Bob Glindemann provided his take on the emergency mask delivery to the fire areas. But it's not only masks! It's help for our animals too!
Rotary Club of Southbank inc. in cooperation with all District 9800 Clubs invite you to attend a Business Breakfast in support of the newly setup Bushfire Relief Appeal. Keynote speaker: Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp, Victoria Police.
Bookings are now open! Early Bird Registration! Don't Miss out on our Rotary Melbourne Event which has proven its worth financially for fundraising and for an event to be proud to invite your friends, business colleagues and young adults.
Buy your tickets by clicking on the following link:
Attached is the Flyer for our Project Gathering of Kindness. This Christmas Fundraiser is an opportunity for you to contribute to help kick start this project. Just $10 from each member would enable us to sponsor an event or showcase the Gathering of Kindness program. Gathering_of_Kindness_2019.pdf
Rotary Melbourne is asking for Members to bring their youngsters (grandchildren/children) to meet some refugee families on Saturday, 18 January for a delightful few hours at Melbourne Zoo.
Rotary Melbourne presented its 34th Sir John Reid Community Service Award to Libby Clarke from Very Special Kids an Australian children's hospice that provides respite and end of life care. Libby (centre) is seen here with special guests, Sir John Reid's daughters, Margaret Ross and Jean Hadges.
Thank you to DG Grant Hocking for providing this update on our D9800 Global Scholar Lucienne Heyworth.
Have a doodle, be creative, apply your whimsy and voila! Your logo could showcase our Rotary Centenary forever! Spread the word to your creative friends!
Attached is an update sent recently to DG's and DGsN across Australia and NZ plus Zone Directors by Hugh Bucknall. Hugh is an icon!
Read the latest on Rotary's "Make a House a Home" kits and the inspirational feedback we have received.
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.
The Vocation Committee is seeking nominations for the Young Achievers Award. 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 close on the 28 February 2018.
Kerry Kornhauser and Phil Cornish have provided this fantastic report on a joint initiative between Welfare of the Young and the Family Violence Working Group.
Polio eradication would be one of history's greatest public health achievements, with polio following smallpox to become only the second human disease eliminated from the world.
To read more about the RI End Polio Now programme, click on the link https://www.endpolio.org/news-stories.
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.
As most of you will know, our Club has supported the indigenous homeland, Donydji or, as it is now known, Gurrumala, for over 15 years, both financially and in kind. Until his sudden death, John Mitchell was a key member of the Rotary Subcommittee providing this support and was its Chairman from its inception.
Immunise 100,000 children across 9 Pacific Island countries.
