Welcome to the Alexandra Headland Rotary Club
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RCAH Board Meeting
Jan 31, 2023
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM -
ROMAC Trivia Night
Unity College AuditoriumMar 02, 2023
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM -
Pride of Workmanship Dinner
Alexandra Headland Surf ClubMar 11, 2023
6:00 PM – 9:07 PM -
RYDA
Nambour Show GroundsApr 26, 2023
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RYDA
Nambour Show GroundsApr 27, 2023

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A bright New Year start from Alex Rotary

Message of Bravery, Peace and especially Hope and a new logo from the new incoming RI President


The Year to get involved?
- Pride of Workmanship - celebrating the best employees on the Sunshine Coast. If you know of a community minded business who would benefit by having one of their employees contributions recognised and celebrated, let Mike know.
- Car Boot Sale - a new project. If you want to help Steve out with getting a community car boot sale going and helping out Maroochy State High School Students with some valuable experience, let Steve know.
- Solstice Swim - Did you know that kids drowning is the biggest preventable cause of kids deaths in Australia. Whats more surprising to you? (i) That 25% o deaths are from migrant families? or (ii) 75% of deaths are from Ausiie born kids?
- Clean Up Australia Day (TBC) - One of Rotary's key aims is improving the environment. What can we, as a club do?
- Mock Interviews (TBC) - Rotary occupies a key position between Youth development, Business and Education. We're always happy to support improving the skills and relationships in this space.
Madagascar - who knew?

Our club artist has been busy

Blazeaid


WorkLife Book ..do you have?

Thank you Bonnie and Belinda





Thank you Steve for new club montage
Rotary and Toastmasters
A Strong Alliance
In May 2019, two long-standing organizations, Toastmasters International and Rotary International, formed a unique strategic alliance, drawing from the strength of their many similarities and complementary differences. The opportunity for Toastmasters members is primarily to establish fellowship and make new connections, contribute more to communities, and potentially elevate clubs. Rotary members have the opportunity to develop new skills and may ask to visit Toastmasters clubs or receive evaluations. Toastmasters also developed eight educational courses for Rotarians and Rotaractors, available on Rotary International’s Learning Center, which can be accessed by their members in nine languages.
Check it out HERE
Did you know?
What famous orator said..."Ask me to speak for an hour then give me 30 minutes notice, ask me to speak for 5 minutes, give me 24 hours notice?"

Rotary - a unique position in the community
First time I encountered it was probably 28-ish years ago in Sydney where we helped Pennant Hills High and Normanhurst Boys High and at the same time our neighbouring club Epping conducted mock interviews at Cheltenham Girls and Epping boys high.

Christmas HARD Quiz

Contrary to popular belief, "Xmas" is not a trendy attempt to take Christ out of Christmas. "Christianity" was spelled "Xianity" as far back as 1100. X, or Chi, is the Greek first letter of "Christ" and served as a symbolic stand-in at the time. In 1551, the holiday was commonly called "Xtemmas," which was later shortened to "Xmas."
2. Who sent the first Christmas cards ...
a. President Herbert Hoover
b. Henry VIII
c. Queen Victoria
d. The pope
Queen Victoria was the first official person to send a Christmas card, but the first commercial card came in 1843 when Sir Henry Cole produced 1000 and sold them for one shilling each. There are currently only 12 of these cards left in the world with one going up for auction a couple of years ago for £30,000.
3. The genus name for mistletoe is Viscum album which in English means
a. White Berry
b. Glossy holly
c. Dung on a twig
d. True bush
Mistletoe, or as it is more well-known Viscum album (kidding), means “dung on a twig” in the Anglo-Saxon. According to the National Wildlife Federation, it spreads through bird droppings. Think about that during your next kiss.
4. The first song played in space was...
a. Happy Birthday
b. Jingle Bells
c. Rocket Man
d. Homeward Bound
On the 16 December 1965, the song 'Jingle Bells' made history by becoming the first song to be played in space during NASA’s Gemini 6A space flight. At-least… we think it was the first…maybe Santa sang to Rudolph on his trips??
Club is trialling Wednesday morning breakfast meetings in 2023, please take note...

Club Dinner at SLSC
Polio Walk - Thank you all






A lovely Day to Participate in a Walk For Polio at LA Balsa Park
Sunday the 14th of August saw The Rotary Club of Alexandra headland engage in a successful Walk For Polio at LA balsa Park , at Point Cartwright. It was a brilliant day with representatives from The Rotary Club of Maleny; The Rotary Club of Caloundra Pacific; The Rotary Club of Brisbane; and the Rotary club of Alexandra Headland join together with members of the local community groups, with the purpose of raising awareness about the affects of Polio and the need to raise some funds, to eliminate this devastating disease, that targets children under the age of five. Our thanks also to the Rotary club of Nambour who gave a most generous donation in support of the Rotary Club of Alexandra’s Headland’s Walk for Polio.
With some experienced Heart Foundation walkers and a Sports physiologist from the University of the sunshine coast, the walkers set off at a comfortable pace on the wide council path to the end of the breakwater wall.
A lot of interest was generated by costumed walkers one of whom was a Santa Claus.
Dogs came well attired by their owners with colourful collars or a knitted coat. One gorgeous toddler came in a bright yellow jump suit. There were prizes galore for many of the participants. Excitement was the order of the day especially when Santa Claus was spotted by the board riders.
It was a day which lent itself to making friends and creating bonds with Rotarians from different clubs.
It was lovely to see families spend time with their children in brilliant Sunshine with spectacular scenery ,
The Rotary club of Alexandra Headland sends out a voter of thanks for the visiting Rotarians from a variety of clubs and hope this event won’t be the last we all get to meet again.
Thanks also go out to the visitors who attended this walk who represent our local community.
A vote of thanks goes out to the high proportion of Alex Headland Rotarians who came together and set up for this event in the early hours of Sunday morning, to ensure a great day was had by all.
Lastly thanks go out to President Skye and Past President Wendy who without their help this walk would not be able to occur.
It was a bonus to have at our walk the District Chair of Rotary Foundation for Polio- Bruce McNaught, who himself is a survivor of polio. Also thanks to Sue Mackenzie who is president of New Farm .Sue is also a polio survivor and is on the Board of Polio Australia.
Joy
Alex Rotary Mock Interviews, Resume help and work coaching now at Burnside

The local Rotary Cluster on the Sunshine Coast always proudly supports this event and it’s one I am very glad to be involved with, pulling together between 20 to 25 Volunteers each year to work our way through the cohort. The legendary Morning Tea is a big drawcard for those that have had the pleasure of tucking in and the School usually provides a token of their appreciation with a box of chocolates and a certificate for each Volunteer. The most rewarding part? Knowing we have helped today’s youth towards a successful careers and meeting some of the truly talented up and coming youngsters who you just know are really going places in this world."
Solstice Swim Results
ROMAC - The stories

- Surf Show and Shine - Celebrating the Coast while helping the outback. We always need volunteers to help run this annual community event.
- SunnyCoast Solstice Swim - Supporting our Young Veterans and other Rotarian community causes. It's getting bigger every year.
- Worklife Program - Rotarians are generally business people who are passionate about giving back. So its only natural that when they see businesses complain that the young are not "work ready", and they see overloaded school curriculums, and stressed out kids going into the workforce that they want to help. So Alex Rotary has been delivering and promoting a program to help first time workers transition to work, in a practical and positive way. Already we've been to high schools on the Sunshine Coast , Rotaract at USC and IFYS community worker work start programs.
- Golf Day - Last year we hosted a charity golf day to raise funds for Sunshine Coast helicopter rescue - an initiative started by Rotary here on the Sunshine Coast.
- Christmas at Alex - Every year we host a BBQ at Christmas at Alex, to raise funds for our local battlers at Christmas.
- Christmas Hampers - Last year we gave 400 hampers to the Carers of Children to give a helping hand over Christmas
- Mooloolaba Triathalon - we're delighted to help the organisers host this event that attracts thousands to the coast
- Mooloolaba Ironman - For many years Rotarians have managed the gear tent for this great event
- Clean Up Australia Day - every year we organise a BBQ for our volunteers who help clean up the coastline around beautiful Alexandra Headland
Disability – Death -- Determination
Mark is an advocate in supporting those in need. Through a water-skiing accident in early 20’s he became a tetraplegic and through determination recovered but has spent his adult life in a wheel chair. (Prior to the accident he was a State Champion water skier).
The wheelchair did not stop a successful teaching career, ending up Principal of various Qld country and city primary schools before retiring a few years back. But there were challenges … like the principal’s professional development programme being held in the Polo Club in Brisbane where there was only access via stairs. After three years at the same venue, he challenged Qld Education and won …. They now run the development programme in a disability access venue!
He also challenged Qld Police Service after being treated badly by a young police officer. He told us, he was self-represented against Senior Barristers and won the QCAT case!
Following retirement and during his mother’s end of life experience at Hopewell Hospice, he became a volunteer which led to a full-time job as CEO. Through his determination he managed the hospice and made all “clients” feel comfortable. He even ran “Death Café” discussion groups to allow the hospice clients and their families to open the discussion to ensure greater understanding of what they had generally been through and how they could face their future without fear.
Mark mentored many young kids when life threw the challenges and continued mentoring his friends through Toastmasters. In Toastmasters he faced challenges with determination and ultimately became the World Champion of Public Speaking – a contest that starts with 30,000 Toastmasters at a club level and eventually ends at the World Championship!
Mark continues to share his dynamic speaking skills at events around the world; he also mentors many people around the world who aim to follow similar footsteps (or wheel marks).
While facing challenges of life and Education Qld, he was also the Chair of Disabilities Qld to ensure others in similar situations have successes!
Mark Hunter shared his stories openly and courageously with us.
Peter Hall and mates come to visit




Urban Angels Community Program explained..

