The Benefits of Rotary Youth Exchange: As the host club in 2019-2020, RC Glenferrie sponsored an outbound Rotary Exchange, student Bianca Shepherd, from Siena College to study in Vienna, Austria for one year. Bianca enjoyed her time in Vienna and returned to Australian in early 2020. Now she is doing her dream course, Fashion Design bachelor's degree at RMIT.
In the same period, our Youth Service Committee developed a good relationship with an inbound Youth Exchange student Constanze Schuen from Austria, who stayed with Bianca’s family during her Youth Exchange year in Australia.
Extra large crowds were drawn to the Boroondara Farmers Market on Saturday November 19th, despite the threatening weather. And the special draw card? Why, the annual Boroondara Sustainable Living Festival of course, showcasing ways in which we can all help to ensure a sustainable future. From electric vehicles to solar panels, recycled books to sustainable gardening, there was lots to appeal to patrons of all ages. There is no doubt, however, that the biggest drawcard of all for the children was the native animal exhibit. Protecting our environment*, protecting our ecological diversity and protecting our children's future is a universal responsibility. There was no shortage of ideas as to how we can help at Saturday's Farmers Market.
Mahroo and Weranja proudly announce the safe arrival of a beautiful baby daughter, Kiana, who arrived on October 17th at Cabrini Hospital. Kiana, in Persian, means 'Essence', and there is no doubt from this picture that Kiana will be the essence of much happiness for her parents in the years ahead. Mother and baby are doing well, says Weranja, and some nights they get as much as three hours sleep before Kiana announces it's time for tea.
Warm congratulations Mahroo and Weranja, from all your fellow Rotarians at Rotary Glenferrie. We look forward to meeting Kiana soon and wish your beautiful family much happiness in the years to come.
Beautiful little Kiana Ranasinghe made her debut in the world October 17th. Mum, dad and baby all doing well.
The club has learned with sadness that Past President Llewellyn (Llew) Jones passed away on August 10th, 2022. He was ninety-two. A service in celebration of Llew's life was held at Wantirna Seventh Day Adventist Church, Wantirna, on Friday August 19, 2022.Llew leaves behind his wife Joy, with whom he formed a successful Hawthorn East printing company, Joyllew Pty Ltd, and who is now in aged care.
Llew was a Charter Member of the Rotary Club of Glenferrie, and a member of the first board of directors. He was President of the club in 1982-83 and a Paul Harris Fellow with one sapphire. Inducted into Rotary on October 22nd, 1975 with the vocational classification "Printing", Llew was made an Honorary Member of the club when he and Joy moved to The Basin in the late 2000s and regular travel to Hawthorn became impractical.
Past President Llewellyn Jones contributed significantly to the early success of The Rotary Club of Glenferrie and is remembered fondly. He can be seen in the photo below (second from right) celebrating the club's 21st birthday in 1996. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Joy and family.
The host city of the 2023 Rotary International Convention is multiple cities rolled into one
Rotary International gives Melbourne the official thumbs-up with an enthusiastic feature story in the November 2022 edition of Rotarymagazine. "The vibrant and stately city of Melbourne is an Australian capital city in every sense of the word", says the story. "But if you dig into Melbourne’s rich history and look closely at its many tourist attractions, you will discover that the home of the 2023 Rotary International Convention might easily claim the crown as Australia’s culinary, cultural, sports, and shopping capital, in addition to being the capital of the state of Victoria".
Click on the image below to read what the rest of the world is learning about Melbourne. Book now for Rotary International Convention 2023 to take advantage of the Early Bird rate. Click here. But be quick. The Early Bird offer expires soon!
Last Tuesday evening after the Club’s AGM, in excess of forty members and guests, were treated to a highly professional presentation by Naomi Campbell on the new-to-Australia power generation from offshore wind farms.
Naomi has brought to Australia a wealth of knowledge derived from her many years working in this challenging industry in the UK and Europe, including some of the largest infrastructure projects. She and her husband moved here in 2019 after Naomi joined Copenhagen Offshore Partners as a director and was assigned to work with Star of the South, this country’s first huge wind farm which will be located off the East Gippsland coast.
Only a month to Christmas? Oh no I haven't started the shopping! But hey how can I celebrate the festive season? Not a problem - your Glenferrie Christmas Party (combined with Hawthorn Rotary) is happening on 13 December 2022.
The latest edition of the Rotary Zone 8 newsletter carries interesting news from around the Zone, which includes Rotary in Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tonga and Vanuatu.
To read the latest from around the zone, click on the image below.
Club members are invited to volunteer to assist with the loading of dismantled playgrounds as part of the RORP (Rotary Overseas Recycled Playgrounds) project. The loading will be led by Bob Allardice from Nunawading club but will be attended by members from a number of clubs. 2 volunteers (or more) would be welcome from Glenferrie.
Rotary Foundation Month - Presentations and Purposeful Projects
The Rotary Foundation is the engine room of Rotary, powering purposeful Rotary projects throughout the globe. PDG Julie Mason is a member of the District 9800 Foundation Committee, supporting Rotarian Vocational Training Team (VTT) projects. PDG Julie also leads the District 9800 Paul Harris Society. At the club meeting on November 22nd, Julie will talk to us about her work with the Rotary Foundation, and recognise two Glenferrie Rotarians to the Paul Harris Society.
Click here for more information about the Rotary International Convention 2023
