Roturtle has a fresh look for 2021!

Greetings to all for 2021. On my COVID-safe exercise walk yesterday I noticed Roturtle looking much fresher than he has been lately. For those who are more recent members - check him out at Cleveland Point - a project of the Rotary Club of Cleveland about 8 years ago, with a time capsule buried there too.

Due to the current lockdowns, we are reverting to Zoom meetings - please see the meeting announcements for the Zoom login. For updates on the latest restrictions please visit Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Health and wellbeing | Queensland Government (www.qld.gov.au)

Boxing Day at Bunnings

The morning crew, Robin, David, Ian, Jan and John working on the last BBQ for the year at Bunnings. There were three shifts, with Redlands Bayside Rotary Club taking the 10-1 shift and Cleveland morning and afternoon. Huge thanks to all the volunteers who gave up their family time to work on the Bunnings BBQ.

Christmas on the Coast 2020

Lots of fun and some hard work for the wonderful volunteers who put their hands up to help on the BBQ and the gates at Christmas on the Coast, Raby Bay Park 16th-20th December.  We had thousands through the gates, so many young families out enjoying themselves, excellent entertainment and of course Santa there each night.

Bob Wearne relished the end of his shift!  The BBQ sold 384 sausages on Friday night, and I beleive over 500 on Saturday night. Extra COVID checks Saturday and Sunday night challenged a little at the gates, but overall a wonderful event - thank you so much to all involved.

Lots of photos in the Photo Gallery

Christmas Party at Straddie

Windblown but happy - about 25 members and partners crossed the bay to Little Ships Club this morning, to share a meal and some cheer for the club Christmas Party. Good meal, good company and a stiff breeze to keep the heat down. what more could we want, living in this beautiful part of the world. Great choice for venue John - a good time was had by all. More Photos in the Photo Gallery

Substation 33 and DIK visit

Last Tuesday’s meeting of the Cleveland Rotary Club was an excursion to visit DIK and Substation 33 both situated in Mary St, Kingston.  The group consisted of about 20 club members plus many interested partners.  For those who have never visited DIK before it was an eyeopener. As we were being shown around there was much discussion about where donations come from, how they get sorted, the many people involved in running DIK and the processes involved in having these donations reach their target.   Thank you to Albert for organizing this visit.

Our visit to Substation 33 started with a barbecue dinner followed by visitors being broken into four groups to be shown around the workings of Substation 33.  The range of activities being undertaken was broad and certainly opened the eyes of those who visited, about the possibilities open for the future of recycling e waste.  The social impact Substation 33 has on the local community and the connections with the wider community were illustrated and gave much cause for thought.  Thank you to the wonderful cooking team, to Gavin and Bob for organizing and to the Substation 33 staff for their time.

 A very informative night all round.

Rotary Foundation thanks Major Donors Albert & Alison Benfer

DG Patrice Robinson made her official visit to Cleveland Rotary on Tuesday evening, presenting PP Albert Benfer with a crystal and diamind pins for himself and Alison, to thank them for becoming Major Donors Level 2 of the Rotary Foundation. A small token in Foundation Month as recognition of the generosity of Albert and Alison to the work of the Rotary Foundation in all areas of the world. As we all know, Albert has a passion for helping the less fortunate in Papua New Guinea, and is currently filling a container to be shipped to Kiunga, up the Fly River area, to assist the people in the missions there. Please check the Wish Lists sent out by John Lipman last week, and come and help pack at DIK on December 5th.

Pres. John presents DG Patrice with her thank you gift - a 1956 Rotary Song Book, and Rotary luggage tags, in keeping with his theme of 'different' speaker gifts this year. DG Patrice spoke about the changes made by all clubs  this year, and need for change as we move forward, supported by a video of RI Pres. Holger Knaack. 

See the Photo Gallery for photos taken on Tuesday night.

Breakfasts are better now!

Pres. John and PP Ross Pollock admiring our new toaster - we can now serve toasted muffins with our legendary breakfasts! Redland City Council Depot staff recommend our services! We also served breakfast at the Redlands  City Chamber of Commerce Breakfast on Wednesday morning at the Redlands Research facility. Huge thanks to the leadership and drive of our Pres. John - we are really getting out and about, meeting so many new people in the community. And thanks to our volunteers who rise and shine early to prepare, cook and serve breakfast with a smile.

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Our Newest Member

A big welcome to Hannah Dodds, inducted on Tuesday night as a member of the club. Hannah has considerable Rotary experience as a past member of Planetarium Club in D9600, and family history of participation in Rotary. Hannah is involved in the real estate industry, is a mother of 2, and very keen to get busy with the Community Services Committee. Welcome to the Mighty Club Hannah! Note - our average age is dropping!

Helping our Disaffected Youth

Mons. John Butler, founder of Vitae, an organisation which mentors and supports young males in the 11-13 age group who have become disillusioned with and disruptive in their lives at home and at school. In January 2018, the organisation changed from dealing with older youth, to working with younger boys, by introducing the Vitae Challenge.

Vitae’s concern over the incidence among Australian youth of anti-social behaviour, violence, crime, substance abuse and suicide has led to the creation of Vitae Challenge.

Vitae Challenge is a program over one year. It consists of two Phases – the Bush Phase and the Mateship Phase – and is open to any male youth, 11 - 13 years of age, exhibiting tendencies to the behaviour described above.

Each youth who nominates for the Vitae Challenge must commit to participate fully in both the Bush Phase and the Mateship Phase."

Check out their website www.vitae.org.au - the statements above are copied from their website.

WORLD POLIO DAY 2020

World Polio Day on 24th October was celebrated in Brisbane with the three Rotary Districts - 9600, 9630 and 9640 joining forces to ride the train network from Gympie to Varsity Lakes, Cleveland and Rosewood in one day, on Friday 23rd. Elwyn Hodges and Shirley Mahon joined the train for the afternoon - see detailed report in this week's Redlander. On Saturday Elwyn, Shirley and Luis joined the Walk for Polio from the Casino, accompanied by the Fijiian drumming band.  See Photo Gallery for more snapshots of these events.

Australia Day on Raby Bay

Date: Tuesday Jan 26, 2021, 11:00 am

Raby Bay foreshore will be the place to be on Australia Day - music, food, drinks - beer, wine and soft - entertainment.

Free Council event - and you are needed to help for a couple of hours. 

See the next screen for the roster, email or text me your availability a.s.a.p.

Barbecue Breakfast

Date: Tuesday Feb 2, 2021, 6:00 am

Council breakfast for 150 - commencing 6am. Volunteers required.

Barbecue Lunch

Date: Friday Feb 26, 2021, 11:30 am

Council Lunch for 40 people at Redlands Performing Arts Centre, Middle St.. Details re times etc. tbc. Volunteers required

District 9630 Conference

Date: Friday Mar 5, 2021, 12:00 pm

Have you booked for Conference yet? Don't miss this, our last conference as District 9630. (Next year we will be District 9620). Wonderful speakers, great chance to catch up with fellow Rotarians from near and far. 

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