Support PP Robert Fisher - He is already over half way to his target fundraising of $5,000 - $3,929 thanks to all those who have supported him so far.
District 9800 Rotary Walk with Us to end Polio 2024
https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/s/528/616/e
The Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 2 October 24 the guest speaker was Mark Brooke, Chief Executive Officer of the Lung Foundation Australia which is Australia’s leading lung cancer charity and which has been appointed by the Australian Government as a Health Peak Advisory Body.
October is Rotary's Community & Economic Development Month. Rotary Melbourne is proud of our projects and achievements, including giving a hand-up, not a handout, for homeless youth in For Change Co's Catering for Change program, providing solar power to remote villages on Tanna in Vanuatu, and Emergency Disaster Relief to help rebuild communities following natural diaster..
Thank you to Barbara Yerondais for last week's reflection.
Guest Speaker: Mark Brooke, Chief Executive Officer, Lung Foundation Australia
Date/Time Wednesday 2 October 24 @ 12.30 for 12.50 – 2.00pm
Venue No35 Restaurant Sofitel Hotel on Collins also Online via Zoom
Price Lunch $62 +online via Zoom $10
Information and Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-2-oct
The Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 25 September 24 the guest speakers were Stephen McBurney, head of AFL Umpiring & Adrian Anderson, Vice President of the Melbourne Cricket Club, former General Manager Operations of the AFL.
ROMAC provides surgical treatment for children in Australia and New Zealand from developing countries from our Pacific Region in the form of Life Giving and/or dignity restoring surgery not accessible to them in their home country.
If you would like to read the latest ROMAC article on Taisha's Journey please click on this Link
Between Thursday 13th and Saturday 15th September 2024, 30 emerging leaders of South Soudanese immigrant communities in Canberra, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia were hosted by the University of Melbourne Initiative for Peace in a 3-day residential program to develop their skills in Peace Leadership. Rotary Melbourne funded the program from annual funding of Welfare of the Young Committee initiatives supported by the Peter Mackay Bequest.
Rob McGuirk the Project leader of the Peace Bells project advised the meeting that he was very pleased and also very relieved to confirm that the bells were now installed in Rotary Peace Park just in time for the UN International Day of Peace on 21st September.
At the Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 18 September 24 Damian Cardona Onses, Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Canberra recommended Rotary members may be interested in attending the Disinfo Pacific, Regional Conference on Disinformation, Australia, New Zealand and The Pacific, 11-12 November 2024, Brisbane.
Support PP Robert Fisher - He is already over half way to his target fundraising of $5,000 - $2,901 thanks to all those who have supported him so far.
District 9800 Rotary Walk with Us to end Polio 2024
https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/s/528/616/e
The Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 25 September 24 the guest speakers were Stephen McBurney, head of AFL Umpiring & Adrian Anderson, Vice President of the Melbourne Cricket Club, former General Manager Operations of the AFL.
Always promoting the Arts, Rotary Melbourne and maestro David Kram hosted young music scholar Julia Ogas from Nuremberg, Germany for part of her 6 week Rotary music exchange, including attending the Rotary Melbourne luncheon on Wednesday 18 Sept 24. 🎻
Rotary Melbourne welcomed and inducted Puja Roy Gangopadhyay on 18 September 2024 with the classification Education & Training (Management – Career Counselling & Corporate Relations). Puja believes that “Life isn’t about finding yourself.... Life is about creating yourself”.
Rotary Melbourne welcomed and inducted Will Abdo on 18 September 2024 with the classification Business Development Executive. Will was the Assistant Vice President of Universal Peace Federation Australia (UPF), which is a global Peacebuilding NGO in General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
Support PP Robert Fisher
District 9800 Rotary Walk with Us to end Polio 2024
https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/s/528/616/e
As part of the Rotary Melbourne’s ongoing work to build peace in our city, at 11am last Saturday, Rotarians and friends met at the Rotary Melbourne Peace Bells, which are located in Rotary Melbourne Peace Park, at the corner of Anderson Street and Domain Road adjacent to the Royal Botanical Gardens.
Guest Speakers: Stephen McBurney, head of AFL Umpiring & Adrian Anderson, Vice President of the Melbourne Cricket Club, former General Manager Operations of the AFL
Date/Time Wednesday 25 September 24 @ 12.30 for 12.50 – 2.00pm
Venue No35 Restaurant Sofitel Hotel on Collins also Online via Zoom
Price Lunch $62 +online via Zoom $10
Information and Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-25-sep
Rotary Melbourne has been supporting The Smith Family's Learning for Life Program for nearly 20 years. Join us to volunteer at this year's Melbourne Marathon on Sunday 13th October when we work a drink station in the Ponsford Stand as the runners enter the MCG. You don't have to be a Rotarian to be part of this fun social volunteering event. Invite friends and family to join (minimum age 13). Click through and complete our contact form by selecting volunteering.
Planning is underway for the Around The Bay in a Day Bicycle 2024 event and the Rotary Melbourne fund raising activities for The Smith Family’s - Learning for Life Program. Join Rotary Melbourne Team NOW.
The Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 18 September 24 the guest speaker was Damian Cardona Onses, Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Canberra.
Thanks to Rosemary Nixon on providing a final update on the AFL 2024 tipping competition. Thanks to all who participated and the ESPN platform should automatically enrol tippers for next year, you just have to remember to pay!
Always promoting the Arts, Rotary Melbourne and maestro David Kram hosted young music scholar Julia Ogas from Nuremberg, Germany for part of her 6 week Rotary music exchange. 🎻 Watch what they got up to in just one day!
