With Christmas just around the corner we're eager to make it merrier with a Rotary Melbourne after lunch get together of Fellowship, Christmas drinks and delightful company! 🎄✨
We, as members of our cherished Club, stand on the shoulders of our former members and community stakeholders. This is a reflection I make every day as I turn to the Club current and emerging vision and activities.
Malvern Group held its annual end of year dinner at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club 29 November 2023.
Rotary Melbourne's Peter Berg atteneded the first of two sessions on the City of Melbourne Economy Summit which was held on the morning of Wednesday 6th December 24. Invitees to the summit, which included a representative from Rotary Melbourne, were from local Melbourne businesses, Government and Not-for-Profits.
Seeing someone sleeping rough in your local area can feel confronting, especially when you’re unsure how to help. While there's no one right action, it is clear that the kindness of strangers can make a world of difference. And that means each of us.
The final, monthly evening meeting for the year transformed into a fun celebration of the growing importance of the evening meeting team in helping the Club reimagine its connection with younger members whose numbers are growing strongly.
Attached HERE is the latest Donations in Kind (DIK) newsletter. One of the articles highlights that DIK is still supplying the Ukraine with critical and expensive medical equipment.
This Week Wednesday 13 December 23 ‘Partners Day’– In person only
Join our annual Festive lunch at No35 filled with friendship, food music and songs.
Time 12.30 for 12.50 – 2.00pm
Venue No 35 Sofitel
Price $60 (2 course lunch @ No35) + BF
The final meeting for 2023 is one of good cheer and festivities.
Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-lunch13dec
Rotary Melbourne is a leader in promoting and adopting Environmental Sustainability initiatives. The Club is committed to achieving carbon neutrality by calculating emissions and offsetting through carbon credits and adopting trees in social enterprises such as WithOneSeed, a community agroforestry program supporting subsistence farmers in Timor-Leste.
Here is a link to allow members and friends to buy trees, maybe as Christmas gifts https://cornerstorenetwork.org.au/collections/trees
On the afternoon of Sunday 19 November 2023, President Elect (2024-25) Catherine Baxter convened a strategic workshop of interested members to begin work on the Club’s 2024-2027 Strategic plan.
Following an address last year to one of our evening meetings by the Founder and CEO of the NFP For Change Co., Tenille Gilbert, the Welfare of the Young Committee sought a proposal around a specific and sustainable need that we might help to fund.
PP Mary Barry, our On to Conference Chair (OTC), has updated us now with "On To Conference" activities and highlights, Wednesday-Friday 10-12 April 24. Don't miss this very special time in our Rotary Calendar which personifies Friendship, Fun, Food and Fact Finding on route to Bendigo where the District 9800 Conference will be held from 12-14 April 24.
Our Rotary Melbourne Make House a Home project (MAHAH) has assisted hundreds of homeless people since it commenced in 2017, with our volunteers purchasing, packing and delivering sets of homewares helping Launch Housing as they find new homes for the homeless. You can watch our video to see how it all works.
Gathering on the Goldfields
Bendigo: Friday 12 to Sunday 14 April 2024
Earlybird registration closes on Saturday 16 December 23
Book NOW https://www.trybooking.com/events/1126739/sessions/4194420/sections/2109327/tickets.
Our Rotary Melbourne Elves are out in force this December supporting Launch Housing by helping to deliver over 2000 toys in time for Christmas for children impacted by homelessness.
Thank you to Ross Scholes-Robertson for last week's reflection on Wednesday 29 November 23.
Past President Bob Glindemann from our East Timor Committee recognised Bill and Ann Rolfe’s generous donation to the East Timor Roofing funded Don Bosco Training Centre on the eve of East Timor Independence day.
This month the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group (ESRAG) newsletter ESRAG November 2023 Volume 8 Issue 6 features an article titled 'Rotary springs into action at COP 28'. For the first time, Rotary’s President, Foundation Chair, and CEO are all attending the UN Climate Conference. Rotary International is hosting eleven days of presentations at Rotary’s Blue Zone pavilion.
Rotary Melbourne is a leader in promoting and adopting Environmental Sustainability initiatives. The Club is committed to achieving carbon neutrality by calculating emissions and offsetting through carbon credits and adopting trees in social enterprises such as WithOneSeed, a community agroforestry program supporting subsistence farmers in Timor-Leste.
Please find attached an article HERE published in the November Rotary magazine titles 'Ask me how to make a difference District 9800, southeastern Australia'.
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If you are interested in keeping up to date with all that’s been happening with volunteers, donations, welfare agencies & clients, and the many exciting things ahead at RIMERN please HERE for Issue 6 October/November 23. It’s not long now until we close the warehouse and goods collections for a well-earned break, but before we do we invite all our wonderful volunteers to our Shut Down Knees Up on Thursday 14th December, noon until 3pm, to celebrate the closing of another fun & effective year!
To secure your spot at this exceptional event, register and pay in full today before the discounted rate expires on 15 December 2023.
The Australian Rotary Health November 2023 Newsletter is available here and features articles on their recent Final
Board Meeting and more.
Last year Launch Housing helped 14,250 Melbournians with housing or wraparound support at their time of need. Solutions to homelessness exist – and our latest Impact Report shows how more housing + healthcare + support ends homelessness. Click HERE to read the report.
I was out for my evening run, but as so often happens lately, I was not alone. The monsters, all in my mind, were gaining on me, ready to pounce. I had to sprint, a full-out panic dash, to avoid capture at sundown, that moment when Alzheimer’s bears down. If you are interested in reading more about Alzheimers and Rotary CLICK HERE.
