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.
Support PP Robert Fisher
District 9800 Rotary Walk with Us to end Polio 2023
https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/s/528/616/e
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.
At the Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 27 September the Guest Speaker was Mark Anderson, long standing General Manager, Club & Membership at the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) who spoke on ‘Finals Fever at the "G"’.
Thank you to Ross Scholes-Robertson for last week's reflection on Wednesday 27 September 23.
HAT DAY - Australian Rotary Health Lift the Lid on Mental Health
Guest Speaker: David Cox, Founder Guitars For Veterans Australia
Topic 'Where Words Fail, Music Speaks'
Time/Date Wednesday 4 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-4-oct
Chairman Graham O'Donnell
The 17th ITFR World Championships were held at Melbourne Park over 4 days immediately prior to the Rotary International Convention in May 2023.
Professor Max Ortiz Catalán joined the Bionics Institute in June this year to lead research into ground-breaking bionic limb technologies as Head of Neural Prosthetics Research.
Rotary Melbourne is looking for a volunteer to organise the 2024 On To Conference. All you have to do is organise a fun and engaging couple of days prior to the District Conference.
At the Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 13 September the Guest Speaker was Dr Helen Durham AO, CEO RedR Australia who spoke on ‘Humanitarian Action in a Challenging World: from Ukraine to Samoa’.
ShelterBox is sending an assessment team to Morocco to understand if we can support people who have lost their homes in the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the country on Friday 8th September 23.
