7th February 2012 Fellow Rotarians, Mary Surman from the "Grandparents Raising Grandchildren" support group spoke to our Rotary Last week bringing us up to date with what it is like being a Grandparent raising Grandchildren and how it has changed over the past 10 - 15 years. Mary took over the custody for her Grandson when he was two and is still raising him now at twelve. Grandparents are now the first point of call in child welfare situations. Previously there was not a lot of support for Grandparents but that has now changed and there is a lot of support through the Government, Grants, Centrelink and other agencies. There are five Grandparents Raising Grandchildren support groups now on the Central Coast, one being Woy Woy. Although, usually sad situations are the cause for Grandparents to raise their Grandchildren it is good to see that there is more support out there now. Tonight we have our Club Assembly, we will be meeting in committees to get some of the plans for the next 5 months set. The next few weeks are going to be very busy. Next week we have a combined meeting/Partners night with "Farmer's Direct" as our speaker. Tuesday 21 February is fast approaching and will be a big night where we farewell PP John and Susan Garwood. Coming up in March the GSE Team will be Kayaking with the Rotary Club of Woy Woy on the morning of Wednesday 21 March, their welcome dinner to the Zone in on Tuesday 20 March and they will be attending the Opera on the 24th. Don't forget if you would like to attend the District Conference registrations will be closing soon. Also fast approaching is the OPERA (please let John know if there is anything you can assist with). At this fast pace the year will be over before we know it. Yours in Rotary,
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31st January 2012 Dear Fellow Rotarians, "Broken Bay Pearls are as Unique as the people who live in the area!" is the statement Russell Carr made last week when he gave us an insight into the Broken Bay Pearl Industry here in Brisbane Waters. The Broken Bay Pearl Industry commenced operations in Brisbane Waters 10 years ago when their first attempt failed in Port Stephens. Waterways agreed to the launch as the Oyster Farmers offered to use some of their not in use leases and clean them up, this in turn kept anyone who may have protested on side as the waterways were being cleaned up. This week we have Mary Serman from Grandparents Raising Children coming to update us on their very important program. The next month or two are going to be very busy as we not only lead up to our Opera (please let John know if there is anything you can assist with) but we have Farmers Direct coming on Tuesday 14 February where other clubs have been invited, PP John and Susan's Farewell on Tuesday 21st February, again many members from Zone and District will be attending and the GSE Team coming to our Zone as well as District Conference. At this fast pace the year will be over before we know it. Correction on PP John and Susan Garwood's current email is - johnsusangarwood@gmail.com Have a fab week. Yours in Rotary,
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24th January 2012 Dear Fellow Rotarians, Bob Powell from the Umina Surf Club joined us for our 1st meeting of the year to speak with us and demonstrate the latest procedures for CPR. Less thank 3% of lives are saved through resuscitation, resuscitation is not about saving lives but buying time and keeping circulation moving in the patient, assisting as a human heart/lung machine, diffibulators should be bought in as quickly as possible. The sequence for resuscitation is:
When checking airways if there is not evidence of fluid, there is no need to roll patient on their side. Start CPR, 30 compressions - 2 breaths. Compressions increase circulation and bring oxygen into the body. Share the lead if others present after a maximum of 5 cycles. Compress at 1/3 the depth of the chest and to the beat of "Staying Alive". Bob demonstrated CPR and the use of difibulators. Yet another very interesting speaker. While we were all revising our CPR, PP Don and Jayne were at the RYLA dinner with our RYLARIAN, Annie. I believe it was a great night, more info attached. This week we have Russell Car bringing us up to speed on the Pearl Industry which should also be very interesting, start thinking of those questions The next month or two are going to be very busy as we not only lead up to our Opera (please let John know if there is anything you can assist with) but we have Farmers Direct coming on Tuesday 14 February where other clubs have been invited, PP John and Susan's Farewell on Tuesday 21st February, again many members from Zone and District will be attending and the GSE Team coming to our Zone as well as District Conference. At this fast pace the year will be over before we know it. Have a fab week. Yours in Rotary,
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17th January 2012 Dear Fellow Rotarians, Happy New Year to all and welcome to 2012. Last week, Bill and Wendy Cook, John and Sandra Perks and Rick and Mandy put on a great night on behalf of the Umina Surf Club. Past Rotary donations contributed to the purchase of the Surf Club Surf Trailer on which Rick demonstrated what it is used for. We also had the pleasure of the company of Honorary Member John Maulder and Col and May Margin as well as Charles and Jenny's Guests, Phil and Chris, Scottish Rotarian Allan and Helen along with Daughter Sam and Son in law Trent. It was fantastic to see the progress Peter has made and to have Jayne and Peter back. Tonight PP Don has gone off to the RYLA dinner on our behalf and to support our awardee, I'm sure he'll have plenty to report back next week. Our Guest Speaker tonight is also from Umina Surf Club and will be updating us on the importance and procedures for resuscitation. The meeting of 20 December 2011 was the Rotary Club of Woy Woy's AGM. At this meeting the 2012-13 Board was elected. Have a fab week. Yours in Rotary,
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