Life is full of ends and beginnings, governed by changes. I am now close to the end of my Glenferrie Rotary presidency. That means that a beginning of the next positive change in the club is coming, led by Mark Howlett and his Board. At the end of the of every Rotary year, a club Changeover is held where the outgoing President officially hands the leadership to the incoming President. Yet, the changeover is way more than just a leadership transition.
It was full on from Day 1 at the Rotary International Convention 2023, with these happy conventioneers getting into the spirit early (well done Isaiah!). For more pictures from RICON 2023, click on Read more below.
Enjoy a 3-day pass free of charge to the House of Friendship, where you’ll be able to connect with thousands of fellow Rotary members from around the world; and have access to hundreds of Rotary project booths, vendors, food, and entertainment, at the 2023 Rotary Interantional Convention in Melbourne.
That’s right! A complimentary pass valid Monday-Wednesday, 29-31 May, for the House of Friendship. No additional purchase is required.
The Foresight Sumba Eye Program Australian team has just arrived back in Australia after a successful eye camp conducted in collaboration with South Perdami, UNHAS - The university of Hasanuddin, South Sulawesi, Sumba Foundation and staff of the Central Tengah Hospital in Central Sumba.
In the week the Indonesian surgical team completed over 110 cataract and some pterygium surgeries with our ECN Sr Sany, whom we sent to Makassar for training, assisting.
Last Tuesday evening we had a very inspiring presentation from Sharon and Pete Crean from BeyondWater. They had only flown in from Kenya that morning, so it was great that they were able to present at our meeting.
They started BeyondWater in 2007 while they were living in Sydney. Faced with the fact that nearly one billion people don’t have access to clean drinking water and two billion don’t have any form of sanitation. They had a dream to give African children access to water, but it goes even further than that. Little did they know that five years later they would upend their lives - leaving their jobs, uprooting their family and move to a place they had only been to a couple of times. Eleven years later they are still living their dream in Kenya.
Most of us are well aware of the importance of The Rotary Foundation (TRF). As we come to the end of another Rotary year you might consider making a personal tax-deductible donation to the TRF.
TRF is the charity of choice for many Rotarians and since its formation in 1917 it has been “doing good in the world” spending more than US$4.5 billion on humanitarian aid and education programs.
The Give Every Child a Future project, supported by Global Grants from The Rotary Foundation. Rotary members from 21 districts, in partnership with UNICEF, are working with local governments to develop and implement immunization programs to protect 100,000 children from rotavirus, pneumococcal disease, and cervical cancer across nine South Pacific Island countries, including Kiribati and Fiji.
RICON 2023 Club Hosting Evening - Melbourne's Sporting and Cultural Heritage
The Hon. Josh Frydenberg, former Treasurer of Australia, and Champion, Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club 1996, is the keynote speaker at this special club hosting event. The Rotary Club of Glenferrie joins with the Rotary clubs of Hawthorn and Camberwell to host 100 visiting Rotarians, in Melbourne for the Rotary International Convention 2023.
Sorry, no admission without pre-booking.
The Rotary Club of Glenferrie acknowledges the traditional owners as the custodians of this land, recognising their connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to Australia's First Peoples, and to their elders, past, present and future.
The Rotary Club of Glenferrie | PO Box 2134 | Hawthorn Vic 3122
