This document summarizes the activities and discussions of the Rotary Club of Parramatta City. It discusses the club's sympathy in response to the Newtown shooting, upcoming meetings and speakers, changes to the club's lunch menu, an update on the club's successful Christmas tree fundraising project, recognition of a member's fundraising efforts for a children's hospital, and the resignation of a past club president due to work commitments.

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COMMUNITY NETWORKER
ROTARY CLUB OF PARRAMATTA CITY 29/10/2012
MEETING 14/01/13 BOWELSCAN
Bowelscan is a Rotary Community
A Lot has happened in the world since the last issue of our newsletter firstly Service program, developed in
the shooting in Newtown USA. 1982 in District 9640 and now
conducted by more than 300
President Johnny sent an email to DG Brian Amey Rotary clubs across Australia.
These clubs issue approximately
Dear District Governor Brian Amey, 150,000 kits during their annual
colorectal screening programs.
On behalf of the Rotary Club of Parramatta City, District 9690 in
Since Bowelscan commenced
Australia, we would like to convey our sympathy and our prayers to all the more than 1500 people with bowel
Rotarians in your club and community on the terrible news of events in cancer and 5,400 with polyps
Newtown. have been detected. Bowelscan is
essentially a public awareness
program, seeking to increase
Regards, community knowledge of bowel
cancer and its symptoms with a
view to its earlier diagnosis.
Johnny Ching
President The project also involves the
Rotary Club of Parramatta City distribution to the public of a
simple scanning kit on which is
District 9690 Australia collected small specimens of
faeces for laboratory analysis to
detect evidence of minute
Message from our beloved DG
traces of internal bleeding.
Hello everyone,
Bowelscan is a program
No doubt you have been following the news on the bush fires on the Tasmanian supported by Australian Rotary
Peninsula. I have been in contact with my colleague DG James Wilcox of D9830 Health since 2003. Details of the
program’s administration are
and the township of Dunalley has all but been wiped out with 65+ homes lost available from:
including community centre, primary school, police station and RSL Club and
they are expecting it to worsen. Lionel Phelps • Secretary of the
National Bowelscan Committee
I have had enquiries as to how we can support them and also been offered Telephone (02) 6624 2363 • Fax
(02) 6624 4803 • E-mail
donations so have attached below information from James giving several lphelps@scu.edu.au
alternatives, I would suggest what they really need is monetary donations to www.nationalbowelscan.org.au
assist Rotary in helping to rebuild the communities for the future.
Please see below and I will keep you up to date with any further information,
particularly if anyone requires their donations to be Tax Deductable, in which case they can be directed through
RAWCS once they have the account set up.
Best Regards
KEITH ROFFEY
District Governor 2012 – 2013
Rotary International District 9690
From DG James Wilcox D9830 Tasmania
Thanks to those that have already expressed concern and offers of support for those affected by the bushfires
that have hit parts of Tasmania in recent days.

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Sadly, there is every possibility that other communities in Tasmania and around Australia will also suffer during this
bushfire season.
To assist those communities in Tasmania devastated by the bushfires, our District Emergency Relief Fund
Committee has established the ‘Rotary Tasmania Bushfire Appeal’ with an initial donation of $5,000 from the our
Disaster Relief fund. The Appeal will seek to fund recovery projects that will have a long term direct influence on
affected communities. We will work closely with the Rotary clubs in those areas who have local knowledge of where
the funds can best be used.
Should any of our ‘mainland’ Rotary friends wish to support our fundraising efforts there are several options
available for donations:
(a) Send a cheque to Mike Whitehouse, District Finance Manager at 42 Auburn Road, Kingston TAS 7050. Cheque
to be made payable to Rotary Tasmania Bushfire Appeal. A receipt will be issued but the donation is not eligible
for tax deductibility.
(b) Donate through the Rotary Tasmania website at www.rotary9830.org.au (donations are not eligible for tax
deductibility).
I have been advised that Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) is looking to set up a process that
will enable donations through the “Rotary Australia Benevolent Society”. This donation option will provide for a
receipt giving eligibility to tax deductibility. Should this option become available it will take RAWCS a few days to
set up the process for donations and to provide advice through District Governors.
Regards, James.
James Wilcox
District Governor 2012-13
Rotary District 9830 – Tasmania, Australia
Email: jkwilcox@bigpond.net.au
Mobile: 0439 911 747
www.rotary9830.org.au
From Secretary Joy:
The next board meeting will be 5.30pm on Wednesday 16th January – at which time we have to appoint a President
for 2013/2014!
A change in menu starting from Monday for lunch. They will rotate through 4 weeks, so we get each of these hot
dishes 3 times as they will change the menu each quarter.
Salad
• Traditional Caesar Salad with grilled chicken
• Rocket, parmesan, cucumber, tomato & onion salad with home-made dressing (with chicken or without)
Hot Dishes
• Butter chicken with jasmine rice & roti
• Penne pasta with chicken & prosciutto in a creamy Napolitano sauce
• Scotch fillet with truss tomatoes & jus served with a choice of seasonal vegetables or mash
• Market fresh fish with potato mash, steamed greens & lime beurre blanc (this is the usual fish dish, however
the type of fish would change each time as usual)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
January 2013
14
21
28
February 2013

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4 Glenn Gardner, Polio Australia
11 Sandra Carvajal, Good return
APOLOGIES
Apologies to Joy Gillette on 8837 1900 before 9.30am Monday morning.
The latest time for apologies to be made is 9.30am on Monday as that is the time Joy has to advise the hotel of
numbers.
The Club is required to pay for the number of lunches ordered. Invoices for the cost of a meal will be sent to members
who do not apologise for non attendance by 9.30am.
Keith Henning::
would like to remind you all that your subscription is now due please attend to this ASAP.
Christmas tree sales project
Expected profit about $9,800, roughly the same as in 2011.
Number of trees sold by Club down by nearly 25% to about 430 trees. Sales by Scouts up. About 80 trees unsold.
Increase in sale price of trees from $50 to $60 enabled Club’s surplus to be about the same as last year.
The winners of the Christmas hampers were
Purchaser of Christmas Treasure Trove ticket Bruce Hodgkins, West Pennant Hills.
Return customer letter Ross Law, Cheltenham
Greg Mellis
Congratulations to Greg Mellis and his family for raising over $3200 for Children’s Hospital Bear Cottage as a result of
the Christmas lighting and diorama display at their residence at Emu Plains.
Greg and Linda have now been supporting Bear Cottage in this way for a number of years.
The Club was sorry to receive a letter of resignation from Greg during the Christmas break.
We wish, Greg, a Past President of the Club, and his family all the best in the future and hope that he may be able to
join us at a lunch meeting at some future date.
CELEBRATIONS
Happy Birthday for last week Ken and Colin
Happy anniversary Mark, may you have many happy years with Sarah and the Kids
It is with regret we received the resignation of PP Greg Mellis who has been a member of our club since September
2002.
Greg’s work commitments make it difficult for him to attend meetings.
We are sorry to see you go Greg hope you will look us up when your situation changes.