Welcome to 2025,

In the tradition of first meetings for the calender year and to ease back back into it, our first meeting will be a BYO picnic meeting at Heywood park in Unley park.

Address: Addiscombe Place, Unley park

There is an electric BBQ and toilet facilities at the park and plenty of open space for us to set up.

Bring your chairs, tables, picnic rugs food and drinks. Even bring games if you feel fit and competitive enough.

Official start time is 6pm but you can certainly come earlier if you want.

Follow up the progress of young Charlie Nelson, our Romac  patient with his mother Rachel. Charlie has been in Adelaide since September 2024 and has had three operations to correct his clubfoot. His left foot is now straight and he is starting to weight  bear on it. It is anticipated he will be returning to Vanuatu in early February. This should prove to be an interesting night with the option of following up on other Romac patients that we have had in the last 12 months.

Sorry for the late email but I have been somewhat engaged.

Important!

Join us for the Annual General meeting and status reports and plans for rest of Rotary Year

Have you say.

We are having a joint meeting with the Rotary Club of Prospect.

Joint meetind were a regular occurence about 6 years ago but have fallen off for some reason.

So for this meeting joint meetings are back.

Learn about another club, thier people, projects, and events.

Leanne Hill is an employment facilitator for Workforce Australia

Leanne's role funded by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and the intent is to be a conduit for businesses, community, employment agencies and training organisations to essentially find local solutions.

Each region has a local jobs and skills taskforce who help inform the priorities in the region.Leanne's Taskforce is made up of key stakeholders from across the region.  These Taskforce inform the key priorities, which are outlined in a Local Jobs plan, which is regularly reviewed. 

Leanne's region (Adelaide South)  encompasses 17 council areas from Prospect to KI.

Gerry Greenway will present the longest walk in Australia

Colin Twelftree will be telling us about Dental volunteering in Vietnam.

In 2019 after for almost 25 years,the leader of our South Australian Dental Team, Dr Colin Twelftree OAM stood down due to his retirement. . His accomplishments in the field of dentistry in Vietnam are unparalleled.

Colin participated in the CMF before being called up and subsequently posted to Vietnam. Following his National Service, he later re-joined the CMF.

In 1996, Colin, with a colleague made his first Dental Aid trip to Vietnam. Jointly they extracted 600 teeth to relieve pain!!

Later a Dental Clinic was established in Long Tan and Colin devised a plan to make sure every child within the immediate area would start life with a healthy set of permanent teeth. A goal that was accomplished. He then extended the service to cover the Long Hai and Vung Tau areas.

We are having a joint meeting with the Rotary Club of Prospect

Joint meetings were a regulat occurence with Prospect more than 8 years ago and are being revived for this meeting.

Learn about another club, thier people, projects activites and plans.

Tonight Mark McGill will be talking to us about Variety – the Children’s Charity supports kids and families who are facing many challenges through sickness, disadvantage or living with disability.

Our work allows kids to gain mobility, to get out and about in the community, to communicate, achieve independence and increase their self-esteem. We make sure the kids who miss out, can always join in, because all kids deserve a fair go.

Libby Robertson will presenting Experiences of the APY Lands

 Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) is incorporated by the 1981 Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act whereby the SA  Parliament gave Aboriginal people title to more than 103,000 square kilometres of arid land in the far northwest of South Australia. All Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra people who are traditional owners of any part of the Lands are members of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara.

The main communities on the Lands include: Indulkana, Mimili, Kaltjiti, Pukatja, Amata, Pipalyatjara, and Watarru. There are several homelands as well, the larger ones being Kalka, Kanpi, Nyapari and Yunyarinyi . The APY administration centre of the Lands is located at Umuwa. 

Tonight we will be visited by our 2024 Police Officer of the Year Senior Constable Chris Mailley.

This is a Partners Night.

The Rosefield Community Shed was an initiative of the Rosefield Uniting Church in Highgate and is strongly supported by the Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA and Unley City Council.

The Rosefield Community Shed encourages men and women 18 years and older from the local and neighbouring communities to enjoy and enhance their health and well-being by sharing experiences, participating in a range of pleasurable and meaningful activities in a medium of wood and other materials and giving back to the community.

The Rosefield Community Shed was an initiative of the Rosefield Uniting Church in Highgate and is strongly   supported by the Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA and Unley City Council.

The Rosefield Community Shed encourages men and women 18 years and older from the local and neighbouring communities to enjoy and enhance their health and well-being by sharing experiences, participating in a range of pleasurable and meaningful activities in a medium of wood and other materials and giving back to the community.

Martin Rowe President of the the Rotary Club of Blackwoodwill be discussing a community victims of Domestic Violence assistance program.

BBQ for children with disabilities, in conjunction with Variety Club.

Campbelltown Rotary will be managing the BBQ on Tuesday April 8 and Unley Rotary will be managing the BBQ on Wednesday April 9.

For the day we need 19 volunteers, please advise by acceptance that you can help. Additional volunteers will be sought from other Clubs if we cannot make the numbers

Our guest speaker I’m Phil Charlton is partialy blind as a the result of a stroke, and uses his life experienceI draw on my life experiences, knowledge, and strategies to deliver life-changing results.Phil's passion is helping you discover your ‘why’ and guiding you toward becoming the best version of yourself. 

On the 17th April 1835 the Rotary Club of Unley was chartered. So tomorrow 17th April 2025 our club turns 90 and we start our 90th Year of operation.

Come along and celebrate the event and listen to our charismatic service commitee chairs tell us what thier committess have been doing, what is planned for the remaining of this Rotary year and ideas for next year.

Project Yeti has two volunteer dental clinics in Nepal.

​The main clinic is in the Kopan Monastery, overlooking Kathmandu Valley. 

The second clinic is the remote and beautiful Solukhumbu.

Our aim is to provide a high level of dental care to the underprivileged people of Nepal, including monks, nuns, and orphans.

​Dr Manos began the project in 2012 with partner, Helen, to provide dental care and oral health education in Kathmandu.

The Kopan Monastery Clinic is near Boudhanath, overlooking the Kathmandu valley

​The second clinic which is near Salleri in Lower Solukhumbu, provides treatment for the school children at the Mount Everest School.

This week we take on Edwardstown Rotary Club, in a Quiz night at the Maid of Auckland Hotel, 926 South Road, Edwardstown.

So brush up on your General knowledge and be ready to WIN!!

Presentation by George Gouzonis who specialises in projects that drive innovation, promote positive ageing, and build capacity in aged care and community services. His work includes artificial intelligence adoption, training and capacity building, and driving change through policy.

Guest Speaker enthusiast Kevin Marzahn present the Cockle Train

Guest speaker Amanda Stephenson From MNDA SA will talking about Motor Neuron Disease

Unley High School is have a music event that has been discussed at last 2 Rotary meetings. Refer Bulletin

They have offered members free tickets to the event but need the numbers attending so tickets can be provided

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