President Catherine Baxter has shared exciting highlights from her first six months leading the Rotary Club of Melbourne.
Member Anniversaries:
Member Birthdays this week:
Rotary Melbourne welcomed and inducted Getrude (Trudy) Matshe on 27 November 2024 with the classification Social Entrepreneur - Business & Systems Analyst. Trudy is a poet and artist who believes in changing the world one story at a time.
Rotary Melbourne welcomed and inducted Stephanie (Steph) Hunt on 20 November 2024 with the classification of Law - International Mediation. Steph is an Accredited Mediator, and is a Councillor of the Australian Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
The 2024 Carterton Rotary Christmas Parade in New Zealand celebrated “Christmas All Over the World” Kiwi-style, with vibrant floats and community spirit lighting up High Street. A magical day showcasing Rotary’s festive leadership in New Zealand!
In Maryland USA, the Rotary Club of South Anne Arundel County holds its annual Lights of Kindness event, raising over $200,000 in 9 years. Businesses are paired with local charities to decorate Christmas trees. The trees are displayed at a garden centre during the first weekend of December, and visitors can vote for their favorite tree by donating any amount of money. Each dollar donated is divided equally between the club’s foundation and the charity responsible for the tree, and the three charities that collect the most money earn an additional cash prize.
On Tuesday 10 December, International Human Rights Day, Past President Ozuem Esiri of Nigeria curated a global Zoom meeting, attended by 80 people from around the world, which featured five speakers, including Rotary Melbourne Past President Robert Fisher.
Thanks goes to an anonymous member for providing the following jokes:
1. What do you call a lazy skeleton?
2. What do you call a fairy who hasnt had a wash for a week?
3.What lies in a pram and wobbles?
Click read more to find the answers!!!!!
Rotary Melbourne members and guests may be interested to read the latest Zone 8 Rotary on the Move December 24 edition (click on READ MORE). There is an interesting article on Polio Eradication – A Game of Snakes & Ladders.
On Tuesday 10 December 24, Richard Parker, Jan Moffatt, Trevor Nink and Sue Smith picked up car loads of toys from Launch Housing HQ in Collingwood. The donated toys were delivered to their facilities in Dandenong, South Melburne, East St Kilda and St Kilda, bring cheer and happy faces to those less fortunate.
The Rotary Club of Melbourne Young Achievers awards recognise and honour annually up to three outstanding young Victorians with an award of $1,500 each. Nominations are now open.
The Australian Federal Police and Untapped Dandelion Program has been awarded the Inclusive Communities Award at the recent National Disability Awards. Rotary Melbourne member Carolyn (Cas) Burr, is the Managing Partner at Untapped Talent.
23 Melbourne Rotarians and partners participated in a delicious pizza night at Kate & John Saunders house on Thursday 12 December 24.
At the Rotary Melbourne Meeting on Wednesday 11 December 24 the guest speaker was District Governor Michael Lapina, Opera singer, singing milestone songs in his career. Click on read more to get the full story and view photo gallery.
Club Guests Michael Lapina, Alex Lapina, Edward Le, David Kram, Karen Kim.
Visiting Rotarians Peter Shepheard (Altona), Aviv Palti, Maria Hicks (Passport Melbourne), AK Tareen (Madras).
Visitors Luke Downing, Penelope Hansen, Anna Riccio (Deb Yin Foo), Victoria (Karen Kim), Amy Wells (Richard Dent), Heather Glindemann (Bob Glindemann), Alexandra Chapman (Cheryl Lacey), Penne Ebbage (Joseph Ebbage), Amanda Battaini (Tony Battaini), Sue Stott (Malcolm Simpson), Helen Weeks (Clive Weeks), Janet Wang (Chris Wang).
Thank you to Kevin Sheehan for your reflection on Wednesday 11 December 24 sharing stalwart member John Mitchell's last THANKFULL REFLECTION in 2016.
The story of how Rotarians came together at the start of World War II to find homes for Jewish children who had been displaced by the Nazis.
🎅🌍 From One Rotary Club to Another: Celebrating Community Spirit! 🎄✨ All the way from Reading, UK, here's a festive glimpse at their Rotary Santa Run held on December 1st, 2024! 🏃♂️🎅
On Duty: Richard Dent (MC), Kevin Sheehan (Reflection), Bill Pickett (Photography), Philip Cornish (Raffle), Bernie McIntosh, Marg Leser (Reception).
Member Anniversaries: Irena Bauer (1), Will Brown (1), Cheryl Lacey (20), Nick Pelham (18), Sue Smith (3), Prabal Soans (3).
Member Birthdays this week: Chris Rodd (ON WEDNESDAY AT THIS WEEK'S MEETING!), Bruce Davidson, Ted Garland, Christine Johnson, Matthew Karakoulakis, Iqbal Reta, Ross Scholes-Robertson, Reg Smith.
Club Guests Ken Piesse (Speaker), Anthony Austin (Inductee), Charles Nelson.
Visitors Mamun Haque (Peter Rogers), Chris Watts & Patricia Matuschka (Deb Yin Foo).
Member Anniversaries: Richard Dent (12), Shailesh Dangle (10), David Dunoon (20), Peter Hollingworth (20), Madeleine McManus (9).
Member Birthdays this week: None.
At the Rotary Melbourne Meeting on Wednesday 4 December 24 the guest speaker was Ken Piesse, Legendary Sports Writer, speaking on Living the Dream. Click on read more to get the full story and view photo gallery.
Rotary Melbourne Past President Clive and Helen Weeks attended Rochester Rotary's 60th Anniversary Dinner celebration along with 100 plus others on 23 November in the Rochester Shire Hall following its postponement earlier in the year. The hall was beautifully decorated with Rotary memorabilia including dozens of banners from other clubs.
Rotary Melbourne welcomed and inducted Anthony Austin on 4 December 2024 with the classification Law - Corporate. Anthony has become involved as a volunteer with the Richmond Churches Food Centre.
