PRESIDENTS' MESSAGE

It’s great to be back from our trip up to Cape York. We have five members also travelling at the moment. Looking forward to hearing about their travels in the forthcoming weeks.   Last week we had two excellent presenters speaking about the Wheelchairs for kids program. Our club recently donated money for 4 wheelchairs to be sent overseas.   We believe this is a valuable program and hope to do more to spread the word to school children in our local area by joining with another Rotary club to raise funds for more wheelchairs to be sent overseas.

District 9815 Conference will be held on March 28-30 March 2025 in Bendigo. If you are interested in attending the early bird rate finishes on 30th September. An email has been sent to all members with the first newsletter outlining all information regarding the Conference.

To celebrate Literacy month in September the Books for babies project was conducted by Jill Woolacott at Sandringham Hospital. She was ably assisted by Gill Merzvinskis who stepped in to help when Jill was unwell. Thank you ladies for all your efforts. We have Faye Pressbury coming to our meeting next week as guest speaker.

Don’t forget that the last Tuesday of the month is our Board meeting and the following Tuesday is Cup Day. We don’t have a meeting on either of these nights.

We are looking for excellent guest speakers for next year. If any club member has contacts or ideas, please speak to myself or Gill so we can put together a speakers program in the new year.

Until next week, take care.

Bev and Gill

UPCOMING CLUB MEETINGS/EVENTS

Tuesday October 22^nd - Club Meeting at Picasso’s

Speaker – Fay Pressbury, Maternity Manager, Monash Women’s Health, Sandringham Hospital

Tuesday October 29^th – Board Meeting

Tuesday November 12th  Club Meeting at Picasso’s
Guest Speaker - Rose Paduano - BayCISS

Tuesday November 19th

AGM and Club Meeting at Picasso’s. Packing lollies for Christmas Farmers’ Market.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Delivering Neighbourhood Watch Newsletters

Our members have been out pounding the pavements this month!  We’ve been supporting Neighbourhood Watch Bayside delivering their newsletters.  Each member received a map, bag, and some newsletters to deliver in their local area.  About 150-200 letterboxes so it only took 1-2 hours at most. 

The newsletter now covers all Bayside, so the name has become Neighbourhood Watch Bayside.    

Eventually the newsletter will be dropped into 45,000 letterboxes by local deliverers.  Newsletters are delivered each quarter.  

Anyone who might like join NHW and help deliver the newsletter in Hampton, Highett, Brighton and Sandringham, can get in touch with Geoff Bransbury OAM, Vice President NHW Bayside, gbransbury@gmail.com.

September Bayside Farmers’ Market 

We had another great turnout for the September market, with fabulous springtime weather and Grand Final fever in the air! We’re seeing many new people coming to the market for the first time as well, enjoying the wonderful community vibe and range of stallholders. We’d like to thank all our stallholders for the fantastic line-up of fresh food and produce, coffee and take-away food vans, as well as live entertainment enjoyed by all our market patrons.

We’d also like to thank all our volunteers, who get up early to help set-up the market as well as manage the smooth operations on the day. It is certainly a big team effort to manage our market each month, so thankyou to all our volunteers.

The Bayside Farmers Market will be back again on Saturday 26^th October and we’ll look forward to seeing everyone again then.

Next Bayside Farmers’ Market – Saturday 26th October

Our October market is coming up on Saturday 26^th October 8am-1pm at Trey Bit Reserve (Jetty Road), Sandringham. Kick-start the weekend with a visit to the 60+ market stalls featuring seasonal fresh produce direct from the farm, gourmet and artisan foods and beverages, take-away food, drinks & coffees, and live music…all at a fabulous beachside location…..…so get your family and friends together and join in this fantastic community event!

HERE’S WHERE YOU’LL FIND US:

🗓When: Saturday, 26^th October

📍Where: Trey Bit Reserve (Jetty Road), Sandringham*

⏰Time: 8am-1pm

🐶Dogs welcome on lead also

More details about the market are also available at:

Website: https://BaysideFarmersMarket.com.au

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BaysideFM

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baysidefarmersmarket_

*For parking options at the market, please refer to the market website

Save The Date for our November Christmas Market - Saturday 23^rd November

Our November market will be our Christmas market, so a great opportunity to stock up early on a range of gifts and gourmet food items for Christmas stockings and hampers. So, take the headache out of last minute shopping, and come along and get into the Christmas spirit. In addition to the usual fresh produce, food vans and take-away coffees and drinks, you’ll find:

• Santa will visit at 10.30am
• Sing-along to Christmas carols
• Win prizes at our Christmas raffles
• Stock-up on gourmet and artisan gourmet goodies
• Select from a range of hand-made gifts from local makers

SAVE THE DATE:

🗓When: Saturday, 23^rd November

📍Where: Trey Bit Reserve (Jetty Road), Sandringham*

⏰Time: 8am-1pm

🐶Dogs welcome on lead also

Market Volunteers Needed

If you’re interested in joining our volunteer team at the monthly Bayside Farmers’ Market, we’d love to hear from you. It’s only a commitment of 3 hours each month and no experience is necessary…so if you like meeting other locals and want to get involved in a fantastic community event that raises funds for many worthy causes, please get in touch.

If you are interested, then please contact Lance Blackley at 0411 741 586 or email: admin@hamptonrotary.org.au

WHERE TO FIND US

Club Meetings 

 

Details of meetings can be found on our website and you can refer to our website for updates on the upcoming meeting program: https://hamptonrotary.org.au/all-events