Presidents Repot Aug 8th
This week Elizabeth and Aleysha, teachers from Officer Specialist School gave us a passionate talk outlining their role in the school.
The school ethos is: “Dare to Dream.”
Officer Specialist School opened in 2014 with about 70 students; it has now over 180.The School is purpose built for students aged from 5 to 18 years, with a broad range of challenges, from mild to severe intellectual & associated disabilities, such as Autism and Cerebral Palsy. The school accepts student who live in the Shire of Cardinia and Casey with an IQ Below 70%.
Elizabeth and Aleysha also explained to us, that the main Problem the Students have is physical restrictions, such as tight muscles, “w” sitting and the inability to sit comfortably for an extended time, while participating in activities.
The solution they found is the “Scallop”. A special light weight seat that gives the students many benefits, these range from better focus, less fidgeting, increased eye contact, improved concentration and all around better posture, while sitting on the ground or in a chair.
After Karen and Aleysha’s presentation, we presented them with a cheque to help reach their goal of purchasing 30 Scallop seats.
Karen and Aleysha were almost in tears of joy when accepting our cheque. We also encouraged them to contact other Rotary Clubs to donate funds to help reach their goal.
The Jokers Wild is still hiding in the pack, better luck next time Michael.
Everyone was surprised when Marta produced a surprise birthday cake for Geoff Jansen.
We ended the meeting with hearty bidding to purchase a bottle of Red wine. Congratulations Grant!
I had an interesting Wednesday with Grant emptying the Breathalyzer machines, we have in Pakenham. The interesting part is; after arriving home I received a phone call from Roger.
The Cardinia Club had short paid us!
The conundrum is. Why did Grant and I walk out $80.00 short?
I will explain what we did:-
Rather than having a pile of $2.00 coins to bank we asked the teller there to exchange them for notes. We handed over the coins and she weighed them and stated that we had 130 coins and preceded to hand over $ 130.00. Grant said they are $2.00 coins which she checked, saw her error and handed over $260.00. We left, job done.
Then, shortly after arriving home I received Roger’s phone calls and return to the Cardinia Club. The Teller explained to me how she had short paid us.
Why? I will inform every one at the next general Meeting. I have been arriving early at the Golf Club, the bar opens at 5.30 and will shout everyone there a drink before 6.00.
Well, that’s about it for now, until next week,
Best regards to all,
Greg Peck.
Click on this link to view the photos from our meeting......PhotoAlbums/aug-8th-meeting-photos