The Krabi Project is an excellent example of how Rotary clubs can work together to achieve great outcomes. In 2021, the Rotary Club of Dapto in Wollongong was contacted by expat Kate Neuss, who was living in Krabi, Thailand. Kate asked if the club was able to fund a small project at the Klong Muang […]
Rotary Inspirational Women’s Awards (RIWA) is an annual event for District 9675. Her Excellency, The Honourable Margaret Beazley AC, KC, Governor of NSW, is the Vice Regal Patron of the event.In keeping with Rotary’s motto of Service Above Self, these awards acknowledge and celebrate community service performed by women through their various activities and endeavours. […]
By Bruce JenksStewart Financial GroupRotary Club of Taradale, NZPhotos: Simon Cartwright Photography Good things happen when a great idea is supported by local businesses and Rotary. And that’s exactly what happened when Hawkes Bay resident Germaine Meeuws from Stewart Financial Group suggested she utilise her event-planning skills to organise a Hawke’s Bay Cyclone Relief Gala. […]
Paws4aCause Dog Show is a project of the Rotary Club of West Wollongong. The $6,000 proceeds from this year’s event, which was held in May, went to Interplast to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the organisation in Australia and New Zealand. This is a dog show with a difference, with prizes given in six categories […]
The Women & Girls Emergency Centre (WAGEC) is an emergency centre with a central support office based in Redfern, Sydney. Its focus is to create safer futures for women and children by ending gender-based violence in a generation. When people first come to WAGEC, the staff talk to them about their situation, then refer them […]
One year ago, Tasmanian senior secondary student Aisha Bissett had little knowledge of what Rotary did. Now, she is one of the organisation’s inspiring young advocates. By Amy Fallon Responding to a social media alert, Hobart College student Aisha Bissett discovered Rotary via the prestigious National Youth Science Forum (NYSF), of which Rotary is the […]
By Guy GlennyProject Manager RAWCS Ukraine Crisis AppealRotary Club of Sydney Cove It is now 20 months since President Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Having established the RAWCS Ukraine Crisis Appeal in 2015 to assist the Ukrainian community in Australia provide humanitarian aid to their homeland, the events of February 2022 stirred the entire Australian […]
Launched in May 2022, the Three Cs Café is a virtual mental wellbeing project by the Global Nurses and Midwives Rotary Club (GNMRC), encouraging colleagues to Check-in, Connect and Chat. By Wendy McIntosh and Maria Clemente Rotary Club of Global Nurses and Midwives Members of GNMRC recognised that isolation and lack of support were having […]
By Guy GlennyChair, Sydney Cove Regatta Committee Twenty-nine years ago, the Rotary Club of Sydney Cove conceived the concept of a charity regatta as its principal fundraiser. The club had been chartered in 1988, the bicentennial year, and first met on a Captain Cook Cruises vessel on magnificent Sydney Harbour. It therefore made sense that […]
By Megan Lobb and David Gausden, Rotary Club of Singleton On Hunter, NSW When the construction of the Singleton Arts and Cultural Centre coincided with 100 years of Rotary in Australia, the Rotary Club of Singleton on Hunter, NSW, sought to commission an artist to commemorate this milestone and the contribution of Rotarians to the […]
The Sydney Running Festival is an annual running and walking event with a range of distances to suit everyone. The distances include a 42km marathon, 21km half marathon, 10km bridge run and 3.5km family fun run. The Running Festival started in 2001 and for the past 10 years, the Rotary Club of Rose Bay has […]
The Rotary Club of Sydney (https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubSydney) is set to champion yet another noble cause – ending violence against women. In observance of the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women activism, the two-part initiative by the club’s Peace Building Group is hosting a crucial conference on 25 November, followed by a […]