Wednesday July 31, 2019
Primary School Speech Competition
Wednesday July 31, 2019
365,000 down to 32. How?
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?
They chartered!!
Saturday July 20, 2019 - a significant day in the history of City of Manningham, for it is the day that a Rotaract Club returned to the city precinct. Sharing the celebrations of the year completed in the three existing Rotaract Clubs in Rotary District 9810, the event to celebrate the years that have been … Continue reading They chartered!!
VEX Robotics Team – Templestowe College
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 Value of Volunteering
This article is reproduced in part with a link to the hosted article on the Rotary International web site. A special report prepared for Rotary International by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies estimated the value of Rotary member volunteer hours at $850 million a year The special report prepared for Rotary … Continue reading The Value of Volunteering
Our club, our direction
Wednesday July 24, 2019 AS we step into the new year we take the opportunity to outline the plans for the year. The Club Assembly is a time to share and discuss the plans that are ready to be activated and put context and activity into the ideas that now need to be made into … Continue reading Our club, our direction
5 ways our work against polio, benefits
This story was originally published on the endpolio.org web site. We are grateful to Rotary International for the ability to publish this story. Story Written By:Daniela Garcia Polio, and the lifelong paralysis it can cause especially in young children, became preventable when Dr. Jonas Salk introduced the polio vaccine in 1955. Since Rotary and … Continue reading 5 ways our work against polio, benefits
What’s that buzz?
Original article by Henrik Thiele, member of the Rotaract Club of Paderborn, Germany. We share this article with our readership and the link will open a new page and take you to the Rotary International web site where the article is published in full. Recently, Rotaract clubs throughout Germany were looking for a signature project … Continue reading What’s that buzz?
Hear the finalists…..
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…..
We say well done, and thank you…
One of the strengths of our Rotary club, is the annual appointment of members to different roles, and the annual reflection on the year's achievements from the year, just finished. We paused on July 6, to reflect on the year that has been. Here's a snap shot of our members who were publicly recognised for … Continue reading We say well done, and thank you…
Speak up – We’re Listening
We invite all our readers to be part of the annual consultation with Manningham Learns. You can participate in many ways and you are asked to register for the focus group of your choice - there is charge: July 18 - Wonga Park Community Cottage - Click on the link to register July 19 … Continue reading Speak up – We’re Listening
She is headed home…
We are sure it won't be the last image we have from Lea Rohner, and we have heard that she is safely home. Depicted below is Lea and friends, just before she left Melbourne headed home, to Switzerland after 12 months, on Rotary Youth Exchange, hosted by Rotary Clubs of Templestowe and Warrandyte-Donvale.
Club Forum – what do you want?
Wednesday August 28, 2019 Club Forum night: Find out what is being planned for this Rotary year - Have your say in the year . Join those projects or committees that stir up your juices. A Club Forum is where it is the membership who contribute (Assembly is a reporting format).
Rotaractor and refugee
After fleeing conflict in their own countries, a group of young Rotaractors is healing wounds and bringing cultures together in a Ugandan refugee settlement By Jonathan W. Rosen Produced by Kate Benzschawel - published on Rotary International web site. It’s Monday morning in one of Uganda’s largest refugee settlements, Nakivale, and the line at Paul … Continue reading Rotaractor and refugee
Stroke Prevention
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
1958 Collingwood Premiership!
Wednesday July 17, 2019 Our speakers are Thorold Merrett and Ken Mitchell The two speakers will tell the story as to why 1958 was the most significant premiership in AFL history. Ken Mitchell is a football tragic who was a boundary umpire for 13 years and then director of the Melbourne Football club in … Continue reading 1958 Collingwood Premiership!
Have you met our President?
This story is republished from the Rotary International web site and the links in this article will open in a new window, and take you to the original article. Original article by Geoffrey Johnson. Meet the 2019-20 Rotary International President For nearly 40 years, Mark Daniel Maloney and his family have demonstrated that Rotary connects … Continue reading Have you met our President?
WFK (Wheelchairs For Kids)
Wednesday September 11, 2019 According to United Nations World Health estimates, wheelchairs are desperately needed around the world for millions of severely disabled children throughout under-resourced countries of the world. Wheelchairs For Kids (WFK) is an organisation whose mission is to manufacture and distribute wheelchairs to some of these children assisting them with the means … Continue reading WFK (Wheelchairs For Kids)
NAIDOC week
The National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) events run from 7 – 14 July and are an opportunity for us to recognise, support and celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The theme for this year’s NAIDOC Week is Voice. Treaty. Truth. It coincides with the United … Continue reading NAIDOC week
Understanding Cancer
Wednesday July 10, 2019 Professor Gary Richardson is the Director of Oncology Clinics Victoria, Director of Cabrini Academic Haematology & Oncology Services and a Professor of Medicine at Monash University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He trained at St Vincent’s Hospital, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute and the … Continue reading Understanding Cancer
Appreciation – from Barry Rassin
As our year draws to a close, Rotary International President, Barry Rassin, takes a moment to share a summary of the year. Dear fellow Rotarians, It’s hard to believe the Rotary year is almost at an end. I hope that you were able to join me in Hamburg earlier this month. The RI convention is … Continue reading Appreciation – from Barry Rassin
