Lift the Lid Night
President Penny
Welcomed guests, Sharon Fox, Janet Forde and Clare Sinclair, along with Chris Kellett and Jill Heath.
Exciting evening tonight, as not only is it Lift the Lid night, raising awareness of Mental Health research (and its great to see so many wonderful hats), but we also have the pleasure of inducting 2 new members, Chris and Jill.
Unfortunately our guest speaker has had to postpone her visit due to family illness, but we are hoping to reschedule in November, so tonight will be fun night with prizes and a long 3 minuter from David A.
Penny invited our new members, together with their sponsors, to come forward for their membership inductions, and conducted the formalities.
The membership of Chris Kellett was proposed by her husband, member Paul, and Jill Heath was proposed by her friend and member, Tippy Anderson.
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| Tippy, Jill, President Penny, Chris and Paul |
Three minute Speaker David Anderson - the importance of 2 significant dates in October -
10 October—Lift the Lid Hat Day, Australian Rotary Health Annual Fundraising for research into Mental Health. Every day 1 in 5 suffers from mental health. We all need to work toward breaking down the stigma and encourage the willingness to talk. As a club we support Goulburn Valley Suicide Aware-ness Group, who hold an annual walk and BBQ on the rail trail. Australian Rotary Health is one of the largest funders of research into mental health and providing scholarships to enable researchers to continue their valua-ble work.
24 October—World Polio Day is an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to end polio and celebrate the successes over polio. As a club we donate time to raise awareness and advocate towards end polio nationally. Club and individual donations are needed to complete the eradication job. Funds are met with a 2:1 grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation up to $50 mil. David shared a short video of Bill Gates. Create awareness to end polio by writing to media and politicians, as well as sharing the campaign on social media.
10 October—Lift the Lid Hat Day, Australian Rotary Health Annual Fundraising for research into Mental Health. Every day 1 in 5 suffers from mental health. We all need to work toward breaking down the stigma and encourage the willingness to talk. As a club we support Goulburn Valley Suicide Aware-ness Group, who hold an annual walk and BBQ on the rail trail. Australian Rotary Health is one of the largest funders of research into mental health and providing scholarships to enable researchers to continue their valua-ble work.24 October—World Polio Day is an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to end polio and celebrate the successes over polio. As a club we donate time to raise awareness and advocate towards end polio nationally. Club and individual donations are needed to complete the eradication job. Funds are met with a 2:1 grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation up to $50 mil. David shared a short video of Bill Gates. Create awareness to end polio by writing to media and politicians, as well as sharing the campaign on social media.
Our Caterers
It was a family affair, thanks to Kerry Tull and Nicole for another delicious meal.
Think I even spied Peter helping with serving as well!!
Think I even spied Peter helping with serving as well!!