The Wahroongler

Bulletin of The Rotary Club of WAHROONGA Chartered 1975 and Meeting at 7.15 am Wednesdays, at Warrawee Bowling Club Rotary ’s first Breakfast Club. 30th Aug 2017, Vol 43. No 9 Sue’s News Last Friday morning at approx 6.30am PP David Russell and I are leaning noncha- lantly against the wall outside Wahroonga Station, with bunches of daffodils in hand, waiting for another group of bustling passengers to rush past us heading for the train. "How is the column going?" asked David. "OK I replied - I have it to Kerrin by Sunday afternoon". "I did mine early on Sunday morning" said David. "Otherwise I worried about it all day. They were not as long as yours - mine were more philosophical". "Yes, I remember", I said. "Mine are chatty!". "Chatty is good!" said David. Then the rush was on again! David later reported that when he went home with a Cancer Council bear under his arm, he found that Lindy, who was laid up with the flu, had really been expecting some daffodils - so David high tailed it up to Turramurra Station and bought two bunches of daffs from the Rotary Club of Turramurra!! Many thanks to Jenetta Russell for all the hours of work and thought she put into the Daffodil Day event, which raised an impressive $1,919.55 for the Cancer Council. Many thanks also to the Club members who helped out - in alpha order Christine Biddle, Ian Cameron, Phil Easton, Barry Edmundson, John Julius, Max Lake, Barb Harvison, George Richards, David Russell and Barbara Salisch, Also, many thanks to Helen Clarke for providing seven Knox boys to assist. Jenetta organised it so that the boys each had a Rotary mentor, and they were a wonderful help with the sales. A President's Zone meeting was held last Monday night convened by our AG Bruce Jacob, that was also attended by Ian Cameron and Janelle Speight. Ian and Janelle were there to assist our Zone Clubs with Media promotion and PR. Ian advised he will be offering PR/Media workshops in the near future. A great speaker last week in Michelle Dickson, and we thank Peter Kirkwood for organising her attend- ance. There are so many incredible people doing innovative work out there in the community - it is won- derful to hear their stories. This week we are honoured to have Paul Fletcher, Federal Member for Bradfield and Minister for Urban Infrastructure, to speak at our "new membership breakfast" meeting. As we all know - Rotary is the world's best kept secret. It is wonderful when a new person becomes involved with Rotary. The result is always a win/win situation. A win for the beneficiaries of their Rotary Club's efforts, and a win for the individual member in friendship, fellowship and personal fulfilment. Next week we will hear from Michael Bendon as our speaker, the author of "The Forgotten Flotilla", who will be introduced by Neil McWhannell. Michael is an Archaeologist and Historian - can you be the for- mer without being the latter? Think Crete, think of diving in the Mediterranean, think tank landing craft, think WWII. The following week we are at St Edmunds for Breakfast. Please remember that we need early confirmation of attendance on this morning to assist St Edmunds with catering. Sue Owen, President CONTACT: THE ROTARY CLUB OF WAHROONGA, PO Box 13, Wahroonga 2076. President: Sue Owen - 0407 920 467, Secretary: Greg Starr - 0418 203 550 [email protected] Apologies to: Len Stanley - [email protected] or 9144 4049 or 0420 849017 f: https://www.facebook.com/Rotary-Club-of-Wahroonga-334219889938494/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf At Last Week’s Meeting at WBC President Sue welcomed all and guests, Terrie Quilty from the SAN, John Coward and Bob Elsworth - RC of Ku-ring-gai and soon to be new member, Lynn Varvel & Guest Speaker Michelle Dickson Rob advised that Alfreda is home and hopes to have coffee soon. John told us that Sue, Marg and John Sachs and he attended the funeral of PDG Les Whitcroft. It was a marvellous service. He may not have been religious, but he was a righteous man.

When they were planning the Mongolian project in 2002 and needed money, they needed $60,000. His was the first club at Ryde to give $5-6,000 as seed money. The whole project ended up being $1.5m and he set it off. At this service people could see what one man can do in his life. It was a tribute to his life and personality. Jenetta and DD—Daffodil Day. She thanked all volunteers, It should be a fun morning on Friday so long as they have some Cancer Council goods to sell. Next week with Paul Fletcher, Sue advised that Paul Fletcher has accepted our offer to become an Hon Member of RCW. This will be the first time that we have both the State and Federal Members covering Wahroonga as Honorary Members of our Club at the same time. Sandy reminded us that on 23.8.1965 was the anniversary of “The hills are alive with the Sound of Music” … she sang it. Sgt Jo told us that in 1833 slaves were set free if they were less than 6 years old. Over that age they were apprenticed. Now it is estimated there are 45m slaves in the world! John Coward, left and Bob Elsworthy with Rob Gia—both from the Rotary Club of Ku-ring-gai Michelle Dickson Indigenous Active Health Peter Kirkwood introduced Michelle, Director of Indigenous Health, Director Teaching and Learning and Senior Lecturer Public Health (Indigenous Health), Uni of ’s School of Public Health. Active Health was a pilot project with the Rotary Club in the Upper Northern Beaches in 2015. Michelle discussed the concept of Active Health with DG Bruce Larkin and Peter Kirkwood the District Indigenous Support Programs Coordinator. It is of course, a project of our District to support the caused of Rotary Interna- tional President Ian Risling to eradicate Trachoma in Australia by 2020. Michelle identifies as an Aboriginal woman in NSW, her Aboriginal mother’s family come from the Central Coast, around the Brisbane Waters near Gosford. Her father is Irish/ English. Over time families change and her children are blonde and blue eyed, so the face of Aboriginal children is very different. Physically they are children, but the culture is the same with welcome to country, acknowledging place and the wisdom of before that in- forms today’s wisdom, but it is very important to acknowledge culture. She was a super nerd and loved research and loved to make a difference. This is the 25th year she has been in higher education and health. The pilot program was with 10 disadvantaged schools in greater Sydney participated in addressing alarming lifestyle trends impacting on the health of Australian children. These concerns include:  1 in 4 school aged children are overweight or obese.  1 in 3 Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander school aged children are overweight/obese.  Approx 60% of children were rewarded for good behaviour with sugary food.

 Innovative approach to health prevention & promotion that was found to be effective  Elite athletes worked collaboratively with public health professionals and academics to deliver workshops.  Combination of ball activities & food preparation were used to promote healthy life- styles and provide skills and knowledge to empower children to make choices that will help reduce risk factors for chronic diseases.  Groups targeted were the children, teachers, parents and carers.  Healthy lifestyle messages empowered students to make better immediate and future, choices about their health.

Adoption of healthy lifestyle choice and changes made Over 400 students participated in the workshops, & feedback from participants was extremely positive.  90% of students reported that they were playing the games they had been taught.  85% students reported to do more physical activity after our workshops.  76% of students had attempted to prepare at least one of the recipes at home.  64% of students started to make different food choic- es themselves! Changes were made to:  canteen menus  school kitchen gardens were established  and return workshops were requested so as to embed the program within the core curriculum.

They trained small groups of health professionals both indigenous and non-indigenous to run the physical activity and healthy eating parts of the work- shop. A significant num- ber of children have no breakfast or take any lunch to school. A lot are in low socio-economic levels, Aboriginal Torres Strait Islanders, refugees and vulnerable populations.  Provide each organisation with a healthy physical activity equipment box—Active Health Kit and ingredient package with laminated recipe cards.  Training demonstrates how to run the healthy cooking workshops and Indigenous games (physical activity).  At the conclusion of the session the participants (now Trainers) take the equipment box back to their school/organization.

The first target is the indigenous population, but collaboration works best as Aboriginal kids have non-Aboriginal mates and they won’t do something without their mates, so we include them all, which is very important for learning and resembles the rest of the population. In 2016 Sydney Uni was interested and gave Michelle an Educational Innovation Grant to continue to deliver the program for free to schools/community groups. Active Health is not a fly-in-fly-out group, as many others have been. They come in, do their program, then disappear. This is bad for local connections. We train local people to use the community capacity and expertise. Then they can go back to their school/community and maintain and top up the training + evaluate it along the way. We have delivered it now to over 1,000-1,300 young people. The Active Health Foundation is health promotion based on The Ottowa Charter for Health Promotion It uses health promo- tion in public health, in building communi- ties and their capaci- ties. In one western Sydney suburb at a primary school, they had no basketball court, so they ap- proached the nearby high school to partner theirs. They had a young woman to help who had been an Olympic Silver Medal- ist in basketball and had trained in health and education. The guy on the right hand side is Michelle’s son, Jasper, a proud Aboriginal man, who is com- pleting his undergraduate course and also plays basketball and has a passion for health and wellbeing and wants to give back to the community. The physical activity can be basketball, soccer, frisbee or indigenous adapta- tions where they do not have soccer balls—we do it our way. People think kids are active all the time, but they are not. Recent research shows more and more children sit and watch screens and do not sit under trees. Many schools think by opening computer labs this is helping, but they do more on games and miss out on running around and being more active. Lacking physical activity has its consequences, over- weight, obesity and diabetes. In one school 48% of children did not get enough weekly/daily exercise. They teach the chil- dren about food and options if they do not have the ingredients in the recipes. They set up cooking stations, as in the hall below. Some children have never had anything green— ‘well today we’d like you to have a go and taste the vegetables—just taste’, then get them to try 3 vegs. They encourage them to shop and compare prices and look at seasonal foods and get curious about food. The Active Health Kits contain laminated recipe cards, train the trainer resources, equip- ment to prepare the food and sport equipment. It stays with the school/community group who purchased the kit. All work in health educa- tion fits well with the Active Health Pro- gram, including trachoma pre- vention and is included in the post-grad in Aboriginal Health course. Students need to make a com- mitment to the school/ community groups to keep the program sustainable over time. The goal is to support the community partners to help them achieve the goals of the program. Linking with PCYCs and RCs is another way to keep it going and growing. They will also seek sponsors locally to purchase the fruit and vegetables to be used in the programs. The Sydney Uni School of Public Health plans to offer a series of workshops across the country and train trainers as they go. All the boxes have laminated sheets showing all the recipes and equipment to run the program and run the physical games. All games and reci- pes have been well tested and checked with stakeholders. Students from all over Australia can tap into their communities. There will be no cost to Sydney Uni and they will try to re -engage with community partners to help the program grow to the next level. They will undertake a long-term evalua- tion of how it goes with kids from 5-18 years. This will ensure there is long-term sustainability for the program. There will be no fly-in-fly-outs in this program as the School of Public Heath is committed and Michelle it personally too. Barb Harvison thanked Michelle with flowers. This Week, 30th August - Membership Drive and Special Guest Speaker, Paul Fletcher MP

Paul Fletcher MP Paul will be telling us some of the things he has achieved before becoming an MP. For instance, Paul was Director, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, at Optus for eight years; established a consulting firm serving the communications sector; and in 2009 his book about broadband, Wired Brown Land, was published by UNSW Press. Earlier in his career Paul was Chief of Staff to the Minister for Communications in the Howard Government, Senator Richard Alston. He has dual first class honours degrees in law and economics from The and an MBA from Columbia University in New York where he was a Fulbright Scholar. Paul has been a member of the Liberal Party since he was 16 and was active in student politics at Sydney University. He was a champion university debater, twice reaching the finals of the World Universities Debating Championship.

Cancer Council Australia is a national, not for profit organisation which aims to promote cancer-control policies and to reduce the illness caused by cancer in Australia. It advises various groups, including the government, on cancer-related issues, acts as an advocate for cancer patients and their families, and is a major funding contributor towards cancer research, prevention and education. Cancer Council Australia formed in 1961 as the Australian Cancer Society.[1] It was renamed Cancer Council Australia in 1997 and appointed Alan Coates its inaugural CEO.[1] Daffodil Day at Wahroonga Railway Station

Some early photos from the first shift at Wahroonga Station for Daffodil Day, 6.00 - 7.30 am. We were helped by William, Dhruv and another lad from Knox. Jenetta is directing operations with Phil Easton in treas- uries support. Barbara S was in good form early getting coffees to warm frozen fingers. President Sue was also on early shift encouraging us. Max could sell refriger- ators to Eskimos. As I left, Barry Edmundson and Ian Cameron were taking on the second shift. David ... Thanks to David and Ian for these pics Max, David, Sue, Barbara, Phil, Jenetta and DD stock

Jenetta’s DD Report 2017 $1,919.55—bit more than 2016. Sold all 60-70 daffodil bunches & most of the stock. Took 1 box to RC Turramurra team. 19 volunteers incl 7 Knox boys who enjoyed their time. Thanks to all for these efforts. JR

Barbara Harvison on the station for clarity . Jenetta and rugged-up customer Members’ Extra News - Hugh Burne’s Brush with Fame

I thought these gorgeous un- published photos of Diana (and me) are appropriate coming up to the

20th anniversary of her untimely fatal accident. They were taken by the official photographer and some guests' cameras at the event.

These were taken on Friday Nov 1st 1996 at the Commonwealth Day Council Gala Luncheon at the Sydney Convention Centre. I was a Governor AmCham (and Director ABNAmro Australia) at the time, hence the invitation. I was the only person Diana stopped with for a chat.

My favourite is the second image and its memorable dialogue. Diana walked towards the head table right past me. Hugh: Hello Diana, are you enjoying your Sydney visit? Diana: Oh yes, very much, and I would love to come again if someone invites me. Hugh: Oh, I will be the first to invite you back Diana with that infectious, mischievous giggle. Diana: You will! Princess Diana Died 31st Aug 1997 Paris, France - 8 mths after this wonderful evening - 20 years ago

A Night to Remember You are welcome to screen these at a Wed breakfast Aug 2017 (befitting this sad anniversary) or publish them in Wahroongler. Best, Hugh Burne

The last image was of Diana with a bunch of reporters interviewing her at the head table. Last Week—Club Assembly, 23rd Aug 2017 Attendance: 29/56 members, 51.8% Visiting Rotarians: John Coward, Bob Elsworth both RC Ku-ring-gai Apologies: Ian Cameron, John Cameron, John Collins, Ian Faulks, Bob Howe, Philip Easton, Neil McWhannell, Richard Pitt, Marg Sachs, Len Stanley, Janelle Speight, Greg Starr, Ron Wainberg, Rochelle Wiley Speaker: Michelle Dickson Visitors: Terry Quilty - Leon Clark, Lyn Varvel - Marg Sachs

Reception & Hospitality Roster, from Club’s Website for the year If you are unable to attend any day please arrange a substitute and inform Len Stanley at [email protected] or 0420 849017, or 9144 4049 Date Set up & put away Hospitality Reception (2 Rotarians) 30th Aug Anne Prescott Abhi Poudel Phil Comfort, Helen Clarke 6th Sept Doug Reid Anne Prescott Phil Easton, Phil Comfort 13th Sept TBA Doug Reid Barry Edmundson, Phil Easton 20th Sept David Russell TBA Ian Faulks, Barry Edmundson

Club and District Diary Th 31st Aug 9:30- 4:00, Domestic & Family Violence Workshop and Local Court Visit Sun 10th, 24th Sept and 8th Oct. Rotary Leadership Course RLI 43: full course fee is $75*. Register at rli.rotarydistrict9685.org.au * The fee covers direct participant costs. Rotarians who have partially completed RLIs prior to today and wish to do individual parts should contact PDG Ian Scott for registration by response to this email; the cost for catch up sessions is $20. Tu 19th Sept 6.30 pm Building Grace’s Place, Blacktown Worker’s Club, $80 pp Sat 23rd Sept Outing Mooney Mooney Club for Lunch Fri Oct 6th Bridge Day – help needed Gordon Uniting Church Sun 15th Oct San Run for Life Sat 2nd Dec Club Christmas Party Fri 8-12th Dec Abbox at Abbotsleigh for Yr 12 students & Christmas BBQ on 12th

Speaker’s Program for the next few weeks 6th Sept Club Meeting, Michael Bendon, WW2 Historian 13th Sept St Edmund’s Breakfast at St Edmund’s 20th Sept Club Meeting, Kalma McLellan, District Community Service Chair 27th Sept Club Meeting, Simon Gillard Keynote speaker on PTSD & Author 4th Oct Club Meeting, Doug Reiad on Hornsby Connect 11th Oct Club Meeting, 5 Star Fellowship + Hat Day 10th Oct 18th Oct Club Meeting, 4 Way Test with 4 Schools Debating 25th Oct Club Meeting, World Skills CEO, Brett Judd 1st Nov Club Meeting, Armistice Day 8th Nov Club Meeting, Melbourne Cup on 7th Nov 15th Nov Club Meeting, Poss Anne Johnstone, RAVO 22nd Nov Club Meeting, John Cameron—Foundation The Rotary Club of Wahroonga Sue’s Super Heroes & 2017-2018 Board & Committees Board Avenues of Service Committees President Sue Owen IPP & Community Service Director - Neil McWhannell Past President & Neil McWhannell Team - Stuart Armstrong, Daksh Baweja, Leon Clark, John IPP & Community Service Director Collins, Barry Edmundson, John Julius, Peter Kirkwood, President-elect Stuart Armstrong Max Lake, Ron Wainberg Secretary Greg Starr International Director - Anne Prescott Treasurer PDG John Cameron Team - Jim Fulton, Janet Grundy, Richard Jackson, Jo Leaders Karaolis, Richard Pitt, Abhi Poudel

Sergeant Jo Karaolis Vocational Director - Hugh Burne Archivist/Historian Ken Broadhead Team - Ken Broadhead, Jo Karaolis, Kerrin McCormack, Jim Verco, John Welch, Alfreda White Badge Collection John Julius Angus M Robinson on leave Child Protection Phil Easton, Kerrin McCormack Youth Director - Bob Howe Communications Team Team - Christine Biddle, Phil Comfort, Philip Easton, Ian Photographer George Richards Faulks, Ross Grant, Barbara Harvison, Doug Reid, Barbara Salisch, Greg Starr PR & f Janelle Speight Wahroongler Editor Other Committees Kerrin McCormack Bobbin Head Cycle Classic Support Committee Webmaster Ian Cameron Chair - Stuart Armstrong Year Book & Steve McGregor Team - Neil McWhannell, Jim Fulton, John Collins, Doug Asst Treasurer Reid, David Russell, Janelle Speight , Greg Starr Insurance Officer Phil Easton Grants Chair - Peter Smith Mailbox & Noticeboard Key Holder Team - Garry Webb Greg Starr Membership Processing & Welfare New Badges Phil Comfort Chair - Helen Clarke Public Officer Judith Kaine Team - Rob Ferguson, Judith Kaine, Barbara Salisch Risk Management & Insurance Partnerships & Fundraising Chair - Jenetta Russell John Collins Team - John Collins, Barry Edmundson, Rob Giacometti, Roster & Attendance Len Stanley Terry Hodge, Dick Webb Rotary Foundation Chair Marg Sachs The Ministry of Fun Chair - Rochelle Wiley Speaker’s Program Helen Clarke, Team - Phil Comfort, Kerri Hodge, Sandy van Dijk

John Cameron, Philip Easton Club members on the Novus Board Welfare Officer Rob Ferguson John Collins, Terry Hodge, David Russell, Garry Webb, Asst Welfare Officer Barbara Salisch Rochelle Wiley LINKS Active Health Slides Paul Harris Anniversaries A Night to Remember Hugh & Diana Fellows: Kerri Hodge Daffodil Day Report 2017 Link for up-to- 4 yrs 29th Aug th date listing— Oct 6 Bridge Day – help needed Paul Harris Phil Comfort The Ottowa Charter for Health Promotion Fellows 22 yrs 30th Aug spacexs dragon capsule lands Australian school kids Listing cargo