Wednesday August 28, 2019 AS we step into the new year we take the opportunity to outline the plans for the year. The Club Forum is a time to take a view on what we can do differently in our world, to influence our community. We welcome all our readers to this evening. RSVP Edwin … Continue reading Our club, our direction
Wednesday September 4, 2019 There are some stroke risk factors that you cannot do anything about, such as age, being male, family history or already having a prior stroke. But for most Australians, you can reduce your risk and help prevent stroke by taking some simple steps: Make time for a health check for stroke … Continue reading Stroke Prevention
Wednesday September 18, 2019 Life is a journey and mine has centered around social justice. Join Vicki Martinez, one of our most recent members, as she shares her journey from a tiny tot born to Greek migrant parents to someone who found her passion and has championed for people's rights, equity and inclusion. Along the … Continue reading Life is a journey….
Wednesday August 21, 2019 We invite you to celebrate the two primary school speech competitions that we have run and join us to hear the finalists from the two competitions. Assured to be a night of awe and amazement and certainly entertaining, please join us as we present the finalists from both competitions. Here's the … Continue reading Hear the finalists…..
Our Rotary service connects us to people who share our values and want to take action for a better world. It connects us to people we might never otherwise meet, people who are more like us than we imagined. And it connects us to people who need our help, allowing us to change lives in … Continue reading How will you, connect the world?
Monday September 9, 2019 As the football season draws to an end, we celebrate the winners of our season long footy tipping competition. Hosted by the Rotary Club of Manningham and joining with the the Rotary clubs of Doncaster and Warrandyte-Donvale, this is a fun night to celebrate the success of this shared fundraiser. Bring … Continue reading September 9 – Winners and wooden spooners…
We are grateful to UN for this article Since nuclear weapons testing began on 16 July 1945, nearly 2,000 have taken place. In the early days of nuclear testing little consideration was given to its devastating effects on human life, let alone the dangers of nuclear fallout from atmospheric tests. Hindsight and history have shown … Continue reading One day there will be no nuclear weapons
This week we shall be celebrating the Football Tipping Competition deciding on the winners, the wooden spooners and presenting the proceeds of this fund raising activity to the organisation that will benefit. The football tipping competition celebration will be held on Monday September 9, 2019 and hosted by the Rotary Club of Manningham.
October 24 - every year, is World Polio Day. Thousands of Rotary Clubs around the world seek to raise the awareness to progress the global initiative to end polio. What will you do? On October 24, this year. What would you like to know, about how the second disease in human history will become just … Continue reading One day. One focus:ending Polio
Wednesday September 25, 2019 In the developing world there are many needs. High up the list is the plight of a child with a severe disability who might be unable to even get off the ground without being carried. As the child grows the problem intensifies and the mother reaches a point where her body … Continue reading WFK (Wheelchairs For Kids)
August 12 is celebrated as International Youth Day. International Youth Day is an awareness day, designated by the United Nations. The purpose of the day is to draw attention to a given set of cultural and legal issues surrounding youth. The 2019 theme for International Youth Day is “Transforming education” and this highlights the efforts … Continue reading International Youth Day
Wednesday August 14, 2019 The face book post says it all! Join us as we listen to the strategies, successes and outcomes from the team. We provided some of the sponsorship and we look forward to understanding how the team competed in this multi national competition.
The Business Excellence Awards of Manningham are open. As a sponsor of this program, we encourage all our readers to consider candidates for these awards, and this week we feature the Young Achievers Award if you have an outstanding Young Achiever in your business, or if you are 25 years of age, or under, … Continue reading Young Achiever in your business?
Friday August 2, 2019 For our readers with an interest in our article on Human Trafficking - click here for the link to blog which will open on a new tab - the announcement by our Federal Government to fight human trafficking in Southeast Asia, is very welcome. The details of the initiative, its … Continue reading Update – Our Story on Human Trafficking
A new segment for our club - as we get to know our members. Last week we gave Brian Negus three minutes for an update, and then followed it up with three questions: Your background has been in transport – water, rail, road, pedestrian, public, private. What would you say is your passion? My career … Continue reading Our members… Brian Negus
July 31, 2019 The second of the Primary School Speech Contests was held on July 31, 2019 - hosted by St Kevin's Primary School. Here's a snap shot of the evening. Congratulations to all who participated. Each of the prize winners received a cash prize (in the form of a bank account) from our key … Continue reading Hosted by St Gregory the Great Primary School
Story Written By: Diana Schoberg, Rotary International We are grateful to Rotary International for this story which is an interview with Michael K. McGovern, International PolioPlus Committee Chair 1. There were more cases of wild poliovirus in 2018 than in 2017. Should we be discouraged? No, not at all. We’ve always expected the … Continue reading Why the last mile is important
Wednesday August 7, 2019 Polio – the ‘human virus’ – its symptoms include a sore throat, stomach pain and it can cause nausea, tiredness and fever. The more serious cases affect the brain and spinal cord which can result in death. In 1985, 1000 children per day in over 125 countries were affected by polio, … Continue reading 365,000 down to 32. How?
Shekhar Mehta, of the Rotary Club of Calcutta-Mahanagar, West Bengal, India, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International for 2021-22. He will be declared the president-nominee on 1 October if no challenging candidates have been suggested. Click here for the Rotary International web site for the full story.
July 30, 2019 World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2019 is held on July 30th 2019, and is an annual event. People trafficking and modern day slavery is a massive worldwide problem with very few countries immune to human trafficking, and the event by the United Nations is to raise awareness and increase prevention of … Continue reading United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons
