RIMERN
Last week we did a second shift in a row and we had 5 volunteers doing a great job. We had our President, Sainab sheik with her son Khalid and Fatima Ali as well as Ted Dziadkiewicz and Larry Robb.
Once again the sift involved helping unload the truck.
Then at 1.00 pm, a full truckload came that we had to unload. It was full of couches and chairs.
Well if that's Larry on the truck all 5 of our volunteers are in the photos above. Sainab's Janet Jackson look seems to have given her extra strength. She looks like she could have moved that fridge without the trolley.
Please let me know if you are able to do a 12.30 pm to 3.30 pm shift over the next couple of weeks being Sat 12th Feb and Sat 19th Feb on page@ghp.biz
Upcoming BBQ's
Right at this moment, we are in a stage where we have put in proposals for our club to run 2 fairly big BBQ's for the Melbourne Metro Tunnel project on Saturday 12th March and Sunday 13th March and the very big Moomba BBQ the next day on Labour Day on Monday 14th March. We have provided fee proposals for each of them and I expect to find out the outcome in the next couple of days. Clearly, if they all go ahead we will need all hands on deck so even if you are not a member and would be interested to get involved pleased contact me.
Last Week's Meeting
Last week was our first meeting back in person for the year and it ended up a very nice meeting with 10 people attending. Our speaker was our new member Ibrahim Abdi who spoke about his life in his "Member Behind the Badge Talk"
Apart from Ibrahim there was also a friend of his who came to support him, President Sainab Sheikh, Fatuma Ali, Andrew Georgiou, James Long, Ida Whiteman, Herbson Singo, Neville Page, and Judy Page. Ibrahim's story of him coming from Somalia into Kenya and eventually to Australia was very interesting and has ended with him now having a grown-up family here and established accounting practice.
Upcoming Meetings
Thursday 10th February 2022 at 7.00 pm on Zoom Speaker - Fatuma Ali
Like Ibrahim last week Fatuma is a new member as is going to give us an insight into her life which started in Ethiopia.
Zoom Meeting Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82885605624?pwd=QmdDL3pPUGU0NzdxU21qVmZ2bFpyZz09
Meeting ID: 828 8560 5624 Passcode: 585402
Thursday 17th February 2022 6.45 pm for 7.00 pm start. In-person at the Mercure Hotel, Cnr Harker St and Flemington Rd North Melbourne.
Speaker - Atsuya Tazoe
Atsuya is a Global Grant Scholar from Japan hosted by our club and he will exchange banners from his sponsoring Japanese Club and will speak to us about himself. It should be a great meeting to attend.
Thursday 24th February 2022 at 7.00 pm on Zoom
Speaker - Jennie Mitchell
Jennie lives in Tasmania and is the current President of the Melbourne E Club.
She will speak to us to update us on how her club is going and how her life is in Tasmania.
Rotary District 9800 Conference 2022
So why not join Atsuya and attend the conference in Albury. The details are below and there are plenty of accommodation options. Also, take note if you want a bit of a longer stay the next day is the Anzac Day public holiday so no work until Tuesday.
