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President: Colin Bell ACN The Rotary 0019046G Club of Essendon Secretary: Secretary : Lisa Lowcock Volume 74 : Issue 24.

Tues Dec 16 th (Date Change) International Committee Dinner Meeting 7-pm O Sullivan Sibeen Mt Rd Essendon RSVP Alf P 0418 377.139 Tues Dec 16 th Dr. Adrian Bertolini Fredricks Rest 12-30 for 1pm.

1 President: Colin Bell ACN The Rotary G Club of Essendon Secretary: Secretary : Lisa Lowcock Volume 74 : Issue 24. 9th December 2008 Chief Editor Oct Dec 08 : Richard Lawrence PO BOX 161 Essendon 3040 Date Event Venue Sunday 14 th Dec Carols in Queens Park BBQ Queens Park - M/Ponds. Help required. Tues Dec 16 th (Date Change) International Committee Dinner Meeting 7-pm O Sullivan Sibeen Mt Rd Essendon RSVP Alf P Tues Dec 16 th Dr. Adrian Bertolini Fredricks Rest for 1pm. Tues Dec 23 rd December Board Meeting Fredricks 7AM Sharp. Tues Dec 23 rd Christmas Breakfast Meeting 7-30am Fredricks Restaurant. 7-30am Tues Dec 30 th No Ess Rotary Today No Rotary Today No Contact. Tues Jan 6 th No Ess Rotary Today No Rotary Today No Contact. Tues Jan 13 th No Ess Rotary Today Go To Strathmore R/C Wed Jan 14 th 6-30pm Wed Jan 14 th 2009 Strathmore R/C Combo Meeting Ess Footy Club 6-30pm for 7 pm. Saturday 14/02/09 Traditional RCE Cocktail Party Home of Stephen and Kerry Roe Greenvale. Fri-Sat Feb Relay for Life Windy Hill Essendon Footy Ground Next Weeks Speaker Dr Adrian Bertolini s 'Sustainability - From Threat to Opportunity'. To work in an empowering environment of people who are passionate and love to make a difference with the intention to empower others to make a difference. Apart from being a University Academic who teaches engineering, Adrian leads a powerful community based transformation program called the Self Expression and Leadership Program for Landmark Education. In this program he and the people in program take on projects that make a difference in the world via the communities in their lives. Many of the projects have impacted communities all the way from small families through to the whole of Melbourne, Victoria where Adrian lives (a city of 3.5 million people). He is interested in making a difference in the world in many ways. Adrian Bertolini s Specialties: Change-Management, Empowering people to produce results, managing projects that make a difference, Leading inquiry based learning, Mechanical Engineering Chair of the Day : Father Christmas. CONTACT The Weekly Newsletter of Self Expression and Leadership Program Leader.

2 THIS WAS THE CHRISTMAS PARTY WE HAD TO HAVE!

KENYA TEAM SORTS OUT THE POMS! The Kenya Homeless World Cup Team and RCE International Committee enjoy a moment and a BBQ at Woodlands Park on Monday night this week.

3 KENYA TEAM SORTS OUT THE POMS! The Kenya Homeless World Cup Team and RCE International Committee enjoy a moment and a BBQ at Woodlands Park on Monday night this week. The Kenya Homeless World Cup Soccer Team came 5 th out of 56 Countries competing for glory. Overall Kenya only lost 2 games in the tournament.in the first round Kenya defeated Germany 12-2, Greece 8-0, Chile 8-3, and South Africa 5-3. The 2 nd round Kenya had it s first loss to Brazil 4-10, then defeated Hong Kong 9-3 and defeated Portugal in a penalty shoot out. The third round saw Kenya defeat Norway 10-1, and Hungary Fourth Round Kenya lost to Afghanistan 5-10, then went on to defeat Ukraine 6-5. In the final playoff match Kenya defeated England 7-4 for 5 th Place in the World Cup overall. Afghanistan who defeated Kenya went on to win the tournament. Kenya is a very talented team and RCE had the pleasure of looking after them for the weekof the World Cup. Kenya has improved its ranking in the World Series from 6 th to now 5 th. A big thank you to Cathy Nicou, Shirley Kukk for gathering clothing for all the Kenyan team to take home and to Qantas for help with excess luggage! We mustn t forget Bill Dagg who is always helping us at DIK. We were able to send all the members of the team home with a big bag of clothing each as well as a pram, clothing and toys for Elijah, whose wife gave birth to a baby while he was here playing soccer, we told him that baby had to be named Ozzie. Dimatina s restaurant in Lygon Street, supported us during the week with two discounted meals as we feed the Kenyans each night. Michael Mahoney and George who works for Michael, Glenn Smith, Alf Puglia (chief BBQ chef) are amongst some of the Rotarians that helped us make a lasting impression on the Kenyan Team. Justin McEvoy and his team at PhysioHealth gave each player a Physio session to relieve some of the stress and tension from the games (and probably life in Kenya!) as they had never been to a Physio before. We were able to take them travelling around the City looking at the sights, some new and very interesting experiences, travelling over the Bolte Bridge and then into the Burnley Tunnel-under the water! Phew said John, one of the team, that was scary as Tom my son drove out the other side. Looking down at the street from the top of Eureka Tower, what an experience! And the security alert when a group of young fans surrounded them as we all walked around Eureka Tower and started chanting.they were absolutely amazed by the Australian hospitality and generosity. A visit to St Therese s primary school on Friday, the team had a skills session with the students and a practice session before the afternoon game. Friday night they went Ten Pin Bowling, George, Michael Mahoney s work colleague, took them to the Keilor Park soccer club on Saturday morning, Thank you to all of you that made their visit so special, and a big thanks to my children, Madeleine and Tom for driving them every where and to David my son, for all the time he spent showing them around the city and talking to them. My daughter Josephine and Cathy, my wife, for all meals as well as clothes unpacked folded and re-packed. Job well done. Matt O'Brien Rotary Club Essendon The RCE congratulates Matt on a fantastic effort he has made to make the Homeless Kenya World Cup team feel welcome and part of the Rotary Club of Essendon, Well done.

4 Club News Around the Traps If you would like another Rotary Lapel badge please see Lisa Lowcock cost is $ million x 1 cent Exercise Books. District are trying to collect these books for a full container load to send to East Timor give the books to Int Chair Alf or Pres Colin. The Philipines container is now fully packed and loaded and ready to ship of to the nation of islands in the Pacific Ocean next weekend. And the Kenyan Homeless World Cup team is heading back to Kenya having reached the the quarter finals of the World Cup and receiving lots of help and support from the RCE, great to have them. The Fashion Sale was held over the weekend of November, and despite a weekend of revolting weather, $14,000 of sales were made with $7000 going to the Club s Burma projects. A big thank you to all Rotarians and partners who gave their time to assist, both at the venue before and during the sale, and with the considerable work required behind the scenes. Special mentions to Val Gordon for donating and arranging flyer delivery, Judith Anderson for printing and laminating, Matt, Alf & Peter for truck and trailer work, Glenn Smith for doing the roster, Tim Anderson for last minute printing. Christmas Raffle Winners 1st prize Trailer load of goodies Irene Christou 2nd Colour TV (John Marshall) Mark Burgin Chairman Strathmore Bendigo Bank 3rd BBQ ( Peter Duras & donations) Julie Gatt 4th Hair Care ( Alf Puglia) Anna Lanigan 5th Cosmetics (Alf Puglia) Megan Archer 6th Child's Bike (Lisa Lowcock) Michael Baker (Yes--the Rotarian) 7th Sunglasses (Graeme Wood) Paula Chadderton (Yes--daughter of JC) 8th MP 3 Player (Lisa Lowcock) Ross Olsen Congratulations to all winners. This is the first time for 3 years that a Rotarian has won a prize. Birthdays & Anniversaries Birthday Mick Grant Dec 10 th Birthday Mary Henderson Dec 10 th Birthday Jean Abbey Dec 13 th Birthday Barry Rogers Dec 15 th Club Anniversary Grant Sheldon Dec 13 th Club Anniversary See Fong long Dec 13 th Club Anniversary Royce Abbey Dec 14 th

The Great Restaurant Game The Rotary Club of Essendon s contribution to the Polio Plus final challenge is now reaching it s climax with an exciting launch of the Great Restaurant Game.

The Rotary Club of Essendon will receive a $10,000 private donation for the Polio Plus project subject to the RCE matching this amount. So far the RCE has been unable to match this amount.

5 The Great Restaurant Game The Rotary Club of Essendon s contribution to the Polio Plus final challenge is now reaching it s climax with an exciting launch of the Great Restaurant Game. Polio Plus project was started by Royce Abbey in his year as RI President, the aim now is to complete this project. The Rotary Club of Essendon will receive a $10,000 private donation for the Polio Plus project subject to the RCE matching this amount. So far the RCE has been unable to match this amount. The RCE International Committee has decided to organise The GRG of 200 tickets at $50 a ticket with 30 prizes of dinner for two people at a variety of Local and City Restaurants. We are looking for donations from at least 30 restaurants; we will need your help to do this. Can you approach any restaurants and ask if they can contribute a dinner for two, if they agree please contact the GRG coordinator Veronica O Sullivan Mob BBQ Sausage Sizzle at Carols by Candlelight We will be serving sausages at MVCC Carols By Candlelight in Queens Park Sunday 14/12 and require your assistance: 4.30pm 5.00pm: 4 people to help set up 5.00pm 7.00pm: 5 people to cook/serve 7.00pm 9.00pm: 5 people to cook/serve 9.00pm 9.30pm: 4 people to clean up Your assistance is required and greatly appreciated for this worthy cause and evening of fellowship. Please contact Grant Sheldon ( ) or Henry Randell ( ) to help out. Philipines Container Ready to Set Sail Our container for the Philippines is ready to go thanks to all the hard work by Cathy Nicou and friends. Great effort and well done!

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The Moonee Ponds Cricket Association played here in the 1860s and the Moonee Ponds Bowling Club was established on these grounds in 1889. President: Grant Sheldon Editorial Executive: Stephen Roe Volume 78 Issue 20 Tuesday 20 th November 2012 This Week s Meeting: Today was our second alfresco meeting for the year and it took place in the