The event is The Big Serve Melbourne 2024 (“BSN”) will be held on Sunday, 27th October, 2024. This is a community day, designed to bring as many people together as possible to connect and have fun. It will be held at the Maribyrnong Park Tennis Club, Moonee Ponds. It is a community day, in support of mental health, any funds that are raised will go to three mental health support agencies, one of which is the Trauma Recovery Network Australia. The other two agencies have yet to be decided, there are so many that are worthy of support.
Rotary Melbourne welcomed and inducted Dr Dimitrios Salampasis on 28 August 2024 with the classification Innovation-FinTech. Dimitrios works is the FinTech Capability Lead and Senior Lecturer of Emerging Technologies and FinTech at the Swinburne University. In 2021 Dimitrios was the recipient of the 2021 Swinburne University Vice Chancellor's Engagement Award - Industry Engagement (Individual).
The Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 4 September 24 the guest speaker was Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission.
Thank you to Tony Battaini for last week's reflection on Wednesday 4 September 24.
For your information 9 years ago Rotary Melbourne moved to Treasury then to our current office!
Rotary Melbourne's relationship with SecondBite is showcased in this month's Rotary Downunder magazine. We have been helping volunteer to collect food donations at Melbourne's markets since January 2007.
Rotary Melbourne recently made a donation to St John Emergency Services PNG, to enable purchase of a Zoll mobile ventilator for use in ambulances transporting snakebite victims from Kwikila District Hospital to Port Moresby General Hospital.
Rotary Safe Families welcome the announcment by the Australian Government to support family and gender-based violence. The funding includes $3.9bn from the commonwealth for frontline legal assistance services for families escaping violence, which will begin flowing from 1 July 2025. Another $351m from the federal government will go towards a five-year partnership for supporting specialist women’s and children’s services, as well as men’s behaviour change programs. This investment will be matched by the states, amounting to $702m. Read more HERE
While many European cities are adding restrictions for tourists, Copenhagen is trying something new by rewarding them for engaging in eco-friendly behaviours.
Rotary Melbourne has worked with Afri Aus Care for a number of years to help African Australians in Melbourne's South East. See this latest ABC Melbourne report.
Learn about some of the latest Rotary projects around the world this September from Canada to England, from Italy to India
Rotary Melbourne welcomed and inducted Antwan Malouhi on 21 August 2024 with the classification Engineering - AI for Service. Antwan works at Btd Innovate, Btd Technology Pty Ltd & Pu94. In September 2023, Antwan transitioned into the world of ethical artificial intelligence by founding Pu94, Australia’s first company dedicated to ethical AI.
This month the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group (ESRAG) newsletter ESRAG Sepember 2024 Volume 9 Issue 3 features an article titled 'How Rotary ethics shape pollution solutions'.
Ensuring cyber security is critical in today's digital age. Here are the six most important actions a person should take.......
The Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 28 August 24 the guest speaker was District Governor Michael Lapina, speaking on the topic 'Unlocking the Magic: A Year of Transformation with Governor Michael ’.
Thank you to Past President Peter Dakin for last week's reflection on Wednesday 28 August 24.
The Australian Rotary Health August 2024 Newsletter is available here and features articles on upcoming events and feature articles. It includes an article on 'A new treatment for stroke patients'.
Rotary Melbourne welcomed and inducted Danie Koutzamanis on 21 August 2024 with the classification Mortgage Broker. Daniel works at BLVD Finance. He is giving back to the community through his involvement and sponsorship of Hampton Park United Soccer Club.
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 article on our recent visitor Elina's Story case for August 2024 please click on this Link
Guest Speaker Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner, Australian Human Rights
Date/Time Wednesday 4 September 24 @ 12.30 for 12.50 – 2.00pm
Venue No35 Restaurant Sofitel Hotel on Collins also Online via Zoom
Price Lunch $62 +online via Zoom $10
Register CLICK HERE
September is Rotary's Education & Literacy Month. Rotary Melbourne is proud of our projects and achievements, including building a community school in North East Arnhem Land, improving literacy in Timor Leste, providing support for The Smith Family's Learning for Life program and innovating science with Monash University's BioEyes program.
RIMERN has about 180 plants and guards that need to be planted outside the warehouse, and they would greatly appreciate any help!
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 and articles on successful medical cases for June 2024 please click on this link
5 year old Elina and her mother Enneth from Vanuatu joined Peter Addison, Chair of International Programs,as we introduced Ninh Nguyen, Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) Southern Region Chair (Vic/Tas).
Professor Margaret Gardner, the only vice chancellor to become a State Governor, has been awarded this year’s AFR Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to higher education.
