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Carmel's last day - a tribute 

Carmel heads south to a new family adventure

On Friday we said goodbye to Carmel - a long standing member of the club and we were all sad to see her go, but at the same time happy that she was going off to  her new family venture in Samford. 
 
There was a bit of a IT hiccup with the photo tribute that our Tony had put together, so we've gone one better and put Carmel out there on the Internet on our webpage. see the photo's at www.AlexandraRotary.com for lots of memories of Carmel. 
 
A certain scribe would also like to say the club will miss her and her attention to detail (never a certain scribe's strong point) and you could always rely on Carmel for helping out at any club or community activity. She's a champion and I'm sure that Samford will benefit from her enthusiasm and thoughtfulness. 
 
 
 
 
Don't forget TAFE lunch - and no meeting on Friday 

No meeting this Friday - at Maroochydore TAFE Lunch instead 

Dont forget that on Thursday 14th October we meet at the TAFE Queensland Coastal Cookery Trade Centre for a delicious lunch, in lieu of club meeting on Friday. 
 
See you there..
Venue:
"Coast"
Trade Training Centre,
Maroochydore High School
(Behind Hall) 
Time:
12.00 - 2.00pm
Cost:
$22.00
Bar facilities available, but can BYO Wine only. 
 
EndEd speaks from the heart
EndEd - an journey to help the scourge of eating disorder
 
Mark Forbes was our guest speaker on Friday, and you could have heard pain drop as he spoke of his families battle with eating disorders, and how he has led a groundbreaking program of work to help those families suffering from this awful disease. Mark and his family have personal experience of the challenge of battling this mental problem, and has achieved remarkable results in a very short time, although there is much to do. We also found out that EndEd are engaging with all sorts of folks in the community to raise awareness, facilities and mentorship to address the lack of support available to combat this growing problem.  It was stunning to hear that there are less than 50 beds in all of Australia allocated to this issue, and the length of waitlist for families to get the care and support needed to help them in this terrible disease. 
 
 
 
Surf Board Meeting Charity Dinner
Getting by with a little help from our friends

Bunnings BBQ success

Well done everyone involved n Sundays successful Bunnings BBQ. A special should out to our friends....it would not have been possible without you. Special mentions to you all.....Charmaine arrived bright and early for the morning shift, and our mischievous mate Bob Lane was there to man the barricades, and in the afternoon shift Sandi just never stopped  (well apart from a few "logistical issues" with we'll say no more about!!) ...so a BIG THANK YOU you have helped us raise much needed funds for the community. 
 
ESRAG - Rotary & Environment 

Rotary initiatives in improving the environment

 
 
The 7th area of focus is Environment, and we had a short presentation on Friday about how district Rotary is helping support the various clubs through teh ESRAG group. (Environmental Suitability Rotary Action Group.).
 
The groups activities are based on teh whole of the Moreton Bay region, mangroves, oysters, birdlife, water quality, and migrator birds. 
 
Of course Rotary Clubs all over the world have been helping improve the environment from Clean Up days, to active recycling, and Rotary Donations in Kind has been going for over 20 years sharing resources predominately to the surrounding island nations. 
 

Donations In Kind gathers donations of surplus new and reusable commercial items an makes them available for Rotary Projects.  It provides management support for Club projects with a particular emphasis on helping them with their overseas projects.

In the last 19 years, DIK has shipped 578 containers of equipment and supplies containing  goods worth $58 million to 32 countries, with a strong emphasis on items that improve education, medical and maternal care. We also support disadvantaged area

Surf Show and Shine 2021 is over for another year

2021 Surf Show and Shine over for another year

So many good stories about this years Surf Show and Shine. A big thank you to our wonderful Kombis who took part in the Kombi Parade on Saturday night, where for an hour the Kombis paraded around Alex, Mooloolaba, Kawana, Maroochydore and Cotton Tree. 
 
A special bonus was that this year the Sunset markets were on at Mooloolaba and the folks at the market were treated to an amazing display of Kombis past the markets. Here's Dean and Cricks Volkswagen van leading the parade through the Mooloolaba sunset markets..
 
 
Then on early Sunday the folks at East Coast Traffic services had the car park all ready to receive and show off the Kombis. Here's a little pug getting into the spirit of Surf Show and Shine
 
 
This was our 6th show the club has put on and in that time had a load of fun, and brought some smiles to the community and our amazing beneficieries who do so much for the Sunshine folks who are "doing it tough" all year round. We were delighted to see Bill and Melissa Close from Care Outreach who have been with the Show since the start. Here's a walk around video on the morning set up on Facebook for you..
 
 
We had some amazing trophies (courtesy of Shannon) for our People's choice and Kombi of the Year. Deano from Cricks and Ashley from the Alex SLSC did the honours..
 
 
Music was provided by Nana's Pie Band and Artis displays by Owen Cavanagh, Terry Cooper,  Amanda Davidson, Deb Baker, Julie Chizzoni, Naomi Pettenuzzo, Owen Cavanagh,  Suzanne Riley...some fantastic displays, as also from Ross Wilson Surfboards who has signed up to be a regular at future Surf Show and Shine events.  
 
Big thanks to everyone who have helped out with the raffle prizes, musicians, artists, and event etc. etc. and a special BIG THANKYOU to East Coast Traffic who were amazing..BIG shout out to Ian aka "Smurfy" and his team who were there at the start and last to leave.
 
Club awarded best small charity or group award
 
Last night Val, Michelle, Joy and myself attended the Sunshine Coast Community Awards.
We were very excited and somewhat surprised to win the Best Small Charity or Group Award, so congratulations everyone this is down to you.

SUNSHINE COAST COMMUNITY AWARDS are aimed to recognise, encourage, acknowledge, and pay tribute to individuals, organisations, volunteers, charities, businesses, and groups who are making significant contributions to our Sunshine Coast Community. Building a bigger sense of community and achievement in our region with networking, rewarding and events will be an amazing achievement.

The inaugural event was held on August 21st at The Shed in the Banana Bender in   Aussie World. The event organiser was Danielle Trask who has formed her own charity “Katwalk for Kids”. This is an annual children’s event on the Sunshine Coast to raise funds for children with Autism and other disabilities.

MC’s for he night were Todd and Sami from 92.7 Mix FM, guests included Mark Forbes, Rick Baberowski (Deputy Mayor), Jarrod Bleijie  and Lisa Kerry Curry.

The evening began with a troupe of dancers from the Sunshine Coast entertaining us.   A three course meal was served and an impersonator took on various personas including Elvis, Tom Jones and Austin Powell throughout the evening.

The Rotary club of Alexandra Headland received the award for the “Best small charity or group of the year 2021” and was accepted by President Wendy accompanied on stage by Michelle, Joy and Val.

A presentation box with fine wine and chocolates accompanied our trophy.

A short video on Casey’s Garden was shown which featured members of our club in action with The Board Room. Mark Skinner won an award for Volunteer of the year and Lifetime  Volunteer so it was nicely connected to our club.

 

 
 
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Rotary - Business / Community / Youth 

 

All Rotary Clubs are different. When a certain scribe was a youngster Rotary was the club where the local business leaders met and was surrounded in mystery by most of the community. It was a club where networking was the key to doing well at business. You were had to be invited to join. You (and sometimes your spouse) were interviewed as to "suitability". You were expected to attend a certain numbers of meetings per year or your membership was in danger of being withdrawn. 

How things have changed. Nowadays we encourage members to join who are interested in "giving back" those folk in the community who "want to make a difference" and the spaces Rotary are much more involved in community health and welfare locally and around the world. 

In the developing world Rotary is associated with disease prevention, sanitation projects, supporting medical activities, construction projects, promoting peace initiatives etc. 

But we still have business connections, and indeed rely on business connections for sponsorship and support of local activities such as Surf Show and Shine and Solstice Swim, Walk for mental health to name a few. 

So its great to see our past club secretary and all around good guy Steve Power branch out his business to include business health checks as part of his professional services. Steve's been all over the world, and is now living back on the Coast, and assisting the club with its finances. 
 
Steve's CPA qualification and general business experience in advisory, regulatory and general bookkeeping services keeps small businesses on the Coast healthy and professional. Steve's offering a free health check of your current bookkeeping system and business processes. 
 

 

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