Guest Speaker The Hon Josh Frydenberg
Topic 2024 Monash Medal Presentation and Address
Date/Time Wednesday 7 August 12.30 for 12.50 – 2.00pm
Venue No35 Restaurant Sofitel Hotel on Collins also Online via Zoom
Price Lunch $62 +BF via Zoom $10
Register https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-7-aug
Rotary Melbourne have been using the Around the Bay bike event to raise funds for The Smith Family for almost 20 years. This year we are looking to diversify our activities - instead of focussing our volunteer activities solely on the bike event we are going to put together a team to work on the Melbourne Marathon which takes place on Sunday October 13th (the week after Around the Bay).
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 Chairman's Message and articles on successful medical cases for July 2024 please click on this link
The store will be open for all Rotarians and friends to visit and exclaim at the treasure trove which is available for clubs to use for their humanitarian projects. Saturday 10 August @ 10am.
The Rotary Club of Richmond was chartered by the Rotary Club of Melbourne on the 24th August 1964 and we will be celebrating this milestone on Monday 26th August 24. Rotary Melbourne members are kindly invited to attend.
Our wonderful Van range of wines has just been discounted until October but we continue to make $40 a dozen on every dozen sold,
If you attend this week's Rotary Melbourne meeting and presentation of the Monash Medal to the Hon Josh Frydenberg, you will receive a small blue ribbon to pin on your lapel. This reminds us of a custom that originated in 1916.
Thursday 8 August 24 @ 7.45am @Shrine of Remembrance Sanctuary 0808 Amiens Service. Please arrive on time as we are on a very tight schedule. - no bookings required just show up
Those of you who attended the 4th annual Environment & Sustainability luncheon last month may have heard the speakers mention some websites to monitor data on climate change.
This month the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group (ESRAG) newsletter ESRAG August 2024 Volume 9 Issue 2 features an article titled 'Rotary partnerships scaling up circular economy'.
The store will be open for all Rotarians and friends to visit and exclaim at the treasure trove which is available for clubs to use for their humanitarian projects. Saturday 10 August @ 10am.
At the Rotary Melbourne Environmental lunch last Wednesday 24 July 24, Judy Parslow from Rotary Southbank passed on this Enviromental poem via the attached PDF HERE by a 11 year old student from Red Hill Primary School.
Rotary Melbourne member Matthew Karakoulakis law firm AMK Law has been awarded the 'Best Boutique Law Firm in Australia' award 2024.
The District 9800 Australian Rotary Health Committee conducts Mental Health First Aid Courses several times a year with the objective of raising funds for Australian Rotary Health (ARH) initiatives. These courses are open to Rotarians and also the public.
MITS (Melbourne Indigenous Transition School) has shared their latest newsletter. Edward Tudor, Executive Director noted 'In this July edition of our MITS Family Newsletter we explore what was a very busy and exciting Term 2 here at MITS. Our students are now returning from their holiday breaks and we can't wait to get Term 3 underway!'
The Australian Rotary Health July 2024 Newsletter is available here and features articles on upcoming events and feature articles. There is even a photo of Rotary Melbourne member Suresh Marcandan. 'ARH District 9800 Chair, Dr Suresh Marcandan presented Elizabeth Dumonio with a Gold Companion Award for her long-term commitment and continual support of ARH.'
The Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 24 July 24 was the Third Annual environment and Sustainability Luncheon. It earned “blockbuster” status with 230 in attendance overall. Note there was no recording of this event.
Next Meeting: Wednesday 31 July 24
Guest Speaker: Dr Kim Houghton, Chief Economist at the Regional Australia Institute
Title 'Regional Economic Insights'
Venue/Time 12.30 for 12.50 - 2.00pm at No35 Sofitel Melbourne & by ZOOM
BOOKINGS CLOSE 31 JULY: Rotary Melbourne is organising a lecture and visit to the NGV 2024 Melbourne Winter Masterpieces - The Pharaohs on Friday 9 August 2024. The NGV has partnered with the British Museum to present Pharaoh, a landmark exhibition that celebrates three thousand years of ancient Egyptian art and culture.
Rotary Melbourne an Evening of rewarding volunteer effort, creating food packs FORaMEAL together with Rotaract Uni Melbourne on Wednesday 14 August 2024, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm at University of Melbourne. BOOKINGS CLOSE 31 JULY 24
Congratulations to Learning for Life student Emmanouela! The Smith Family is thrilled to share that Emmanouela is heading to the Paris Olympics as the youngest member of the Australian Gymnastics Olympic team! 🌟
Current and former Rotary Club of Brighton members, called the Hackers, play regularly at "Royal Brighton". Our member, Tony Battaini, recently won the President's Cup as the Hacker of the Year.
Discover the view at the Parisian End of Collins Street. Enjoy a Complimentary Room Upgrade & a bottle of French sparkling wine upon arrival when you book directly with the Sofitel as a Rotary member. They are also holding special afternoon teas during The Pharaohs exhibition. Why not spend a couple of nights enjoying Melbourne during the Rotary Melbourne NGV event on Friday 8 August.
As part of our Inclusive Communities Initiative, Dorothy Gilmour had the privilege of presenting a Workshop for Prevention of Family Violence to the beautiful women at the East African Women's Foundation, Braybrook, with Peter Berg, and Ahmed Tohow, both from Rotary Melbourne.
