Meeting Reports 3216 August 12th, 2024
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Formalities
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Chair
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Toast
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Grace
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PP Mike Williams
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Chair for the evening was PP Mike Williams who opened meeting 3216 and welcomed Rotarians and
guests Michael Walker [Air Cadets]; Mike Johnson, and guest speaker Marnie Telehin to the meeting.
Apologies for the evening were received from: Deb Williams, Julie Tekell, Kim Potger, Margaret Leversedge, Wayne Murphy,
Mike then invited members with information to come forward.
PE Kyle –
- Remember As we increase our presence on Social media please let Kyle know if you do not agree to having your photo published.
PP Mike W -Almoner
- Deb is home – after a slight complication she is doing well.
- Has been asked to supply car trailer for a float holding giant presents in the Christmas parade-please keep BIG boxes.
IPP John
- attended a meeting re Christmas parade- will be held on 30th November. Will need volunteers to man the food stall and people to walk in the parade, He will start collecting names next week.
Michael Jacob
- Club Runner event registration is working- He has sent out a new email to help people who could not access last week If you get stuck reach out for the help.
PP Steve
- According to club runner he Still needs a couple of volunteers for show car parking, will have a look when he gets home to compare list and clubrunner.
Mike then invited everyone to enjoy fellowship until PP Barry Stewart presented his sergeants session.
Wheel winners this week were PP John, Guest speaker Marnie and Sherine.
Members and guests sang Happy Birthday to Stan Roulston for his upcoming 90th Birthday and Barry followed with his usual presentation of Facebook funnies.
Chair and PP introduced guest Michael Walker from the Gawler Air Cadets and explained the partnership he is keen to foster with the our Rotary Club. One of the foci of the air cadets is Community Engagement and 12 months ago met with PP John and Pres Anthony to see what it could look like. The Rotary Club have assisted the Cadets with shelters and a cooked BBQ during the Anzac Day eve vigil and the are keen to assist us with the Village fair as a starting point.
Mike then introduced Guest Speaker Marnie from the Leukaemia Foundation.
Marnie is the National Community Fundraising Coordinator and based in Victoria.
Although the are called Leukemia Foundation they actually support people with all kinds of blood cancers of which there are over 100 different types. They started in Queensalnd 50 years ago.
There was only one haematologist and nurses had limited Leukaemia training. A bone marrow transplant was a new life-saving procedure but a lack of transplant facilities in Brisbane meant those strong enough to undergo a bone marrow transplant had to travel south.
In 1975: The Leukaemia Foundation was formed. Brisbane’s first clinical haematologist, Dr Trevor Olsen, agitated for change. Frustrated by the lack of medical and support facilities, he decided with the help of Kurilpa Lions Club, to purchase a laminar flow bed, which protected patients from infection, which was donated to the Mater Hospital. At the time, Dr Olsen was treating a young boy whose father, Bernie Stevenson, was secretary of the Holland Park Lions Club. After watching his young son die from leukaemia, Bernie introduced Dr Olsen to the Holland Park Lions Club, and the Lions Leukaemia Foundation was formed on 9 October 1975.
In 1995, the Leukaemia Foundation of Western Australia was formed. This led to the establishment of the Leukaemia Foundation of New South Wales and South Australia (1998), then Victoria and Tasmania (1999). Today the Foundation is a National Body.
Marnie showed a touching video from the website https://youtu.be/-CrRtBD8z_k in which a lady tells her story to show how crucial the foundations support is to patients and their families. In addition to supporting them to understand their cancer and treatment, families receive financial help with transport, accommodation, and link hospitals to patients.
Blood Cancer does not discriminate, and we do not know what causes it. It is the Foundations goal to find a cure by 2035. They receive minimum funding from Government bodies and rely on donations. Since 2000 The Leukaemia Foundation has invested $60.8 million in research.
People can get involved by organising a fun fundraiser; participating in World’s Greatest Shave; Light the Night events; becoming a blood, plasma or bone marrow donor, or making a cash donation.
Mike thanked Marnie and presented her with her certificate of thanks and explained that we had made a donation in her name to help vaccinated children against Polio. He then asked Pres Anthony to close the meeting the meeting. Anthony thanked members and guests for attending and asked members and guests to join him in reciting the 4 Way test.
DID YOU KNOW?
This year’s District Governor Marie-Louise Lees was a recent past president of the Rotary Club of Gawler and also Gawler Light and will be the last District Governor under the new Model.
Quote of the week.
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
