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This week we continue with the Olympic Games – are we all square eyed yet?
Didn’t the girls from Strathfield Girls High School perform at their peak in last weeks literature extension programme – great work girls and congratulations to the teachers involved and our youth director Peter Van Der Sleeson.

Continuing with youth I would like to let everyone know a little more about RYDA (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness). The RYDA program is a road safety education program. The program targets 16 to 17 year olds. RYDA is a community-based initiative of Rotary clubs, partnering those organisations in our community that have a responsibility for, or interest in, road safety for our youth. RYDA focuses on attitude and awareness with the aim of helping young adults become better on the road. It is a one day event held at a non school site which co-ordinates the efforts with local road safety experts, driving instructors and police. Subjects covered are stopping distances, hazard perception, safe celebrating and fatigue and policing. I would like to thank Peter Smith for his invaluable assistance at the RYDA program last week.

The board has made a decision for the club to donate to the Unity Walk for Parkinson’s which is being held on the 31st August at Sydney Olympic Park. It was also decided to sponsor a shelter box and mosquito nets (shelter boxes provide dry shelter and a warm bed – light and heat – clean water – cooking aids and tools for up to ten people in need). These are dropped into remote areas after devastation by floods, earthquake , etc.

Peter Smith has put great effort into organising our Police Awards Night next Wednesday, so lets all be there to support our police.

Our DG Paul Erickson will be here on the 3rd September with his “pearls of wisdom” on this years goals. We should be in attendance to hear our “leader” speak. It will be a beneficial night to all.

This week we welcome Dr Peter Howard (Associate Professor at Australian Catholic University) who will be speaking on tertiary education for the marginally disadvantaged.

Don’t forget daffodil day – Friday 22nd August – buy a daffodil and help cancer research.
Congratulations to Peter Douglas’ All Blacks 19-0 victory over the Springboks on Saturday night (but then again it was the Springboks).

Remember: Fun and fellowship in Rotary