch usually meets bi-weeky 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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