Thank-you to Greg and Gordon for arranging last week’s tour of Norske Skog. The tour and the information presented by Michael was very much engaging. We were very much privileged to gain an insight into this iconic Albury landmark.
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Club Meeting 18 March 2015
Guest Speaker, Chris Pidd is general manager Lifeline Albury Wodonga with over 20 years experience in Not for Profit Management he has been with Lifeline for 3 years. Lifeline is a national charity providing all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services … it relies on community support. Somewhere in Australia there is a new call to Lifeline every minute. People call Lifeline’s 24 hour crisis line 13 11 14 about:
- Suicidal thoughts or attempts
- Personal crisis
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Loneliness
- Abuse and trauma
- Stresses from work, family or society
- Self-help information for friends and family
National Services
- 24 Hour Telephone Crisis Line – 13 11 14
- Online Crisis Support Chat
- Service Finder – free directory of local health and community services
- Mental Health Resource Centre
- DValert – Domestic Violence Response Training
- readthesigns
- National Cannabis Information and Helpline
Club Meeting 11 March 2015
Guest Speaker Brandt Johnson introduced us to the proposed recycling programme … Halve Waste … to be undertaken by Albury, Wodonga and surrounding Councils. Halve Waste is an initiative of Albury City Council, City of Wodonga and the Shires of Towong, Greater Hume, Corowa and Indigo. The goal of Halve Waste is to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill by 50% by 2020. Residents will be kept informed as the programme rolls out and will be advised of the commencement dates in each particular area
March
MARCH IS LITERACY MONTH……
Combating illiteracy has been a focus of Rotary International since 1986 – and for good reason. UNESCO estimates there are 862 million illiterate adults in the world and about two-thirds of them are women. Millions more are functionally illiterate, without the reading and writing skills necessary for everyday life. The United Nations has identified illiteracy as a major obstacle to economic, political, and social development. Be a part of the solution for this world wide problem.
Club Meeting 25 February 2015
Ian Murphy Memorial Inter-Schools Debating between our sponsored team, St. Pauls College v Euroa Secondary College.
It was a win for St. Pauls College, and they will now go on to meet Wodonga Senior College on the Saturday afternoon of the District Conference. The debate subject of … “That Intelligence is more important than Social Skills” … was fiercely contested , and confirmed by the fact that the adjudicators took over twenty five minutes before they delivered their verdict in favour of St. Pauls College. Whilst it hasn’t yet been decided what team will debate ‘for’ and ‘against’, the Grand Final debate subject is “That Renewal energy is the way to go”. So hopefully plenty of scope there for youthful opinion. One of the adjudicators was also at the other semi – final between Wodonga Senior College and Scots School, and was telling the St. Pauls team that Wodonga are an exceptionally good debating team and not to give them anything on which they can counter attack, as that is really their forte