The Rotary Club of Parramatta City holds meetings at the new Sebel Parramatta location and discusses upcoming community service projects. These include an event celebrating 40 years of the club and hosting the annual Australia Day sausage sizzle fundraiser. The club also recognizes the global effort to end polio being led by Rotary International with support from partners like the Gates Foundation. A US Senate resolution commended Rotary for its leadership in vaccinating children worldwide as part of efforts to eradicate the disease.

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COMMUNITY NETWORKER
ROTARY CLUB OF PARRAMATTA CITY
CHALLENGE/
PRESIDENT MESSAGE-(FROM CHANGEOVER) HANDICAMPS
District Governor Keith and Margaret Roffey, Past District Governor
David and Caroline Cook, Past District Governor Bill Little, our ever-efficient
District administrator and seco David and Lyn Bamford, Pam Davis from
Red Hand , Rotarians, family and friends, welcome once again to the
The purpose of this activity is to promote
Rotary Club of Parramatta city changeover. personal development of youth who
share similar physical or intellectual
challenging disabilities, aided through the
On the first of July we welcomed the new Rotary year with our new support of mentors resourced
from the International Youth Exchange
Rotary International president, Mr Sakuji Tanaka, and his new theme, Peace students. The skills gained
are experience and confidence from
through Service. The idea of peace itself varies from person to person. It opportunities for interaction between
can refer to the idea of our nation today without the violence, political young people with disabilites and
overseas students.
anarchy and conflict. Or it can be freedom, it can even refer to that time Participants may have sensory
impairments, mild to moderate physical
wherein your kids are asleep. Either way, there is no right or wrong idea of impairments, or mild intellectual
peace. When we adapt this idea into reality, we then know what it means. impairments.
Half of the young people have physical
disabilities (campers) and the other half
are Rotary Youth Exchange students
As Rotarians, we have the capability to adapt this idea of peace into (buddies) from all around the world. The
campers are 16 to 24 years
service. Rotary International will be holding Rotary Global Peace forums of age, and students are 17 to 19 years
during the year. These forums seek to engage and inspire participants to of age. The objective is to provide
campers and buddies with an
work for peace through service. These forums will provide ideas, action environment which will physically,
mentally and emotionally challenge these
plans, and projects in order to achieve peace through service. young people.
Over the five days, Campers and
Buddies joint activities may include
Every year each club strives to be recognized through a presidential sailing, abseiling, swimming, kayaking,
rock climbing, archery, power boating
citation. In order to achieve this, we need to strengthen our clubs, increase and other interesting activities.
In addition to the physical challenges
our service, and enhance our club’s public image.
there will be valuable social challenges
that campers and buddies participate in
during this exciting learning period. For
In order to Strengthen our Club, we need to adopt a three year many it is the personal growth through
friendship that endures.
strategic plan for the club, by identifying specific annual and long term The camp is hosted by Districts 9910 and
goals, or make progress in carrying out the annual goals set by the club for 9920 which alternate each year and
organised by one club within the hosting
the current Rotary year to date. As we have started on this journey from the district for that year. It is the organising
club’s responsibility todetermine the
previous year, we need to finalize the plan and begin to implement it – to program, obtain sponsorship and
encourage participation of other clubs by
ultimately strengthen our club as a whole.
sponsoring a buddy who would be their
IYE student or a disabled camper.
A similar project is conducted in Western
We need to systematically increase our service and aid in all aspects Australia.
including: peace and conflict prevention and resolution, disease
prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child
health, basic education and literacy, and economic and community

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development. Apart from these areas, our service can also increase in the way we handle each situation, with each
new circumstance that we approach.
And so, when we are called to address our club’s public image we need to increase awareness of our club into
our community. We need to communicate our goals, our vision into the public and simply, spread the word.
For years, Rotary has been undergoing a campaign to end polio around the world. Rotary International has
partnered with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in this fight against polio. One of the most populous countries,
India, has recently been declared polio free. However, the challenge is still there and can strike here at home.
Recent newspaper articles have stressed that Australians are resisting the government’s initiative to immunize our
children. As more and more people migrate from other countries, we become susceptible to the threat of polio.
Therefore, we need to be more vigilant by promoting the End Polio campaign.
For years, our club has undertaken projects in support as follows:
New Generation or Youth
We have sent students from schools from Parramatta High School and the Northcott Society to Rypen and Ryla
Camps. We have also sent students to the Siemens Science Camp. We have recently engaged with students from
the University of Western Sydney to gauge the interest of establishing a Rotaract Club. We will continue this dialogue
in order to try and establish a Rotaract Club with students from the University of Western Sydney.
Vocational Service
We have honoured employees from business and charities in the Parramatta City area through the Pride of
Workmanship awards. We have honoured some of our local police officers thru the Police Officer Award.
International Service
With the assistance of our sister club in the Philippines, the Rotary Club of Ramon Magsaysay, we have assisted the
recent flood victims of the Philippines. Furthermore, we have assisted other projects in Uganda and Sri Lanka. Last
year, we have provided funds to the Red Hands organization in support of their Micro Finance Project.
Community Service
Every year we participate in the Australia Day celebration by putting on the best Sausage Sizzle in Parramatta
City. Bowelcare and Wrap with Love are projects that our club has assisted in.
We shall continue with all of the events and projects and seek to add more projects. So during this new year, we
will together aim to achieve this year’s goals with the omnipresence of the year’s theme Peace through Service.
John Ching
President 2012-2013

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
July
9 Inductions to new meeting venue-Sebel
16 Murray Stone-Kids Research Institute
23 Stephanie Dale- President Parramatta City Chamber of Commerce
30 Club Meeting-Lunch
August
6 Club Meeting-Lunch
13 Club Meeting-Lunch
17 40th Birthday Celebrations-Sebel
20 Club Meeting-Lunch
27 Club Meeting-Lunch
September
3 Club Meeting-Lunch
10 Club Meeting-Lunch
17 AG Visit
24 DG Keith Roffey Official Visit
DAVID’S PEARLS
Wisdom
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
Nelson Mandela
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
Herb Caen
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation,
which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius
Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in
your mind that the counsel is wise.
Joan Rivers

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U.S. Senate lauds Rotary International for its leadership in
fighting polio
EVANSTON, Ill. (June 28, 2012) — The U.S. Senate has
unanimously approved a resolution commending Rotary
International for its leadership in the global effort to eradicate
the crippling childhood disease polio.
The resolution, introduced June 26 by Illinois Senators Dick Durbin, a Democrat, and Mark Kirk,
a Republican, also encourages the federal government to continue its commitment to and
funding for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The U.S. Government is the largest public
sector supporter of the international polio campaign, having contributed $2 billion since the
initiative was launched in 1988 by Rotary, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The measure urges "the international community of governments and non-governmental
organizations to remain committed to the elimination of polio" and commends Rotary and its
partners, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, "for their efforts in vaccinating
children around the world against polio and for the tremendous strides made toward
eradicating the disease once and for all."
Since 1988, more than two billion children worldwide have received the oral polio vaccine,
and the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99 percent, from more than
350,000 cases a year to fewer than 700 in 2011. The wild poliovirus now remains endemic to
only three countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. India, long considered an epicenter,
was removed from the endemic list in February, a milestone due in part to the active
participation of the county's 122,000 Rotary club members.
In addition to raising awareness and advocating within the public and private sectors, Rotary
members worldwide have contributed more than $1 billion in support of polio eradication. In
January, Rotary announced it had raised more than $200 million in new money for polio
eradication in response to a $355 million challenge grant from the Gates Foundation, which
then added $50 million more to the total in recognition of Rotary's commitment.
"Although polio was eradicated in the United States more than 30 years ago, there are still

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men, women and children in a few corners of the globe who are stricken with this
preventable virus because they lack access to the vaccine," said Sen. Durbin. "(Rotary's)
work is literally saving lives. We are closer than ever to ending the scourge of polio and I
commend the work of the Rotary and many others in advancing that goal." Young Rotarian
models leadership in Australia
SEBEL PARRAMATTA-OUR NEW MEETING PLACE
Located 350 Church Street, with underground parking (to be validated when leaving) in the Executive Board
room.
There will be a choice of hot or cold meals available and they will have to be advised to Joy Gillett no later than
9.30am on the day of the meeting.
FACEBOOK
We have now available for the club a new facebook page the shortcut is
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rotary-Club-of-Parramatta-City/108769975845097
Please visit, make comments, open discussions and for your initial visit please hit the “like button”. The reason is the
more members who like the page, we receive additional features. The Facebook page is not a substitute for our
website, but more of an additional way to reach our audience.