The Rotary Club of Burnside looks forward to providing a BBQ for the Christmas Pageant. This year was no exception and, although a very hectic day, we all had a fun time.

We sold 500 sausages and 80 Toffee Apples! But all our stock was sold, so no wastage. Where we were positioned we had a great view of the passing pageant but were so busy cooking sausages not easy to turn around and see all the floats.

Thank you to Bob Jane for again allowing us to park in their spot, greatly appreciated.

It was an early morning for all the Rotary club of Burnside volunteers, meeting at the Rotary shed at 06:30!!

The BBQ was set up at 07:00, perfect for the families who had found their spot from about 04:00.

Many thanks to all our volunteers, JR, Des, Murray, Susan, Marshall, Brian, David J and Margie.

The Rotary club of Burnside were invited by Bunnings at Mile End to man a station for Trick or Treaters.

Three of us were more than happy to volunteer and give out goodies to the children at Bunnings. The children had amazing costumes and elaborated face painting. The parents were also enjoying the occasion with their costumes.

The staff at Bunnings also got into the act with various costumes.

We all had a fun couple of hours getting into the spirit of Halloween. Thank you to Bunnings, Mile End for the invitation.

We look forward to next year.

A number of members of the Rotary club of Burnside attended the first release screening of the new film “Lee”. This night was hosted by the Rotary clubs of Norwood and Eastwood. A very powerful and confronting film on Lee Miller a photographer during World War two. Her images were all very graphic when published. However the impact of time in war zones took there toll. Her photos were only discovered after her death by her son and his wife. Many of her photographers were not actually published at the time Lee took them. They were considered too graphic in England but some were published in America.

Lee went on the suffer Post Traumatic stress and to become an alcoholic which is understandable.

But it was a film worth seeing and Kate Winslet portrayed Lee extremely well.

it was a night to raise funds for World Polio day which was on the same day as the fundraiser.

The Rotary club of Burnside donated a very generous donation to World Polio day as we all support this cause.

The Rotary clubs of Norwood and Eastwood put on an amazing evening with delicious sandwiches and wonderful raffle prizes, well done.

The Rotary club of Burnside were lucky to win prizes, Des, Susan and Margie.

It was a great night out supporting other Rotary clubs and we can all highly recommend this truly amazing film.

Our guest speaker was Helen Bills, who is the Journal Editor for the Burnside Historical Society and she was accompanied by her husband Roger, who is President of that Society.

Helen gave a really interesting talk, illustrated by great visuals of lesser known Historical facts around our local Council area.
History is all around us and just another reason that we enjoy where we live.
Helen obviously has a great passion for what she does and that really came through with her talk. The Historical Society meets monthly and at their last meeting had 75 present.
Our Dave Harrison added to the presentation with a few photographs of his own, of bread delivery vehicles from Linn’s where his father worked, of horse drawn delivery carts and electric vehicles going back 70 or 80 years.

Helen was keen to get the message across, for our generation to not let the next generation just throw these valuable pieces of history out when they are sorting out their inheritances and to donate these to the Historical Society now, before our children get their hands on them not appreciating what they are.

Another great day with attendance remaining at 22-23.

Good to see some new attendees and the regular guests.

Guest Speaker was Michael Vullings from Pineview Retirement Village. Michael spoke about the different types of Retirement living arrangements. He emphasised that village all vary on what they can provide. Doing research on the various villages is important so you know hat you will be getting and the cost.

Retirement villages allow you to get a unit, but you do not own the unit but a license to live there. Michael said many people enjoy living in Retirement villages for the company and social activities. But of course, it is not for everyone.

Michael covered the many different aspects of Retirement villages but again research is important. We were very grateful for Michael’s presentation as it provided food for thought. The presentation was very well received, and we hope to have Michael again in 2025.

For lunch, this month to supplement the sandwiches from Tony and Marks we bought bread, ham and cheese and made up extra. Big thank you to Angela, Maria, Trish, and Pam for making up the sandwiches and cutting up the fruit. All the sandwiches went very quickly with compliments for the ham and cheese.

Christine again took the Yoga chair exercises which people enjoy.

November 21^st 2024 is the last Community Wellness event for 2024. The guest speaker is Marcus from Red Cacao is a chocolate making. He will be speaking about how he got into chocolate making and his training in Europe. Marcus will have samples of his chocolates as well as chocolate to purchase. Great Christmas gift ideas.

We will re commence the Community Wellness Hub 20^th February 2025. We have 4-5 guest speakers already booked for 2025.

The City of Burnside continues to be a fantastic supporter of this event, and we are very grateful.

Thank you to the team of volunteers on Thursday, without their help the event would not be so successful.

Margie Maloney.

The walk started at 0900 with a five kilometre walk along the river.

It was good to see so many people participate, and the day was prefect weatherwise.

Congratulations to The Rotary clubs of Magill Sunrise and Campbelltown for all their hard work organising such an event.

On completion of the walk the Magill Sunrise Rotary club had their regular market at the Campbelltown Memorial Oval. Excellent food stalls and many items to purchase.

It was interesting to finally see the Repair shop and all the experienced volunteers repair different items.

From the Rotary club of Burnside, we had three members participate in the walk, Des Munro, Susan Girke and Margie Maloney.

Des was very keen he also walked in the Eastwood Walk for Mental health before coming to the Campbelltown Memorial oval to walk another five kilometres.

It was also a great opportunity to catch up with other club members, Pam, and Wendy from the Rotary club of St. Peters.

We all enjoyed being part of the walk helping to raise money for Mental Health research.

Margie Maloney

“Bright and early on a crisp Sunday morning, our team of volunteers assembled at the Shed before taking a circuitous route avoiding the road closures, down to Colley Tce, Glenelg, to staff the finish line drink stations for this year’s City-Bay Fun Run. There, Rotary marquees from various clubs (including The Rotary club of Burnside) were set up either side of the road. Providing water and Hydralyte rehydration stations for the runners and walkers as they passed under the Finish arch. We settled in and there were a few quiet moments before the first half-Marathon runners started arriving, and from there, the volumes built. A brief tail-off, then the 12 kilometer runners started coming through, and from there numbers surged till Colley Terrace was awash with runners and then walkers passing through. Some rather surprising participants made their appearance – assorted superheroes, some Marilyn’s, Star Wars characters and our very own Treasurer Des!.

At the peak our team and the rest of the Rotary volunteers on drinks were under the pump to keep water and Hydralyte flowing, but everyone stepped up and the crowds were served. Many runners thanked us for volunteering. With the lulls a bit of networking and socialising between the clubs.

By 11.30 it was down to the stragglers coming through and the organiser gave us the nod to leave, so we folded our tents and headed off home for a well earned lunch”.

Thanks to our team Susan, David, Murray, Ian Vayne, JR and Brian Wall.

President Andrew Bradley reflected on the evening with David Turrell as the Guest Speaker:

” A tremendous thanks to David Turrell, CEO of Life FM, for coming along to our meeting and enlightening us on the good work done at Life FM. I personally found it reinvigorating to see a snippet of our own local Adelaide history in the founding of Altra FM. This has since evolved to be Life FM. Radio is a great means by which the message of hope, love, integrity, and positivity, can be conveyed, communicated and proliferated, in our community.

We have a fabulous day at the Hub with 19 participants, which is the largest number since we started.

Thanks to various people spreading the word, Lee Camporeale was there with 4-5 members of the Rotary club of Mitcham. We now have regulars attending which is very exciting to see.

Our guest speaker was Robin Genders from Rostrum speaking about the early days of the Colony. This was a fascinating insight of the lives of the first settlers in South Australia. Arriving with nothing and working hard to set up accommodation and a community. Robin had a distant ancestor who was in the first group, so Robin had much to talk about from written work passed down. Overall, it was extremely well received.

We then had a light lunch which was well received by all.

There was great fellowship, which is the point of this event, many people meeting new friends. I had a lovely text from a young woman who said it was a friendly welcoming atmosphere and she will be back.

Christine took the Yoga chair exercises which everyone enjoyed.

It was good to see everyone enjoying themselves and the feedback is always very positive.

Thank you to Des, John and Steph Rockliff for helping to set up the tables and generally look after the guests. It is only with such support that this event can be successful.

I am also very grateful for the support and encouragement we receive from the City of Burnside thanks to Marissa and Ruby.

Margie Maloney

Topic New Dawn – Rotary Ukraine Crisis Aid Project. 9510

It was an honour to have Tim Mee speak at the Club Meeting. Tim is very involved in the New Dawn – Rotary Ukraine project.

New Dawn was started by Julia an Ukrainian from Odesa following the invasion in February 2022. At the heart of the work is distribution of 100 food aid packs a day to internally Displaced People in Odesa. Additional funding and volunteer capacity is used to deliver other aid (toys, bedding, candles, drinking water, etc. These villages receive no support from anu other Aid organisations and have no running water or electricity.

Rotary Clubs from District 9510 have established a direct aid project with NGO New Dawn in Ukraine and Rotary District D2232 in Ukraine to provide humanitarian aid.

Support for regional schools (students and teachers) is a major focus for the Rotary Ukraine project team.

A Rotary D9510 multi club project (Northern Yorke Peninsula, Gawler, Mount Barker, Adelaide, Gawler Light, Morialta and Campbelltown partnering with Rotary D2232 and New dawn in Ukraine. Providing much needed humanitarian aid, health facilities, schools and hospitals.

Tim’s presentation was very thoughtful and Tim has such passion for this project. The villages in the south like Odesa are called the forgotten villages. It is through the New Dawn project that they receive much needed aid.

We were all grateful for Tim giving up his time to make us more aware of the plight of the people in Ukraine.