One of PP Robert Fisher's granddaughter Annabel (and Second Bite helper) starred on the front page of the Herald Sun on 21 October.
Here is an update of pictures of the 4 Peregrine Falcons that hatched around 30 September. They are now nearly 4 weeks old.
Simon Mulvany shared an update on native bees in Australia here.
Stephen Lake asks you to join him this year in raising funds for Parkinson's Victoria "27 for Parkinson's" campaign.
Last year a number of Rotary Melbourne members supported Stephen in this worthwhile cause, and enabled him to raise over $6,400 for Parkinson's Victoria. This year, in support of "27 for Parkinson's", Stephen is learning 27 tunes on the bagpipes during October. He promises if you back this fundraising effort you won't be woken at 6 am by the sounds of the pipes as he practices.
Wednesday 27th October – online only via zoom – Lunch Meeting
Chairman David Carruthers
Members Lunch
Our four-part structure is packed with interesting insights including:
- Profiling an existing member;
- Feedback from two recent inductees;
- Two special themes; and
- Two projects.
Time 12.50 for 1.00 – 2.00pm
Registration https://events.humanitix.com/27-oct-rotary-melb-lunch
A big thank you to thew 113 members who responded to the Clubs member survey. The survey has now closed.
Last Wednesday, 3 November, we highlighted a Club stalwart! A loyal, reliable, and hard-working Rotarian.
The Rotary Leadership Institute Program presents a wonderful opportunity for experienced Rotarians, new members and indeed people interested in finding out more about Rotary to take some time to experience the history, current and new initiatives related to this great organisation we call Rotary.
Its not too late to book for the 2021 Hush Foundation Gathering of Kindness 8 - 13 Nov 21 tickets.
Celebrating the Community and Kindness in Healthcare.
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.
