Club Rivers Magazine December 2020

DECEMBER 2020 - JANUARY 2021

SUMMER MENU

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HAM GIVEAWAY DEC 13 - 24

32 LITTLETON STREET RIVERWOOD PHONE 9533 3144 CLUBRIVERS.COM.AU

During 2020 we have been lucky enough to be in a position to continue to support and work alongside local sporting and community organisations who are achieving inspiring outcomes in our local area.

We will continue this support during the holiday season with your help, through our Christmas Food and Toy appeal. Your donation can help those experiencing hardship and isolation as well as families struggling to keep food on the table this Christmas. Details on how you can help are available in this issue of the magazine.

While we all grow increasingly optimistic as COVID-19 restrictions are gradually relaxed across NSW and the rest of Australia, it still remains a priority to ensure that we protect our members and staff from the spread of COVID-19. Nothing is more important than the safety of our community.

As 2020 draws to a close, on behalf of the team at Club Rivers I would like to say a warm thank-you to all of our members, partners and staff for your continuing support and inspiring work throughout this difficult year.

I’m sure we are all eagerly anticipating the upcoming holiday season and the chance to celebrate and relax with family and friends.

Let’s all do what we can to come through this safely and stronger than ever as we look ahead to a bright new year in 2021.

On behalf of the Board of Directors and Team at Club Rivers we look forward – with great enthusiasm – to welcoming you back to Club Rivers again next year and, I wish you and your family a safe and enjoyable festive season, a very Merry Christmas and a safe & prosperous New Year.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created many challenges around the world, as well as for us here at home and as we say goodbye to 2020, we reflect on a year that has certainly been trying and has presented us a year full of trials and continuing change. We are thankful our Club Rivers community has remained resilient and positive throughout this period.

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WE WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A HAPPY AND SAFE FESTIVE SEASON. OUR SINCERE THANKS FOR YOUR GOODWILL AND LOYALTY THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN AT CLUB RIVERS IN THE YEAR TO COME. 3

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Special 2 Course Menu $ 35 per person

Includes a schooner of Carlton Dry or glass of sparkling wine

Choose one entrée & one main

ENTREE 1/2 Doz Natural Sydney Rock Oysters Smoked Salmon &Avocado Salad with Red Onion &Sour Dough Potato Gnocchi, Mushroom, Herbs &Cream Fraiche

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Remember to use all your membership points before the end of this year!

Membership points will reset for all members *Friday 1st January 2021.

PLEASE ASK OUR FRIENDLY STAFF FOR DETAILS

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Take away available

DINE IN OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 11am - 9:30pm PH 02 9534 4413

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Book now for your CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATIONS Red River House Banquet $40/Head (48hr Booking notice essential) Stir Fried Lobster in Ginger Shallot Sauce or Garlic Creamy Butter Chilli Sauce (With E-Fu Noodle) Salt & Pepper King Prawn Deep Fried Crispy Chicken Deep Fried Shredded Beef in Peking Sauce Slow Cook Beef Ribs in Red Wine Sauce Seafood Fried Rice SPECIAL BEVERAGE OFFER WITH RRH BANQUET ONLY VB or Pure Blonde (Any 4 for $20) Crown Lager, Heineken, Asahi, Tsingtao (Any 4 for $24) Rothbury Chardonnary $15 Rothbury Cab Merlot $15 Tatachilla Sav Blanc $15

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CHRISTMAS

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SHARED TASTING BOARD Celebrate the season with one of our shared Christmas Dessert Tasting Board the perfect way to finish and compliment your favourite meal.

Available throughout December.

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SUMMER MENU As spring turns to summer, we look forward to the delicious ingredients that this season has to offer.

Here at Little Spoon summer signals refreshing limited-time offers; everything from fruity and cold milk concoctions to salads and desserts.

So, whether it’s a casual catch up over lunch or a special occasion our new seasonal menus have something for everyone and we can’t wait for you to try them. Our new menu is available now, packed full of the tastes of summer.

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TOY APPEAL Once again, Club Rivers will be collecting gifts to donate to Riverwood Community Centre as part of their gift appeal for disadvantaged families in the Riverwood area. We will be collecting toys for children of all ages.

Simply label your gift with the age and gender of the intended recipient and place it under the Giftmas tree in our Club Lounge.

ALL DONATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED

BY SUNDAY 13TH DECEMBER 2020.

FOOD CANS DRIVE Club Rivers will also be collecting cans of food and other non-perishable food items to donate to Riverwood Punchbowl Anglican Church. The Church will use the cans in food hampers and distribute them to those in need this holiday season.

PLEASE BRING IN YOUR DONATION BEFORE SUNDAY 13th DECEMBER

CLUB RIVERS

CHRISTMAS APPEAL Christmas is a time for celebrating, but for many families in need it’s challenging, lonely and isolating.

This Christmas, you can help us bring joy to someone in need!

Your donation at this time of year can make a Christmas that is truly memorable for those who are doing it tough.

Club Rivers will again be supporting Riverwood Community Centre and Riverwood Punchbowl Anglican Church with their Toy and Food drive during the leading up to the Christmas.

Please join us by donating toys or non perishable foods for distribution to those less fortunate families in the local area.

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The Club Rivers Team from left to right: Alyson Bray, Luke Toscano, Patrick Allison &Tamara Gleeson

The Club Rivers Team were out in support of the Annual Oatley Lions Charity Golf Day on Friday 13th November.

The event is a former project of the St George Lions and is proudly sponsored by Club Rivers .

This years event was a great success with the organisation raising more than $13,000.

The funds raised will be used to support St George Hospital, the Operations Smiles Program and the Children’s Cancer Research - Genome DNA Mapping Global Project.

Left to Right: Oatley Lions President John Morgan, Golf day John & Leslie Craig

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Join a bunch of blokes and get together for a walk & talk at the same time improving your mental and physical health. Meet at Our Lady of Fatima Church carpark 825 Forest Road Peakhurst daily at 5.30pm for a 6pm start.

COVID SAFE PROTOCOLS MAINTAINED

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IT’S OFFICIAL! CLUB RIVERS HAS AUSTRALIA’S KINDEST CAFÉ.

October 26, 2020/in Home Article, Food and Beverage, Latest News, Drop Goss, Library, Directory, Community / October 1st was International Coffee Day. This year it was also the inaugural Youth Off The Streets Cup of Kindness Day where supporting cafes from across Australia were asked to celebrate good coffee and a good cause, and to donate 50c from every cup of coffee sold to the charity.

Over 50 cafes participated in the fundraising initiative and raised closed to $20,000 on the day. Cup of Kindness Day was proudly supported by Hennessy Coffee and ClubsNSW, with clubs both large and small from Queensland, NSW and the ACT integral to the success of the event which Youth Off The Streets plan to run each year. The official launch was held at Coogee Beach Club, one of the Randwick Group of Clubs.

Cafes who registered to participate were deemed “kind cafes”, and the café that helped to promote Cup of Kindness Day most creatively was awarded the Kindest Café Award. A joint win by Little Spoon and Steam – the two coffee shops operated by Club Rivers took out the honours. They provided branded cupcakes and cookies, dressed the cafes in promotional material and strongly supported the event in house and on social media through posters, images and videos.

The winners received an award announcing them as Australia’s Kindest Café 2020, a promotional pack from Hennessey Coffee and the opportunity to host the launch of next year’s Cup of Kindness Day.

On Sunday 22 November 2020 St George District Cricket Club held its Annual Charity Walk to help raise awareness and much needed funds for the St George and Sutherland Medical Research Foundation.

Now in its seventh year the event has provided more than $100 000 for the local charity.

Club Rivers donated $2000 to support the foundation which has established itself as a world leader in medical research.

The cheque was presented to St George District Cricket Club President and Georges River Council Mayor Kevin Greene by Club Rivers Senior Vice President Bill Ross.

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Club Rivers & Sir Roden & Lady Cutler Foundation Announce Partnership 20

We are very pleased to announce that Club Rivers have joined with Sir Roden & Lady Cutler Foundation to sponsor the Patient Transport Service Program.

The Patient Transport Service is a FREE SERVICE for people who require transport to, or from, a health facility such as a hospital or rehabilitation unit but do not need a time-critical emergency ambulance. The foundation currently has a nine (9) cars in its fleet, 2 of them with wheelchair access. This service will now be available to qualifying members of Club Rivers and the greater community from 1st November 2020.

Sir Roden & Lady Cutler Foundation evolved from the Kings Cross Rotary Club 1990’s ‘Home and Away’ project, which provided emergency transport for the young, the elderly and the disabled needing to get to and from vital medical appointments.

There are many vulnerable members of our community, including children, elderly and disabled, who cannot get to and from medical appointments, including people in affluent areas. The ramifications of this are numerous, they can be shocking and they are often silent.

To make a booking Registered Clients Call 1300 747 763 & select Option 1.

10am – 3pm Monday, Wednesday & Friday.

New Clients Please go to the Client Referral Page at sirroden.org.au/services/clientreferralform/ and complete the On-Line form so your application can be assessed for eligibility & registration purposes.

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CLUB RIVERS - SOUTHERN SYDNEY Do you have a spare few hours a day/week?

Can you help this wonderful Community Charity?

The Sir Roden & Lady Cutler Foundation in partnership with Club Rivers Riverwood is looking for Volunteer Drivers for our successful FREE “Pick Me Up Service” to assist residents who are most vulnerable throughout the Southern Sydney Region and require Transport to & from medically related appointments.

We are looking for Volunteer Drivers to help us ensure that we can continue to provide our unique and wonderful FREE service to those people most in need throughout our community.

So, if you enjoy Driving and like making a difference contact Anita Fong or Vincent Del Zio on (02) 8765 8661 for further information.

AUSTRALIA DAY 26TH JAN

$8 Nothing says Straya like a Pie ‘n’ VB

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CLUB RIVERS PROMOTES THE RESPONSIBLE SERVICE OF ALCOHOL