Volume 49  Number 38                                                                 April 5th 2021
    
 
Presidential Musing for the Week
Maternal and Child Health Month and also the “Centenary of Rotary in Australia.”
March was so full of activity with getting back to normal after the lockdown.  Now we are entering autumn and the absence of Day light savings.
 
Importantly for April - It was a pair of Canadian Rotarians from Halifax and Calgary, who got the ball rolling for Rotary in Australia and New Zealand.  The first meeting for Rotary in Australia was the Rotary Club of Melbourne, held on April 21, 1921.  With COVID, many plans were spoiled to celebrate this but don’t forget that our club has a very worthwhile project with the establishment of special architecturally designed playground sculpture, in conjunction with other clubs within our “Super cluster”.
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Yarra Bank Playground to be Dismantled this Week
 
Work to dismantle the Yarra Bank Reserve Playground in Hawthorn will start this week, with the club's International Service Director Mark Howlett taking the lead for RC Glenferrie on recovering the play equipment for recycling. Yarra Bank Reserve is the site of a new playground featuring the Rotary Interactive Play Sculpture, a Rotary 100 project for the Rotary clubs of Camberwell, Glenferrie, Hawthorn and Canterbury. The installation of the new playground will begin soon, with an official opening ceremony planned for June.
 
But first things first. If you can help with the playground dismantlement, please sign up via the volunteers list. Click here to sign up. There are two shifts, so please choose which is most convenient. Or choose both! Either way, many hands make less work.
 
Rotary 100 Program for Boroondara Nearing Launch
Rotary is celebrating its 100th Anniversary in Australia and New Zealand in 2021, and the combined Rotary clubs in Boroondara are planning some key events to mark the occasion locally. The centrepiece is the installation of a unique Rotary Interactive Play Sculpture at the Yarra Bank Reserve in Hawthorn, part of a new playground being installed there. However there is more than just a playground being planned. A number of events are being scheduled to highlight this significant occasion for Rotary and the unique partnership between Rotary and the local community.
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The Bread Run Needs You!
The Salvation Army Bread Run urgently needs new volunteers for the current roster to take us through to the middle of June.
 
This project calls for two volunteers to go to Bakers Delight in Riversdale Road, Camberwell, collect unsold bread which is generously donated by Bakers Delight, and deliver it the Salvation Army Camberwell.
 
If you can help, please sign up on the Volunteer Signup List on the club website via this link: The Salvation Army Bread Run
 
If you are not a club member, please email project leader Chris Raw directly. Chris will be pleased to add your name to the list.
Meeting Report March 30th 2021: Protest Lodged over Answers to Australia Quiz 
A protest has been lodged concerning the answer given for a question at the Australia Quiz, held at the club meeting last Tuesday evening. The question in question is the one that asked: "With which animal is the Gallipoli hero John Simpson Kirkpatrick associated"? The answer given was the donkey. The protestor claims that this is incorrect and that the correct answer is the oyster, and that Oysters Kirkpatrick was named after him.
 
Despite the protests, a winning table was identified featuring a number of Masters and Mistresses of Trivia, including Paul Harris Fellow Andrew Lane of financial services firm Accru Melbourne, which only goes to prove that you are a step ahead when you have a good accountant on your team.
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The Future of Peace Leadership - Online Symposium
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩
Registrations for our R100 Peace Symposium is NOW OPEN. Online over two days from 21 – 22 April 2021.
 
An incredible line-up of leaders in peace and conflict resolution will provide their perspectives on challenging global and domestic issues.
 
For program details and registration go to https://peaceleadership.org.au/
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(It's the other way around in the Northern Hemisphere!)
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Speakers
Apr 13, 2021
Current Management of Infectious Diseases & WEHI
Current Management of Infectious Diseases & WEHI

Professor Marc Pellegrini is an infectious diseases physician and Head of the Infectious Diseases and Immune Defence Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. His research focuses on improving the management of infectious diseases that threaten to become the major contributor to morbidity and mortality globally. Activities in his lab include developing and delivering new diagnostic tests, interventions, treatments and cures for infectious diseases. He currently works on hepatitis B virus, tuberculosis, HIV, the COVID-19 virus, dengue fever and many other infections. He has been awarded several prizes including the Centenary, Burnet, Fenner, BUPA, Viertel, NHMRC Excellence and two Eureka Prizes for his therapeutic discoveries

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Upcoming Events
Boroondara Farmers Market
Patterson Reserve
Apr 03, 2021
8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
 
Rotary Board Meeting
Apr 06, 2021
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Yarra Bank Reserve Playground Harvesting
Yarra Bank Reserve
Apr 07, 2021
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
 
Club Meeting
Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
Apr 13, 2021
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Boroondara Farmers Market
Patterson Reserve
Apr 17, 2021
8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
 
Peace Symposium - The Future of Peace Leadership
Online
Apr 21, 2021 9:00 AM –
Apr 22, 2021 4:00 PM
 
Boroondara Farmers Market
Patterson Reserve
May 01, 2021
8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
 
Rotary Multi District Conference 2021
May 01, 2021 9:00 AM –
May 02, 2021 1:00 PM
 
Boroondara Farmers Market
Patterson Reserve
May 15, 2021
8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
 
Boroondara Farmers Market
Patterson Reserve
May 29, 2021
8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
 
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Executives & Directors
President
 
President Elect
 
Immediate Past President
 
President Nominee
 
Secretary
 
Treasurer
 
Club Service Director
 
Community Service Director
 
Foundation Director
 
International Service Director
 
Membership Development Director
 
Vocational Services Director
 
Youth Service Director
 
Bulletin Editor
 
Communications & Public Image Chair
 
Environmental Sustainability Chair
 
Farmers Market Administrator
 
Protection Officer
 
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