Members of the Rotary Club of Tamar Sunrise and Rotary Club of Kalayaan will celebrate our sister club relationship at the RI Convention in Sydney.

Both clubs are excited about the event that will be held on Monday 2nd June 2014 in Sydney.  

Conversations will be shared about our decade long partnership with the 'Share a Meal' program or what Tamar Sunrise call "$20 Meal Club".  

We look forward to meeting with our sister club members.  Stay tuned for a Report on the event.  

Did you know that Tamar Sunrise has helped make a big difference in the lives of many children in Cagayan de oro City on the Philippines?  By working with the Rotary Club of Kalayaan, the club has helped the local school:

• Significantly improved its overall ranking amoungst public schools in Cagayan de Oro City
• Average scores in the National Achievment test have also improved

We are now seeking sponsors to join the $20 meal club and to help continue the program and the partnership with the Kalayaan Rotary Club. 

As a member of the $20 Meal Club you'll receive:

• Certificate of appreciation with the name of the child you are sponsoring
• Annual newsletter to keep you up-to-date with the program's achievements

Want More Information?
If you would like more information on the $20 Meal Club please visit the 'International Projects' page on our site.  You can also visit the Rotary Club of Kalayaan's facebook page to see what our sister club is working on in the Philippines.  You can also check out more news about the program by clicking here

Want to Join?
Please check out the 'Support' page if you would like to make an online sponsorship payment or download a membership form from the 'International Projects' page if you would prefer to donate by cheque completed forms can be sent to:

Rotary Club of Tamar Sunrise
PO Box 1324
Launceston  TAS 7250

You don't have to be a member of the Rotary club to join the $20 Meal Club.

Join us in the Training room this week to hear from Arthur Talbot who will talk to us about the Residential Services for the Intellectually Disabled. We will also have our 'Member Minute' from PP Marcus Courtney.

Caro Brown has also alerted us to the fact that she is riding with her husband Chris 1,340km along the Danube in August 2012.  As part of this, for each kilometre they cycle, they are seeking donations to support the Rotary Club of Tamar Sunrise $20 Meal Club project. 

Share the link around your family and friends, and encourage them to share their journey (and also support the Club's fantastic $20 Meal Club Project).    Click on the link below:

http://www.handsoffthebrake.net/riding-for-the-20-meal-club.html

DONT FORGET:  The District Group 5 and 6 Forum is on the 18th July 2012 at the Grand Chancellor from 6pm.  It is a great opportunity to hear what other clubs in our region are doing.  Please let Lou Mason or Toni Wagner know if you are going.

PS:  Social Evening 20th July 2012 Fawlty Towers at Earl Art Centre.  See Alex for details!

Remember, its warm inside...don't be a frozen chicken...defrost at Tamar Sunrise from 7am this Wednesday!

News article published in the Gold Star Daily:
http://www.goldstardailynews.com/life-style/5950-rc-kalayaan-outreach-benefits-malasag-kids.html
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THE Rotary Club of Kalayaan Cagayan de Oro has been conducting a weekly feeding program at Malasag Elementary School, Cugman, Cagayan de Oro since 2004.It was initially intended for theSchool's 38 malnourished children. It was only later when the health of the malnourished students had improved that the parents of the other students requested to have their children included as beneficiaries, thus, expanding the feeding to all of theSchool's students.

Ongoing for seven years now, the weekly feeding program presently supports a total of 264 students from pre-School to Grade 6.

When the program began in 2004, the School ranked No. 75 in the National/Division Admission Test. Four years later, it ranked No. 7, and its standing has continued to progress since then. Its NAT score went from 49 percent four years ago to 72 percent last year.

With the generous assistance of RC Tamar Sunrise of Australia, the program's success has inspired RC Kalayaan to focus on the School as the beneficiary for its many other annual projects since 2004 like the free medical and dental clinic, eye examination, free haircuts, parenting seminars, gift giving, donations of computers, books and School supplies. Even the club's annual Christmas party has been held at the School for many years now.

For Rotary Year 2011-2012, at least two projects had been conducted there: the agri-tech seminar with RC Kalayaan Rotary Ann Gakky Mirabueno as speaker last August 13 and the proper nutrition and hygiene seminar with Juvy Anne Pimentel as speaker on August 20.

Today, the club is donating door grills for the School's television room. And there are other projects already planned for the rest of this Rotary year such as the parenting seminar on November 5, and the operation tuli in December 2011.

For many years, past president Virginia Legaspi successfully chaired the feeding program and it was during her chairmanship that it evolved to a partnership with RC Tamar Sunrise. She was also the one who encouraged the students' parents to plant vegetables that would be used as ingredients for the feeding and was instrumental in implementing an effective system that would involve the parents in preparing the food for the weekly feeding project.

The School's vegetable garden had come and gone, perhaps dependent on the seasons, but now it's back again and will be included in the vegetable-growing competition among Cagayan de Oro's public Schools.
Presently chaired by Rotarian Lordly Wagas, the chief dietician of the Capitol University Medical City (CUMC) and food consultant of CUMC's Corner Cuisine, and with the leadership of President Lennie Medalla, RC Kalayaan Rotarians now take turns in overseeing the feeding every Friday.

RC Tamar Sunrise's support has definitely ensured the continuity of the program which they will register as an international project under the Rotary Australia World Community Service Ltd.