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The Apple &

Figleaf Monthly Newsletter of the Rotary Club of

Edenvale

31st December 2016 NPO: 124 706 PBO: 930044361 Vol 06 2016-17

Fellowship

Members enjoyed end of year fellowship at Margie’s home on 4th December.

Archie Cooling off!

A Monthly Insight into the Current Real Estate Market

We meet every Monday at 18h30 at Mongo’s Portuguese Restaurant, 2 Sunrock Place, Edenvale.

Visitors Welcome although BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL

Secretary: Linda Clarke 082 929 5142 [email protected]

Club: www.edenvalerotary.co.za District: www.rotary9400.co.za Rotary International:

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Club Projects & Events

Jane & Annalie

Good Food & Fellowship

Gift Wrap 2016

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And so it began…..9th

December 9 am

Volunteer Debbie Mather, Club Secretary Linda Clarke, Interactor Taffy and Treasurer Jane Trumble

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Gift wrappers Margie Evans, Taffy and Gillian Taylor going beyond the call of duty.

Who assisted the Rotarians in raising about R34,738:-

Debbie Mather

Desiree Gopal

Tamia Gopal

Father Alan Keartland

Trisha Morris

Leshanti Raj-Gopaul

Janice Evans

Cathy Brown

Sandy Evans

Adoree Louw

Roslyn Beeby

Paul Johnstone

Hendrik

Giana de Sousa

Gabi de Sousa

Nwabisa

Bea Barbelli

Rodi

Gillian Taylor

Ann Ferreira

Michael Trumble

Candice Bacelar

Interactors – Taffy, Hazel and Daisy

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The Parishioners of Manche Masemola Anglican Church held their first carols by candlelight event on Tuesday 13th December – Seen above the children of the parish “Wishing us all a Merry Christmas”

Rotary International

Highlights of Rotary Family Health Days – October 2016

Piloted Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C counselling, screening and referral services on 4 sites

Education material available on HBV and HCV on all 100 sites

100 Health Day sites across 8 provinces

127 Rotary clubs participated

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1000’s of Rotarians, National, Provincial and District Department of Health workers and Partners

39 689 clients visited the sites

142 105 health services provided in total

9 827 HIV tests

16 968 Diabetes screening

6 941 eye tests

12 430 TB screenings

19 886 Blood Pressure test

4 078 referrals – a number of which were emergency referrals

Bedfordview & Edenvale News

Kempton Express Tame Times Get It East Rand Edenvale Radio Local Focal Greenstone Guide

For your continued support! The club extends an invitation to any person who would like to find out more about the club and the work it does. You are invited to attend our meetings and enjoy a meal and fellowship. If you are inquisitive, curious or interested – or have never been invited to become a Rotarian – please come along and meet the team. Come along and learn more about what we do and possibly become part of the solution to issues in your community.

You may not wish to commit to being a member but you may wish to become a friend of Rotary by donating your time, services or expertise. Please contact Linda on 082 929 5142 or [email protected] urgently to learn more about the club and it’s projects.

Tailpiece The History of Wassailing - The tradition of wassailing is the practice of people going door-to-door, singing and offering a drink from the wassail bowl in exchange for gifts. This practice still exists, but has largely been displaced by carolling Wassailing is a very ancient custom that is rarely done today. The word 'wassail' comes from the Anglo-Saxon phrase 'waes hael', which means 'good health'. Originally, the wassail was a drink made of mulled ale, curdled cream, roasted apples, eggs, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and sugar. It was served from huge bowls, often made of silver or pewter. Jesus College, in Oxford University, has a Wassail bowl, that is covered with silver. It can hold 10 gallons of drink! Wassailing was traditionally done on New Year's Eve and Twelfth Night, but some rich people drank Wassail on all the 12 days of Christmas! The Wassail drink mixture was sometimes called 'Lamb's Wool', because of the pulp of the roasted apples looked all frothy and a bit like Lambs Wool! Here is a recipe for wassail.

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One legend about how Wassailing was created, says that a beautiful Saxon maiden named Rowena presented Prince Vortigen with a bowl of wine while toasting him with the words 'waes hael'. Over the centuries, a great deal of ceremony developed around the custom of drinking wassail. The bowl was carried into a room with a great fanfare, a traditional carol about the drink was sung, and finally, the steaming hot beverage was served. From this it developed into another way of saying Merry Christmas to each other! One of the most popular Wassailing Carols went like this: A Wassail Bowl Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green, Here we come a-wassailing, So fair to be seen: Love and joy come to you, And to you your wassail too, And God bless you and send you, A happy New Year, And God send you, A happy new year.

From us all at Edenvale Rotary Club Waes Hael in 2017 !!!!

Club Calendar

Date Time Event Venue

23rd January 2017 18.30 “All roads lead to Santiago - A journey on foot”

Talk by Rotarians John and Annalie Anticevich

They will describe a unique overseas holiday and share with us their experiences when they walked 560kms of the Camino Santiago during July 2015, completing it in 26 days.

Mongo’s Portuguese Restaurant

2 Sunrock Place,

Sunnyrock,

Edenvale

NB Booking is essential

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