This year was the awarding of the inaugural Robert Fels Rotary International District 9800 Peace Award. It was marvellous to witness the award presented to our most worthy recipient, Bob Fels.
As promised, Mandi Wendt has provided a progress update on Rotary Melbourne's "20 in 2020".
RCM members volunteer weekly to collect surplus fresh food at the Queen Victoria and Prahran Markets. Second Bite then redistributes donated food to community food programs for the disadvantaged. Volunteers donate 2 hours of their time to collect donations, and are rostered up to 6 times a year.
How wonderful to receive the following fantastic update about our Give Every Child a Future initiative - a Rotary 100 Year Centenary project.
Hugh Bucknall may appear flippant in this photo from last week's ZOOM Meeting but his presentation "The past can inform us about the future. Never waste a good crisis" was far from it. He is seen here in his "magic" hat during his fascinating and inspirational talk.
"Good morning all just something to take our mind away from the destructive Virus. Hope everyone and your families are ok. Be strong and stay in touch. Regards Quin" Check out Quin's excellent article in this attachment: https://daily.jstor.org/two-
The Vocation Committee is seeking nominations for the Young Achievers Award 2021. This Award recognizes up to three persons in the age group 18 – 26 who have achieved outstanding success in their education or training and who have also made a significant contribution in the form of service to the community.
Nominations must be submitted by the 15 of March 2021
What will be your reflection of Rotary Melbourne as we celebrate our 99th Rotary year? Meetings today appear a tad different to the first meeting on April 21, 1921!
Thank you Chris for providing a succinct update on our "Give Every Child a Future" R100 Centenary Project.
Our Vocational Service Team are very thrilled to announce the awardee of this year's Vocational Service Award. Dr Joe Tucci will receive this Award at this week's meeting. He is very worthy awardee for his work as CEO, Australian Childhood Foundation.
Read the latest on Rotary's "Make a House a Home" kits and the inspirational feedback we have received.
What a highlight of the Special Changeover Dinner was the reading of the "Proclamation" by Hugh Bucknall as he officially launched our Melbourne Rotary 100 Year Celebrations! He has obviously been a "Town Cryer" in another life!
In Australia today, on any one night, 105,000 people are homeless. Of these 46,000 are women and 63,000 are 34 years of age or less with 18,000 children under 12. Get involved in projects to end homelessness and support the homeless in Melbourne particularly among young people, working with other like-minded organisations.
Associate Professor Simon Stafrace has kindly accepted an invitation by our Evening Meeting Chair, to present at the next meeting on Monday, 26 August. Topic: "Loneliness and its Impact in our Community".
Ride for a child in need. This year's around the Bay will be on October the 6th.
