By Dr Elaine PratleyRotary Peace Fellow Positive Peace Activator, Founder of Peace Inc. and Peace Kitchen Despite 793 million undernourished people around the globe, one-third of all food produced for human consumption is wasted. Every year, Australian farmers discard millions of tonnes of edible fruit and vegetables deemed too oddly shaped or blemished for commercial […]
The International Golfing Fellowship of Rotarians (IGFR) Australia recently held its annual tournament in Busselton, WA, where golfers from every state played in the week-long event. The next event for the IGFR Australia will be held at the South Lakes Golf Club in Goolwa, SA. The South Lakes Golf Course is a beautiful course on […]
Some 15 years ago a group within the Rotary Club of Brisbane Centenary, Qld, hit upon an idea to support those less fortunate by getting donated cattle into the benevolent food chain. That idea was the birth of BeefBank Ltd. Every beast donated to BeefBank produces approximately 200 kilograms of mince, sausages and cubed meat. […]
By Russell McKinnon A Geraldton youngster’s life has been made that much easier thanks to the donation of an electric trike that will help him assimilate with the community. Six-year-old Oliver Carlyon has just received the trike with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Greater Geraldton, WA. Oliver has endured six open-heart surgeries and […]
On Wednesday, August 28, Australian app creators Saveful dramatically dumped a staggering 780kg of food on the lawn at Chiswick Restaurant, in Woollahra, NSW, symbolising the amount of food the average Australian household wastes every year. This powerful visual served as a stark reminder of the urgent need to address food waste in our country. […]
The Rotary Club of Toowong in Brisbane, Qld, recently inducted five corporate members in order to expand its reach and increase its impact. The club took up past District Membership Chair Jitendra Prasad’s challenge to pursue corporate membership, realising that membership opportunities exist within already established relationships. All five corporate members are organisations the club […]
Like a lot of clubs, the Rotary Club of Parramatta City, NSW, experienced challenges attracting members post-COVID. The club, one of three in Parramatta, recognised that business professionals were less present in traditional workplaces. The club undertook a comprehensive review, analysing its current activities and offerings, before deciding to change strategic direction to become a […]
The Rotary Club of Wānaka, NZ, is one of 36,000 Rotary clubs worldwide and it has just hit a new milestone, recording a record membership after inducting four new members in March 2024.“Our membership is now 71, with 60 active members and 11 honorary members,” Rotary Club of Wānaka President Marie Fitchett said. “It is […]
By David KennyNew Club Start Up Team, Rotary Club of Scenic Rim Sunrise, Qld In January 2024, while at home recovering from an illness, I reflected on the plan to increase membership by starting new style clubs, as shared by PDG Andy Rajapakse and PDG Michael Buckeridge from Rotary Pacific’s Membership Team. I started to […]
The Provisional Rotary Club of Global Music in District 9780 is the innovative brainchild of District Governors Lesley Shedden (D9780) and Stephen O’Connell (D9790). The aim of this emerging Rotary force is to ‘harness the power of music to do good in the world’. Some of the club’s initial goals and project ideas include: “The aim […]
Wee Waa Rotaract Club members Kirk Harvey (District 9660 Rotaract Representative) and Will Lonergan are about to set out on a journey across Australia with the mission of visiting as many Rotaract clubs as possible. Driving from one club to the next, they plan to immerse themselves in Rotaract projects across the country, exchanging ideas […]
By Mark HuddlestonTeam Captain, Club & Cultural Transformation for Rotary Pacific Regional Council Membership Team Cultural transformation is a process of changing the values, norms and beliefs that shape an organisation’s behaviour and decision making. Rotary is a product that we offer the marketplace. In Zone 8 we’ve experienced a net loss of 10,000 members […]