On Saturday 14 October 23 a group of Rotary Melbourne members and guests attended the Eumeralla Requiem at Hamer Hall.
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Yesterday there was an End Polio Now fundraising walk in Elsternwick Park promoted by Rotary Passport Club of Melbourne.
Can you help with SecondBite collections at Prahran Market on a Sunday afternoon for an hour?
So Melbourne Rotarians, we need you to think about your networks and encourage nominations for the Sir John Reid award. You must know some volunteer who hasn't been acknowledged despite lots of great efforts.
The Rotary Melbourne Arts Committee is organising a visit to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Deborah Cheetham Fraillon’s cantata Eumeralla on this Saturday 14 October. This is your last chance to book.
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 click here for Issue 5 August/September 23.
Group Leader of Central 1 Group provided a write up on the fellowship dinner at Naughtons Hotel yesterday (3 Oct 23).
Thank you to Peter Dakin for last week's reflection on Wednesday 4 October 23.
Congratulations to Rotary Melbourne Member Matthew Karakoulakis who has been named in the Most Influential Leading Lawyers in Australia for 2023 at the Australasian Law Awards.
Do you enjoy playing snooker. There are four places still available for the Rotary Melbourne Balwyn Group's 2023 Annual Snooker Challenge.
On 3 October 23 the Regionalisation Pilot announced the candidates for the first Regional Council in Zone 8 — that is Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.
As you know, we had Helen Durham AO (CEO RedR) as our guest speaker a couple of weeks ago at the Rotary Melbourne lunch. She mentioned a training course to be held on 20 October 23,which members may be interested in attending.
At last week's Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 4 October was HAT DAY for Australian Rotary Health Lift the Lid on Mental Health.
On Monday 2 October 23, our Make A House a Home project (MAHAH) delivered 10 sets (20 tea-chest boxes) of new homeware to Launch Housing’s front line offices in Dandenong and St Kilda.
At the Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 4 October the Guest Speaker was David Cox, Founder Guitars For Veterans Australia who spoke on 'Where Words Fail, Music Speaks'.
On Friday evening 6 October 2023 16 Rotary Melbourne members and friends attended the lecture and visit to the NGV 2023 Melbourne Winter Masterpieces - Pierre Bonnard by India Mahdavi. Pierre Bonnard is one of the most beloved painters of the twentieth century, celebrated for his use of colour to convey an exquisite sense of emotion.
Proud of our dynamic member Peter Jones for his role in staging this year’s AFL Grand Final Entertainment. 
Please support the Smith Family Raffle for 2023.
Win $2,000 cycling equipment voucher from My Ride Collingwood supporting the Smith Family's Learning for Life Program for families needing support to fund the education of their children.
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District 9800 Rotary Walk with Us to end Polio 2023
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For the 3rd edition of District 9800 August Networker for 2023-2024, please click here. In this issue they cover articles from around District 9800.
This month the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group (ESRAG) newsletter ESRAG October 2023 Volume 8 Issue 4 features an article titled 'Rotary's top leaders to attend COP 28'. For the first time, Rotary will have a pavilion and programing in the Blue Zone at this year’s UN Climate Conference – COP 28 - which will take place in Dubai from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12. Rotary’s senior leaders will attend with a significantly expanded delegation including four ESRAG members. The Conference of the Parties (COP) is convened by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
RMIT University researchers have developed a unique method of reusing spent coffee grounds by converting them into biochar, which when mixed into concrete makes it 30 per cent stronger.
Australian Unity has been part of a valuable donation of medical equipment destined to overseas hospitals to help people in developing countries including Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.
September is a time of celebration for Launch Housing - marking one year of Viv’s Place, providing a fresh start for more than 60 women and 140 children escaping family violence and homelessness. It was wonderful to see families also joining in Book Week, with staff opening a costume shop and residents dressed as their favourite characters. Delicious crepes, games, and dancing were enjoyed by many.
