The Saturday before last Club members helped with cycle race number 2. Altogether a much more serious, if not dangerous, affair. Steve Du Plessis took pictures at the base he was involved with but there were many more members involved. Thanks to Don Lindsay who got us in!
From Jenine Coetzer: On Saturday, 5 March 2011, members of the New Dawn Rotary Club serviced the “book store” at the Humanitarian Distribution Centre in Bedfordview, Johannesburg.
Many people came around to collect, but the biggest GROUP was the PRETORIA ROTARY CLUB, led by its president, ISADORE KAHANOVITZ. Also on the premises on Saturday was the KAYALAMI Rotary Club, who came to unpack a container sent all the way from Denmark! The content: TOYS collected under the supervision of the Rotary Club of Copenhagen. The toys have been boxed in three broad categories: soft toys, hard toys and educational. It will be distributed to various causes identified by Kayalami Rotary, as far as a project in Kwazulu/Natal!
New Dawn’s Steve, Jenine and Amina salute all fellow Rotarians who spent the day working for the good of some of our country’s youngsters!
The members were Jenine Coetzer, wearing her reporting hat, Steve Du Plessis lurking in the back of the book store and Amina Frense getting all up front and personal with a Danish Bear or two!
This week our guest speaker is our President Elect, Jankees Sligcher who heads up Pas Reform SA...it's all about chicks! Here he is! Just so there is no confusion as to Jankees' topic here is a picture of what he is going to talk about. I'm sure it will be a fascinating talk as it is something we know very little about.
Anything short of eradicating polio is 'unacceptable,' says DePreist
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James DePreist will conduct Itzhak Perlman and members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a concert benefiting Rotary's campaign to end polio worldwide on 7 March.
On 7 March in Chicago, James DePreist will conduct Itzhak Perlman and members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a concertbenefiting Rotary's campaign to end polio worldwide. Both Perlman and DePreist are polio survivors. RI News recently talked with DePreist about the importance of eradicating the disease.
You contracted polio in 1962, when you were in your 20s. What was the disease's impact on your life?
The impact was obvious and immediate: I could no longer walk. Crutches and braces became a part of my life, and I learned to adapt.
What do you want people to know about polio?
Polio is a profound limiter that requires imagination and energy to deal with. It helps if one can use the upper body constructively and creatively.
Why do you think it's important to eradicate polio and not just contain the disease?
Containment means acceptance, and acceptance is unacceptable.
Why did you want to be a part of the Concert to End Polio, and what does it mean to conduct Itzhak Perlman for that performance?
Itzhak and I are old friends. We've worked together several times here and abroad. This is our first concert together in which there is a focus on polio.
What would you say to Rotary club members to encourage them to continue their more than two decades of work to eradicate polio?
If the goal is eradication, then the fight is ongoing.
DON'T FORGET THE IN-DOOR CYCLING ON THE 19TH MARCH. GOT TO THE EVENT ON FACEBOOK
And here is a late entry from Allan Beuthin:
And here is a late entry from Allan Beuthin:
Hi All,
With our membership evening coming up in just over a month, (Fri 13/05) its not too soon to start planning the catering, the invitations and the presentations - and perhaps even the awarding of some prizes!
As discussed, we should aim to have 40-plus attendees of whom at least 15 should be potential members and/or spouses, supplemented by the traditional full-house of existing members.
Our thanks go to Graham for once again offering the efficient and very welcoming Cookery School as our venue for the evening. We will, I’m sure, take full advantage of the facilities and the stimulating company of our fellow Rotarians to ensure that guests gain an insight into our unique spirit of fellowship and camaraderie. As we have found in the past, this is a wonderful opportunity to mix informally with potential members as well as with each other - all that’s needed to create another successful evening is for usl to participate!
At this stage, I would like to call for catering volunteers and contributors as well as to ask Ian whether we may, again, call upon his skills as our presenter.
Should anyone have alternative plans for the 13/05, please let me know in advance so that we can start to estimate the catering needs.
Looking forward, as usual, to Wednesday’s scrambled eggs,
Al
Allan Beuthin
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