Dear Members and Friends of the Rotary Club of Sydney Darling Harbour,

This week we will have a Rotary Peace Fellow Ana Prada from Colombia attending our virtual meeting to present about her internship at the Institute of Economics & Peace in Sydney. Ana will talk through how her studies will help her in her passion of Latin America local peacebuilding processes and sustainable agriculture.

Joint President Elects, Michael Mazza & John D’Alessandri, want to get your input on how to continue to improving the club. Please take 5 minutes (I have done it already and it only takes 5 minutes) to  please complete the Club Health Check and submit it before 11 March 2023. This is an anonymous survey and your honest answers will help the board develop the club’s strategic plan. Please use the link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZXBS8CD

We are looking for a volunteer to help with a project to help assist the Budapest Rotary Club to get generators to go to Ukraine. The role will require to be the contact liaison for those who are organising the generators to present to the club on timeframes, funding required and method of donation.  If you are interested in help in any way please reach out to me on secretary@rotarydarlingharbour.org.au
SAVE THIS DATE – Darlings Bush Dance!
It’s back! The Darlings are proud to announce that we are again, holding one of our fantastic bush dances. Save this date… Saturday 20 May 2023. We are moving to a new venue. Sydney Park Pavilion at Euston Rd, Alexandria, NSW 2015. This is a fabulous venue with a beautiful big terrace (you know how hot you will get!) and gorgeous views out over the oval.
This year we are supporting The Older Women’s Network  NSW (OWN NSW).  Did you know that older women are the fastest growing group of homeless people in Australia? or that many suffer domestic and sexual violence? Do join us for the dance and bring your friends.  Numbers are strictly limited.   More details to come later.
The OWN NSW is raising funds to build housing for older women as part of our efforts to end homelessness of older women. Read more about our Buy A Brick Campaign.

Upcoming Events

Virtual Meeting – Speaker Ana Prada – Rotary Peace Fellow – 22/02/2023
February 22, 2023 at 6:00 pm
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SPEAKER: Ana Prada is Colombian and especially interested in Latin American local peacebuilding processes and sustainable agriculture. She has studied organic and agro-ecological production processes in Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Peru.  She has also worked with different organisations in the implementation of a Peace Agreement in rural reform, economic reintegration and solutions to the drug problem. She is currently a Rotary Peace Fellow at the University of Queensland. She is also an alumna of the International Training in Dialogue and Mediation at Uppsala University and the international course on Food Systems and Sustainable and Healthy Diets at the University of Wageningen.

For more information, or to get involved, visit https://rotarydarlingharbour.org.au/events/virtual-meeting-22-02-2023/

Board Meeting – 22/02/2023
February 22, 2023 at 7:00 pm
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Board meetings allow for the Club’s leadership to discuss plans, co-ordinate on strategies and address Club issues. They allow the Club’s leadership a chance to discuss the our upcoming events and projects, and help ensure that we remain vibrant and cohesive.

For more information, or to get involved, visit https://rotarydarlingharbour.org.au/events/board-meeting-15-02-2023/

Rotary Adopt a Tree Planting in Mandemar
March 4, 2023 at 9:00 am
Mandemar

The Environment is now one of Rotary’s areas of focus, and tree-planting will be a regular activity that the Rotary Club of Sydney Darling Harbour is engaged in. Like many of our projects, planting trees involves us performing works that will pay off over the course of years and decades. This March, we will be visiting two farms in Mandemar to aid the Rotary District in the planting of 1250 trees. To enjoy a fun weekend of worthwhile labour with your Rotary friends, please register your interest via the link below.

For more information, or to get involved, visit https://rotarydarlingharbour.org.au/events/rotary-adopt-a-tree-planting-in-mandemar/

Final Thoughts

The cracking sound a bullwhip makes when properly wielded is, in fact, a small sonic boom. The end of the whip, known as the “cracker”, moves faster than the speed of sound, thus creating a sonic boom. The whip is probably the first human invention to break the sound barrier.

Join us at our virtual meeting to hear from Ana a Rotary Peace Fellow on February 22th at 6PM. For more information https://rotarydarlingharbour.org.au/events/virtual-meeting-22-02-2023/

Looking forward to seeing everyone next week at our virtual meeting,

Nishant Samuel

Secretary

Rotary Club of Sydney Darling Harbour