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THIS MONTH...........

NEW GENERATIONS IN ACTION

• YEP visit to Goondiwindi
• RYTS in action
• World Interact Week 25-31 October.

CLUB SERVICE IN ACTION

• District website www.rotary9640.org

VOCATIONAL SERVICE IN ACTION

• CPR 2000

COMMUNITY SERVICE IN ACTION

• Australian Rotary Health Research Fund Minties for Health Research.

ROTARY FOUNDATION IN ACTION

• Ambassadorial Cultural Scholarship.

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE IN ACTION

• Aussie Boats for East Timor

Vocational Service Opportunities and Possibilities.

I urge everyone to honour Rotary and to honour your Vocation. If you had the opportunity to help reduce unemployment, stimulate the local economy, or inspire young people toward successful, productive careers - all while applying and developing your own vocational skills - would you jump at the chance?
As a Rotarian driven by the ideal of service, you hold the power to effect that sort of meaningful, positive change in your community through Vocational Service. According to United Nations figures, we live in an era in which one out of 10 people of working age can't find a job that pays a decent wage. In the schools, many young people have no understanding of how education affects their chances for success in the workforce. Your Vocational Service efforts can play a vital role in improving the quality of life for those hard-working members of the community who need the sort of direction and expertise that you can provide.
By participating in any of a number of Vocational Service activities you can turn your experience into an invaluable resource for others. Many Clubs have embraced projects such as

• Erecting a billboard showing The 4-Way Test to the public.
• Pride of Workmanship Awards
• Debate the 4-Way Test
• Young Achievement Australia
• Mock Interviews
• Apprenticeship Exchange
• Career Market
• Industrial visits
• Vocational Excellence Awards
• Work Experience.
• TAFE Awards or similar.
• Participate in CPR2000 awareness or become a CPR Peer Trainer.
• Apprenticeship Awards.
• Courtesy Awards.
• Mentoring - Operation Livewire
• Literacy and Numeracy including overseas through Matching Grants.
• Vocational and Recreational Fellowships
• Rotary volunteers
• Jobs for the disabled

I trust that you will do all you can to enhance the true spirit of Rotary through your Vocational Service this month and throughout your Rotary career.

Your Rotary Friend
Heather

Rotarian in Action

Past President Sel Pfeffer and Lorna, of the Rotary Club of Boonah, have chosen to include The Rotary Foundation in their Estate Plans thus making them eligible for Bequest Society Membership, major gift at level 1. It is because of gifts like Sel and Lorna's that The Rotary Foundation is further able to carry out a wide array of humanitarian programs throughout the world to:
* Improve living conditions for needy families.
* Increase food production and water programs.
* Wider availability of immunization and medical treatment for the sick and disabled.
* New Channels for the flow of International understanding, and brighter hopes for Peace.
* It is our hope that this new Society of Friends will be changing lives through a legacy of Hope.

Thank you Sel and Lorna for your significant commitment to making the world a better place for all.

Clubs In Action

Rotary Club of Glen Innes President Sandra Orvad and AG Trigger Tregurtha presented the proceeds of a simple fund raising evening for Rotarians Against Malaria which together with Club funds raised A$270. This will be combined with other Clubs support for the collective District RAM to the East Timor Matching Grant project that currently stands at over US$6000 and still growing. Congratulations to RC of Glen Innes as this will be the second Matching Grant they are involved with in one year.