At Rotary Melbourne, we're committed to treating everyone with dignity and respect, allowing everyone's voice to be heard, and providing equitable opportunities for fellowship, service, and leadership.
While Jo was on leave in Bali she discovered the local Rotary group in Seminyak had provided this hand washing stand.
Please click on this link for access to the Health Care worker video of the Cook Islands on behalf of RGECAF.
This Week Wednesday 20 July – Hybrid Lunch Meeting
Guest Speaker: Mark Melvin, CEO Committee of Melbourne
Time/Venue: 12.30 for 12.50-1400 - Lunch - @ Sofitel No35 and Zoom
Topic 'Positioning Melbourne as the No.1 destination to live, work and invest'
Register via Humanitix: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melbourne-20-july
Members can read the July 2022 Rotary Downunder online here.
Rotary Melbourne members may interested to read Jessie Harman's article on 'Embracing the internationality of Rotary' on page 5 and 'Interplast teams head back to the Pacific' on page 43.
Rotary Melbourne's evening conversation was held at the Lyceum Club on 13 July. The guest speaker was Rotary Melbourne member Cameron Glover, CEO Interplast Australia speaking on ‘Checking the Pulse: Navigating Surgical Inequality During a Global Pandemic’. A great recording of the meeting can be viewed on Rotary Melbourne’s YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/wP-wZRbG6yE
Mama Veronica is one of the Co-founders of the Empowering African Mothers: UBUNTU in Practice Program, developed by Afri-Aus Care. Veronica’s job requires a car, however she is limited financially as the money she makes from her job is only enough to pay her mortgage and support her younger children.
It is with much sadness that WEHI announce the passing of Lady Lyn Nossal, wife of Sir Gustav Nossal (WEHI director 1965–1996) and Honorary Rotary Melbourne member, who passed away peacefully last Friday morning, at the age of 89.
Rotary Melbourne's evening conversation was held at the Lyceum Club on 13 July. The guest speaker was Rotary Melbourne member Cameron Glover, CEO Interplast Australia speaking on ‘Checking the Pulse: Navigating Surgical Inequality During a Global Pandemic’. A great recording of the meeting can be viewed on Rotary Melbourne’s YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/wP-wZRbG6yE
Planning is underway for the Around The Bay in a Day Bicycle 2022 event and the Rotary Melbourne fund raising activities for The Smith Family’s - Learning for Life Programme.
Susan Barton AM, Founder of Lighthouse Foundation and one of our longstanding Melbourne Rotarians, is urgently seeking good-hearted members of the Rotary community to step forward as potential foster carers.
Melbourne Rotary welcomed and inducted Saptarshi De (Sap) into the Club on 29 June 2022. Sap is a Propject Manager. His classification is Business - Project Management. Sap is excited about joining Rotary Melbourne and is looking forward to his participation in the Club committees and activities.
Nominations for this year's Vocational Service Award are required by 30 August 2022. This picture shows the 2022 Awardee, Professor John McNeil AO is a pre-eminent Australian public health researcher. He was Head of Monash University’s School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) and Head of the Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine at the Alfred Medical Research Precinct from 1986 to 2019.
The Rotary Melbourne volunteering opportunity for National Tree Day has been well received in the Club and there are only a few places left for members to participate in a tree planting. So get in quick.
The Rotary Club of Sydney’s Climate Action Group is holding an event online on the ‘Role of Bees’ this Monday 11 July 2022 at 5.30pm AEST.
The Australian Rotary Health June 2022 newsletter is available here. In this edition you can read about 'Breakthrough for Non-invasive Bowel Cancer Screenings'.
For the latest edition of District 9800 Networker Final Issue for 2021-2022. Please click here.
First meeting of the 2022-23 Rotary year with guest speaker Heidi Victoria 'The Show Must Go On'. You can view the recording of the meeting HERE.
Andrew Mahar AM, recently posted on his LinkedIn page: Replenish the planet with everything you do.
This Week's Upcoming Monthly Evening Gathering Wednesday 13 July 2022
Conversation with Cameron Glover, Interplast
Topic: ‘Checking the Pulse: navigating surgical inequality during a global pandemic’
Time: 5.50 for 6.00 - 7.30pm
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Venue: ZOOM or
Dorothy Kaiser Room, Level 3, The Lyceum Club,
Ridgway Place Melbourne
Price $30 (light refreshments provided)
$10 ZOOM Online Only Access
Register https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-13-july
At last Wednesday's meeting we witnessed the presentation of a Paul Harris Fellow Award to Peter Berg for creating the Club’s Annual Environment Sustainability Award. Peter’s work in researching and finding outstanding candidates and managing the selection process has epitomised service above self. Congratulations Peter.
At last Wednesday's meeting we witnessed the presentation of a Paul Harris Fellow Award to Garry Fowler's work on developing a Carbon Calculator which can be utilised in Rotary Clubs and other similar organisations to measure their Carbon emissions. Congratulations Garry.
Colin Honey was invested in the Order of St John of Jerusalem Knights Hospitaller on Saturday 25th June 2022.
