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The Rotary Club of Greenmeadows, NZ, has donated $30,000 to be shared between the four Hawkes Bay Surf Lifesaving Clubs to keep beach-goers safe during the busy summer season. The donation will assist the clubs in covering the operational funding for their vital lifeguard services. The funds will provide medical equipment such as 02 bottles, […]
Rotaractors across the globe have been movin’ and groovin’ to help save lives in the Pacific. The Move for GECAF campaign has captured a global audience and formed a fellowship between Rotaract clubs like never before. The campaign, though created during a global pandemic, has showcased just how Rotaractors can rise to the challenge, despite […]
Suicide is the leading cause of death among young Australians and has a devastating impact on families and communities. The Youth Suicide Awareness Project is addressing the alarming statistics through programs designed to increase adults’ perceived competence and confidence in responding to at-risk young people, and improve the likelihood of them seeking help. By Anne […]
The Rotary Club of Warrandyte Donvale Op Shop has been operating for around 17 years, starting out in the basement of a small house on the banks of the Yarra River in Warrandyte, Vic. It has gradually evolved into the second largest retail operation in Warrandyte after the local supermarket, through the club’s willingness to […]
The Rotary Club of Mandurah Districts, WA, was recently asked to establish a sensory garden at Coolibah Care, a retirement village in Mandurah. The club jumped at the prospect and, with assistance of club members, PDGs John Kevan and Melodie Kevan set about coordinating the upgrade of a rundown garden at Jarrah House. “We have […]
The team at Nescafé Blend 43 has partnered with Rotary in Australia to launch its brand-new campaign, ‘Celebrate Australia’ by Nestlé Professional, designed to support the community spirit of six much loved Aussie towns. The six regional towns of Mallacoota, Vic, Broken Hill, NSW, Toowoomba, Qld, Busselton, WA, Willunga, SA, and Strahan, Tas, have been […]
The Australian Golfing Fellowship of Rotarians’ (AGFR) annual golfing tournament will be played in Hobart from March 27 to April 1, 2022. If you want a great week of fun, fellowship and golf, played on a picturesque course at Claremont Golf Club in Tasmania, then we have the destination for you. The Rotary Clubs of […]
Equality and collaboration will shine bright at the Zone 8 Conference in 2022. Earlier this year, Rotaract Australia sent Zone 8 Rotary International Director Jessie Harman an impressive proposal to co-host the 2022 Zone 8 Conference outlining how the zone could further bring Rotary and Rotaract closer together, fostering stronger relationships and elevating Rotaract to […]
When you donate to The Rotary Foundation’s Annual Fund, your contribution disappears overseas, right? Wrong! In fact, it’s invested for three years (earning excellent returns) and then becomes available for Rotarians to fund high-impact projects. The good news is that Rotarians ‘Down Under’ are particularly ingenious when it comes to devising and implementing high-impact projects. […]
The 2019-20 Australian bushfire season saw an astonishing 186,000 square kilometres of bushland burned, with more than 5900 buildings (including 2779 homes) destroyed and at least 34 people killed. This national catastrophe became known as ‘Black Summer’. One area badly affected was the MidCoast Council Area in NSW. In November 2019, the area was struck […]
By Jessie Harman. Rotary International Director 2021-23 Some of you will know that my path in Rotary has been a ‘membership’ path. As a Rotary Co-ordinator, and more recently as Chair of the Rotary International Membership Committee, I want to acknowledge how very important The Rotary Foundation is to our value proposition to members; to […]
The Rotary Clubs of Grafton and Grafton Midday, NSW, have been hard at work helping to furnish the new parklands between the Grafton bridges. The clubs combined to purchase and arrange the installation of park furniture at the parklands created between the old and new Grafton bridges on the northern bank of the Clarence River. […]