SPOKE Bulletin April 8th 2024 (Apr. 07, 2024)

Member Birthdays

Dennise Herrick

April 23

Alf Dimarco

April 26

Anniversaries

Alf Dimarco

Mary Dimarco

April 10

Join Date

Anna-Marie Sanni

April 2, 2022

2 years

Marilie Bomediano

April 2, 2022

2 years

Patricia Abraham

April 2, 2022

2 years

Russian Invasion of Ukraine Presentationby Jerry Duma

Jerry Duma presented a heart wrenching presentation about the invasion of Ukraine by Russia

RC Burwood Helps Schools in the Philippines

Rotary Burwood District 9675’s turnover of $1,400 to Lilo-an National High School Extension Don Bosco of Cebu City via Rotary Club of Cebu District 3860 International

A RAWCS Solution - Destitution at Home

DESTITUTION AT HOME
A RAWCS Solution
A talk by Gary Richards, RC Engadine

Pride of Workmanship

The Pride of Workmanship awards have been an annual Vocational Program event for many years.

Help for Ukranian Displaced Persons

Help for Ukrainian displaced persons arriving in Sydney

News from Eurella

Thank you Burwood Rotary

Podcast with Sadaya Marathe

Link to a Podcast with one of out Past Exchange Students Sadaya Marathe

Article published by Marilie Bomediano

Article published by Marilie Bomediano regarding Container sent to the Philippines

Report from Dinagat Island

Fellows here is the latest from Juvie in Gingoog, they returned from the Helping Hand mission, and are now preparing for the next. We have some donations coming in, thank you, and will send every dollar over for these missions.
Those pictures give an idea of the destruction.

Report from Gingoog by PP Walter Bock

Dear Friends and supporters,

I received another email from Juvie and MinPRA in Gingoog. Somehow, miraculously they avoided much damage to themselves. On the compound it appears two fruit trees came down and the other crop was damaged. On the mountain property the damage was even less. They hate asking for help but they would like to help the island of Dinagat where Vera took a team on a SewAID Mission a couple of years ago.

The Secrets of Scams – Athreya Kannan

My name is Athreya Kannan and I work for Zip which is a credit company and we often get calls

from customers who have been scammed online or over the phone. I, therefore, wrote this up

to spread awareness of these scams so we can be more vigilant.

Rotary Youth Exchange - making a difference for life

Rotary Youth Exchange - making a difference - Reflections from a Reunion 30 years later.

The Year is 1991, two busses full of Rotary Exchange Students enter a parking lot in Sydney after 3 weeks around Australia on the “Capricorn Ramble Tour”. Saying goodbye was heart-breaking, knowing that we would soon be back home and maybe never see each other again.

Jumping to September 2021, downtown Frankfurt on a Friday afternoon in brilliant weather. Stepping out of the car to greet 3 people I have not seen for 30 year in front of their hotel.

Burwood Rotary 50th Anniversary Charitable Trust

The Rotary Club of Burwood has created the 50th Anniversary Charitable Trust with the overall charitable purpose of "relieving poverty and the advancement of education or any other matter beneficial to the community". Funds are awarded to persons who satisfy the Trustees that they are financially disadvantaged and are undertaking some form of further study/sporting endeavour beneficial to themselves and to the community in general.

SPOKE

President Hugo Robinson

Rotary Affirmation: