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Day tripping for the RFDS

The Rotary Club of Atherton, Qld, recently partnered with the Royal Flying Doctor Service and other Rotary clubs and service organisations in Far North Queensland to provide a vocational visit to the Cairns RFDS base. In April, a diverse group of humanitarians boarded a bus in Queensland’s Atherton Tablelands to...

Rotary Gets Pumped

Four years ago, the Rotary Club of Devonport spotted an opportunity to create an action-packed space for their mokopuna (young kids). They noticed the kids were creating a rough and hazardous bike track through an unused part of the Waitemata Golf Club. A core group of Rotarians worked tirelessly with...

Community Communication Boards

Communication boards allow non-verbal children and adults a way to interact with other people sharing the same environment. The boards are developed using the resources of the site in which they are placed – they are site specific. The symbols on the boards are specific to that park/environment as well...

Literacy

Literacy plays a central role in this year’s Rotary international theme, Create Hope in the World. Without reading one cannot actively participate in job seeking, getting a driver's licence, read labels on medicine bottles, help with a child’s homework, or even readily participate on social media. Poor reading skills can...