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Spreading Quota Inspiration through Word and Deed
AUSTRALIA
On the Move in Lower Clarence
AUSTRALIA
Quota Clubs Encourage Bush Poetry
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California Club Publishes Member's Inspirations
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Greenbrier County Quota Detects Need
AUSTRALIA
On
the Move in Lower Clarence
After
two years of fund-raising and a hefty grant, the Lower Clarence Quota
club in New South Wales, Australia, moved ahead with a special service
project for their waterside community—providing a beach wheelchair
for disabled residents.
The effort began with a District 24 Birthday Fund award of Aus.$1,000. The club organized movie nights, a travel night, and fashion parades to generate the remaining Aus.$2,700 toward the special wheelchair, which is now housed in a central location and available at no charge to anyone in the shire who needs it—tourists included!
"As we live in an area with many ocean and river beaches," explains past club president Suzanne Monin, "a wheelchair that can be pushed directly onto the sand was sorely needed to give equitable access for those with mobility problems."
On a warm autumn afternoon, three club members met with the first person to use the special vehicle—a local 24-year-old woman who "loves" the beach, but has very limited mobility. Club members strapped her into the chair and escorted her to Turner's Beach. "She laughed and giggled all the way from the car park to the sand," says Suzanne.
AUSTRALIA
Quota
Clubs Encourage Bush Poetry
"Waltzing Matilda," Australia's unofficial national anthem, is a poem written by A.B. "Banjo" Paterson, the original Aussie "Bush Poet." Schoolchildren learn his rhyming stanzas, shearers chant his poetry while clipping wool from their sheep, and Australian Quota clubs organize events to encourage appreciation of this distinctly Aussie art form.
QI
of Brunswick Valley, New South Wales, organizes a Bush Poets Show in their
community, featuring readings by bush poets, vocalizations, raffles, and
games of chance. The club nets nearly Aus.$3,000 during the event.
QI of Murwillumbah, New South Wales, hosts a Bush Poets Weekend, featuring performances of nationally acclaimed bards and other entertainment. The weekend brings in around Aus.$1,800 for club service.
According to the Australian Bush Poets Association, bush poetry must be set in Australia. Topics can vary, but poems must rhyme and possess definite rhythm. For a taste of bush poetry, read works by Banjo Paterson (1864-1941) and Henry Lawson (1867-1922). Click here to visit National Geographic's Web site for a bush poetry reading.
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California
Club Publishes Member's Inspirations
The Monrovia-Duarte Quota club in California, U.S.A., raises funds with the inspiring words of member Mary Finkle. Her small paperback booklet, Inspirationals, is a collection of short essays Mary wrote to share at each club meeting. The club printed and assembled the booklet to sell at Quota gatherings.
Here's a sample:
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Create Harmony Because we are capable, compassionate Quota women, we have much to offer our families, our club, and our community. We are grateful for the opportunity and are open to make changes for the better. When we embrace simplicity, we realize less is sometimes really more. When we go at our own pace and see the limitations of responsibilities, priorities of time and choices that we need to make, we can take pleasure in our progress, which in turn helps us to bring order to our affairs and create harmony within ourselves. When business demands and distractions take our strength, let us be careful not to deprive ourselves of what we need most—quiet, reflective time, and time to dream, to think, to decide what is working for us and what is not, so that we can then make changes for the better. Your steady progress will point out what you have had all along—a belief in yourself. —Mary Finkle ©2003 |
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Greenbrier
County Quota Detects Need
When
a tragic fire took the lives of two young children in their community,
the Quota club of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, U.S.A., learned of
a pressing need among disadvantaged local families—and members sprang
into action to do something about it.
Two members of the club's Disadvantaged Women and Children Committee are teachers in local schools. Because their jobs required them to make home visits, they were aware that a number of children were at risk, because their homes had no smoke detectors. Committee members compared prices and then purchased 46 smoke detectors, which were installed in homes by Head Start personnel.
For an investment of U.S.$1,421, the club helped to keep dozens of children safe and may prevent another tragedy in the future.
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