Have you checked out the RM Enviromental Blog page. Its full of interesting articles on the excellent work that the RM Environmental Services Committee are undertaking. Click here to view.
Rotary Melbourne would like to inform you of a very important hand signal being used by a victims of abuse, possibly during lockdown. This is to alert the person online they need help.
Each year Rotary Melbourne offers a number of awards rewarding excellence in education, training, and vocational contributions to our community.
The Rotary Melbourne Young Achievers award recognises and honours three outstanding young Victorians for their achievements, with an award and a prize of $1,500. Photo by Guille Álvarez on Unsplash
Sunday 24 October is World Polio Day
Update on PP Robert Fisher: He has walked 189km towards his target of 250km. Thanks to the great support of members he has inreased his fund raising goal to $4,000. He is now top of the leaderboard so lets continue to support him so that he stays there. Well done Robert.
https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/fundraisers/robertfisher/walk-with-us
Click here to bid on Indigenous art, premium wines, restaurant dining, beauty, fashion and much more. All proceeds will go towards providing outstanding education and boarding experiences for MITS students. They are so grateful to the many donors who have generously contributed to this silent auction.
RCM/ Gordon McInally meeting
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 at 7 pm (India)(9.30 am US EST, 6.30 am US PST, 2.30 pm UTC, 9.30 pm Singapore Time)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 864 7948 4124
Passcode: Gordon
James Hattam, CEO Tasmanian Land Conservancy held us all spell bound with his presentation Protecting Tasmania’s Private Lands: an overview of the Tasmanian Land Conservancy and further Q&A time afterwards.
If you missed the event, you can view it on our YouTube channel by following this link: https://youtu.be/uSAIVp_aZQM
Wednesday 20th October – online only via zoom – Lunch Meeting
Speaker Professor John McNeil AO
Topic 2021 Vocational Service Award
Time 125.50 for 1.00 – 2.00pm
Registration https://events.humanitix.com/20-oct-rotary-melb-lunch
ROMAC provides surgical treatment for children in Australia and New Zealand from developing countries from our Pacific Region in the form of Life Giving and/or dignity restoring surgery not accessible to them in their home country.
If you would like to read the latest ROMAC Chairman's Message for September 2021 please click on this link
The Australian Rotary Health Spring 2021 Update is a 8-page publication featuring a Chairman's Report from PDG Kevin Shadbolt OAM, the introduction of our new research focus, the work of our supporters and researchers, events, and more.
You can read this publication online or request a hard copy from the ARH office by emailing: admin@arh.org.au.
The latest update on Rotary Give Every Child a Future is available by clicking here RGECAF September newsletter on this Rotary Melbourne R100 project. Excellent progress is now being made with this project, despite the pandemic set-backs.
Our guest speak on 29 September was Gerard Mansour,Commissioner for Senior Victorians & Rotary Safe Families Ambassador. He commenced his presentation stating that “older people have the right to be treated with respect and dignity, free from exploitation, violence, abuse, age discrimination and ageism”.
Here is the link to this meeting https://youtu.be/1VGW1c2v36k.
The recipient of the inaugural Rotary Club of Melbourne Environmental Sustainability Award is Claire Moore.
Claire is the Founder and CEO of Sweet Justice Ltd a Social Enterprise teaching Beekeeping within the Justice System.
At the Rotary Melbourne meeting on 15 September the guest speaker was Prof John Thwaites AM, who delivered a compelling presentation on 'A Progress Report on Australia’s Progress Against UN Sustainability Goals’.
Click this link to view the meeting: https://youtu.be/mXtnmmsbqXI
At the Rotary Melborune evening meeting on 8 September, guest speaker, Mary Jensen, CEO MPower, delivered a captivating presentation on “The Power of Positive Thinking”.
Click this link to view the meeting: https://youtu.be/CDnu0S2HTtU.
Rotary International President Elect, Jennifer Jones, took to the stage in Paris, as part of the Global Citizen 24 hour event, on Sunday 26th September, making some significant announcements on ending poverty and referencing the work being done by Give Every Child A Future (GECAF). A legacy Rotary Melbourne R100 Project. Due to copyright we are unable to share the video clip.
Rotary Melbourne Evening Meeting held on Wednesday 11 August included a presentation from Joe Murphy, 'From Tangambalanga Victoria to TV script writing in Los Angeles'.
Lift the Lid on Mental Illness is Australian Rotary Health’s National annual fundraising day for mental health research. Rotary Melbourne celebrated Lift the Lid on Mental Illness by hosting a Hat Day event on 6 October for Mental Health Month in October.
Here is the link to this meeting https://youtu.be/W-O9HkHAmrM.
Support PP Robert Fisher
District 9800 Rotary Walk with Us to end Polio
https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/fundraisers/robertfisher/walk-with-us
Ed Tudor, Executive Director of MITS (Melbourne Indigenous Transition School) has shared their latest newsletter here. This year we have seen exceptionally strong academic growth from our students, testament to their strength and resilience. This is made possible by their own commitment, but also that of our staff, many of whom completed another 14 days in Howard Springs with the students at the end of Term 3.
Our guest speakers last week were Betty Kitchener AM and Prof. Tony Jorm. Betty trained as a teacher and worked in special education before developing a career in psychology, counselling and nursing. Tony is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Melbourne and NHMRC Leadership Fellow.
Here is the link to this meeting https://youtu.be/W-O9HkHAmrM.
Wednesday 13th October – online only via zoom – Evening Meeting
Speaker James Hattam, CEO Tasmanian Land Conservancy
Topic Protecting Tasmania’s Private Lands: an overview of the Tasmanian Land Conservancy
Time 5.50 for 6.00 – 7.00pm
Venue ZOOM online
Registration https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melbourne-evening-meeting-13-oct
Thank you to Barbara Yerondais for last week's reflection.
Our Club's, and Rotary Peace Fellow, Stephanie Woollard founder of Seven Women invites you to A Spirited Journey: The Seven Women Documentary, coming up soon on three alternative evenings 20, 21 and 22 October.
Rotary Melbourne now call for nominations for candidates for the Board of Directors and other positions for election at the Annual General Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 17th November 2021.
