This Week

 It's our last official meeting of the year which will be dinner at da Graziella in Edenvale.  One of our favourite restaurants.  18:30 for 19:00.

Last week there was no Knight & Day owing to the destruction by fire of the Observatory substation on Sunday Friday 1st December resulting in no electricity for a longtime.  In fact today, 11th, is the first day without power cuts.  Even my little emergency battery modum ran out of juice!

The 20th December sees an unofficial lunch at the Grand Slam Sports Diner for those who haven't left on holiday or aren't too busy to attend.

Last Week

It was a Business Meeting and there isn't much to report back so instead an excerpt from Discovery Health's Linkedin page:

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Our CE, Adrian Gore, recently received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award from the Rotary Club of Knights Pendragon, for the work he and the organisation did during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the highest recognition an individual Rotary Club can make, and honours the inclusivity and professionalism of Discovery’s vaccination process.

Rotary International is one of the largest service organisations in the world and the local clubs are involved in a variety of community outreach initiatives, bringing together leaders from the business, professional, and community spheres. We are proud and humbled to be recognised by an institution that does such meaningful work itself. Thank you Rotary Club of Knights Pendragon.

A belated Happy Hanukkah and early Happy Christmas to you all.

International, Papua New Guinea

Protein deficiency is a leading cause of stunted growth, which affects about half of children under age 5 in Papua New Guinea. Working with the nonprofit Kyeema Foundation, members of the Rotary Club of Brisbane, Australia, donated about $2,900 to construct a chicken shed and yard in the town of Wau.
The aim is to conserve indigenous breeds of poultry that are better at resisting disease, require less supplemental food, and produce nutrient-dense eggs and leaner meat. After training the villagers and stocking the farm with native breeding hens, the club created a similar facility in Gabagaba village. Celia Grenning, a club member and a director with Kyeema, says the project is a blessing for the community, which previously relied on the overfished and reef-damaged coast for most of its protein. Today, the club and Kyeema operate on land and sea: They have enhanced their work to include coral reef restoration.