Weekly Bulletin
The Rotary Club of Murray Bridge gathers at the Bridgeport Hotel
2 Bridge St, Murray Bridge on Tuesday evenings

Fellowship from 6.00pm with Dinner starting at 6.15pm.

Apologies or guests to be notified to Jacquie Best by 12pm Monday
0409 377 343

 
The Four-Way Test
 
 1.  Is it the TRUTH?
 
 2.  Is it FAIR to all concerned?
 
 3.  Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
 
 4.  Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
 
     
Speakers
Jan 14, 2025 6:00 PM
Dinner at Hotel Calendar sponsors – social evening supporting Calendar sponsor

MEETING 3588 DUTY ROSTER

Topic: Dinner at Hotel Calendar sponsors - social evening supporting Calendar sponsor

VENUE: TBA

Speaker: Jenny Phillips/ Jacquie Best

Chairperson: President Jenny Alexander-Walters

Fellowship & Invocation: 

Reserve: 

Sergeant: 

Jan 21, 2025 6:00 PM
Shark's
Jan 28, 2025 6:00 PM
Rotary Awareness Night at the Imperial football club
Feb 04, 2025 6:00 PM
Foundation Night - Global Grants
Feb 11, 2025 6:00 PM
Committee Meetings
Feb 18, 2025 6:00 PM
Living without Fingerprints
Feb 25, 2025 6:00 PM
Putt Putt Tournament w/ Mobilong at Avoca Dell
View entire list

 
Upcoming Events
Rhyme -Grind-Climb
Jan 18, 2025
5:00 pm - 8:30 pm
 
Swap Meet
Feb 16, 2025 5:00 am
 
View entire list

 
  What's happening on our Facebook page
 
 
 

 

It was great to see so many members back from our two-week break. Judging by the volume of talk in the room there was much to catch up on.

The Committee meetings went well. The International Committee discussed Gemma Sisia’s visit in March and a committee has been set up to organise this. 

Community Committee are busy as usual with organising BBQs. It was nice to see the Ambulance Emergency Medical Information Books back.  They are so important to have to present to ambulance staff especially if you are alone or your partner is not quite sure what medications you are taking.

 Congratulations to the Calendar Committee on selling all calendars and raising so much money - Jacquie you are an inspiration.

Club Service Committee are asking all members to be aware of when you are rostered on for Fellowship duties.  Members have indicated that being welcomed is important to them and it is certainly important to welcome guests. There are quite a few times when this isn’t happening.  Please read the Bulletin if only to see if you are rostered on for any duties.  If you cannot attend please contact someone who will replace you.

Vocation Committee are looking at organising a couple of popular nights - the long-awaited Putt Putt competition (we do have to wrestle that trophy from Mobilong) and a film night.  Looking forward to these happening.

Please don’t forget our Rotary Information Night.  If you know of someone who is /might be interested in finding out more about Rotary and perhaps joining our Club, please let me know their details so an invitation can be sent to them.

And I nearly forgot!  -  Next week’s meeting is not at Bridgeport. It is a social evening arranged by Jacquie Best and Jenny Phillips when in groups we visit hotels who have supported our calendar.  Jenny or Jacquie will contact those who have indicated on the green sheet that they would like to be part of this and let them know which hotel they are to attend.  Time is 5.45pm for a 6.00pm start.

Thought for the week:

Rotary is about taking action, leveraging our collective skills and resources to address the needs of our communities and beyond.
Jonathan Majiyagbe - Rotary International President 2003-2004.

Let's Support ROMAC

ROMAC commenced in March 1988 out of the actions of an Australian Rotarian who, with a group of surgeons, visited Lambasa in Fiji. They found the child mortality rate as high as 25% in some places. They quickly identified that lack of medical and surgical facilities and skills for children of the island nations in Oceania, was a major cause. Rotary faced the challenge to assist an 18-year-old Fijian girl whose right leg was threatened if immediate surgery was not performed.

During the next four years, eight children were brought to Australia for major, often lifesaving, surgery. Soon 20 Australian Rotary clubs were caught up in the success of each case and assisted in various ways. ROMAC established five regions representing clubs in the west, east, south, north and centre of the country.

ROMAC in New Zealand and Australia enlists assistance from medical experts, hospitals, nurses, physiotherapists, pathology and radiology services, airlines, sponsors and other supporters. Today ROMAC is providing surgical treatment to around 30-40 children from Oceania every year – we are making a huge difference in their lives.

Image shows Rosie, ROMAC’s 5th patient in 1991 and now our Ambassador, with Dulcia a recent scoliosis patient

Breadtags for Wheelchairs

Happy New Year to all our supporters!
We have hit the road running for 2025 with five wheelchairs provided to the Flower Foundation Home for the Aged in Pretoria - South Africa. One of these is for permanent use by Lenard (centre), while the others are for general use to enable residents to move around, e.g. get to the dining room and participate in activities. This takes our wheelchair tally to 124.
 

CALENDAR WINNERS 

7th January

 
Draw Date
    Value
     Winning No.
            Winner
Location
Sold by
7.1.25
$100 
950
         Felicity Tregilgas
Murray Bridge
A. Bolt
 
$50 
347
         Merideth Kelsey
Murray Bridge
P. Westover
 

Happy Birthday To Us!

The following was received on 23rd December.

Dear President Jennifer Alexander-Walters , 

This is Suren Poruri, Rotary Volunteer- Global Grants, RI District 3150, from India.

Your rotary club of Murray Bridge was chartered on 23/12/1953, which is today. Your club completed 71 years service today in RI District 9510 in serving the communities across the world . 

I would like to extend my warm wishes to you and to all your club members on this joyous moment.

Rotary is the only organization which has global foot print and is working towards happy communities across the world with it's noble initiatives.

Thanks to our rotary club founder Rtn Paul Harris, we are able to make a difference in the communities where we live.

Polio eradication is our biggest achievement where many people are living a normal life with our investment of 3 Billion dollars in last 40 years

Another big success of Rotary was we played critical role in formation of United Nations in writing its charter with 12 rotary members in 1945.  

Rotary clubs across the world executes service projects worth 2 billion dollars every year in their communities. Rotarians gives 25 million volunteer hours to their communities across the world every year. 

Thanks and regards

Suren Poruri

Below are some thoughts from the Regional Council

Does our club want to better meet the needs of our current and prospective members, better represent the community we serve, or provide a more inclusive club experience?

Adopting flexible membership and meeting options can help us attract new audiences, diversify our club, and make our members more engaged.

Read on to learn about the three key tactics our club can use to become more flexible!

Offer alternative membership types

By offering alternative types of membership, you can attract members who traditionally were unable or unwilling to join a Rotary club due to factors such as cost and time commitment. Such people could include busy professionals or people with young families.

These are some types of alternative membership options:

Or we can create our own membership type to meet the specific needs of our members!

Each type of membership can have its own policies on dues, attendance, and service expectations, which must be documented in our club bylaws. Rotary will count these people as members of our club if they pay Rotary International dues and are reported as active members in My Rotary.

Change your meeting format

By changing how and where you club meets, you can make your meetings more fun and engaging, and more inclusive for members who can’t attend traditional meetings.

Your club can meet in person or online, alternate between the two, or offer a hybrid meeting.

You can also change the format of your in-person meetings from the traditional meal and speaker to include service projects, leadership development, committee meetings and social gatherings. Some clubs even rotate where and how they meet!

For more information, download the start guide for flexible meeting formats.

Relax attendance requirements / reduce meeting frequency

These simple measures can make it easier for members with busy schedules to participate to your club in ways that are meaningful to them.

By focusing less on attending meetings, your members can contribute in other ways such as working on a service project, adopting a leadership role, or updating your club’s social media channels.

If your club meets in some way at least twice per month, you’ll meet Rotary International’s meeting requirements.

Object of Rotary

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

  • FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
  • SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
  • THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;
  • FOURTH: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Jacquie Best
January 28
 
John Scarvelis
January 28
 
Spouse Birthdays
Les Baker
January 14
 
Peter Phillips
January 25
 
Rhonda LeGallez
January 27
 
Anniversaries
Samuel Cozens
Elizabeth Cozens
January 5
 
Lesley Murray
Steve Murray
January 12
 
Peter Seals
Suzann Seals
January 16
 
Join Date
Don McLean
January 4, 2005
20 years
 
Lesley Murray
January 31, 2016
9 years
 

 
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