Greetings! Last week we enjoyed our social lunch at the Auburn Hotel. Eighteen members and partners joined us, and thanks go to Vincent for organising our rowdy bunch.
Maybe a different venue in July?
Well done to David McNamara, Vincent Chen, Doug McLean and Noel Halford for their management of the Salvo Hawks game last week. If you get a chance to go to a Salvo Hawks game, don’t miss this opportunity. The highlight for me was the devouring of the pizzas we supply for each home game. Not only the players enjoy the pizzas, but many of the team’s supporters gather around the tables for banter and free food.
‘I had a call from Anne Scott on Sunday to tell me of the money raised by Anne and Margot Boyle (our first recipient of our Service To Seniors’ Award). Together they gathered 50 residents from Sackville Grange (there are 120 residents) and described the Hope in a Suitcase initiative and via various means raised $7,000 in a couple of hours!!!’
We seriously need to register and invite our friends to our Changeover Dinner on Tuesday 10 June.
This dinner not only welcomes Ian Bentley as President but is a time when we award members for their contribution to our projects and events. It is a ‘not to be missed’ dinner with exciting entertainment, good cheer and fellowship.
My quote for the week: “Whatever you do, always give 100% — unless you’re donating blood.” — Bill Murray
May's Social Lunch
OUR CHANGEOVER DINNER
Please book now for you, your partner and friends for our Changeover Dinner!
Tickets: $80 per person includes a welcome drink and a two-course dinner.
RSVP by 27th May.
Tickets available online at www.trybooking.com/DATDDMezzo-soprano Karen Van Spall, a regular guest artist with Opera Australia, a soloist with Victorian Opera, and a performer at the Melbourne Recital Centre, will entertain us.
Note: There may be 2 wonderful surprise artists.<READ MORE>
NEXT MEETING
27 May on ZOOM:
DR BRAD TUCKER
Astrophysicist/Cosmologist, and currently a Fellow at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mt. Stromlo Observatory at the Australian National University.
It was a lovely sunny Melbourne day, in fact was 23C on Wednesday 14 May 2025 that greeted both teams for the Salvo Hawks V’s Cardinia Tigers -1st Home Game -Round 3-Victoria Road Reserve Hawthorn East.<READ MORE>
May/June Camcare 2025
Rotary Hawthorn is once again contributing to Camcare’s Non-perishable Emergency Relief Food Parcel Collection.
Please bring your contributions to leave at the desk when meeting at Kooyong. We are accepting your contributions till Tuesday 17 June which is our last Kooyong meeting for June.
Please make sure you read the attached for important information on appropriate food and other goods.<READ MORE>
DV Safe Phones – Your old phone could save a life!
For domestic violence (DV) victims, access to a safe phone can mean the difference between life and death.
Perpetrators often use phones to control and monitor their victims, leaving them isolated and without a secure way to keep in contact with friends and family or seek help.
You can play a vital role in ensuring every call for help is heard.
Bring your old phone to a lunch meeting and Jane Bentley and Dorothy Gilmour will ensure it is used to keep a victim ‘safer’.
Our Collection boxes will be placed in Boroondara Council high traffic areas.
27 May: Zoom meeting with Dr Brad Tucker, Astrophysicist and Cosmologist from Canberra.
10 June: Our Changeover Dinner Ian is creating a beautiful Changeover celebrate Ian Bentley as our President 2025-26 – Please diarise this date!
24 June: Please note Care bag packing session is currently scheduled.
12 August - A visit to the Bionics Institute.
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
Who Am I?Email or message David Pisterman pisterman41@gmail.comwith your answer to this month’s Quiz. A prize is waiting for the winner at our lunch meeting 3 June.
Clue 1: “O” I can tell a good story!
Clue 2: Believe It or Not, I told a “porky pie”!
Clue 3: I could sell ice to the Eskimos!
Clue 4: He simply ‘met a pieman’!
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS - ARE YOU AVAILABLE?
Please note: Another care bag packing session is currently scheduled for 24 June 2025.
Also,
The Salvo Hawks are playing again and Big Mac is always on the ‘look out’ for an extra pair of hands.
If you would like some help with a Club project or event, you can post a notice in The Week Ahead and the Bulletin. Simply contact Ari Talantis at aritalantis2003@gmail.com with the details.
OTHER ROTARY CLUB EVENTS
The 2025 Camberwell Art Show is on again at the Advanced Technologies Centre at Swinburne University. So come along and experience the largest community Art Show in Australia where you can view and purchase artworks. Drop in on your way home from work! Your $22.00 Evening Session Ticket also entitles you to cheese & biscuits and a glass of wine.Ticket Prices: Public Entry $20.00 (no Concession available for evening sessions)Tickets: https://camberwellartshow.org.au/visitor-information/
