Another submission from one of our Past presidents in Ken Rook.
 
 
 

“Look to the Fuchsia”

 

One night when District Governor Adrian was at our meeting, he made a comment about our pink shirts, someone corrected him saying they were fuchsia.  I jokingly said that we had a new motto, “Look to the Fuchsia”.

How could anyone have known how meaningful that throw a way line was.  We, with the rest of the world are experiencing an extremely strange and difficult time, with the health and financial crisis caused by the corona virus pandemic. 

Australia, with the benefit of seeing what has happened in other countries has acted quickly by imposing many strict restrictions on all of us, one meaning the suspension of Rotary meetings and activities.  It does not mean that we should stop thinking about Rotary and what we can possibly do when things get back to normal. It is a good time to keep in touch will family, friends and fellow members by phone or through social media.  

There have been a couple of things sent to us about fund raising, but I am not sure that a focus on fund raising is all that important at present, indeed I think that fund raising in the foreseeable future will be difficult. 

The well being of our members should be our main focus.  If you get a chance, give someone a call, even if you just say hi how are you, I am sure it will be appreciated.

Hopefully, this will all be over in the not too distant future when we can get back to some sort of normality and start planning ahead.  Next year is an extremely important year for Rotary in Australia and the Rotary Club of Pakenham. We will celebrate 100 of Rotary in Australia on 21st April and 60 years of Rotary in Pakenham on 30th June.  Definitely something to look forward to.

Whilst we are at home, it is a good opportunity to interrupt what we are not doing and think about what we might be able to do when we resume our meetings.  It is time to “Look to the Fuchsia”.       

 

PP Ken Rook