This week’s Guest Speaker … Chief Inspector Kim Sorensen is a a 56yr old immigrant from Denmark having arrived in Australia as a 14yr old. I started policing with the Federal Police in 1979. In 1980 I went to the Northern Territory Police where I served until 1986, working at Tennant Creek and then Alice Springs. In 1986 I joined the NSW Police Force. My first station was Albury where I stayed for 12 months after which I went to Walla Walla. I remained there until 1992. At that time I was offered a position in Bermagui that I just couldn’t pass up. After 3 years I went to Wagga Wagga and then went through the promotion process gaining a Sergeants position in Lake Macquarie and then after a few years onto my present rank of Chief Inspector. I returned to Albury 2 years ago and plan to retire here. Highlights to my career have been leading the NSW Police contingent to the NT for 4 months in response to the Federal Intervention into child mistreatment in 2007 and then also being part of the NSW Police Force support mission to Christchurch immediately after the earthquake.
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Club Meeting 2 December 2015
Admissions co-ordinator, Belinda Wolk and Lifestyle Co-ordinator, Sharon McMahon from Albury & District Nursing Home
This Week’s Guest Speaker … Belinda Wolk has worked at Albury & District for almost two years now. My role started as full time reception and progressed into admissions coordinator. I find my job very rewarding and I love meeting and greeting so many beautiful families. The staff and residents make the job very interesting. It’s a pleasure to work with such caring, kind, compassionate, empathetic & professional staff. Albury & District is a 90 bed facility located at the top end of Logan Road on the old Hume Country Golf ground. The original facility was located in David Street Albury before relocating to the new building in June 2014. Albury & District have been offering care to local residents for over 30 years. Albury & District offer single, double & platinum rooms all with private ensuite, fine dining and beautiful surroundings with enclosed courtyards. 24 hour registered nursing. Safe care unit, multipurpose room (theatre & chapel). Our lifestyle person centred activities program runs 7 days per week. There are no set visiting hours, friends and family are invited to visit at anytime. We extend a welcome to you to come for a personal tour anytime.
President’s Message
Assistant Governor 2016-17 … GROUP 9 … Albury Riverina … Peter Lee Congratulations to Peter Lee on his appointment as an Assistant Governor for next year. Peter’s wonderful efforts in raising the profile of ROMAC in our District, the constant work he is putting into our club in a range of areas and his ability to get things happening, has clearly been recognised at District level. This makes the third Assistant Governor in a row from our Club. Terry Simmonds, Steve McKewen and PeterLee.
River of Stories
We are delighted to advise that the Hume Bank have come on board as a major sponsor for our River of Stories program starting from the commencement of next years program. The sponsorship will initially be for just next year’s program, but after evaluation it is hoped to be ongoing. The program falls within their Community Services arm, and in return for acknowledging them as a major sponsor, they will be acknowledged in the usual ‘marketing’ ways of logo etc. being shown on a special ROS banner, and ROS letterheads. Hume Bank, with our assistance, will attempt to utilise the opportunity of trying to introduce their various Financial programs for School pupils which currently doesn’t extend into ‘the senior junior school years’ which of course ROS does. Hopefully this will be a long lasting ‘partnership’ with a major Regional Bank.
Rotary Foundation
This month of November is Rotary International Foundation month, and the following is to advise Members of some of the work which Foundation does and why we donate to them. The mission of Rotary Foundation is to enable we Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the various programs whereby we attempt to improve the health of the world, various programs which Rotary Foundation supports various worldwide educational programs, and the attempted alleviation of poverty. Rotary Foundation through the subscriptions and donations we make. both as a Club and individuals, contribute to all of the programs above, and then our donations are also passed back to District on a 50% payback basis three years after our initial payment arrives at Foundation. From that Clubs can apply for District Grants from the Foundation monies to assist re finance for our own local projects. Obviously District has limited funds to allocate for these Grants, but we wouldn’t even get to that stage of application for a Grant UNLESS we as a Club etc donate on a regular basis. An example of this method of gaining a District Grant occurred for our Club this Rotary Year when we successfully gained small grant monies for three Club projects such as River of Stories, a Memorial Stone and Seat to be fixed at browns Lagoon, and the recent Art Festival. For our international project in Tanzania we also received a small grant to proceed with the improvements we wish to progress at Kitenden School in Tanzania. If we hadn’t donated in earlier years such Grants would not have been available to us, the Club. We all know how successful RF is in their program of End Polio Now, and beside the additional sponsorship of Bill Gates, the program was initially started by RF, and was operating quite a few years before they gained the most welcome additional financial support of Mr. Gates. None of this would be possible unless we as a Club and you as Individuals made donations to the Foundation. We as a Club have an annual RF collection whereby we seek to ask Members to donate $100 to the cause, and that the donation can be spread over three or four months should the Member so wish. The Club Board hope that you will make a donation in future months to the Foundation program. Pete Lee … Club Director, Rotary Foundation