On Saturday 6 September our club participated in the Cox's Road Family Fun Day by having a BBQ there.

 

We were invited to run the BBQ by Cox's Road Mall Management and Ritchies IGA who organised the day.

 

Seb Lentini, from Cox's Road Management, supplied the sausages and onions that we cooked on the day and Ahmed Allam, the Manager of Ritchies IGA in the Mall, supplied the bread and sauces we used at the BBQ.

 

We also had support from Rev. John Chappell, from St Johns Church in Cox's Road, who supplied the 2 BBQs that we used on the day. John also supplied tables and a sound system that we used to entertain the crowd and publicise the BBQ.

 

I would like to thank the wonderful team of helpers that gave up their time to be there.

 

From the setup at 8:30am we had Bernie and Peter Mason, Mandy and Ian Van, Rob Wilkinson, Nick Martorana and Seb Lentini. 

 

Later in the day we also had help from Kavitha Sankaran, the new Manager of Bendigo Bank in Cox's Road and Jenny, a friend and work colleague of Kavitha. Mei Yamamoto, our Rotary Youth Exchange Student, from Japan was also there as well as Edith Spalding, our outgoing Youth Exchange Student for 2026, along with her Mother Natasha.

 

We would like to thank Jerome Laxale MP, the Federal Member for Bennelong, and Anthony Roberts MP, Member for Lane Cove for their support and donation.

 

We asked for a gold coin donation for a sausage sandwich.

 

 

$300 of this was from the sale of the cheese board packages we have for sale. Please keep these in mind for gifts for family and friends. Please contact our club if you are interested in purchasing a cheese board, valued at $140 and for sale at $50.

 

 

 

Garry Maloney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2025 Carols on the Common will be held on Sunday 14 December on the North Ryde Common.

 

The response from our previous sponsors has been very positive, again, this year. We are also seeking new sponsors for the event.

 

Please find attached a sponsorship package for you to share with any business associate that you have who may be interested in sponsoring this year's Carols.

Should you have any questions regarding sponsorship please contact Roseanna Gallo email: roseanna@rgmusic.com.au or mobile 0418692410 or myself email: woodmal50@hotmail.com or mobile 0400803417.

 

We will also be seeking volunteers again this year for the set up on Saturday 13 December and the day of the event so please keep the date free and let me know if you would like to help. 

 

The next Carols Committee meeting has been changed to this  Thursday 25 September at 7pm at North Ryde RSL Sports Club.

 

Regards

Pam

 

Pamela Wood
Secretary 2025-26
The Rotary Club of North Ryde
Mobile 0400803417

 

 

The two Rotary Districts covering the Sydney region are holding our annual train ride to raise funds to End Polio.  This involves the organisers riding the train and stopping at every station across Sydney.

Members from each Rotary club board the train and have a certificate showing how much their club will donate to End Polio.   Last year we raised around $100,000.   No monies are collected during the train ride from Rotarians or the public. 

This event will be held on World Polio Day 24^th of October and in the Illawarra on the 23^rd of October.

Rotary International established the Global Polio Eradication Initiative over 30 years ago with the goal of ensuring that no child anywhere will ever again be paralysed by any form of poliovirus.

With our six partners which include the World Health Organisation and the Bill Gates Foundation, we have restricted the cases of polio to two last countries – Afghanistan and Pakistan.  However, the risk is that if we do not eradicate polio completely, within 10 years there could be 200,000 cases around the world including Australia.

We are seeking your support to increase the awareness about this Initiative by joining the train ride for one or two stations within your electorate.  While you are on the train, we will be taking photos with yourself and the Rotarians doing the train ride and will send these to you.  They will also be posted on each Rotary District’s websites as well as local club websites.

The attached timetable shows the stations and times for the duration of the train ride.  We would be delighted to welcome you on board if you are available to join us!

RSVP: 14^th October to our District End Polio Chairs Margaret Noonan on noonan0011@gmail.com and Dave Anderson dave.anderson@transport.nsw.gov.au