If you are a Rotary Club active member now is the time to book your spot for the 100th Anniversary dinner. You should have received an invite from our industrious Anniversary Team and be able to click on the tri-booking link from your emailed invitation.  

 

There is a table layout on our website (www.alexandrarotary.com) and you can make bookings NOW before it is opened up to past Rotarians. 

 

 

A big thank you to our guest speaker Robb Major, and of course our very own Wallis W for twisting Robb's Arnm to give up some of his valuable time to come to the club and tell us all about the planning and execution of the COVID roll out. 

 

I must say that although I keep hearing about the hard work that is going on among the health professionals, what Robb took us through on Friday morning was truly mind blowing. 

 

Robb is charged with getting the public health network in Sunshine Coast right in regards to the roll out. So we heard what has been going on at National, State and Sunshine Coast level. The logistics involved in making sure that everyone in Australia has the opportunity to be vaccinated, and to do it guided by the risk profile of the community, from First Nations people, old folks, disabled folks, folks who don't live anywhere near health centres, and recognising that the initial Pfizer vaccine can only be moved at -70 degrees, and only moved 4 times from the production centre, makes for interesting planning. 

 

Robb's talk made me appreciate how talented and hard working our health professional are, and on a selfish note, made us all a lot clearer on what the immediate pandemic / vaccination future looks like for folk on the Sunny Coast.

 

Thank you Robb and Wallis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rotary has over 1,200,000 members so its hardly surprising that its difficult to keep up with what Rotary does for our communities.

 

So here's a summary (!!) of what Rotary Health has been up to in Australia. Some fantastic projects in here, with some amazing community health leaders...see the facts issue below..

 

 

The Australian Rotary Health 2021 Facts Booklet lists all PhD Scholarship, Mental Health Research Grant, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Rural Nursing, Rural Medical, and Indigenous Health Scholarship recipients supported by Australian Rotary Health.This publication also provides information on the work that we do, as well as campaigns and events.

The 2021 Facts Booklet is now available to read online on Issuu.

Guess who's smiling through this terrifying ordeal?  None other than our Youth Group supremo Michelle. 

 

 

Following on from Michelle's Rotary minute (wow!) she cleaned up with the raffle and two-up scratches

(has anybody ever won money from these - ed.?)

 

Anyway later in the day our mates Tamara and Kerry graciously offered the club 2 free tickets (value $260) to their Superbowl extravaganza, complementary drinks, fun morning and as luck would have it Michelle was first in, so hope your team won.

 

While we are on "all things Michelle", its great to see Michelle starting the organising of the Rotary Youth Interact /Earlyact programs and we wish her every success.

 

The club has been helping out clean up Australia Day for almost its inception.

 

This year if you want to help please log on to the clean up Australia site. We'll have the usual brekky burger / sausage sizzle for our amazing volunteers. 

 

There will be registration on the day, with hand outs of gloves, bags and high viz. 

 

So please give up some of your Sunday morning on 7th March to help keep our beach and foreshore clean.

 

A reminder to let your children, grandchildren, school communities and friends living on the Sunshine Coast know about the competition.

New Year is a time for resolutions, navel gazing (really?) and wondering just where did all that time go last year?

 

So it was interesting to chat to one of the members about their extensive experience with Rotary and how they had given so much back to the community and their view of Rotary. 

 

The discussion verymuch reminded me of this video, which I have put on the website. 

 

EnJoy (Thats a hidden pun)