At our club’s historic 5000th Club Meeting on 30th August, at our Thomas Baker Oration with Past Prime Minister John Howard, Rotary Melbourne launched our 5000 Acts of Kindness project.
We announced that:
“At the heart of Rotary is the ideal of service and doing good for one another. We are people of action, and we know that each little act makes a difference.”
If everyone can perform their own small acts, together we will have one big impact, helping to make us a kinder, more community oriented society. 5000 may seem a bold target but together we can do it.”
So how are we tracking?
- 1 member took her aunt to the Dandenong Botanic Gardens for an outing
- Another visited her all-time favourite teacher
- 1 new ventilator is on its way to Papua New Guinea for Snake Bite Treatment
- 2 books were donated for our raffle by John Howard
- 4 meals were cooked for Rotarian friends who were unwell
- 5 pets were entered into our footy tipping competition to raise funds for Health & Ageing
- 15 members volunteered at RIMERN
- We supported 15 trainees aged 12-24 at Catering for Change
- 25 people with Alzheimer’s were supported through PALZ (Professionals with Alzheimer’s)
- For 40 weeks, members undertook food collection for Second Bite at Prahran Market
- 46 students received scholarships from Empowering Youth Cambodia
- 50 toys were donated to a local church
- 50 elderly residents were hosted at our annual Seniors Lunch
- 100 tea chests packed for Make A House A Home
- 300 native seedlings planted from Victorian indigenous nursing co-op
- 2000 toys delivered for Children experiencing homelessness
- 5000 children immunized by funds raised for Polio
- 12,000 meals packed in 1.5 hours ForAMeal
- 20,000 bees purchased in 2 beehives by Star of the Sea College students with proceeds from winning our Environment Award
- And 250,000 steps by Robert Fisher for his End Polio Walk last October walking 250,000 metres.
Giving us a current tally of 289,792 Acts of Kindness, nearly 60 times our initial target of 5000!
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