We certainly are a busy club. There is much to report on since last bulletin. The leadership team has met to discuss possible fundraising initiatives for the proposed assistance our club can provide to a nursing students who have been affected by the humanitarian crisis in Turkey and Syria. Fellow club member, Maggie, has offered to decoupage and pot painting workshop. Please see the flyer in the bulletin.
Thankyou to our club member, Rukhsana Azzi, for your insightful presentation at our last education meeting. The career path you have travelled as a midwife across a number of countries was inspiring and we learned importance of understanding culture of the women and their that you have supported.
We look forward to hearing from Nicole Purcell at our next education meeting on 28th March. Nicole will discuss Recovery and Rehabilitation in Mental Health - Creative initiatives in Far North Queensland. See the link below.
At our most recent general meeting our guest speaker was Paul Tinker from Pulse Staffing. Paul presented information on nursing shortages in Australia and discussed how Pulse Staff recruits nurses for urban and rural areas. He also outlined the new Australian National Aged Care Classification funding model (ANACC).
Members who joined in Maggie's last venture can vouch for a day of fun!!
Koala Habitat Planting Event
We belong to District 9620and our district has been asked by DG Tim Keeler for another D9620 Tree Planting Day Challenge to help celebrate 100 years of Rotary in Queensland by encouraging all Clubs to plant 100 trees in their local area. This is planned for Sunday 23 April.
This event also allows all Clubs to continue to contribute to Rotary’s newest area of focus “Supporting The Environment” in their area.
The venue for this year’s planting is at the Secombe Street Park, Mansfield which is adjacent to last year’s planting site.
The target for the day is to plant 3000 trees as well as installation of some wildlife habitat elements. For the non Brisbane Clubs, if any of your Club members happen to be in Brisbane on the day, they would be more than welcome to join the team at Mansfield.
Karana Bellbowrie Rotary Club will once again be providing morning tea (including the very popular scones/jam/cream) for everyone.
Since December, the Regionalisation Pilot Project Team has been working hard behind the scenes on various aspects of the Regionalisation Pilot.
You can have your say by visiting creatingtomorrowrotary.org or emailing us directly at rotaryregionalpilot@gmail.com.
We are looking for people who are passionate about the future of Rotary and Rotaract to fill a number of exciting roles in our team. If you’d like to volunteer, please fill out the application form.
Project Portfolio leads are Louise Webber & Jules Aitken. Louise and Jules are open to suggestions from members. At last meeting, Louise and Jules presented a number of suggestions raised by members of our club to support student nurses in Turkey. At present, the decoupage and pot painting day at Maggie's house has been planned and a seminar arranged by fellow member, Sue has been planned for July 21st and 22nd. A number of our members will present and all profits will go to this cause.
Education Lead
Nicole Purcell has the role of Education Lead for the club. Nicole is looking forward to ensuring quality education / information sessions for our members on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
If you have an idea for a presenter / topics please let Nicole know, she would love to hear from you. Nicole can be contacted at kelsoqueen29@gmail.com.
Club Projects
We are a very busy Club - below is a snapshot of the projects that we are currently involved in.
End Polio Now
The Three C's Cafe
Hello Rotarians As you are aware the Three C’s Cafe Check in Connect Chat is one of our major projects. The Three C’s Cafe offers a virtual space for colleagues to come into for a chat about professional matters of interest to them / and a space in which to be supported. The cafe is open to colleagues where ever they are in the world. The cafe is open to members of this club and non members.
Wendy commenced an 8 week training course for new facilitators on March 1st.
Shelter Box is an exceptional organisation that our Club has partnered with. They provide emergency relief to people around the world who have been made homeless by natural disasters and conflict.
We have pledged to fund five Shelter Boxes each year for the next 3 years. The cost is $1000 per Shelter Box and we raise funds for this through raffles and events held at Education Conferences conducted by the Nurses for Nurses Network and Education at Sea.
A big thank you to the work of Sue, Jason and Louise to make this happen. Shelterbox is very active in Turkey and Syria due to the recent devastating earthquakes. Wendy, charter president, donated $2 000 to shelterbox this February after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
Project lead Cecelia Flomo invites members of the club who are interested in being involved in this project to contact her and then, as a team, they can determine future progress for the project
The Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF), the charitable arm of ICN, launched the Girl Child Education Fund (GCEF) in 2005 with the mission of supporting access to education for the orphaned daughters of nurses in developing countries.
The Rotary Solar Case has been developed, first and foremost, to provide light in remote health centres, aiding health workers where the availability of electricity is problematic at the best of times. The ability to provide portable lights for village birthing assistants is a major priority in areas where women often give birth in village huts or village health centres where the light from kerosene lanterns or mobile phones is otherwise the best available alternative.
If you want to know the date of any of the Club Meetings or Events then go to the events page on the website.
Meeting agendas and minutes are sent out by the club Secretary attached to an email a few days before the meeting takes place. If you are not receiving those emails then contact the Club Secretary on secretary.gnmrotaryclub@gamail.com
2023
24th-26th March - District 9620 Conference Leadership Hands, Mind Heart & Mind Brisbane Australia. The conference will be celebrating 100 years of Rotary in Qld. There is a great line up of speakers (see link below). Registration for the conference is also in the link. It would be great to have a good representation from our club attend the conference and a great change for us to catch up in the same space together.
23rd April - Tree Planting Day in Brisbane
13th May - Decoupage and Pot painting in Brisbane
27th-31st May - Rotary International Conference - Melbourne Australia
11th-14th June - ICM Triennial Congress - Bali Indonesia
We have created a Global Nurses and Midwives Club Brochure that we can use to give out to people in they are interested in joining us or want to know what we are about.
Please have a look at the Brochure and distribute it to Nurses and Midwives who you think would be interested in Joining our Club.
If you would like to present to other Nursing colleagues or to other Rotary Clubs in your area about the Global Nurses and Midwives Rotary Club Wendy and her team have created a Powerpoint presentation and notes to assist you.
As with all the documents that are referred to in the Bulletin these resources are available for you to download from the website. Just log in to the Member's area and choose the documents tab. Our website address is https://gnmrotaryclub.com/
Have you accessed the Members Website?
The Members area of the Global Nurses and Midwives Website houses a lot of information about our club.
You can find all the documents that are discussed at meetings and in the Bulletin, plus check your own details, communicate with other Members and there is an App you can download so you can access info anywhere, anytime.
