Rotary Club of Somerton Park Inc. | Chartered 7 April 1988
Club Bulletin 27 October and 3 November 2015 Meeting Numbers 1393 and 1394
President’s Paragraphs Thank you to those members and partners who were able to attend the Group 8 combined meeting last week. It was a good fellowship opportunity and we also heard a good guest speaker. It is always worthwhile visiting other clubs to witness how they may do things and if we might be able to learn some new ideas to strengthen our own club.
Coming Meetings 27 October and 3 November 27 October We will have as guest Speaker, Cindee Richardson from Catherine House Inc. speaking to us this week. Catherine house was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1988 to provide emergency accommodation and support for adult women unaccompanied by children. There are 16 sites in the inner city of Adelaide.
Homelessness and a variety of other problems are Guest Speakers are always hard to find so if you see encountered and catered for. or hear of someone that you think would be a good speaker for our meeting please contact Peter Thomp- 3 November son with some details so that he can arrange an apAs well as 3 November being Melbourne Cup Day, propriate date. Thank you to Rajni for nominating Lawwe will have as guest Speaker, Keith Bettany who rence as our guest speaker last week will be speaking on and showing some drawings and other artwork of Changi POW Prison as done Wine orders are still being taken by Linda so if you are during World War 2. able to sell some wine please contact Linda urgently Keith’s father was Des Bettany who was captured as our wine bottling day is not far away. Please also by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore and he consider submitting raffle tickets as soon as they are kept a sketch book of drawings he did while being sold so that we can proceed with payment of the held as a POW. prizes prior to the draw On Friday 30th October the “Stars of Minda” awards are due to be held and this is an event that the club should be particularly proud to be involved as it was an event initiated many years ago and now has significant corporate support. It must surely rate as one of our most significant achievements Wednesday night’s board meeting again contained significant discussion on membership and I urge all members to think about someone that you think would make a good Rotarian and ask them to come along and witness a meeting and what we do. Mike 1