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OUTENIQUA BULLHORN
=“A Weekly Bulletin of the Rotary Club of George”; Scribe: PP Simon = DECEMBER 2021
This Month’s Rotary International Theme is: ”Disease Prevention & Treatment ’’
Our mission: We provide service to others; promote integrity, and advance world understanding,
goodwill, and peace through our fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.
Vision statement: Together,we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change
— across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
Website: www.rotary9350.co.za | RI Presidents Theme 2021/2022: ’SERVE TO CHANGE LIVES”
# RI President: Shekhar Mehta # District Governor: Ian Robertson # Assistant District Governor: Sune Rupping
George Rotary Club Contact info:
CLUB PRESIDENT: Dave Hill Cell: 083 2254551 / email: hilldsa@gmail.com
CLUB SECRETARY: Simon Swan Cell: 082 3343281 / email: snoopy@worldonline.co.za
CLUB SERVICE Coordinator: Donald Goldfain Cell: 083 2518401 / email: goldfain@iafrica.com
CLUB TREASURER: Ian Rowan Cell: 082 9014885 / email: ferian@telkomsa.net
# e-mail: georgerotaryclub@gmail.com # website: www.georgerotaryclub.co.za # PO Box 449,George 6350 South Africa.
:"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans”. -John
Lennon
We believe good health care is everyone’s right. Yet 400 million people in the world can’t
afford or don’t have access to basic health care.
Disease results in misery, pain, and poverty for millions of people worldwide. That’s why
treating and preventing disease is so important to us. We lead efforts both large and small. We
set up temporary clinics, blood donation centers, and training facilities in underserved
communities struggling with outbreaks and health care access. We design and build
infrastructure that allows doctors, patients, and governments to work together.
Our members combat diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, diabetes,
and polio. Prevention is important, which is why we also focus on health education and bringing
people routine hearing, vision, and dental care.
HOW ROTARY MAKES HELP HAPPEN
We educate and equip communities to stop the spread of life-threatening diseases. Rotary
members have hundreds of health projects underway around the world at any given time.
OUR IMPACT ON DISEASE
The Rotary Foundation is changing the world by providing grants for projects and activities
around the globe and in your own backyard.
$65 million grants was given by Rotary to fight disease
99.9% reduction in polio cases since our program started in 1985
Rotary makes amazing things happen, like:
Providing clean water: Rotary has worked with partners to provide more than 80 percent of
Ghana’s people with clean water to fight Guinea worm disease.
Reducing HIV infection: In Liberia, Rotary members are helping women get tested for HIV early
in their pregnancies. They used prenatal care to reduce new HIV infections in children by 95
percent over two years.
Ending polio: Rotary members have played a key role in bringing the world to the brink of polio
eradication. Their efforts have not only ended polio in 122 countries but also created a system
for tackling myriad other health priorities, such as Ebola.
Tuesday 7th December 2021 = Club Meeting @ 18h.00 GGC
IFYOU’RE INTENDING TO GET A DRINK BEFORE The MEETING STARTS;PLEASE ARRIVE BEFORE 18h.00
COVID 19 PROTOCOL: Wear a mask - Clean your hands - Keep a safe distance- NO Handshakes or Hugs!.
REMEMBER TO WEAR YOUR NAME BADGE and SWITCH OFF YOUR CELLPHONE DURING THE
MEETING!
UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS WEEKS MEETING? NO MEAL NEEDED? CONTACT (BEFORE 12h.00 MONDAY):
*Club Service Coordinator: Donald Goldfain: 083 2518401; e-mail:goldfain@iafrica.com (OR WhatsApp!)
DUTIES: Allocated member needs to find a replacement if you cannot do the duty allocated on your
behalf - if you are ill, out of town or unable to attend!
THE FELLOWSHIP OFFICER IS TO ASSIST IN SETTING UP AND PUTTING AWAYREGALIA & EQUIPMENT.
MEALS: Please pay ‘SCROOGE’ Rtn Ian - R75.00 if you are taking the option of a Meal.
Do you have an interesting speaker? – Contact Club Service Coordinator Donald *
MEETING PROGRAMME & MEMBERS DUTIES:
Club Meeting Dates: 7th December GGC 14th December
J Sergeant @ Arms: Simon
J Toast to SA & Grace: Trevor
J Introduce Speaker: Philip
J Programme/Presentation: Wally – SAA Quo Vadis! YEAR END FELLOWSHIP
J Thank Speaker: Graham
J Fellowship, IT & Zoom: Trevor
J Wine Draw (previous Winner): Mike
J Happy Rand Collection: Philip
J The 4way Test [Business Meeting] =
J Toast to RI / Closure: Pres Dave
UPCOMING EVENTS: # LAST MEETING OF 2021 =14th DECEMBER IS A FELLOWSHIP @ GGC
# Club will go into Xmas Recess from 15th December – 10th January 2022
CONGRATULATIONS! : BIrTHDAYS & ANNIVErSErIES for DECEMBEr:
Mick Stone 02
Ian Rowan 06 Peter & Collean Gibbs 07
Martin Reimann 07 Charles & Susanne McGregor 18
Ferdi Rowan 17
Cheryl Nurse 19
Peta Cason 24
Annetia Heckroodt 31
SMILE…
RIDDLE = When did Christmas and New Year’s Day both fall on the same day?
[Answer at the end of this Newsletter.]
R.I.P. SAA = THE FLYING SPRINGOK. . . on May 1, 2020, Pravin Gordhan, the South
African Minister of Public Enterprises, officially announced the termination of SAA in its present
form and the prospective birth of an entirely new yet very much downsized version of its former
self. The plan was summarized in the following statement:
“Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. The challenges facing
South African Airways has required the Leadership of all the stakeholders to
rise above the crisis created by both the weaknesses within SAA and COVID
19, and to agree on a long-term vision and strategy to mitigate the impact on
employees, tourism, the aviation industry and to become a catalyst for
economic development and job creation. This requires an absolute focus on
becoming internationally competitive for safety, quality, and cost. It will not
be the old SAA but the beginning of a new journey to a new restructured
airline, which will be a proud flagship for South Africa.”
And thus it was that, after 86 years—91 if you include the five year existence of
its predecessor, Union Airways—SAA came to the end of its incarnation as one
of the world’s great carriers and the flagship airline of the African skies.
Regrettable though these developments unquestionably were, there was much
for SAA to be proud of. For 23 consecutive years, it was voted Africa’s leading
airline by the UK-based World Travel Awards organization. Often operating
against enormous odds its achievements and accomplishments had been
many. Its efficiency was often the envy of many much larger carriers around
the globe. Behind it lay the abiding legacy of that ubiquitous Flying Springbok,
the logo that represented the carrier during its most turbulent, controversial
yet successful heydays.
No matter what new form the airline may take in years to come, or whether it
ceases operations entirely and recedes into the annals of aviation history as so
many other great airlines before it, long may the Flying Springbok be
remembered. [Friedberg, Lionel. The Flying Springbok]
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
#The Object of Rotary: is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy
enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
*First. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
*Second. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the
worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an
opportunity to serve society;
*Third. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and
community life;
*Fourth. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace
through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
#The Four- way Test: Of the things we think, say or do;
1) Is it the TRUTH?
2) Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3) Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4) Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
“We look forward to your attendance, input, & support”
= wash your hands, keep your distance, wear a face covering and be vigilant about ventilation =
The Rotary Club of GEORGE is a member of Rotary International - District 9350, South Africa (West), Namibia, Angola
# Chartered on 22nd October 1951. # RI Club ID No: 17490 # A Non-Profit Organisation - Registration No:122-623
= Our Club Values: * Honesty and Integrity * Respect * Care * Embrace change =
Riddle Answer: They fall on the same day (of the week) every year!
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