Vol 9-01-July 1 - Katanning Rotary Club

The Spoke Vol 9 - No. 01 - 01 July, 2013Katanning Country ClubMonday 17 June, 2013Attendance:Katanning Volunteer Fire & rescue ServiceTrevor Watson (Captain), Cameron Punch, GavinDonnison, Nathan Donnison, Aron Burnett, ReeceMartin, Stephen Brooks, Cindy Pearce, ShaneD’Aprille, Finley Leach, Ben Watson, Sam Watson.St John Ambulance Katanning Sub BranchIsabel Bradbury, Chris Obst, Wendy Obst, FionaClay, Geoff Clay, Dianne Sugg, Shelly Norrish, PamGarlick, Syd Garlick.State Emergency ServiceSue Eastcott, Jessica Hagley, Daryl Cameron.Royal Flying Doctor ServiceLes Crosby, Kath Crosby, Helen Beck, CampbellBeck, Faye Roocke, Adrian RoockeVolunteer Bush Fire BrigadesTim Clegg, Barry Kowald, Greg Garlick.Guests (Partners of Volunteers)Tara Punch, Clarrie Bradbury, Kate Donnison, JohnOwens, Katrina Whitnell, Lyn Kowald, Joanna Steel,Emily Howe, Kristy D’AprilleWhat is a Volunteer ?A volunteer is someone who chooses to act inrecognition of a need, with an attitude of socialresponsibility and without concern for monetaryprofit.Not everything done by volunteers is labelled asvolunteering. In a school, it might be called servicelearning, community service or an internship.In professional society, it may be referred to aspro bono.In the streets, it is called neighbourliness.At church it is referred to as lay ministry.In a group of peers, it may be self-help and in aprotest it would be called activism.Why do People?VolunteerSome have chosen to become involved so they canprovide a needed service, solve a problem oradvance a worthy cause.Others often look for personal development.Many volunteer for both altruistic and personalreasons.People make contacts, learn skills, gain workexperience, build self-esteem, improve their health,and sometimes find paying jobs.Some people have turned their lives around throughvolunteer work.Volunteers do not work for money; they work forless tangible but equally important forms ofremuneration such as satisfaction, appreciation andthe opportunity to build skills.Volunteers are seeking increasingly meaningfulresponsibilities and interesting tasks – thecommunity must therefore find ways to meet theseneeds.Guest Speaker:Claire Collis (St John Ambulance)Rotarians:David Meyer, Geoff Beeck, Arthur Todd, Peter Caldwell,Lesley Trimming, Andrew Pritchard, JulieBrown, Russel Thomson, Peter Kerin, CraigMcKinley, Wayne Sergeant, Nigel Aitken, MichaelHobley, Robert Ndong’a, Jacqueline Stade, KevinNewman, Keith Ohlsen, Peter Molinari, CameronTaylor.Volunteers believe in the Rotary motto….Partners:Charmaine Mayer, Sandra Sergeant, Fiona Taylor.Unfortunately, due to a camera malfunctionthere are no photos available of the evening.Page 13