Bulletin Volume 87 No 42 May 30 2016

Rotary Club of Sale www.rotaryclubofsale.org.au

Rotary District 9820 Incorporated

Last Meeting:

Acting Inspector Andy Mehlert receives wise counsel from Rotarian Graeme Dyer

Monday May 30 2016

Michael Page and Acting Inspector Andy Mehlert

Engaging Disengaged Youth

Bowling Club

6.00 for 6.15 pm

President’s Announcements:

Thanks to Rod, Laurie and Leo especially for a highly successful Charity Auction raising around

$10,000.00

Discussions to be held with Sale Central re strengthening Rotary in Sale.

Strong supporting committee to be formed for Don’s DG year in 2 years’ time.

Organising a night at Five Star to present a cheque from proceeds of the dinner auction.

Guest Speaker: Michael Page and Andy Mehlert Chairman: Don Ripper

Sergeant: Leo O’Brien

Chairman Don introduced mentor Michael Page from Sale Central and participant Acting Inspector Andy

Mehlert. They provided a comprehensive view of the project they are undertaking as part of the Rotary Police

Mentoring Project.

The project is entitled “Engaging Disengaged Youth” and is fully explained by the documentation below:

DISENGAGED YOUTH STRATEGYSale Central Rotary Club & Victoria Police

COMMITTEE

MONDAY TUCKER

(Current Sale Central Rotary Project)

Development of this Program

COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT

Providing positive experiences

Education

Development

"WILD 4 PROGRAM"

(Licola Wilderness Village)

Youth Program

• Current Sale Central Rotary Project on Monday nights

• Current attendance is between 40 - 60 people

• Staffed by Rotary volunteers and "Friends of Rotary"

• Youth Insearch are conducting counselling sessions prior to meal

• Develop relationships with other providers eg. Wellington Shire, Health & Welfare Agencies

"MONDAY TUCKER"

PROGRAM

• Chefs Molly & Jim (Bowls Club) have joined the team

• Reviewed meals including preparation and planning.

• Meals being prepared by Molly & Jim fortnightly

• Updated advertising and engagement with service providers

• Committment by volunteers has been reduced

What changes have been made?

• Food Nutrition education

• Assitance with preparing meals by attendees

• Attendees may be selected for the "Wild 4" program

• Molly & Jim to attend "Wild 4 Program"and conduct cooking and nutrition class.

Future Direction

• Current Project managed by Shae WILSON

• Sale Central Rotary Club are assisting with managing grants/finance.

• The committee see this program as offering many opportunities to disengaged youth by providing positive experiences and development.

The Community Garden

Program

• Shae WILSON has joined the Disengaged Youth Program Committee.

• Discussion being held with Chris KLEIN and Karen Kitto from “G-Tech” and Rich LANGHAM from “123.”

• Contact to be made with the "Men's Shed" group requesting assitance.

• Contact to be made with local schools to seek involvement.

Where we are now

• Participants of the Disengaged Youth Program will be involved in the construction and development of the Community Garden.

• Rotary members will assist in the project utilising the many skills of members.

• Harvested produce will be utilised in the "Monday Tucker Program."

• Education sessions will be held at the Community Garden.

Future Direction

Licola "Wild 4" Program

• Current program at the Licola Wilderness Village.

• Program aimed at youth aged between 12 & 14 years.

• The cost of the program is $1000 per participant.

Where we are now

• The program will focus on disengaged youth.

• Licola Wilderness Village Operations Manager (Adam Wake) has been invited to speak with the committee.

• Partnerships being developed with Youth Insearch, Victoria Police, Gippsland Community Health, Uniting Care, Salvation Army, Schools and Social and Youth Workers to support the program and identify suitable candidates.

Future Direction

• Develop a specific program to suit needs.

• Develop a Memorandum of Understaning.

• Establish funding requirements.

• Formalise the processes regarding candidate selection criteria and process.

• Identify the required committment from Rotary and volunteers.

• Identify funding opportunities.

• Provide motivational and role model speakers.

YOUTH INSEARCH

• "Monday Tucker"• "Wild 4"

• Committee membership

Wellington Shire

•Funding - Grants

Victoria Police

• Community Engagement

• Youth Resources Officer

• Co-ordination

• Committee membership

Corporate & Small Business

Referrals

DISENGAGED YOUTH

PROGRAM

Welfare Agencies

Schools

Counsellors

Police

ROTARY CLUB of SALE What do we need from you? Co-Ordination Facilitation Networking opportunities Expertise of members

President Rachel thanked Michael and Andy with a small presentation.

From Lyndon:

Hello all,

Again thanks to all that took part in the previous trips to Timor Leste. Ken and Marilyn Sim are just back from Timor

Leste. They visited the Community Centre on Atauro and the Convent School in Atabae , were quite impressed with

the work and reported on good use of both facilities.

Rob Moore is getting into gear with the last part of the project in Maubisse, somewhere after July.

We have also been asked to help out with the eye clinic on Atauro island. This needs some renovation and

modifications. Ken and Marilyn produced a fairly detailed report, took lots of photos. The clinic is run by a Swiss (?)

NGO. there is some funding for the materials needed.

It looks like a project of say two weeks for a team of about six. We would need someone with electrical skills,

someone with plumbing skills and someone that knows about structural stuff (builder- bickie type person). We still

need to get some more details clarified. Accommodation would be at Barry’s place (Arturo isl).

I will follow up on this with Ken’s report and some photos.

Is anyone interested, can persuade your club to get involved or knows someone desperate to work for two weeks in

Timor? Please let me know!

PLEASE REPLY DIRECT TO CHRIS ANGERER AS PER EMAIL BELOW, NOT TO ME AS

DISTRICT SECRETARY AS MY EMAIL WILL BE UNATTENDED FOR NEXT 5 WEEKS (Byron

Groves).

Yours in Rotary

Chris Angerer

Frankston Orthopaedic Services

& Orthotic Footwear Services

P.O. Box 6123 Karingal Victoria 3199 Australia

Ph: 61 3 9770 0611

Fx: 61 3 9770 0177

Email: chris@frankstonorthopaedicservices.com.au

Next Meeting:

Monday June 06 2016

Wing Commander Graeme Walton

Developments at the RAAF Base

Bowling Club

6.00 for 6.15pm

No meeting Monday 13 June

Upcoming Programs:

Date Speaker Chair Sergeant Venue

June 06 2016 Wing Commander Graeme Walton

Developments at the RAAF Base Keith Miller Rod Exton Bowling Club

June 13 2016 No meeting

June 20 2016 President Rachel President

Rachel Leo O’Brien Bowling Club

(not email) It is very important to ring Laurie before 12.00 noon on the day of

of the meeting with apologies and/or guests.

Emails are often delayed and the Club may be charged for late

apologies.

Sergeant Leo with Chairman Don and Michael Page

Noel adjusts the new high vis technology.

Is Lynda convinced?