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May 5, 2020
togetherTalks – with Jennifer Jones

togetherTalks is a weekly series of conversation events, connecting people from across the globe to a range of leading speakers from the worlds of business, volunteering, the charity sector and more. Taking place every Tuesday at 19.05, we will be welcoming Jennifer Jones as our first togetherTalks guest on Tuesday 5th May. Jennifer is a […]

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May 5, 2020
Connecting socks to connect communities

The Rotary Club of Wahroonga, NSW, has been uniquely challenged by COVID-19. Not only has its regular major fundraising projects been forced into isolation, but its new Lost Socks venture has become infected too.We all know about lost socks. Despite the utmost vigilance, one goes missing and its pair languishes. Lucy Dahill and a group […]

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May 5, 2020
Rotary Club of Frankston North (District 9820), guest speaker Dave Sabben – The Battle of Long Tan

Rotary Club of Frankston North (District 9820), guest speaker David Sabben, who was called up for National Service in the first intake in 1965, he attended Officer Training and then posted to 6RAR Brisbane, was appointed 12 Platoon Commander and was posted to South Vietnam in June 1966. He led his platoon at the Battle […]

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May 3, 2020
Equipping vulnerable children with tools for education

When young people are exposed to domestic violence or abuse, their social wellbeing and mental health are impacted. Accompanying a mother or carer into a domestic violence shelter can have a ripple effect on children as they are moved to a new area, town or city away from friends and family. They will also have […]

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May 3, 2020
The Compassion Crew

With schools all but closed in an attempt to flatten the COVID-19 curve, the Interact Club of Jimboomba, Qld, saw an opportunity to assist in caring for the young children of essential workers who can’t be home to provide home schooling. The Hills International College students set about devising an initiative called ‘The Compassion Crew’, […]

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May 3, 2020
One Good Street

RMIT University Health Transformation Lab Deputy Director and member of the Rotary Club of Flemington Kensington, Matiu Bush, founded One Good Street (OGS) after witnessing first-hand the need to coordinate acts of kindness in the community. The Melbourne-based charity, which has now expanded its scope to NSW, the ACT and Queensland, aims to reduce social […]

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May 3, 2020
A truck in time

A $10,000 donation to Kiwi Community Assistance by the Rotary Club of Wellington North, NZ, has facilitated the purchase of a refurbished chiller truck to help the local charity in its work with communities in need. Founded by Tracy Wellington and her husband Phil Davies, Kiwi Community Assistance is a ‘foodbank with a difference’, distributing […]

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May 3, 2020
Engaging members to serve during social distancing

COVID-19 has turned our world upside down and changed life as we know it for the foreseeable future. Social distancing has impacted our ability to meet, fundraise and conduct service projects in the ways we traditionally know and enjoy, yet the consequences of COVID-19 also mean that our communities need Rotary now more than ever. […]

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May 3, 2020
Help for communities hit by Harold

After pummelling Vanuatu as a category-five storm on April 6, Tropical Cyclone Harold levelled buildings and caused dangerous flooding across Fiji’s largest island of Viti Levu on Wednesday, April 8. All of Fiji’s major settlements, including the capital Suva, but particularly the west coast settlements of Lautoka and Nadi, were lashed, with the worst weather […]

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May 3, 2020
The Research Behind Lift the Lid, Episode 2 – Dr Vijaya Manicavasagar

In the second episode of our podcast ‘The Research Behind Lift the Lid’, we interview Dr Vijaya Manicavasagar from the Black Dog Institute. Dr Manicavasagar talks a bit about what we can do to help our mental health during COVID-19, as well as her findings from her 2008 Australian Rotary Health Mental Health Research Grant […]

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May 2, 2020
COVID-19 #RotaryResponds Telethon

We are pleased to invite you to participate in a COVID-19 #RotaryResponds one-hour telethon to raise critical funds for disaster response. The goal is to raise more than $1 million dollars. Donate now at http://on.rotary.org/drf. Rotary’s 1.2 million members across the globe have taken swift action to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly $4 million […]

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May 1, 2020
Building Bridges Over Fences

While novel coronavirus has been a gargantuan global blow to life as we know it, Rotary is rising to the challenge; gathering our gargantuan global network to stay connected, reach out to our communities, support our essential workers and #KickCovidToTheKerb.