Greetings from a COVID afflicted President who is doing her best to bounce back asap. Thank you to PP Doug for stepping up to cover for me at today’s meeting. Apologies John Perry for missing your Member Behind the Badge. These MBTB are important as we discover the member’s history and find we all have something in common – a need to Make a Difference.
Huge thanks to Katrina who led a team of rugged up members and Friends of Rotary Hawthorn in packing 200 Care bags. Have you ever wondered how much work and co-ordination is required to locate the contents of our Care bags? This is Community Service at its best.
Wednesday night is our first Board Meeting for the new year and we shall be discussing your responses to our Forum and incorporating some of these concepts into the year ahead. You will all receive the responses by email to gain a perspective of how our members would like to enjoy working on our projects and fellowship of Rotary Hawthorn.
Thought for the week: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.” Dr. Seuss
This week John Perry gave us some insight into the member behind the badge.
John grew up in Olinda in a family of 8 siblings, five boys and three girls, and parents Noel and Gwen.
The large property Glen Elborne was part bush and paddocks and eight acres of garden, with a gardener's cottage and third house.
"It was an exciting and fun place to roam as teenagers. This was before TV and the internet, and we would often range all day outdoors, and mum would say come home by five. This lifestyle engendered a love of the bush and outdoors. I still love bushwalking, nature, and the outdoors."
Rotary Hawthorn members and friends are hard at work. On Tuesday, our experienced team of Rotary Hawthorn members Katrina, Doug, Noel, Denbigh, Julie, Sue, and Ian Mac packed over 200 care bags for the patients of The Alfred & Upton House Box Hill. Well done, team!
Anne Scott – Thank you for attending Rotary Foundation District 9800 Grant Seminar via zoom. This is so helpful if we want to apply for grants this Rotary year.
Rotary Hawthorn and Balwyn Group Tour of the Australian Jazz Museum on Tuesday 13 August 2024
Tuesday 13 August Rotarians and friends can enjoy a comprehensive tour of the Australian Jazz Museum for $25 per person. The tour covers what goes on behind the scenes; light refreshments; and a live jazz performance by a professional Band. Tickets can be purchased online via this link: https://www.trybooking.com/CPLJY
30 July: Robert Klupacs, CEO of the Bionic Institute is our Guest Speaker.
The Bionics Institute is an internationally recognised, independent medical research institute that solves medical challenges with technology. They lead the world in the research and development of innovative medical devices and therapies to improve human health, including Alzheimer’s disease, hearing impairment, Crohnʼs disease, chronic pain, Parkinsonʼs disease and arthritis.
6 August: Ross Hepburn, Chair of Cricket Victoria is our Guest Speaker with “Big Mac” as MC.
PLEASE NOTE: Our planned trip to Walhalla/Lakes Entrance has been postponed to March/April 2025. This is due to the possibility of a fantastic fundraising event to be announced after Board approval. Watch this space!
Recognising Human Achievement written by Noel Halford
As Rotarians we are privileged to be in a place where we are able to use our individual talents for the benefit of those in our community who are less fortunate.
It is from these experiences we learn about wonderful personal achievements by those who have overcome enormous adversity. Sadly there are many stories that do not rise to the surface and are all too quickly lost in history unless someone is inspired to keep their memory alive. The personalities of those who have achieved are not always of a type that ensure there is a wider population awareness of their achievements, indeed many are modest and sometimes are embarrassed about the prospect of receiving any form of public recognition.
A gentle reminder that those battling the weekly footy results, remain calm and polite as the footy year is coming to an end and your ability to win slips away!!!
The Australian Jazz Museum (AJM) was founded in 1996 at Koomba Park Wantirna. Its mission is to “Proactively Collect, Archive and Disseminate Australian Jazz“.
Refer to http://www.ajm.org.au for full details.
The Museum, which is fully staffed by volunteers, has a collection including 70,000 audio tracks in a variety of formats, 2,000 videos, 4,600 posters, diaries and books, 2,000 photographs, 600 interviews and 35 instruments, including Graeme Bell’s piano and Ade Monsbourgh’s rare, Grafton UK, acrylic saxophone. Despite the AJM being a National and State Treasure, it is still one of Melbourne’s best-kept secrets.
Welcome home Ian Bentley and Happy Birthday tomorrow. Happy Birthday to “BigMac” last Sunday, Jane Drury - 7 July, Bernie Walshe - 5 July and Doug McLean – 21 July
Congratulations to Gordon for 51 years of Rotary service!
Congratulations Jill Weeks for 23 years of Rotary service.
Phil Stewart – Congratulations for 19 years of Rotary service.
Hawthorn RotaryP.O. Box 33, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia.
Tuesday, 23: Visit to the Pharaoh’s Exhibition at NGV with lunch. Thanks, Noel for organising this.
The Bionics Institute is an internationally recognised, independent medical research institute that solves medical challenges with technology. They lead the world in the research and development of innovative medical devices and therapies to improve human health, including Alzheimer’s disease, hearing impairment, Crohnʼs disease, chronic pain, Parkinsonʼs disease and arthritis. 
