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Rotary Club of Manningham at work in your Community
ShelterBox - International Disaster Relief
Bushfire Relief Culinary Dinner - Raises $15,000
(A D9810 Rural Relief Committee Function organised by the RC Manningham 20 May 2009)
With acknowledgement of the generous support provided by Michael Mimmo (Monte Carlo Receptions) who provided the wines and beverages as well as donating the venue and staff, our celebrity chefs Peter Scheiber, Ben Tweed, Pierrick Boyer and Jeffrey Tan (who also sourced all the ingredients for the night).
Celebrity Chefs Jeffrey Tan, Peter Scheiber, The chefs and support team
Ben Tweed and Pierrick Boyer with event
organisers Sarah Arslangul and Aurelia Ginevra
DG John Barnes receives a cheque for $15,000 Celebrity chef Jeffrey Tan explains his culinary
(assisted by special guest Catherine Freeman masterpiece
and MC Rtn Ian Goldsmith)
Some of the 150 guests who paid $120/hd for a Pres Ray Bridger & Ingrid, Catherine Freeman,
sumptuous 4 course meal and matching Exchange student Luisa and chef Ben Tweed
wine selection
Climate Change - Governor's Visit
(Cluster Group Meeting 11 February 2009)
Climate Change speaker Dr Harvey Stern (L) Governor of Victoria Prof David de Kretser gives
& Ian Goldsmith PHF citation for Prof Paddy Dewan
Governor of Victoria Pres Ray Bridger, Governor of Victoria Prof David
PHF Prof David de Kretser de Kretser, Prof Paddy Dewan
Chaiman Ian thanks our speakers Dr Harvey Stern PHFs Prof Paddy Dewan, Governor of Victoria
and Governor of Victoria Prof David de Kretser Prof David de Kretser, Padma, Pres Ray
and Ingrid Bridger
Manju and Margaret share their stories with Pres Ray Bridger, Governor of Victoria Prof David
the Governor de Kretser, PHF Prof Paddy Dewan
Combined Churches Carols 2008 in Ruffey Lake Park - Rotary Serves Free Sausages
Greek Theme Night Raises $10,000 for Prostate Cancer Research
RCM President Ray Bridger and Fundraising Committee members
Geoff Roberts and Sarah Arslangul
handover a cheque for $10,000 to
Prostate Cancer Research Centre CEO Soula Ganiatsas (right of photo)
Saturday 9th August 2008
'TOMORROW’S VISION FOR ACTIVE RETIREES’
PROBUS is an association for active retirees who join together in clubs, the basic purpose of which
is to provide regular opportunities for them to keep their minds active, expand their interests and
to enjoy the fellowship of new friends.
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Name |
Meeting |
Venue |
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Bulleen Templestowe |
last Monday in Month |
Bulleen Baptist Church |
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Bulleen Heights |
2nd Monday in Month |
Bulleen Baptist Church |
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Doncaster East |
1st Friday in Month |
Bulleen Baptist Church |
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Donvale Central |
3rd Tuesday in Month |
Donc. East Baptist Church |
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Donvale Hill |
1st Tuesday in Month |
Donc. East Baptist Church |
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Lower Templestowe |
2nd Tuesday in Month |
Bulleen Baptist Church |
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Manningham |
4th Tuesday in Month |
Bulleen Baptist Church |
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Templestowe Valley |
2nd Monday in Month |
Bulleen Templestowe Community Centre |
The above 8 Clubs were all chartered by the Rotary Club of Manningham.
- has raised over $150,000 for local community projects
Location: 8 Mitchell Street Doncaster East
Open:
Monday - Friday 9.30am to 4.30pm (Excluding public holidays)
Saturday 9.30am to 1.00pm
You are welcome to drop off bric-a-brac, books, clothing, small electrical items in good condition
(but not household furniture) during business hours.
Contact:
9840 7044
RC Manninghan Supports Donald Community drought relief efforts
RC Manningham has conducted the following seven projects in collaboration with
the Donald Friends & Neighbours Society:
Project 7 - Donald Cup & Cup Eve Calcutta - RC Manningham members supported the Donald Racing Club LAC
and the Donald Lions Club over Donald Cup weekend 9 - 11 November 2007.
Over $2,500 was raised and donated to the Donald Friends and Neighbours Society for
drought assistance initiatives.
Major Sponsors:
IGA also donated $400 in food vouchers.
 
Time to relax - between races. Happy punter - sorry bookies!
Grandstand enclosure.
 
A little help from my friends - no going Manningham members touring local industry
backwards in this Lions Club. - full of beans (actually lentils).
Project 6 - Tool Collection for the Donald Men's Shed - The RC Manningham collected a range of new and used
tools in good working order to donate to the Donald Men's Shed.
 
Project 5 - Donald High School attends Templestowe College 'Grease' Production - The RC's Manningham
and Templestowe jointly funded a bus to bring 40 Donald High School students and 2 teachers to
Melbourne to attend TCC's production of Grease on 5th September 2007. Rotarians from both Clubs
provided a BBQ lunch.
Project 4 - Father's Day Gift - The RC Manningham in collaboration with the Donald Friends & Neighbours
Society, together with the Central Murray Community Road Safety Council provided coffee travel mugs
for school students to give to their Dad's on Father's Day 2007. The special Road Safe message 'Road Safety
- It's more than your life' being a heart-felt reminder of how precious Dad's are in the lives of their children.
 
With generous assistance from:
John Gile Importers and the Weekly Times (Country Football DVDs).
Project 3 - Mother's Day Gifts - Rotarian partners packed coffee mugs with chocolates and tea for
Donald primary and secondary school students to give to their Mum's on Mother's Day 2007.
With generous assistance from:
VGM International (Mugs) & Cadbury Schweppes
Project 2 - Easter eggs - Templestowe College and Templestowe Heights Primary School students raise
funds to supply Easter eggs to their fellow students at Donald High School and Primary Schools.
Project 1 - Establish a Toy Library
An overwhelming assortment of toys donated Proud Rotarian signals the opening of the
by Manningham community. Donald Community Toy Library, Main Street
Donald in July 2007.
2007 Mayoral Challenge Cup Golf Day raises $4,700 for local community projects
20th April 2007 Eastern Golf Club
Mayoral Challenge Cup winners - Philip Webb Real Estate
Thanks to our sponsors
Bendigo Bank
Daryl Brown Consulting
Eagle Studios
Philip Webb Real Estate
Tree & Plant Market
Westfield Doncaster
Allstone Restorations
Amare Safety
Budget Eyewear - Camberwell
Global Oz Travel
Oliver Footwear
Quickcote Victoria Plastering Technologies
NEW SPONSORS welcome for February 2008 (Drought permitting) - contact Col Haigh 0412 202 650
Community Tree Planting Day
- Rotary Environmental Planting Scheme (REPS)
8,000 Trees Planted - Sunday 5 August 2007
A project of the Rotary Club of Manningham - District 9810 and the Natural Heritage Trust,
- Helping Communities - Helping Australia. A Commonwealth Government Initiative.
Help tackle the Salinity problem in the Goulburn-Broken Catchment. Work with landholders, Landcare and
the LandRover and Pajero four wheel drive Clubs to plant 7,000 trees in a morning.
More than 30 per cent of Australia's arable farmland could be rendered useless by rising salt within 50 years,
the first nationwide assessment of salinity has predicted.
Federal Agriculture Minister Warren Truss said: "The National Land and Water Resources Audit had found
5.7 million hectares or 11 per cent of farmland was already suffering from salt affected rising groundwater".
Mr Truss said that "the amount of land affected could be more than triple to 17.1 million hectares by 2050
unless something was done immediately.
"Also currently at risk are some 19,800 kilometres or roads, 1,600 kilometres of streams and lake frontages,
306 towns and 80 important wetlands.
The Audit called for massive re-vegetation schemes on farms and the mechanical desalination of rivers
to ensure Adelaide and other towns have safe drinking water. Some scientists have predicted Adelaide's
drinking water could become unfit for human consumption within 20 years because of salinity problems
in the Murray River." - Quote: Age Newspaper 15th November 2000.
Reducing salinity in part of the Goulburn catchment area - and therefore the Murray River - is the aim of our
community tree planting project. The Goulburn River catchment contributes tonnes of salt to the Murray River.
Tree clearing has led to excess rain water entering the soil surface and flooding the water table.
These rising watertables contain large amounts of salt that end up polluting our waterways and soils.
The problem is so large, it won't be fixed be fixed by governments alone. The community needs to take action now.
Our project aims to create permanent forests of diversity to help reduce salinity, create habitat and help
rescue the Goulburn and Murray Rivers.
Since 1997, the members of the former Rotary Club of Northcote, (now with the Rotary Club of Manningham),
in partnership with the Glenaroua Landcare Group, formed a project to tackle salinity in the Sugarloaf and
Mollisons Creek sub-catchment areas.
These two sub-catchments are partly responsible for contributing some of the 31 tonnes of salt per square km in
the South-West Goulburn. Bare hills permit rainwater to soak into the soil profile and eventually make its way into
water tables, bringing with it salt stored from deep below. When close to the surface, saline water can affect
plant and animal health, not to mention humans.
Native trees and shrubs are propagated from locally collected seed in the Glenaroua district. The Rotary
Club of Manningham, along with the Glenaroua Land Management Group, other community groups and
with assistance from the Natural Heritage Trust, help plant these trees and shrubs in areas that will best
reduce the salt flows into the area. Since the project's inception, over 25,000 trees have been planted on
bare hill tops in the district.
Infotech
Participating Schools in 2006:
Warrandyte High School
Doncaster Primary School
Doncaster Gardens Primary School
Mont Albert Primary School
Proud Sponsors
ESRI Australia
Vicmap - DSE
Alexander Tomlinson P/L
Ultimate Positioning
Manningham City Council (GIS Unit)
Manningham City Council ( Currawong Bush Park)
Arthur Rylah Institute
WaterWatch
JKS Consulting
Absolute Promotions
Warringal Meats
Infotech 2006 [Program Structure]
Infotech 2006 was the seventh year of the Infotech program.
Based on the 1996/97 international theme; ‘Build the Future with Action and Vision’, the Vocational Services
Committee of the former Rotary Club of Doncaster East (now Manningham) commenced work on a project
intended to show students leading applications of technology at work in the community.
Our Club’s vision for this project is to provide local students and teaching staff with a better understanding
of leading edge technology, and how it can be applied to the community we live in, - given that today’s
students will be tomorrow’s leaders. An investment in increasing the knowledge and skills of our younger
generation is a positive step towards creating a sustainable future for the world we live in.
2006 theme:
Protecting the Quality of our Rivers and Streams in an Urban Environment
An Open Letter to Parents and Students
This year, Infotech students will examine water quality in three tributary creeks to the Yarra River in the
Warrandyte area (Brushy Creek, Jumping Creek and Anderson’s Creek).
Students will receive presentations from the City of Manningham Ecologist Dr Graeme Lorimer about sites of
significance in the City, and by John Morrongiello, a scientist from Arthur Rylah Institute Heidelberg who
will discuss conditions required to rejuvenate the streams with native fish species. Students will collect and
test water quality samples in the field under the direction of Trish Grant, (Waterwatch), track their position in
the field with Global Positioning System (GPS) technology (Paul Standen) and generate maps of the creeks
and land use in the catchments using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology (Gary Dawson).
Importantly, they will receive an insight into why we need to be environmentally aware of man’s increasingly
heavy ‘footprint’ on our finite land, water and biological resources.
Our Infotech Objectives
Looking at technology in action can be exciting. Taking a ‘hands-on role’ in a community project using
technology can be even more rewarding as a learning experience.
The Infotech project has a number of objectives for participating students, teachers and Rotarians:
1. To understand what makes the City of Manningham a special place in which to live; (learn why we need
to protect the Water Quality of our Rivers and Streams in an Urban Environment);
2. To learn about information technology that can help us to ‘Preserve Planet Earth’ - (an on-going program
of Rotary International);
3. To understand how geographic information systems and related computer technologies, can improve
our understanding of the world we live in;
4. To apply new found knowledge of information technology to a real world problem - preserving our environment;
5. To continue development of a Community Atlas for the benefit of the students and schools within the City of
Manningham;
6. To have fun and make new friends.
Contact Brian Pierson for details about this program. (0417 167 768)
Men's Health
Australian Prostate Cancer Website
Please follow the link to this very informative site:
Do you have a question about prostate cancer?
National Prostate Cancer Call-in:
13 September 2007
Follow the above link for details.
Stroke
There are sometimes quite specific warning signs of an impending stroke. By recognising the warning signs and taking action, you may be able to avert a stroke or reduce its severity.
Almost 50 per cent of people who go on to have a stroke experience warning signs or a small episode called a transient ischaemic attack. It is important to be able to recognise the warning signs in order to get medical help as quickly as possible.
Transient ischaemic attacks
Transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) are caused by a temporary cut in blood supply to the brain, due to the partial blockage of an artery by a blood clot or debris. TIAs have the same symptoms as a stroke, but they are temporary and do not usually cause long term brain damage. A TIA, or mini-stroke, is a warning of an impending stroke. A person who has had a TIA is at greater risk of having a stroke or heart attack. Early identification of symptoms and a diagnosis from your doctor greatly reduces the chances of a major stroke. A TIA is:
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Transient - symptoms usually last for less than 24 hours.
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Ischaemic - failure of blood flow to part of the brain or eye.
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Attack - sudden onset of symptoms, which vary from person to person, depending on which part of the brain or eye is starved of blood.
Symptoms of a stroke
Symptoms of a TIA are very similar to those of a stroke. They can include:
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A numb or weak feeling in the face, arm or leg.
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Trouble speaking or understanding.
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Unexplained dizziness.
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Blurred or poor vision in one or both eyes.
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Loss of balance or an unexplained fall.
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Difficulty swallowing.
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Headache (usually severe or of abrupt onset) or unexplained change in the pattern of headaches.
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Confusion.
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Unconsciousness.
For more details:
Heart Attack
Warning Signs
People who have a heart attack usually have some warning signs. Often the person is unsure of what is wrong, is too embarrassed to tell someone about their symptoms or waits too long before getting help. It is always better to go to hospital and be told that it’s not a heart attack, than to wait until it is too late.
The warning signs of heart attack vary. The symptoms usually last for at least 10 minutes. You may get more than one of these symptoms:
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Chest pain or discomfort in the centre of the chest. The pain may come on suddenly or can start slowly, developing over minutes. It may feel like tightness, pressure, heaviness, fullness or squeezing. The pain may be severe, moderate or even mild. It is typically not relieved by rest and angina tablets or similar spray (if the person has been prescribed these).
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The pain or heaviness may spread to neck and throat, jaw, shoulders, the back, either or both arms, and into the wrist and hands.
- Some people do not get any chest pain, only discomfort in these parts of the upper body. There may be a choking feeling in the throat. The arms may feel heavy and useless.
- Often there may also be difficulty breathing, nausea or vomiting, sweating or a feeling of being dizzy.
- For some people, collapse is the first warning sign.
Heart attack is a medical emergency
With heart attack, every minute counts. It is important to call triple zero (000) for an ambulance and get to hospital fast.
Early treatment can reduce heart damage
Modern treatments and clot-dissolving medications can prevent permanent damage to your heart. These treatments can prevent serious damage and restore the blood supply to the muscle. Treatments work best if given as soon as possible after the heart attack begins. The longer it takes to get treatment, the poorer the chance of survival and the greater the permanent damage to the heart muscle.
Serious disturbances to heart rhythm can be treated
Cardiac arrest can follow on from the symptoms of a heart attack or may strike suddenly. Typically, the person falls unconscious, has no pulse and stops breathing. Without immediate help, the person will die.
If specialised equipment is not available, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is crucial. This combines mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and heart massage. CPR can keep the person alive until an ambulance arrives.
First aid for heart attack
If you are experiencing the warning signs of heart attack, you should:
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Immediately stop what you are doing and rest.
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Tell anyone you are with what you are experiencing.
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Get help fast if your symptoms are severe, get worse quickly or last 10 minutes (even if they are mild). This is an emergency. Call triple zero (000) and ask for the ambulance service.
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Don’t hang up. The operator will give you advice before the ambulance arrives.
If you are with someone who is experiencing the warning signs, take charge and help them with the following steps:
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Have them immediately stop what they are doing and rest.
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Ask them to describe what they are experiencing.
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Get help fast if their symptoms are severe, get worse quickly or last 10 minutes (even if they are mild). This is an emergency. Call triple zero (000) and ask for the ambulance service.
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Don’t hang up. The operator will give you advice over the phone to help the paramedics and the person before the ambulance arrives.
Note: Dial triple zero (000) in an emergency. If you can’t contact the triple zero operator and you are calling from a mobile phone, try dialling 112.
Epworth Healthcare
HealthCheck
Telephone: +613 9426 8888
8th Floor, 459 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
Fast and convenient health checks
Epworth HealthCheck, a premier executive health screening service, provides clients with a comprehensive and thorough check of physical and psychological wellbeing. This preventative style of health care is ideal for busy professionals, detecting any potential problems and referring them for appropriate care, if required.
The comprehensive assessment covers:
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Resting Electrocardiograph (ECG)
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Physical assessment including: height, weight, blood pressure.
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Flexibility strength and stamina exercises
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Hearing screening (audiometry)
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Vision screening
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Lung function (spirometry)
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Body fat calculations
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Skin lesion check
A basic blood evaluation is performed looking at blood components; cholesterol profile; metabolic activity (including liver and kidney function and diabetes screening), and prostate cancer indicators for men.
Faecal Occult Blood Test and urinalysis
Cervical smear tests for women will be attended to if required
Epworth HealthCheck is thorough and professional and takes approximately three hours.
Epworth Eastern
Australia’s most technologically advanced hospital – right on your doorstep.
Look for Free public information evenings on:
Epworth Eastern’s Multi-disciplinary Urology/Prostate Health Facilities.
“From diagnosis to recovery – follow the journey with specialists from Epworth Eastern”
Featuring: Urologists, Oncologists, Radiation Therapists and Urology Nurse Consultant.
Epworth Eastern’s Urology Department:
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Every year, more men are diagnosed with Prostate Cancer than women are with Breast Cancer;
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Epworth Eastern is dedicated to providing their patients with a comprehensive range of treatment options;
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Epworth Eastern has developed a multi-disciplinary group to take care of your health in every way possible.
The evening highlights include:
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A panel discussion with the multi-disciplinary group following the complete journey of Prostate Cancer survivors - from diagnosis to recovery.
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Presentations on the latest techniques in prostate cancer surgery and treatment – including the “da Vinci” robot. The Epworth Health Care group has the only two such robot’s in Victoria.
A question & answer session with the specialist panel.
When: TBA
Where: Epworth Eastern Auditorium. Level 6 - 1 Arnold St, Box Hill.
RC Manninghan contributes $6,000 for 5 Shelter Boxes
- emergency support for victims of Solomon Islands Tsunami
 
Professor Paddy Dewan and Padma presentation to the RC Manningham 23 April 2007
RC Shanghai & RC Manningham Twin Club Agreement
Announced on the 22 May 2006 at the re-chartering celebration
to launch the Rotary Club of Shanghai.
Dr Lee and David Alexander exchange banners.
RC Manningham supports Templestowe College Trip to Cambodian Orphanage - Victims of Land Mines.
11 - 23 September 2005
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