Castello's Cucina, 123 Fisher Street, Fullarton SA
President John Peacham 0431 618 359
Next Week We Have SA Police Officer of the Year 2023
Last Meeting
Venue: Castello's Cucina, Living Choice
Guest Speaker: Greg Pattinson
Guests: Rob's assistants Leanne and Caroline
Attendance: 24 members 3 guests
Opening
Paul Duke sailed along with harmony in the invocation. President John reported a super profit of $500+ from Mitre 10 last Saturday. A resignation was submitted by Trevor McGuirk, which was accepted by the Board. We will miss your endeavour, Trevor. The POOTY ceremony will be at the Showgrounds this Friday and we will have the winner as our guest next Tuesday. There is a need to maximise attendance.
Guest Speaker: Greg Pattinson - Foodbank
By way of introduction, Greg has been CEO of Foodbank SA since 2014 and his territory now includes the NT. He is responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of his organisation. His innovative approach has seen food delivery double.
Greg is an Unley 'old boy' having lived in Hyde Park and attended Unley Primary School. Food insecurity is the absence of sufficient healthy food and is prevalent across Australia. It was estimated that 2 million households experienced this at some time over the last year and only 700,000 were able to be assisted.
The massive rise in cost of living has hit household budgets hard and some have experienced as much as a 64% increase. Credit card debts and Afterpay have exacerbated the situation for many. No area is immune eg there has been a demand by schools in the eastern suburbs to provide breakfast for some of their students. There is a growing demand in regional areas. In SA, 130,00 households (50% with children) struggled in the last 12 months and 78,000 children suffered severe shortages of good food.
Foodbank is the largest provider of emergency food in SA and across Australia. 80% of the food for the welfare sector with its 600 charities is sourced through Foodbank. 500 schools have been supplied with breakfasts. Australia-wide the equivalent of 8 million meals was delivered during the year, 135,000 per month in SA. Its mission statement is to provide the most food to the most people in the most efficient way. It is an essential part of the food supply chain. 22 years ago it started as food rescue picking up unwanted stock from supermarkets and distributing to areas of need. Today, in addition to supermarkets, there is an extensive network of suppliers in the manufacturing sector and the farming community who provide donations and preferential pricing. The main SA warehouse has 750,000 kilos of product which turns over every 3 months. A number of SA country towns are now being serviced, as is Katherine in the NT. One of the keys to the Foodbank success has been the establishment of supermarket style food hubs and distribution centres where those referred by charities attend. Other household goods like toiletries, nappies and dog food are stocked.
Coles and Woolworths have been exceptional in their support with free deliveries (even into the NT), help with fit outs and, during Covid, donations of $1m each. Plenty of vegemite chocolate was delivered soon after launch. During disasters the SA Government calls upon FB to help the relief effort with their mobile hubs - Kangaroo Island and Lobethal bushfires and the Riverland floods. San Remo provided 100 tons of pasta. FB operates with 58 staff and 600+ volunteers in SA. There are 49 major donors across Australia, and 13 in SA. $4m needs to be raised this year to cover the cost of tuna, rice, meat and milk where there is a paucity of donors. In SA 5% assistance has to date been provided by the State Government compared with 25% interstate (65% Victoria). The major challenges are to improve the supply chain and to reach out further into regional areas. Plans are underway to send a mobile hub to towns on the Eyre Peninsula.
Help is needed to raise money, recruit more volunteer drivers and to spread the message.
Greg was applauded for his address and presented with a placard which displayed a $500 donation from the club.
SPOTS
Chris Davis reminded of the SA Police Officer of the Year award at 10.45 am on Friday at the Royal Adelaide Show......a good day guaranteed. Next Tuesday the winner will be attending our club with family members, the nominator and SAPOL rep. Please come and support!
Brendon Kenny asked for any final wine orders by Friday. He and Paul Duke are off to Maitland to sell ROMAC.
Greg McLeod judiciously applied pressure and succeeded to fill a club table at the ROMAC Quiz afternoon on Sunday 29 October.
Finale
President John announced that the proposed club bylaws will be up on the web tomorrow and will be discussed at a forthcoming meeting. The vision and mission statement has also been completed, while the strategic plan is being advanced.
Ross Smith won the filthy lucre and Leonie the chockies......that's what comes when you let David M draw the tickets.
By Katie Rocco, past president of the Rotary Club of Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
Members of the Rotary Club of Apharetta, Georgia, at a social event
I began my year as club president in 2022-23 with a few goals firmly in mind. Emerging from the shadow of the pandemic, I wanted to focus on the mental health crisis which has become a major topic nationally. I believed that one way to make a difference was to create a sense of belonging within our club, which I felt would produce a ripple effect throughout our community.
Well, we were successful beyond my wildest imagination. Not only did we complete more than 60 service projects together that built up our community and raised our profile, but we grew as a Rotary family. Several members approached me to say how they had “pulled out of their funk.” We have added more than 40 members, now approaching a total of 180, and regularly have around 120 in attendance each week as members look forward to spending time together.
I am amazed by the level of engagement I saw in our members this year. Our accomplishments (which you can see pictures of on our Facebook page), included:
Hosting our first-ever Human Trafficking Summit to build awareness in the community. We partnered with Delta Air Lines and invited state government officials to speak. Our Interact students created an anti-human trafficking game, which Delta is interested in putting on their planes.
completing more than 60 service projects throughout the community,
completing 312 daily bread deliveries to a local charity,
delivering meals to senior on 72 different days,
serving 27 different charities,
raising nearly $300,000 for local charities,
launching two Interact clubs and sending three students to Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp. We also hosted a Rotary Youth Exchange student.
starting a concert series, paid for by sponsors, which built publicity for our club and proceeds for the charities we support,
celebrating our club’s 40th anniversary with a social event that was the highlight of the year,
and holding monthly happy hours, fellowship events, and a monthly new member social.
I believe when we, as leaders, step forward with a clear plan and are supported by our members, we can send ripples of change through our communities that, in the words of this year’s presidential theme, Create Hope in the World. I watched it happen in my community this year and I am grateful to have been a part.
Editors comment - WOW!
Coffee Chat at Impressa, Unley Shopping Centre
10.30 am on the first Friday of the month is good for a chat with Rotary friends and a caffeine fix - Next one is Friday 6 October 2023
Upcoming Meeting
Tuesday 12 September 6 for 6.30pm Castello’s Cucina
Event - SA Police Officer of the Year2023
Greetings Team: Christina Way and Wendy Andrews
Tuesday 19 September 6 for 6.30pm Castello’s Cucina
Event - Club Committees and Consultations
Greetings Team: Christina Way and Wendy Andrews
Apologies and Meeting Enquiries to: Secretary Greg McLeod on 0417 811 838 or email to secretary@unleyrotary.org.au
Venue Set-up Enquiries to: Bulletin Editor Stephen Baker on 0403 687 015
Saturday Thrift Shop Roster
Early Shift: 10.00am to 1.00pm Late Shift: 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Week 1: 7 October 2023
Early: Paul Duke for Jerry Casburn & Haydn Baillie | Late: Robyn Carnachan & Leonie Kewen
Early: David Middleton & Nathan White | Late: Vera Holt & Rhonda Hoare
Week 4: 23 September 2023
Early: Stephen Baker & Judi Corcoran | Late: Jason Booth & Vera-Ann Stacy
Week 5: 30 September 2023
Early: Bob Mullins & Wendy Andrews | Late: Virginia Cossid & Paul Duke
Rotarians, who are unable to attend as rostered, please arrange a swap or as a very last resort contact: Vivienne Wood 0408 819 630; e-mail: vwood@ozemail.com.au
Mitre 10 and Bunnings Barbeques
The Mitre 10 BBQs are the first and third Saturdays of each month. Morning shift 8.30am - 12 noon; afternoon shift 12.00 - 3.30pm, then clean-up.....next one is Saturday 16 September 2023.
ALL the Bunnings Mile End Barbeque shifts are from 8am to 5pm
We have been allocated the last Monday of each month.....next one is Monday 25 September 2023.
The Tale End.....
Valerie's contribution to mirth
WHICH FLOWER
While attending a marriage seminar on communication, Wally and his wife Sue listened to the instructor declare:
"It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other."
He addressed the men, "Do you know your wife's favourite flower?"
Wally leaned over and touched his wife's arm gently and whispered, "Self-raising, isn't it honey?"
And thus began Wally's life of celibacy!
HOLY BLESSING
Catholic priests are often at the races, but Pete the Punter was surprised to see the priest sprinkle holy water over one nag which duly went out and won by half a street.
Pete followed him closely and witnessed another holy water sprinkle and another win at 10/1.
Next time Pete was ready and as soon as the priest annointed yet another horse, albeit a skinny nag, Pete was off to the bookmakers.
After the horse dropped dead on the home turn Pete tackled the priest for an explanation.
"If you were a Catholic," said the priest, "you would have known the difference between the blessing and the last rights.
TRIVIA
A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arms and says: