Davina Reid

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Okay. A bit of elo. Electric, like orchestra. I have Davina in the studio with you before we get into the. The nitty gritty of our interview. Davina, what sort of do you like music? [00:00:12] Speaker B: I love music. [00:00:13] Speaker A: Okay. And it's almost because I love music as well. That's part of my. A little bit of the reason I do this show. What sort of music do you like? [00:00:21] Speaker B: I've got quite an eclectic taste, actually. I just don't like heavy metal and things like that. [00:00:26] Speaker A: Okay, so if I was to say, pick an artist or pick three or four artists, would you? Elton John? [00:00:34] Speaker B: Yeah, I like Elton John. [00:00:35] Speaker A: Queen. [00:00:36] Speaker B: Yes, I like Queen too. [00:00:38] Speaker A: David Bowie. Yes. I'm doing well here. I've got three out of three. I might try the. Who else could I say? [00:00:47] Speaker B: I like London Grammar. I like who, sorry? London Grammar. They're. They're a. [00:00:51] Speaker A: What sort of group of London Grammar? [00:00:55] Speaker B: I'm not sure. They're pretty laid back, actually, with it. With the music. It's really nice. And then Sade and Smooth Operator. [00:01:04] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, all of those sorts of things. Yeah. [00:01:06] Speaker B: As I say, I've got eclectic and I like classical music as well, so. [00:01:09] Speaker A: Wow. I'll look that up on that. Because what happens is I have people come to shoot it, like yourself or people like that, and I say, well, have you listened to Blah, blah, blah? And I go, no, I never have, but I always go home and check them out on YouTube. [00:01:22] Speaker B: My favorite is a song by Elbow. [00:01:25] Speaker A: Elbow? [00:01:26] Speaker B: Yes, it's a. [00:01:27] Speaker A: Not the prominent of Australia. [00:01:30] Speaker B: This is actually Elbow. And he. Yeah, it's a. Another English band that. [00:01:37] Speaker A: So I'm gonna look up two now. [00:01:38] Speaker B: Yeah. Get you some homework. [00:01:41] Speaker A: Yeah, Well, I don't mind it. Yeah. Because I'm probably a similar taste in music to yourself, you know, and. But I do like, you know, know, venturing out. Like, somebody recommended Sam Fender to me, who's. [00:01:55] Speaker B: That's a new one to me. I don't know. [00:01:57] Speaker A: Yeah, he's only been. Been around for a few years. He's about 22, 23. But he's. Lyrics are good and he's got a good melody, even though a little bit. It's not heavy rock, but it's rock. But he's got a good melody to it, so I quite like him. So anyway, I digress, didn't I? [00:02:12] Speaker B: That's okay. [00:02:13] Speaker A: So tell us a little about Davina before we. Yeah, tell us, Robert Davina. [00:02:19] Speaker B: Well, I'm a naturopath. [00:02:21] Speaker A: Oh, really? [00:02:23] Speaker B: I specialize a lot in mental health and autoimmune. Conditions. I'm a member of Rotary. The Rockingham Rotary. [00:02:33] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:02:33] Speaker B: And I help organize things like Mind the Walk, which is a mental health awareness fundraising walk that happens early November each year. [00:02:45] Speaker A: Is that the one in Kwina? [00:02:47] Speaker B: No, no. [00:02:47] Speaker A: Okay. [00:02:49] Speaker B: We do it in different areas around. We have done Lake Richmond in the foreshore and this year we're looking at perhaps running it from the Rotary markets. [00:03:01] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:03:01] Speaker B: Starting it from there. And having different themed walks, so shorter walks but different themes. So we're looking into something totally different for it. [00:03:11] Speaker A: Yeah. So how many like how far are the walks? [00:03:16] Speaker B: They were five kilometer, but we're thinking of cutting it down to two kilometers so that. [00:03:20] Speaker A: Oh, and what people pay. I'm just asking people pay to be involved. [00:03:25] Speaker B: Yeah. And, and it's a guided walk, so. Oh, really? Yes. One of the, our volunteers walked them around and give them information. [00:03:33] Speaker A: Oh, seriously? [00:03:35] Speaker B: Yes. So it, it's, it's a lot more than just a walk. [00:03:38] Speaker A: Yes. [00:03:39] Speaker B: And it's, it's in. Within the park itself. It's encompassing things like animals. So the petting, you've got the, the WA Wildlife park that comes down with their koala and reptiles and things. [00:03:55] Speaker A: Oh, seriously? [00:03:57] Speaker B: Yes. There's psychologists and other information there and we're really proud. The last, last year's one, we, we were presented with three people that were in crisis and we were able to forward them on to people that could help them. [00:04:14] Speaker A: Oh, that isn't that. It must be so rewarding. [00:04:16] Speaker B: Oh, it's amazing. Yes. [00:04:18] Speaker A: You know. So how long have you been involved in this sort of Rotary Club type situation? [00:04:25] Speaker B: I've been in the Rotary Club for about eight years. [00:04:28] Speaker A: Okay. [00:04:29] Speaker B: And yeah, this, the, the projects Mind the walker. This year will be our sixth year of doing it. [00:04:37] Speaker A: Oh really? [00:04:38] Speaker B: And then we've got this newest one which is a writing competition for the youth because I'm director of youth now. And following on that mental health idea, there's things for sporty kids. You know, there's lots of sports that kids can, you know, get involved in and it's great for mental health. But anybody that's not sporty any other kids aren't sporty. There's not a lot around. So we came up with this idea of a writing competition and we've got three categories. Primary school of years 5 to 6 is the first category with a $500 voucher for the winner. The years 7 to 9 in secondary school is $1000 voucher. And the years 10 to 12 is a fifteen hundred dollar voucher. So good incentives. [00:05:36] Speaker A: Oh That's a, that is a. I mean you're not talking $50 here. [00:05:40] Speaker B: No, I'm not saying. [00:05:41] Speaker A: Hold on, I'm not denigrating anybody. Yeah. But I'm saying they are these serious. [00:05:47] Speaker B: Well, it's, it's to encourage them to come out and, and a lot of these kids are needy as well so you know, it helps towards paying more for their education if they need it and things like that. And then what we're is a workshop for a free workshop. We've partnered with the Rotary Writer Centre and they're the ones that's going to be doing the judging and they're facilitating the free workshop so encouraging kids and guiding them on how to, you know, create a writing piece. So they're involved in that while we're, we're involved in the promotional and providing the prizes and getting the word out there. [00:06:36] Speaker A: So gee, a question I have is that being of a, an older, if you like an older generation and seeing sometimes the. What's the word? I want [00:06:54] Speaker B: the, [00:06:56] Speaker A: the falling of sometimes the standards in basic English and writing, do you find that is a, a hurdle or not? [00:07:08] Speaker B: Well, I, I guess it, it depends on, you know, the motivation of the child too. It can be to a certain. But I, I think it's providing things like this gives them the motivation to learn. [00:07:24] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:07:25] Speaker B: You know, if a child doesn't have any motivation, what's the point of learning? [00:07:30] Speaker A: Yes. [00:07:31] Speaker B: You know, and I, I think that can be a factor in, in a lot of. [00:07:36] Speaker A: Yeah, true. [00:07:36] Speaker B: You know. [00:07:37] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. And it's, it's finding that key and unlocking it, isn't it? [00:07:41] Speaker B: Exactly. And if there's no value placed in doing maths or English or any of those things, kids are going to say, well, why should I do it? But if you place a value in learning those skills. [00:07:57] Speaker A: Yes. [00:07:58] Speaker B: Kids are going to be far more motivated and, and want to be part of it. [00:08:04] Speaker A: So would you anticipate a big take up of this? [00:08:08] Speaker B: I'm hoping so. This is the first, first time we've run it. So you know, obviously there's going to be teething problems. [00:08:15] Speaker A: Oh, that's. [00:08:15] Speaker B: Look, you know, this works out really well. We'll open it up to Greater Perths. You know, like it, it has the possibility to grow and you know, from there you can, can really help. [00:08:30] Speaker A: When does all this start? [00:08:32] Speaker B: Okay, so the applications are open now. They opened on the 2nd of February. [00:08:38] Speaker A: Okay. [00:08:38] Speaker B: Close on Monday the 20th of April and then we will have the presentation in June for, for the winner because obviously, you know, Our judges have to wade through quite a few applications, you know, submissions. [00:08:53] Speaker A: So what can the writing be about? [00:08:57] Speaker B: We're doing it based on the four way test. [00:09:00] Speaker A: On the what, sorry? [00:09:01] Speaker B: The four way test. The Rotary four way test. They can choose one of four principles. The first one, is it the truth? Second one, is it fair to all are concerned? The third is, will it build better goodwill? Sorry, will it build good will and better friendships? And the fourth one is, will it be beneficial to all concerns? So there's a moral part to this as well. And they are. That's the, that's the. The four way test is what Rotary lives by. [00:09:33] Speaker A: Is that right? [00:09:34] Speaker B: Yeah, that. [00:09:35] Speaker A: That's our ethos or whatever they. [00:09:38] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. So it, you know, it. I thought that because, you know, I think it's a brilliant. [00:09:45] Speaker A: I think it's to live by. [00:09:47] Speaker B: It's. It's also getting the kids to think about those principles too. So they just can choose one of those and base. What? [00:09:54] Speaker A: They're just a one. [00:09:55] Speaker B: They don't need to do or have all four included. They can just choose one of those. Those things. [00:10:01] Speaker A: Is it the truth? [00:10:02] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:10:03] Speaker A: So what they're right about, is it the truth? [00:10:05] Speaker B: Yes. Well, they could. They could, you know, have either fiction or non fiction so that, you know, they could write about somebody that consistently lied and you know, and how it didn't benefit them, but truth did. You know, they suddenly discovered truth helped or, you know, that. That sort of thing. So they can use their imagination to create whatever. [00:10:28] Speaker A: Yeah. So they can take a situation and then they can. Like you say, so this is a situation and the reason didn't work was because of this and this is the truth. [00:10:39] Speaker B: Yes. [00:10:40] Speaker A: Yeah. Okay. Is it fair to all concerned? It's sort of pretty broad. [00:10:46] Speaker B: Yes. So it's the values of the community. You know, we like, we. There's. There's a lot of coming. There's a lot coming up, you know, with racial disputes and things like that. And we're all one. We're all people, we're all equal. So, you know that thing about is it fair to all concerned, you could write on that basis that, you know, we all have the same motivations, you know, what drives us. You know, we've got to be interested in what we're doing and really believe in it to get somewhere. We're all like that. [00:11:28] Speaker A: I think we are, aren't we? Yeah. And it's just people have a different connotation of, you know, is it fair Tool concerned. You know, it's because some. I'M not saying, I'm just digressing. Some people say, well, you've got it, therefore I should have it, I think. Yeah. But it doesn't quite always work out. [00:11:47] Speaker B: Just, you know, judgment isn't fair. If you judge, it's not a fair. [00:11:52] Speaker A: How hard is it? When you boil it down on just going off track. How hard is it, though? And I've always, as I've got later in life, it is even the most basic thing we judge. Okay. So if I was to say to you, that cup or that container you brought in, I would say that's a reasonable sized container. Now, I've already judged it. [00:12:22] Speaker B: Yeah. We need a certain amount of judgment. It's so hard to stay safe because you have to assess the situation. [00:12:30] Speaker A: That's. Yes. [00:12:31] Speaker B: To know if you're safe in that. [00:12:32] Speaker A: Correct. Yeah. [00:12:34] Speaker B: But to take it further than. [00:12:36] Speaker A: No, that's the thing, isn't it? It becomes wrong, I think. Yeah. And I think that's the. We're going off topic here. But, but I mean, it's just conversation, isn't it? And I think that's what's great. I think you need conversation. And I think one of the things again that I see in society, And I agree 100% that, you know, we're all sort of one. [00:12:57] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:12:57] Speaker A: And we all want to be together. And yet sometimes I think we're further apart even though we want to be together, which is just. [00:13:07] Speaker B: It's fear. A lot of. [00:13:10] Speaker A: I think it is a lot of fear, isn't it? You know, like. Yeah, I think it's a lot of fear. A lot of prejudice too. I think too. Well, prejudice is. Probably runs in with fear, doesn't it? Can you think of it? [00:13:21] Speaker B: It does. [00:13:22] Speaker A: Okay. The thoughts is like I'm reading from a book here. The third one is we Will it build better goodwill and better friendships? Very important. [00:13:33] Speaker B: Very much so. [00:13:34] Speaker A: You know, which is obviously what. You know, when I'm looking at this, I never honestly knew Rotary had like an ethos. [00:13:43] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:13:43] Speaker A: Oh, that's good. Yeah. And that's, you know, there's so much good, isn't there? And Rotary do. I mean, everybody, I think accepts Rotary do a huge job. [00:13:53] Speaker B: A lot of people don't realize how much we do. [00:13:56] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:13:57] Speaker B: And that I had when I went along to the writers group, you know, they sort of said, oh, we expected all these old men, you know, sitting around. [00:14:06] Speaker A: Don't look at me when you say old men. Go on. [00:14:11] Speaker B: And so we're going, well, we're not old men. So you Know, like. And, And I guess that's. The judgment comes in again, you know. [00:14:18] Speaker A: No, no, but it's, It's. We all. It's. I'm the same too, you know, you, you see somebody think, oh, but you don't know what their story is or how they got there, whether they've had a bad day, you know. And the, the fourth one, will it be an official. To all concerned, which is also. Yes. You know, you, you want it to reach as many people as you can. [00:14:42] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:14:42] Speaker A: With a good. Good thing. I like that ethos. So is there any. Is it a writer's center now? Is it. Is it limited to the amount of words that they. [00:14:58] Speaker B: Yes. So the years five to sixes is 500 words. So $500. The seven to nine is a thousand words. Thousand dollars. And the years 10 to 12 is 1500 words, $1,500. [00:15:16] Speaker A: So are you going to do the one which has got 100,000 words and you give 100,000. Is that, is that on. Is that on your agenda? [00:15:24] Speaker B: Not foreseeable future. I'd be writing for that one. [00:15:30] Speaker A: So are you a writer yourself? [00:15:31] Speaker B: No, I'm not. No. I couldn't write to save my life, I don't think. [00:15:35] Speaker A: Oh, really? Yeah. [00:15:36] Speaker B: No, I'm not very creative. [00:15:38] Speaker A: I actually, you know, I. I'm not kidding either, but I used to. I went to a technical school when I left primary, and it was all machines and woodwork and sheet metal and this, that, the other, and I had no inclination at all, but somebody got a picture up on the wall and say, what a creative story, and that was it. Yeah, I was in my element, you know, which didn't go too well at a boy school, but we want to [00:16:05] Speaker B: get rid of that stick. Me. Yeah. I mean, like, this is going to be great for. [00:16:09] Speaker A: I think so, too, because there's so many people in society, I think, who think, oh, you know, I don't really want to. I want to do it, but I don't really want to do it, you know. So you getting the message out there, how difficult has that been? I mean, it's the first I've heard it, obviously. So how hard is it to get this message out there? [00:16:30] Speaker B: It is, it. Well, I mean, we've sent out to all the schools. [00:16:35] Speaker A: Okay. [00:16:36] Speaker B: Following up to make sure that. That. And they're. I mean, some of the schools that have written back to us have said what a great incentive. [00:16:43] Speaker A: It is a great incentive. [00:16:44] Speaker B: You know, we'll. We'll look at this. And then having this workshop's Great. And this workshop will take place on the 7th of March. So yeah, it's going to be limited to. So we've got one workshop for the five to six year five to sixes at. From 10:30 till 12. Yeah. And then. And that's only going to be a maximum of 20 children. [00:17:12] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:17:13] Speaker B: The other one is the. The rest the secondary school. So 7-12s their. There's. Their workshop will be from 1 till 2:30. [00:17:24] Speaker A: Yep. [00:17:25] Speaker B: And that. And it'll be held at the art center. The Rockingham Arts center on Kent Street. [00:17:33] Speaker A: Yeah, that's. Yeah. Oh that's where the tourist bureau is. Yes. [00:17:38] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah well it's not quite. [00:17:41] Speaker A: No. [00:17:42] Speaker B: Yeah, but it's down from there. [00:17:43] Speaker A: Yeah. Okay. [00:17:44] Speaker B: Closer to Winnie's Bakery if you like. Giving them a little plug there. [00:17:51] Speaker A: Why not? Yes. [00:17:52] Speaker B: So yeah. And the, the bookings can go. We've got a humanitaric site that, that they can go on and book for that workshop. [00:18:05] Speaker A: Yes yes. [00:18:06] Speaker B: And so that. That would be HTTPs I'll let you [00:18:13] Speaker A: h to what is the year if you got we. If you type HTTPs semicolon no colon. That's this batch that's events.human humanitarian humanitarix which is H U M A N I T-I X.com backslash rotary rotary dash dash inspire inspire workshop. I wonder if, if we. Because that's quite a a thing. I just wonder whilst if you typed in humanitakes if it would come up. [00:18:58] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean we will be putting it on our. The Rotary Club of Rockingham Facebook page. I'll get that put up. [00:19:07] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:19:07] Speaker B: Later. Oh yes, and. Oh, I haven't put it. It's not quite live yet so. [00:19:12] Speaker A: Oh, it's not quite live. [00:19:13] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:19:14] Speaker A: So if they looked up that it wouldn't quite like. Okay, so we' wait for that. Yeah, but look, it's great. Is there more that we need to. To know about this, Devela? [00:19:25] Speaker B: Well, yes. So the registrations for this workshop will close on the 2nd of March. [00:19:33] Speaker A: That's very important because it's not that far away. [00:19:35] Speaker B: No. 2nd of March then the 7th of March will be when the. The workshop takes place. When you go to the art center. You have to go to the rear of the art center. So basically where the Rockingham markets. [00:19:50] Speaker A: Yes. [00:19:50] Speaker B: Or the car park of Gary Holland center. And enter through the back way. [00:19:55] Speaker A: Okay. [00:19:55] Speaker B: And go up that way. So they're the main things. But what we've called it, we've played on words. This is creative here. The Rotary Ink spire. [00:20:07] Speaker A: Oh, look at that. [00:20:08] Speaker B: There we go Youth rights for Australia [00:20:11] Speaker A: says name as a competition is information about this. Is it on your. Your. The Rotary website? [00:20:20] Speaker B: Club of Rockingham website is. [00:20:22] Speaker A: Well, that's probably, you know, if people out there. I'm just maybe jumping the gun. So people out there go to Rockingham Rotary Club. [00:20:32] Speaker B: Yes. Oh, it's. It's the Rotary Club of Rockingham. [00:20:36] Speaker A: Yep. So if they go on that Facebook. Facebook page, that will have information. And that's. That's probably the easiest way. Well, at this stage, you know, because that address is quite long. [00:20:49] Speaker B: That's great. [00:20:50] Speaker A: And I know what I'm like. I think, oh, geez, is there two words but Rockingham? [00:20:54] Speaker B: Yes. [00:20:55] Speaker A: Rotary Club. [00:20:55] Speaker B: It will have my contact details if people want further. [00:20:59] Speaker A: And that's the other good thing too. [00:21:01] Speaker B: So, yeah, they'll be able to contact me through that. [00:21:07] Speaker A: So it's. It really is a great idea. I mean, you know, again, gee, sometimes I get stuck in my old school divina. But, you know, like, you know, kids today, not all kids, and I'm, you know, like you say, they're in the video games and playing games for. And that's fine. I'm not saying it's bad, but this is something they can do. [00:21:33] Speaker B: Oh, yes. [00:21:34] Speaker A: In front. No, rather than go with screen, they can just turn off the screen, think, oh, we're gonna write about. Yes, you could write about a video game, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But it's using your. [00:21:45] Speaker B: And that. That's part of the thing that we've said here that you can't use AI to write. [00:21:51] Speaker A: Oh, no, no. [00:21:51] Speaker B: You know, it has to be their own creation. So, you know, it's trying to encourage that expression and things. [00:21:58] Speaker A: And that's what we need. You know, like, you need this sort of thing for. For kids. And I think it's a great idea. You know, I hope a lot more schools get on board with it. You know, Is it just yourself that's pushing this? [00:22:14] Speaker B: No, the Writers center is, you know, trying to advertise it through their Facebook page and things. But the Rotary Club of Rockingham is the one that's. That's pushing this and, and publishing, you know, publish. Try again. Advertising it. [00:22:33] Speaker A: Can we get. I'm just a question. Can we get [00:22:38] Speaker B: the. [00:22:39] Speaker A: The Rockingham, if you like, the Rockingham Council or whatever, and also the local member for Rockingham. Can we, you know, put this or can they put this on their page? [00:22:50] Speaker B: Actually, Magenta's already said that she's going to help me. [00:22:52] Speaker A: Oh, that's brilliant. [00:22:54] Speaker B: She's helping with that. And yeah, I'll be contacting. I, I have written to the, the Rockingham city of Rockingham and I'll be following up further with them too because they're very helpful. They're, they're. [00:23:12] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:23:13] Speaker B: With everything. [00:23:14] Speaker A: So yeah, it's like we're speaking about off air. I mean it's easy to sit on the fence and take pot shots at, you know, the council or whoever, the, you know, politician. But you know, my experience with these has been very good. Whether it be the council, whether it be other people. [00:23:31] Speaker B: No, that's right. [00:23:33] Speaker A: I've had communication and I think that's the thing. That's what you want. [00:23:36] Speaker B: Well, that's what we're working for. I mean, you know, you know, part of my drive was also there's a publication that the city of Rockingham put out about the services for mental health in this area. And it was so like lacking, you know, there just needs to be so much more. So that's why, you know, things like mind the walk and then something like this is going to add to helping that, you know, it's getting in amongst the, it's bringing things to the people because a lot of the organizations that have, you know, these, the mental health, you actually have to go and seek them out and find those sorts of things. But things like this is bringing it to the people so that they know where they can get the help and where, how they can, you know, make themselves more mentally healthy. [00:24:34] Speaker A: And I think that's, that's great. You know, like we have, and we've had, I think we had headspace in here and some other. Which deals mainly with youth and the amount of work that they do is amazing. You know, and they come in here and they chat to us and it's mind boggling, like you say. I think it's, it's so hard because I think there, there are things out there, but people I probably a lot of the time they don't know them. [00:25:06] Speaker B: Exactly. Yep. [00:25:07] Speaker A: And also I think once they know them there's that fear or I don't know whether I should really go and you know, and I think that's the thing we have to try and overcome. Yeah. You know, and people like Rotary and hopefully us to the great ipl, you're trying to have a welcoming thing and bring it to them, you know. But it is difficult at times, isn't it? [00:25:30] Speaker B: It certainly is. But yeah, I mean the more we can do things like this, I mean, you know, Rockingham will become a really mentally healthy place. [00:25:39] Speaker A: Well, yeah. And that's the thing that we all want, you know, like, it's such a diverse area nowadays, isn't it? Like, you know, in our day, my day, there was sort of no such thing as mental health. Not. Yeah, it was there. Of course, I'm not. [00:25:56] Speaker B: It wasn't spoken about. [00:25:57] Speaker A: It wasn't spoken about. No. And the environment we bought up was. There wasn't as many outside pressure, like social media. There was never that. [00:26:09] Speaker B: No. [00:26:09] Speaker A: And, you know, people's lives are devastated by social media. So. Yes, you know, that's. We didn't have that. So I can understand what it's a. You know, people sometimes feel a little bit isolated and. Oh, isolation is. Be a terrible thing. [00:26:27] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:26:28] Speaker A: You know. [00:26:28] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:26:30] Speaker A: So can I just be. Is there anything more you need to mention? [00:26:36] Speaker B: I don't believe so. Just. I'm hoping that everyone will, you know, oh, look, I'll inspire their children to join us. [00:26:44] Speaker A: And that's what we hope. I mean, and the thing is, there's really good incentives. I mean, life's not about money as the. The ultimate goal, but it does like everything. It does play a part. [00:26:58] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:26:58] Speaker A: And those incentives you have, I mean, 500, 1000 and 1500 is. I think I'm going to time travel and going back and becoming a kid again. Look, it's been great. Do you want to put in a plugging? Because we've had a couple of people from the Rotary Club. Is it Palm beach one there is [00:27:25] Speaker B: Palm beach as well. [00:27:26] Speaker A: Yes. [00:27:27] Speaker B: Yep. The. With mind the walk. I actually organized the Rotary Club of Palm beach and bell divers work together. [00:27:35] Speaker A: Oh, seriously? [00:27:37] Speaker B: To put that on. [00:27:38] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:27:39] Speaker B: This one here is. Is the Rotary Club of. Of Rockingham. So there you go. [00:27:45] Speaker A: So tell us just before, how many people involved in Rockingham Rotary? [00:27:50] Speaker B: We've got about 27 members. [00:27:53] Speaker A: It's not bad, is it? And they like consistent members, as in. [00:27:57] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:27:59] Speaker A: And various age groups. [00:28:01] Speaker B: Yes, they are. Yes. [00:28:02] Speaker A: And that's also good, isn't it? [00:28:03] Speaker B: Oh, it is, yeah. You know, get a great perspective and. Yeah. I mean, you should come along one night and have a chance. Yeah. [00:28:09] Speaker A: Look, I mean, you know, it's all you meet, you know. I know. I digress a lot. But you meet so many nice people. Like, we had a. We had a little. We bring out a newspaper and we ask people to text in. There was a. Somebody donated a prize of Rockingham Monopoly. [00:28:30] Speaker B: Yep. [00:28:31] Speaker A: And anyway, this couple won it and I dropped it off and they were, you know, an elderly couple and the look on their face, you know, they were so. And the great thing is to trust them and they wouldn't know me for a bar of soap and. Oh, come in, come in. You think this is community, you know, and the lady there said, oh, we've got a, it's just true. We've got a blender in the like a food blender in the garage. We haven't used it. She said, oh, I'd like to donate this to, to your radio station. I just thought it's just such a good feeling, you know, it's something so simple and you make people's lives happy and don't cost you anything. [00:29:13] Speaker B: No, that's right. Yeah. [00:29:14] Speaker A: One more question. What got you involved in. There's usually a reason. What got you involved in Rotary? [00:29:20] Speaker B: In Rotary I wanted to give back to the community. [00:29:24] Speaker A: So what so many volunteers say, yeah, [00:29:26] Speaker B: and Rotary, you know, ticked all the boxes for me. [00:29:29] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:29:29] Speaker B: So yeah. And it, and it's, you know, you can be as involved or as uninvolved as you want. [00:29:36] Speaker A: Yeah, I know what you mean. [00:29:36] Speaker B: There's no pressure to do anything. [00:29:39] Speaker A: So you know, and I assume it's, I'm not comparing it in that regard. Assumes like here there's non judgmental, you come in and you've got people from all, you know, different walks of life and it's welcoming. I think that's most important thing. Yes. [00:29:53] Speaker B: Oh definitely. And, and we're all like minded people that are working to this, you know, for the good. For the good. Yeah, yeah, everything for community. [00:30:02] Speaker A: Yeah. It's been great having you in and thanks. And people get on board with the, the writing competition. Not a writing competition. There's good incentives. So it's pretty, it's sort of like up to the ages of from year 5, 5 to 7. [00:30:23] Speaker B: So it's 5 to 6, 5 to 6. Primary school. [00:30:25] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:30:26] Speaker B: And then 7 to 9 and then 10 to 12. [00:30:30] Speaker A: And honestly I think it's a great idea and gets the old mind ticking. So thanks very much again for. [00:30:38] Speaker B: Thank you for having me. [00:30:39] Speaker A: Well, that's okay. Look, you can come in again, you know, but next time we've got to come in with more music tips for me. Thanks very much. We'll be back after this tune.