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Meetings: Tuesday’s 5:30pm @ the Dunedin Club, 33 Melville St, Fern Hill, Dunedin.

President:         Derek King
Secretary:         Eleanor Archer
Treasurer:         Grant Batchelor
Welfare Officer: Bob & Jan Clark

 

Next meeting: 31 January
 
Time: 5:30pm for 6:00pm start.
 
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Tay, Ah Lek
 
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Club Notices

We had a few partners and guests at the meeting last week including Rosemary, Jenny and Rick and Helen Bourne.

Tomorrow's speaker will now be Bryn Pearson from Volunteer Service Abroad and the India trip talk will be next week instead.

Save the date, 14th February 2017 , for a President Elect dinner at Sue’s house. Partners welcome.

 

A soothing hot drink thanks to Rotary

Dunedin Hospital's Breast Care Services team is sending a heartfelt thank you to Dunedin Central Rotary Club  for donating tea and coffee making equipment for a patient waiting room.

Here are Dunedin Central members Grant, Eleanor and Bob testing out the cups!

 

 

 

India Photos

Here is Penny Smith modelling a beautiful Sash, Bob says she looks like the cat that just found where the cream comes from! Below are some more photos sent from various members of the team just back from India.
 
Penny Smiths Birthday!
 
Lunch!
 

Cake and flowers Rajesh organised for Ah-Lek and Alison's 30th wedding anniversary!

 

 

 

Saddle Hill Hike    

Sunday 12th Feb. 2017.    

9am to 4pm

Mosgiel has a large but achievable “mountain to climb” $7.5 million to help fund the new aquatic complex. Help us get started:

Our Rotary community in Mosgiel is combining for this project

This is a unique opportunity to climb our local mountain and raise funds. We would like to share it with our Rotary Friends and we invite them to climb with us and see the grand view from the top. Moderate fitness required: (not suitable for small children pushchairs, high heels, etc.)

All participants must pre-register and book a start time on the website: choose your start time between 9am and 3pm.Tickets available online:

 

https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/saddle-hill-hike-tickets-29965075347  

 

or can be purchased at Edinburgh Realty Office, 123B Gordon Road Mosgiel

Numbers  limited to 200 per hour.              

Runners only from 9 and 10am. 

$10 Adults, $5 Children (over 5 and under 18), $22 Family (2 adults and up to 4 Children):

A Mosgiel/Taieri Rotary Club’s combined project supporting the new Mosgiel Aquatic complex .

 

 

 

Korinda Taylor

Last week Korinda Taylor gave a talk on 'Life Matters, Suicide Prevention Trust' at the Nanking Palace, our fabulous alternative venue.
 
Korinda's talk was informative and personal as she started the trust after her own son committed suicide while studying at Otago university back in 2013. Ross Taylor is pictured in the landscape below.
 
 
Korinda started the trust because she felt let down by mental health services and that Ross's suicide could have been prevented. Her aim is simply stop people dying from suicide.
 
The trust was started with $10. There has been a 'World Suicide Prevention Day' in 2014,2015 and 2016 each year growing in support for the Trust. Despite the support and growing awareness around suicide, the number of suicides is still slowly growing.
 
Youth, 15-24 years of age make up 34.7% of the total suicides.
 
Females are 2.4x more likely to self harm but males are more likely to commit suicide.
 

There is a higher suicide rate in Maori and Polynesian groups.

In 2016 there were 322 road deaths and 579 Suicides in New Zealand.

1 in 20 people will experience suicidal thoughts.

Korinda and the trust are trying to find out why the rate is so high in New Zealand. 50% of the people who died had no contact with mental health services at all and there is little access for people in New Zealand for free counselling. all issues which the Trust wants to address.

Korinda runs 'SAFE talk' a suicide awareness workshop in workplaces, prisons and the university. This is a massive undertaking for Korinda on her own. Funding for the programme has now been cut and Korinda is looking at funding applications for administration in the Trust. 

The Trust run street collections, one of which we helped out with in 2016 and they have stalls at gala days all of which need manpower. They do have a lot of interaction with people at these events which shows that they are welcomed and people really need the services and information from the Trust. Korinda said that there were two people at one of the events and they were over run with people and they were both exhausted by the end of it.

As suicide affects one in four people in some way, we should continue to support Korinda and the Trust in any way we can. Korinda is looking to expand the network, spread awareness and destigmatize the subject of suicide and mental health.

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