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RYLA In Action
Your district
RYLA team consists of past awardees, Rotarians and Partners who work very
hard to ensure that District 9640 has a first class RYLA that you can all
be proud of. The monthly meetings and training sessions are held throughout
the District to share traveling costs and this year we have met once in
Brisbane and we will also be traveling to Toowoomba because so many of the
attendants are living and studying in those two places.
L to R: Ashley Lingwood, Zoe Ralf, Andrew Jordan, Campbell
Chisholm, Tracey Johnson, Fabienne Zhwalen (YEP Surfers Paradise), Lisa
Beesley (Secretary).
Since May the team has achieved the following:
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Built and signed team agreements (What we expect of each other)
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Formed task groups to work on various activities leading up to and during the seminar.
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Selected a theme song (Your Life is Now - John Mellancamp)
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Selected a theme for the seminar (Your Life is Now)
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Developed a mission statement that includes the seminar theme and the RI theme for this year.
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Decided on shirt colours and styles.
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Designed the logo for the shirts and the seminar.
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Tendered for and obtained quotations for shirts.
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Chosen the main music for the entire seminar.
L to R: Simon Spash, John Zannes, Jane Hoffman (Team Leader), Tanya Cameron, PDG Dug Graydon, Judy Graydon, PP Col Makin (Broadbeach)
The task groups
have been hard at work planning the activities for the entire week. Approaching
businesses for sponsorship for auction and raffle items as well as sending
employees to RYLA. Sourcing equipment, music, gifts for speakers and the
myriad of sundry items needed for a week at Bornhoffen. Additionally, each
meeting has involved some type of team building activity and a bit of fun.
Future meetings will involve training, counseling, and people skills amongst
other things. 
L to R: PP Geoff Lance (Coolangatta/Tweed), Hamish Robertson,
DGE Neil Maxwell, Justin Keevers, Serena Free, Angela Rutland, Chrissy Sonego,
Kent Gooding, Ashley Lingwood.
The experience
that the young people involved in the team gain from this exercise will
be invaluable to them for the rest of their lives. These are young adults
whose only desire is to give back to the community something that was given
to them when you sponsored them to RYLA as an awardee.
Visit our RYLA
site on the Web
Or our district RYLA Web site
Download Application Forms
Lisa Beesley - RYLA District Secretary
Club Service in Action
Rotary
Hotline 1300 135 006.
Note this RDU service when you need Club makeup times and info anywhere in
Australia.
For Rotary Club location directory press #1.
If you're a visiting Rotarian and would like to attend a local meeting press
#2.
For information re. Rotary's work in the community press 3
District PR Committee.
Major items of action…
- Update Rotary info points.
- District PR pamphlet with Membership Committee.
- Radio 89.3FM RotaryCPR breakfast on the Beach.
- Partnership with Mirikai.
- Railway outing to Casino.
- Community Health Expo partnership with AMA on Nov 4 at Southport RSL
Club Service Actions Fundraising
- Kyogle. Deb Ball, Rodeo.
- Mudgeeraba. DG's Cup Nov. 3. Premiers Cup in March.
- Tamborine Mountain. Melbourne Cup Sweep. Telescope-Rotary lookout site. The restaurant Club.
- Nerang. Fishing tournament.
- Tweed Heads South. Golf day combined Clubs.
- Kirra-Currumbin. Car boot market. Sausage sizzle at Hardwarehouse fortnightly.
- Robina. Dragon boat race. ROMAC video school presentation gold coin days.
QUEENSLAND CANCER FUND AND THE "ROTARY DISTRICT 9640 CANCER RESEARCH GRANT"
Hi and welcome to Vocational Service and information of interest for September.
We appear to
be looking in great shape with our programs CREATING AWARENESS and TAKE ACTION
particularly for the DISTRICT 9640 CANCER RESEARCH GRANT.
The Queensland Cancer Fund (QCF) has had a long and fruitful relationship
with Rotary in all areas of support in various projects over many years. Within
Rotary District 9640, many Gold Coast Clubs and others have participated in
the annual DoorKnock Appeal, Melanoma Screening Trial and recent Men's Health
Survey.
Several Clubs of late that include the Rotary Club of Ashmore, supported the
QCF through their Annual Doll, Teddy and Train Exhibition. Also the Ashmore
Club, joined with the Rotary Club of Mermaid Beach for the Classic Yester
Year Car Show, to raise funds for the QCF and The Blue Nursing.
The Rotary Club of Southport has been a constant supporter over many years
to the QCF, with various programs and in particular the Rotary Club and Sun
Newspaper's COURTESY AND KINDNESS annual award winners cheque donated to support
the QCF's - "Seize The Day Program".
As we now know as common knowledge District Governor Heather has made available
a District Award to a Club that raises the most amount of money for the Rotary
District 9640 Cancer Research Grant. The QCF will also provide appropriate
recognition to the district and the winning club for their support. QCF will
also advise details of the research grant, and with regular reports from the
researcher on progress of the research. The Researcher would be available
to speak on his/ her research as a special district convention. Staff of the
QCF would be available to address Rotary Clubs on a regular basis as guest
speakers. Friends, we can make a difference by considering to support the
QCF and the many avenues of cancer for research.
Cancer is a word that is recognised by all as a cloud that may hang above
each and every one of us. It now calls on you and I to assist with Prevention,.
Support; and finding a Cure through Research for 200 different types of cancer.
Vocational Service Directors the offer has been extended to clubs by the QCF
for staff to attained your club as guest speakers to give a comprehensive
coverage of the QCF.
Monthly Reminders
1. October
* Vocational
Service Month & Awards
* Pride
of Workmanship Awards Recognition
to support the ideal of Vocational Service
2. QCF DoorKnock Appeal * 2-15 October, 2000
- Please consider to co-ordinate your support to this appeal.
* For details
contact Yvonne Wotherspoon at QCF Gold Coast (07) 5591 1500 or myself on fax/
phone (07) 5575 2594.. All monies collected by a club, will be included in
their overall financial support to the District 9640 Cancer Research Grant.
3. CPR 2000
* Support Program for Rotary District Club members and your local community
for the training that will contribute to an increase in survival from out-of-hospital
Cardiac Arrest.
4. Final Date for Submissions of Business Plans for
Operation Livewire
5. Mock Interviews (General)
Thank you for
your support and please remember to extend Vocational Awareness.
PP Des Roberts Vocational Service Co-ordinator
ROTARY
DISTRICT 9640 SUPPORTS "CPR 2000"
Rotary District
9640 & our "First Lady", Governor Heather Yarker has encouraged all District
Rotary Clubs to participate in the training and teaching of CPR Skill's.
District Vocational Service Co-ordinator PP Des Roberts has the roll to promote
the Project, and assist Rotary Members, their Friends and Relatives to acquire
the skills from CPR training; and for the day they may "Save A Life"of a person
who suddenly falls to the floor, a victim of a "Cardiac Arrest".
District Governor Heather in supporting the CPR Program, has included CPR2000
as a major District Award to a Rotary club that has assisted in the training
of the most number of people, and will receive the "High Achievement" Award
at the District Conference in March 2001.
As each Rotary Year commences 1st July, work to promote CPR and to encourage
Club Directors and Members, has been in place for several months, & with great
interest in the promotion and the information material that had been presented
to all club Vocational Service Directors. Latest information has advised that
a number of clubs have in place, a training program that has commenced, although
most clubs we believe will have the CPR program well in hand by late July
or early August, when members will be encouraged to become Peer Trainers,
Co-ordinators or Team Leaders.
Rotary District 9640 "LINKS" with CPR 2000 to make it
happen during the Rotary Year 2000-2001
PP Des Roberts.. V S Co-ordinator.
