Our Last Meeting - Paul from IFYS

Our chair for the day was Stephen.

 

Stephen welcomed Paul to the meeting

Warryn is now a Friend of Rotary

 

Mark proposed the International Toast to the Rotary Club of Port Vila, where he made up recently.

 

Thanks for the photos Dave

 

President’s Report from Deborah

Congratulations for Past President Jim
Club Citation
"all our goals"
Only 17 Citations in the District and four in the Cluster.

 

Membership, we are down to 23 members, and should aim for another 10

 

Letter from Paul Rogers

 

Steven introduced Paul from IFYS – Integrated .Family and Youth Services.

 

You might have Paul from the Fringe Festival at Kings Beach.
Does marketing and communications for IFYS.

$40,000 raised at the winter solstice swim

 

"Inclusive Kids"

32 years NYSF
Ipswich
900 people in the state

 

Child protection
Recruiting carers
Decline in carers
Plus more children

Foster care –always negative stories
They are "one percent”

Neglect & abuse - reasons.
Lots of agencies moving out
Homelessness

 

They have 21 beds at their old church in Nambour
Earning or learning – strong model
18 months to 2 years turnaround

Covid –church fire sale.
It's an ex 1960s church of the latter-day Saints

 

$1.4 million raised in 13 years.

Pre-NDIS – no scheme to support people.

"Inclusive Kids"
Connect with sporting clubs – inclusion in community life.

 

Disconnection equals angry young people.
No education equals life in poverty

 

Footy Finals lunch fundraiser – no admin fees.
With inclusive kids

Help with

Patron and ambassadors such as police Sea FM and the Lightning.

Food program - one and five kids lacking food security.
Locally 900 kids/day

Kids can't learn if they don't eat.

 

1 Food for school – power pack - done
2 Protein bar - to do
3 Lunch pack

 

Five schools currently

 

Paul answered some questions from our members.

 

Deborah and Steven thanked Paul for the presentation

 

Sergeant Rich round up the meeting with a couple of jokes

 

Five ants want to rent a house, but they needed another five before they could become tenants.

 

Maybe that was a timely reminder about fire ants.

 

Stephen and Annie are off for four weeks – a European River cruise and his son’s wedding

 

No Reel next week  - Roger is in Melbourne for four days

 

 

GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT LIFE, THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:

1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.
2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.
6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.

GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT LIFE, THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:

1) Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.
2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
3) Families are like fudge . . .mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fibre, not the joy.
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GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD

1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.
4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.
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THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:

1) You believe in Santa Claus.
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus.
4) You look like Santa Claus.
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SUCCESS: At age 4 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is . . . having friends.
At age 16 success is . . . having a drivers license.
At age 20 success is . . . having sex.
At age 35 success is . . . having money.
At age 50 success is . . . having money.
At age 60 success is . . . having sex.
At age 70 success is . . . having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is . . . having friends.
At age 80 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.