The 2023 Rotary Melbourne Vocational Service Award was presented to distinguished Australian Dr Sandro Demaio, and recognises his above and beyond service in his professional work as a doctor and leader of an important State Government agency, exemplifies the Rotary ideal of service above self, at the Rotary Melbourne meeting on 18 October 23.
Update on PP Robert Fisher: He has walked 169km towards his target of 250km. Thanks to the great support of members he has inreased his fund raising goal to $5,000+. He is still top of the leaderboard so lets continue to support him so that he stays there. Well done Robert.
https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/fundraisers/robertfisher
Bendigo: Friday 12th - Sunday 14th April 2024
Join in the annual District 9800 Conference in Bendigo—Gathering on the Goldfields. The earlybird ticket price specials will end 16th December 2023. Click HERE to book.
Researchers are hoping the first little penguin chick to be born outside Sydney in over three decades could help revive a long extinct colony.
MITS (Melbourne Indigenous Transition School) has shared their latest newsletter here. Edward Tudor, Executive Director noted MITS was created by listening to the voices of First Nations people and acting on their advice.
Dr Chris Sotiropoulos, the first Melbourne Rotarian president of Greek heritage, discusses potential collaboration with the Greek community, either directly or in partnership, for initiatives beneficial to them. Source: Neos Kosmos
Vocational Service Award
Guest Speaker: Dr Sandro Demaio, CEO of VicHealth and founder of the Sandro Demaio Foundation
Topic 'Service above Self'
Also Around the Bay Raffle Draw
Time/Date Wednesday 18 October 23 @ 12.30pm-2.00pm
Venue No35 Sofitel Melbourne on Collins also Online via Zoom
Price Lunch $60 via Zoom $10
Bookings https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-18-oct.
Rotary Melbourne members may be interested to read the latest Zone 8 Rotary on the Move October edition HERE.
Trevor Nink has provided a report on the recent Smith Family Around the Bay project.
On Saturday 14 October 23 a group of Rotary Melbourne members and guests attended the Eumeralla Requiem at Hamer Hall.
RAFFLE - Help us Support the Smith Family’s Learning for Life Program and have the chance of winning a $2,000 Cycling equipment voucher. Buy a ticket Click here.
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'.
