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School Bursary Presentation Night
Chairperson—David Anderson
David briefly spoke of volunteering, and thanked the school communities for their efforts, particularly catering on a regular basis for Rotary meetings, and tonight we have the Yea Water Tigers swimming club, volunteering to raise funds for their club. Thankyou!
David invited Julie Lynch, stepping up for Youth chair, Lily Cox who is overseas enjoying her honeymoon.
Julie introduced our visitors to Rotary’s focus on Youth, with programs Yea participate in including Youth Ex-change, RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) pro-gram, School Bursaries ($500 to each school, with funds awarded to student/s nominated by the school to assist with books, uniform etc.) and the Ruth Konig annual school to a Yr 12 student moving on to Tertiary Education ($6,000 over 3 years).
David briefly spoke of volunteering, and thanked the school communities for their efforts, particularly catering on a regular basis for Rotary meetings, and tonight we have the Yea Water Tigers swimming club, volunteering to raise funds for their club. Thankyou!
David invited Julie Lynch, stepping up for Youth chair, Lily Cox who is overseas enjoying her honeymoon.
Julie introduced our visitors to Rotary’s focus on Youth, with programs Yea participate in including Youth Ex-change, RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) pro-gram, School Bursaries ($500 to each school, with funds awarded to student/s nominated by the school to assist with books, uniform etc.) and the Ruth Konig annual school to a Yr 12 student moving on to Tertiary Education ($6,000 over 3 years).
 Flowerdale Primary School bursary recipient, Jake Wertz, Grade 3. Nominated for being kind, helpful to staff and students and respecting school values. Congratulations Jake. |  Yea Primary School bursary was awarded to Finn Duke,awarded for being respectful, resilient, responsible and always displaying the school values. |
 Matthew Jensen, Sacred Heart Primary School, awarded for willingness to participate in the community, displaying school values, respectful and resilient. |  Ella Harris, Yr 9, Yea High School, awarded for her academic achievements and for always being respectful and positive to students and staff. |
 Declan Fulford, Yr 9, Yea High School, awarded for his academic aptitude and willingness to extend his skills, undertaking an Information Technology internship with the school technicians. | |
Some of our catering team, Yea Water Tigers, who had a busy night and served us a delicious meal. Thankyou
Annual General Meeting and Club Assembly
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Chairperson—David Anderson
Time: 7.02pm
Chairperson—David AndersonTime: 7.02pm
- Attendees and apologies noted.
- Minutes of previous AGM, 30/11/23, moved as correct and carried
- Presidents Annual Report, presented at Change-over, moved as correct and carried
- Financial Statements 2023-2034, moved as correct and carried
- Election of Office Bearers -
President Elect 2025/26 Darryl King- Secretary 2025/26 Glenda Woods
- Treasurer 2025/26 Gary Fitzgerald
- 2025/26 Board to be appointed by Presi dent Elect Darryl King
- AGM closed 7.06 pmCLUB ASSEMBLY
Secretary’s Report—Glenda• Letter from Childrens First Foundation, seeking support for student in Zambia who required surgery.
• Murrindindi Shire—approval to conduct Art Show Raffle in High Street
• Murrindindi Shire—Food traders approval for next 12 months.
• Catering request for post wedding breakfast, May 2025.
Glenda, Sue and Haru visited the RYLA program on Tuesday evening, catching up with our attendee Haylee Fyfe and enjoying a meal with the participants and guests. There was a very positive vibe at the gathering. Haru reconnected with participant Darcy, a member of the Broadmeadows RC who visited Yea.
Haylee is enjoying the challenges presented and feels as though she is gain so much from the experience already
Club Assembly—Chairperson: Darryl King.
Treasurers Report—Gary Fitzgerald
• Financial report circulated via email, together with financials for Open Gardens.
• Financial report circulated via email, together with financials for Open Gardens.
Community Service—Les Hall
• Art show screens used by show committee for Yea Show are currently being stored at Yea Rec and will be transported to hall for Art Show by Show Com-mittee members.
• Rotary will do BBQ for Carols at Railway Park on 15 December.
• Art show screens used by show committee for Yea Show are currently being stored at Yea Rec and will be transported to hall for Art Show by Show Com-mittee members.
• Rotary will do BBQ for Carols at Railway Park on 15 December.
Youth Services—Julie Lynch (in absence of Lily Cox)
• As reported by Glenda, RYLA attendee (nominated by Lily) Haylee Fyfe is enjoying her RYLA experiences.
• Youth Exchange—Yea Pottery Club has welcomed Haru to attend and participate in clay modelling, which Haru reports as being a lot of fun.
• Haru is moving from her current host family, Dredges, to stay with the Hard/Charles family.
• Nakaiah, former outbound student, is currently doing short term stay in Taiwan, and has reported very positively of her experiences with school and activities.
• Andrew, our 2025 outbound student, heads off in 6 weeks to Germany for 12 months. Goodluck Andrew!
• 5 applicants for Ruth Konig Scholarship.
• School bursaries will be awarded next meeting.
• As reported by Glenda, RYLA attendee (nominated by Lily) Haylee Fyfe is enjoying her RYLA experiences.
• Youth Exchange—Yea Pottery Club has welcomed Haru to attend and participate in clay modelling, which Haru reports as being a lot of fun.
• Haru is moving from her current host family, Dredges, to stay with the Hard/Charles family.
• Nakaiah, former outbound student, is currently doing short term stay in Taiwan, and has reported very positively of her experiences with school and activities.
• Andrew, our 2025 outbound student, heads off in 6 weeks to Germany for 12 months. Goodluck Andrew!
• 5 applicants for Ruth Konig Scholarship.
• School bursaries will be awarded next meeting.
International Services—Tippy Anderson
• English corners in schools project in Thailand has completed its current aims. A further enquiry will be directed to the new board, 2025.
• No updates on RFE visits.
• English corners in schools project in Thailand has completed its current aims. A further enquiry will be directed to the new board, 2025.
• No updates on RFE visits.
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Thanks to Flowerdale Primary School (supported by the De Vir family) for another delicious meal. | Congratulations to our barperson, Michael (Yea Golf Club) for his prize winning Chocolate Cake at the Yea Show! |
Guest Speaker, Lisa Lorimer-Derham, Psychologist with Alexandra District Health.
Lisa and her family have been in the district for the past 12 years, and she enjoys her family, mountain biking and ultimate frisbee.Lisa missed the Lift the Lid evening but is an advocate for the work Rotary supports.
Mental Health affects individuals, family and communities, and it is well documented that since Covid, stress levels have continued.
- 45% of the population will experience a mental illness
- 17% will experience anxiety
- 75% mood depression
- 31% addiction.
- 1:7 teenagers suffer a mental health dis-order, causing shutdown and avoidance.
Mental Health is a state of wellbeing and here are many forms of Mental Health—family genetics, community, political and society all contribute to the individual makeup. For the individual factors such as sleep, playfulness, reflective time, focus time, social connections and physical activity are important for balanced mental health.
Lisa reminded up that as Rotarians we are in a position to create positive outcomes for families and individuals in the community—supporting Peace, Housing, Food, Job Security, Eco System and Social Justice. Lisa answered many questions from Rotarians, leading to a further interesting session. Vote of Thanks from Julie Lynch.
3 Minute speaker—Les Hall
Les, raconteur of his bush history, entertained us again, reminiscing of growing up in the Ovens Val-ley and surrounding hills. It seems Les was rather accident prone, which put an untimely end to his AFL career with North Melbourne, he also played local cricket. Les began his working life as a butch-er in the family business and was smitten when a young lady, Wendy, commenced work at the local bank! Wendy is an accomplished horse rider and show jumper. Whilst Les was conscripted into the Army, his accident record ensured he was not accepted!
Wendy said Yes, they married, took up work at Glendaloch and have made Yea and the Glenburn their home ever since!
Les, raconteur of his bush history, entertained us again, reminiscing of growing up in the Ovens Val-ley and surrounding hills. It seems Les was rather accident prone, which put an untimely end to his AFL career with North Melbourne, he also played local cricket. Les began his working life as a butch-er in the family business and was smitten when a young lady, Wendy, commenced work at the local bank! Wendy is an accomplished horse rider and show jumper. Whilst Les was conscripted into the Army, his accident record ensured he was not accepted!
Wendy said Yes, they married, took up work at Glendaloch and have made Yea and the Glenburn their home ever since!
Many thanks to our caterers, Sacred Heart Primary School, led by Emma, Emily
and Sarah and a band of enthusiastic little helpers! Thank You for another delicious meal.
Guest Speaker Haruo (Haru) Tanaka, our inbound exchange student tonight, celebrating our Rotary Youth Exchange Program.
Haruo (Haru) Tanaka, is from Ishikawa Prefecture, Island of Honshu, Japan. Haru arrived in July and is currently with her first host family, the Dredges. (Anthony, Tomi, Josh, Oliver, Benji and Heidi).
Haru gave a delightfully enthusiastic insight into her exchange so far, immersing herself in country life and loving all opportunities offered to her to experience Australian culture.
The geographical comparison of Japan and Australia showed Australia as being 20 times bigger than Japan, though the population of Japan is 5 times greater than Australia! Kanazawa is on the west coast of Honshu, approximately on opposite coast from Tokyo. It’s autumn in the northern hemisphere and it snows in winter!
Haru lives with her father, mother and two cats, and as a family they enjoy fishing, camping and hiking. She listed her hobbies as food (particularly sweets), sports, friends, shopping, karaoke, and in particular, Yasokoi, a traditional dance which she enjoys doing together with her mother.
She lists her favourite Australian things so are as TimTams, Pavlova, Koalas, Wombats, Possums, Kangaroos and is trying Vegemite! Other highlights have been an AFL football game in at the MCG, Healesville Sanctuary, the Chocolaterie at Yarra Glen and a visit to Marysville.
Another highlight was in October the 2024 inbound students joined up to do the Tropical Trek, a 7 day visit to the Great Barrier Reef, travelling to Airlie Beach and enjoying the opportunity to snorkel, swim and explore the coral reefs.
Haru concluded her presentation by dressing in traditional dance costume and demonstrating the Yakosoi dancing. She used percussion sticks and a fan complete the performance.
Thankyou Haru, that was a enlightening presentation.
Haruo (Haru) Tanaka, is from Ishikawa Prefecture, Island of Honshu, Japan. Haru arrived in July and is currently with her first host family, the Dredges. (Anthony, Tomi, Josh, Oliver, Benji and Heidi).Haru gave a delightfully enthusiastic insight into her exchange so far, immersing herself in country life and loving all opportunities offered to her to experience Australian culture.
The geographical comparison of Japan and Australia showed Australia as being 20 times bigger than Japan, though the population of Japan is 5 times greater than Australia! Kanazawa is on the west coast of Honshu, approximately on opposite coast from Tokyo. It’s autumn in the northern hemisphere and it snows in winter!
Haru lives with her father, mother and two cats, and as a family they enjoy fishing, camping and hiking. She listed her hobbies as food (particularly sweets), sports, friends, shopping, karaoke, and in particular, Yasokoi, a traditional dance which she enjoys doing together with her mother.
She lists her favourite Australian things so are as TimTams, Pavlova, Koalas, Wombats, Possums, Kangaroos and is trying Vegemite! Other highlights have been an AFL football game in at the MCG, Healesville Sanctuary, the Chocolaterie at Yarra Glen and a visit to Marysville.
Another highlight was in October the 2024 inbound students joined up to do the Tropical Trek, a 7 day visit to the Great Barrier Reef, travelling to Airlie Beach and enjoying the opportunity to snorkel, swim and explore the coral reefs.
Haru concluded her presentation by dressing in traditional dance costume and demonstrating the Yakosoi dancing. She used percussion sticks and a fan complete the performance.
Thankyou Haru, that was a enlightening presentation.
Co-hosts the Rotary Club of Broadmeadows, who are co-hosting Haru’s exchange with Yea. Broadmeadows initially joined the exchange program but found they were unable to undertake the hosting, and a timely connection through Sue put Yea in a position to take on the hosting. Sandra, a Friend of Broadmeadows Rotary, who had the experience of doing an ex-change to Japan in 1987, spoke of the lifelong opportunities it has given her and she is an active advocate for the Exchange Program.
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| Haru in traditional dance dress | Broadmeadows Rotary Club members—Don, Joan, Darcy, Judith and Sandra with Haru. | Judith and Darcy presented Haru with their 60th Anniversary Book |
Outbound Exchange Student Andrew Foster
President Penny introduced 2025 outbound ex-change student, sponsored by Yea Rotary Club, Andrew Foster, who will depart in January for 12 months in Hanover, Germany. Andrew is a student at Yea High School, and last weekend was present-ed with his blazer, which he is very proud of. An-drew is very excited about his exchange and is looking forward to all the opportunities it offers, in particularly the chance to take part in the Euro bus tour which visits many European countries.
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| 2025 Outbound Student - Andrew Foster with mum and dad. | Andrew | Ongoing supporters and hosts of the exchange program - Amanda Hard with Nick and Milly. |
Thank you Yea Primary School — Grade 6 student leaders and parents,
led by Lyndal, for another fabulous meal.
