Benefits of Becoming a Friend of Rotary

Becoming a Friend of the Rotary Club of Glenferrie is a meaningful way to engage with our projects, people and purpose.There are so many benefits and here are just a few:

🌟 Why Become a Friend?

✔ Stay Involved — On Your Terms
Friends are invited to participate in selected club activities, community service projects, and social events. Whether it’s lending a hand at the Boroondara Farmers Market or attending a club celebration, your contribution is always welcome.

✔ Hear from Great Minds
Be our guest at speaker nights and events featuring inspiring leaders from health, education, business, and the arts. It’s a chance to learn, connect and be part of the conversation.

✔ Help Drive Change
Your support helps us deliver life-changing local and international projects—like youth mentoring, peacebuilding initiatives, environmental action, and global health programs.

✔ Learn New Skills and Grow as a Leader
Whether you're volunteering at an event, helping coordinate a project, or contributing ideas, you'll have opportunities to develop practical skills in leadership, teamwork, communication, and community engagement—all in a supportive and welcoming environment.

✔ Be Recognised and Included
Friends are acknowledged in club communications and invited to club milestones—including our 50th Anniversary celebrations. You’ll always be part of the Rotary Glenferrie family.

✔ Grow Your Network and Form New Friendships
Meet passionate people from all walks of life—community leaders, professionals, volunteers—who share a commitment to ‘Service Above Self’. Genuine friendships often start here.

🌟 What Sort of Volunteer Opportunities?

Here’s a snapshot of the some of the many varied volunteer opportunities that are open to you as a Friend of Rotary Glenferrie: 

✔ Assist with the Boroondara Farmers Market - set up and pull down as well as staff the two entry gates 

✔ Sort and package donated household goods for clients of RIMERN (Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network)

✔ Do the regular Bread Run - collect donated fresh bread and deliver to the Salvation Army Camberwell, providing an essential supplement to the Salvo’s meals for those in need

✔ Help single men acquire life changing skills through cooking classes delivering simple and nutritious dishes

✔ Help run a basketball competition for mildly intellectually disabled and otherwise disadvantaged individuals, providing a pathway to sport

✔ Make a difference in the lives of people living in developing countries through projects such the Sumba Eye Care, Sierra Leone School Water Tower and Timor Leste Water Tanks

The Rotary Club of Glenferrie is part of a global network. Click here for an outline of some of the club's current major projects.