Friday’s meeting was a very special one where two Excellence awards were presented.
Norwest Sunrise Vocational Excellence Awards were presented to Ricky Human, Legal Clerk at Collins Legal and Paula Waugh, Resident Services Coordinator at Cranbrook Residences for going above and beyond what their job entails.
Congratulations to Ricky at Collins Legal who also volunteers to put together with the South African
Film Festival which raises money for Education without Borders.
Martin gave a talk about the importance of Rotary Foundation and the work it supports around the world.💕
A great way to be inspired.
Congratulations, Ricky Human and Paula Waugh, on receiving these awards! 🥳
A useful way to spend a Saturday morning #WorldEnvironmentDay2023
Absolutely! Gen
We are here at Heritage Park Castle Hill until noon clearing up on World Environment Day. #WorldEnvironmentDay2023 #NorwestSunriseRotary #rotaryaustralia
It was such a great pleasure to welcome district Governor Christine Owen to our club meeting this morning.
The ice-breaker question was who inspires you as a leader and Christine’s pick was International President Gordon McInally with his message of Create Hope in the World.
She said his theme was inspired by an elderly lady in Bangladesh who gave him a shell as a thank you for all the work Rotarians had done in her village following a tsunami.
She had lost her husband, her children, home and livelihood in the tsunami and the only thing she had of value was the shell.
Through an interpreter She told him she wanted him to have the shell because Rotary had given her hope when she didn’t think there was any.
Christine reminded us all that Hope can be as simple as a smile or a hello.
Her 4 Goals as DG are requests:
1 Be an engaged member of Rotary
Bring ideas together and bring them to action. Be creative
2 Collaborate with other clubs. Have fun learn together and work together.
3 Rotary foundation. For Every club to donate to the Rotary Foundation and Make it the club’s charity of choice.
4 Stand together to say No to DV. The first Zone project.
Say no to family and domestic violence
And say yes to respectful relationships.
🎉a huge thank you to Christine for her impactful visit.
We also welcomed AG Mercedes Durante, Castle Hill MP Mark Hodges, Frequent visitor Brian King, George who is returning to Bangalore and Gwar who visited us again.
Great to see so many people of action in the room.
There were No rosters because Cherelyn was in school drop off and we had members away working, sick or walking!!!
Our lovely Ingrid was invited to speak at Castle Hill Rotary Club tonight and did a fabulous presentation with fellow Rotary exchange student Iisa from Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook. Their excellent talk did Denmark 🇩🇰 and Finland 🇫🇮 proud. They are great ambassadors for the Rotary youth exchange program.
We are a very proud host club. The exchange program is quite amazing
The magic of Rotary Youth Exchange
We thoroughly enjoyed your company this evening 🥰 Thank you for a wonderful presentation, we look forward to your next visit!
Thank you so much for inviting us Castle Hill Rotary Club and making us so welcome. Lovely to see all of you there. Well done on the Cross Country run and the Excellence in Policing Awards.
Thankyou girls and Bev for a great evening
They are indeed Bev and great friends though the program. Well done and thank you Rotary Castle Hill xx
You have 5 days to get yourself organised for our club’s involvement in #worldcleanupday2023. Bring your enthusiasm plus hat, water, sunscreen, gloves and a biodegradable rubbish bag to Hertiage Park Castle Hill from 10am to noon this Saturday 🌟followed by a picnic lunch.
You have 5 days to get yourself organised for our club’s involvement in #worldcleanupday2023. Bring your enthusiasm plus hat, water, sunscreen, gloves and a biodegradable rubbish bag to Hertiage Park Castle Hill from 10am to noon this Saturday 🌟followed by a picnic lunch.
We will be there. Genevieve and Rohan
see you there!
Congratulations to Manisha and Alan for joining in Run For The Hills organised by Castle Hill Rotary Club this morning 🎉
Hearty congratulations, so admire your community spirit.
Great seeing you today Alan! Well done! 👏🏻👏🏻
All the fun of the fair at Kenthurst today. Rotary Club of Kenthurst always knows how to put on a great parade. Fun starts at 10am.
Our speaker today was runner Doug Noonan who has taken part in two Braveheart 777 marathons.
Braveheart is an amazing organisation that provides a coordinated and holistic approach to the prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse.
www.Bravehearts.org.au.
The 777 refers to 7 marathons in 7 days 7 states/territories starting in Western Australia.
In the last two marathons Doug had raised just under $30,000 for Bravehearts to fund education programs in schools.
19 runners ran 42.2 Kms every day for a week as they travelled around Australia with not a lot of time between finishing their run and heading
His aim is to run the Global 777 which is 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents including Antartica.
We also raffled the wine we won after coming fourth at the West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Rotary Club’s trivia night and donated the $220 raised to Bravehearts.
Manisha met Doug doing part of the Sydney run but is not planning a 777 marathon either here or abroad any time soon!!!
We also heard from George about the amazing project in Bangalore his club is supporting which we, as a sister club, will support … giving children hope.
Our Rotary exchange student Ingrid gave a report on her packed week including Elvis on Friday (thanks Maria) Music 🎶 Tall Ships on Saturday ⛵️(thanks Barbara) and her first wedding on Sunday bells 🔔(thanks and congratulations to our beautiful Affy and husband Mehran) 💕💕
Our Rotary members have been great in sharing special moments.
President Robert and our good friend George from the Rotary Club of Bangalore Koramangala have made it official… we now have a twin club in India 🇮🇳. A proud day for Norwest Sunrise Rotary Club and Rotary Club of Bangalore Koramangala
George says: “What a great feeling of coming back when I met my friends from the Rotary club of Norwest sunrise. It was a double joy to hold the certificate of twin club agreement along with President Robert.”.
We love having you back George.
Brilliant. 👏🏼👏🏼
Rotarian and Retired police officer Chief Inspector Gary Raymond was our guest speaker today talking about SMIT … Sixteen Minute Intensive training in suicide prevention.
Since Gary developed it the training has been rolled out this year with 427 people trained.
Suicide is the Leading cause of preventable death in Australia.
ASK people you are concerned about if they are considering self-harm and use the DASH approach.
Detect
Act
Stay
Help
If they need immediate help because they are suicidal call 000 (Triple zero).
If they need someone to talk to Lifeline
13 11 14 is available 24/7.
Thank you Gary and Rotarian and Retired police o for this invaluable initiative.
The first of two posts about today’s meeting. This is our Jersey Day post. Please have a conservation about organ donation. Register your wishes and tell your family. www.donatelife.gov.au
#jerseyday #donatelifeweek2023 #donatelife
Great job Castle Hill Rotary Club on your Excellence in policing awards and thank you so much for making Ingrid, our Rotary exchange student so welcome. Many congratulations to all the winners and finalists from the The Hills Police Area Command. You all do an amazing job.
What a fantastic night!
A great celebration of Ingrid’s birthday yesterday 🎉complete with cake baked by Josh 🎂
The surf 🏄♂️ lessons from the club were a huge hit but then a ticket to the Elvis show (thanks Maria) and the Shoalhaven camping trip 🏕(thanks Krissie) really added to Ingrid’s birthday smile😁
håber du havde en god fødselsdag Ingrid 🇩🇰
Such a thoughtful loving, welcoming group of Rotarians and friends. 🥳
You’re absolutely fantastic - thank you all for your kindness and commitment 🇩🇰♥️
💕 such kindness from all on Ingrid’s birthday
Happy Birthday Ingrid Kirk Elkjær❤️
Thank you very much! I had a very lovely day🥰
Congratulations to Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook for putting on such an amazing trivia night to raise money for two women’s shelter organisations working with victims of domestic abuse. The dress code was purple and so Bev came armed with 15 Hills Relay for Life shirts💜We are a little bit competitive so coming 5th out of 30 was a proud moment and we won wine 🍷 🎉The Rotary Exchange students came 9th!!! Alan was put in the spotlight when he revealed could name all 11 of the ships in the First Fleet! Bev won Best dressed. There is a wine auction at the club on Friday morning! Be prepared 🌟
Wine auction warning for Friday
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.A big thank you to Sara and Karl from Ray White Castle Hill for giving us an insight on real estate in the Hills. 🌟 we live in a desirable community. We also heard an update from our lovely Danish Rotary Exchange student Ingrid. We are learning Danish so we can practice Janteloven and hold meetings that are definitely hygge 🇩🇰🇦🇺. Visitors are always welcome at our Friday morning meetings at 3 Columbia Court, Norwest 7am for a 7.20am start 🌟
Sorry I missed this meeting which looked to be informative AND fun.
Thank you for the birthday love
Just ask this amazing crew what they think about the Rotary Exchange Program … incoming students Emi from Chile 🇨🇱 sponsored by Carlingford Rotary Club and our Ingrid from Denmark 🇩🇰 attended the Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook dinner on Monday to hear their RYE student Iisa talk about Finland🇫🇮. It was a chance to talk to outbound student Georgia and RYE organisers Winnie and Janelle. It was a lot of fun ❄️ we all tried liquorice ☹️
Hope you had the salty liquorice - it’s the best 😅😅
We learnt a lot about Denmark 🇩🇰 at this morning’s meeting from our fabulous Rotary exchange student Ingrid.
They live by Janteloven which means everyone is equal and Trust is a huge thing .
It’s a small country with 1.5metres of coast per person. 🇩🇰And Danes love our Princess 👑 Mary. Ingrid spoke about her family and friends, the differences in schooling and the many things she loves about Australia including the friendliness, the weather and our Matildas.💚💛and Tim Tams
She also put up a wish list of places she wants to visit and things she wants to do during her time in Australia 🇦🇺.It was an engaging presentation.
We were also lucky to have Some great visitors …Janelle from West Pennant Hills Rotary and her Rotary exchange student Iisa from Finland 🇫🇮 and Gwar from South Africa. 🇿🇦
We missed our wonderful Rotarians who who were away, working, walking or sick.
Get well soon 💕
Missed you guys.