By PDG Bob Aitken AMLower Blue Mountains Rotary Club, NSW The Rotary Club of Coolamon, NSW, and Past District Governor John Glassford have launched the unique concept of selling sunflower seeds to raise funds for the Ukraine Crisis Appeal. The beautiful sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine and John...
Fodder for the West
In November 2019, an opportunity presented itself to members of the Rotary Club of Hope Island, Qld, to support communities and families out west (particularly in the areas straddling the Queensland and New South Wales border), who were suffering from drought. Fodder for the West was created to raise funds...
Wheelchair Mobility Trust
Wheelchair Mobility Trust is a project of the Rotary Club of Surfers Sunrise. In developing countries that don’t have adequate healthcare facilities, immobility in children causes a major drain on families and communities and often leads to the child being disowned because they are seen as a burden. On a...
Partner Project: SolarBuddy – Transforming Lives
Kaileen Casey, partner of Immediate Past District Governor Jeff Egan, adopted SolarBuddy as her partner project throughout 2021-22. SolarBuddy is an Australian charity uniting a global community with a big dream to gift six million solar lights to children living in energy poverty by 2030, to help them study after...
The Little Blue Shed
The Little Blue Shed brings skills, education, employment and hope to girls and women living in East Rural Uganda. Tanja Curcic, of the Rotary Club of Taree, NSW, had a stirring in her soul to assist women living in Africa following a life-changing visit to Uganda in 2010. Mama was...
His mission didn’t take flight, but the message sure did
New South Wales Rotarian Ken Hutt set out to paraglide from the top of Mount Everest, and while he didn’t make it, his message to end polio did. By Julius Dennis, ABC News Ken’s quest to become the oldest person to paraglide from the top of Mount Everest ended in...