WELCOME TO OUR ROTARY MELBOURNE NEWSLETTER FOR AUGUST, 2020
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UPDATES on PROJECTS and PEOPLE
GIVE EVERY CHILD A FUTURE UPDATE
Thank you to team PP Chris Wang and Robert Fisher with Rachel Beck, UNICEF for updating us at last week's meeting on our Give Every Child a Future initiative in times of COVID-19.
YOUNG ACHIEVER AWARDS' ALUMNI
Editor and our Vocational Services Team are very happy to announce that they have created the Young Achiever Awards' Alumni. So far, more than 45 past recipients of our annual YAA have been contacted and 21 awardees have positively responded. Each year, this Rotary Melbourne Award recognizes up to three persons in the age group 18 – 26 who have achieved outstanding success in their education or training and who have also made a significant contribution in the form of service to the community.
MEET OUR NEW MEMBER
It was wonderful to meet our newest member Dasun Premadasa after his induction at last week's meeting online. It will be even better to greet Dasun when we all meet again post COVID-19 lockdown.
WALTER & ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE says THANKS
Rotary Melbourne has been a regular supporter of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute through our International Committee. Typically this has involved the purchase of specific equipment related to the Institutes Malaria research.
SPECIAL EVENTS
WE SHALL NOT LET OUR CHILDREN DOWN!
We will not be conquered by COVID-19, and the Rotary Melbourne Around the Bay Cycling Team has created a special fundraiser Raffle for 2020 as the cycling event has been cancelled due to COVID-19. We have created a $25,000 target to raise the funds we give annually to the disadvantaged children in The Smith Family's "Learning for Life Program". We shall not let these vulnerable children down, especially this difficult year!
NEW AND EMERGING YOUNG LEADERS EVENT
Photo shows one of our new members, Sarah Macleod Bourke who will be one of our Guest speakers on Thursday, 24 September at 11.00 am - 12 pm online for our "New & Emerging Young Leaders" event.
Check out Rotary Melbourne website for Past Speakers
Meetings/Events/Past Events or YouTube videos
LOOK AT WHAT'S AHEAD!
09 Sep: Evening Meeting - Liz Ritchie, CEO, Australia Regional Institute, Topic: "The Appeal of Regional Living"
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16 Sep: Lunch Meeting - Prof. John Dewar AO, Vice Chancellor, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Topic: “What is the future for higher education in Australia”?
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