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Australia is the world's only developed country with trachoma, a disease of the eye caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. 

EndTrachoma was an initiative started by Rotary Melbourne and progressed to be a project led by Nourish our Communities Ltd., which enabled End Trachoma to be a Rotary District of Australia project.

Sandi Fulcher is a past president of the Rotary Club of Chadstone East Malvern, holding many roles within that club and at the District level. She is currently the District 9800 Public Image Chair, Rotary Zone 8 Assistant Public Image Chair and is Project Administrator Coordinator for End Trachoma.

Fresh produce, friendly stallholders, gala atmosphere and the joy of shopping outdoors in the fresh air. The Boroondara Farmers Market, voted the best Farmers Market in Victoria, is held on the third and fifth Saturdays of every month.

Fresh produce, friendly stallholders, gala atmosphere and the joy of shopping outdoors in the fresh air. The Boroondara Farmers Market, voted the best Farmers Market in Victoria, is held on the third and fifth Saturdays of every month.

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Fiona Redding is a mindset coach, author, podcaster and motivational speaker, and is the Founder of The Happiness Hunter. In 2012 Fiona woke up with a burning question “How has this become my life?”. Fiona was 37, at home with two tiny kids, drinking every day, and was unfit and unhealthy. At this time, she realised that if she wanted her life to change, she had to own it – it was her that had to change. She decided to focus on one thing: Happiness. The seed of The Happiness Hunter was planted. She started her own coaching, consulting, and speaking business. She started meditating, stopped drinking, and started walking every day. Over the last ten years, Fiona’s life has completely transformed in every single area and through The Happiness Hunter, she teaches and shares everything she has learnt over that time. 

Booking via TryBooking: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1115185

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Fresh produce, friendly stallholders, gala atmosphere and the joy of shopping outdoors in the fresh air. The Boroondara Farmers Market, voted the best Farmers Market in Victoria, is held on the third and fifth Saturdays of every month.

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My parents were born in Ukraine, I am the oldest of 4 children and was born in Poland. My next brother was born in Czechoslovakia and the younger twin brothers were born in Germany - in an American refugee camp where we spent four years waiting to be processed for immigration to a new life in Australia.

We are Ukrainians who fled Russian invasion twice and are grateful to this wonderful country of Australia which provided us with safety, education and the promise of a future.

Faye has been a Rotarian for 13 years, including Club President four times, at Rotary Club of Caulfield.

Faye has been a bee keeper for 10 years.  Looking after The RC Caulfield’s Bees, it being the only Rotary Club registered as beekeepers.

Faye and her husband did their bee care training at the Doncaster Beekeepers Club, now the Beekeepers Club Inc. 

Faye is also a  team member of ESRAG Oceania -  Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group, which includes Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands.

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Fresh produce, friendly stallholders, gala atmosphere and the joy of shopping outdoors in the fresh air. The Boroondara Farmers Market, voted the best Farmers Market in Victoria, is held on the third and fifth Saturdays of every month.

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PDG Murray Verso is the End Polio Now Coordinator for Rotary Zone 8 (Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific countries). He joined the Rotary Club of Williamstown, Victoria in 1981 and has served the club in many capacities, including two terms as club president (1986-1987 and 2008- 2009). He is a Past Governor of District 9800 (2014-2015).
In Rotary Foundation Month, Murray will talk to us of the work of The Rotarty Foundation, and the continuing global effort to rid the world of the crippling disease of polio.

Fresh produce, friendly stallholders, gala atmosphere and the joy of shopping outdoors in the fresh air. The Boroondara Farmers Market, voted the best Farmers Market in Victoria, is held on the third and fifth Saturdays of every month.

Visit to Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network (RIMERN)

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Victoria’s first Rotary Peace Scholar Dr. Tania Miletic has kept up her peacebuilding theme ever since District 9800 sent her to two years’ MA studies at Tokyo’s Rotary Peace Centre at ICU in 2002, with a scholarship funded by a grant from The Rotary Foundation.  She is now the Assistant Director of the University of Melbourne's Initiative for Peacebuilding within the Arts Faculty, working to promote multidisciplinary research, teaching and policy development that supports effective engagement in conflict prevention and peacebuilding in the Indo Pacific region. She is an experienced peace and conflict studies academic and practitioner with a commitment to working collaboratively to translate research into policy and practice in conflict prevention and peacebuilding in the Indo Pacific region.

Tania is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences. In Rotary Foundation Month, Tania will be joined by District 9800 Foundation Committee member Gabe Hau, who leads the D9800 Peacebuilder Program.

Fresh produce, friendly stallholders, gala atmosphere and the joy of shopping outdoors in the fresh air. The Boroondara Farmers Market, voted the best Farmers Market in Victoria, is held on the third and fifth Saturdays of every month.

Education CHANCES  end of year function on 5 December 2023 will raise awareness, raise funds and farewell Elida Brereton, the Chair and Helen Worladge, as Program Director.

Come along and enjoy this celebratory cocktail type function.Tickets are $54 which includes finger food and two drinks.

Bookings via Humanitix: events.humanitix.com/ecf-end-of-year-celebration

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In a twist of fate, Harry ended up being a patient half-way through his medical training at the University of Sydney.   Whilst backpacking in Europe he was struck down by a severe form of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), and whilst he knew of this condition, he had no idea that it would change his life’s trajectory forever-more.

Harry will talk to us about his experience as a patient and also about the work he is currently doing as a Rehabilitation Medicine Physician.

Fresh produce, friendly stallholders, gala atmosphere and the joy of shopping outdoors in the fresh air. The Boroondara Farmers Market, voted the best Farmers Market in Victoria, is held on the third and fifth Saturdays of every month.

Guest Speaker: A Jolly ol' fella from the Northern Hemisphere

Fresh produce, friendly stallholders, gala atmosphere and the joy of shopping outdoors in the fresh air. The Boroondara Farmers Market, voted the best Farmers Market in Victoria, is held on the first, third and fifth Saturdays of every month.

It's our annual 'Start the New Year' BBQ and picnoc at the Yarra Bank Reserve Hawthorn, site of the Rotary 100 playground. Let's get together and have fun!

Fresh produce, friendly stallholders, gala atmosphere and the joy of shopping outdoors in the fresh air. The Boroondara Farmers Market, voted the best Farmers Market in Victoria, is held on the third and fifth Saturdays of every month.

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Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is an annual week-long camp, the most recent held from Sunday December 3rd to Saturday December 9th, 2023. The program aims at focusing on personal growth, leadership development and sense of community. Three attendees sponsored at the latest event by The Rotary Club of Glenferrie will speak about their experience at RYLA 2023.

Fresh produce, friendly stallholders, gala atmosphere and the joy of shopping outdoors in the fresh air. The Boroondara Farmers Market, voted the best Farmers Market in Victoria, is held on the third and fifth Saturdays of every month.

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Dr Elaine Pratley is a Rotary Peace Fellow and was the Co-Chair of the 24-hour Global Peace Conference. She represented the New Zealand government as a Crown Prosecutor and a multilateral negotiator with the World Bank and IMF, managed the international law team for China’s biggest law firm, and was involved in start-ups and non-profits in the Asia-Pacific. Her Masters focussed on youth peacebuilding while her PhD examined how food can be mobilised for peace. She is based in Melbourne and is developing a Peace Lab where businesses and social ventures can partner for peace.

Supported by The Rotary Club of Glenferrie Dianne Sides was the first Coordinator of the Boroondara Family Network responsible for setting up the organisation. After nine years as the Coordinator she became a member of the Committee and subsequently the Chairperson. Dianne's background is in nursing. She is Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife, and holds a Certificate in Neonatal Intensive Care.

Dianne Sides and Jozette Feikema

Boroondara Family Network

Fresh produce, friendly stallholders, gala atmosphere and the joy of shopping outdoors in the fresh air. The Boroondara Farmers Market, voted the best Farmers Market in Victoria, is held on the third and fifth Saturdays of every month.

Join the team for the club's Clean Up Australia Day event at Patterson Reserve Hawthorn, followed by a BBQ lunch and lots of good cheer.

Barbecue on the Terrace

Complimentary drink on arrival

Fresh produce, friendly stallholders, gala atmosphere and the joy of shopping outdoors in the fresh air. The Boroondara Farmers Market, voted the best Farmers Market in Victoria, is held on the third and fifth Saturdays of every month.