There are many social injustices a Rotary club can choose to address, but one that touches the hearts of members of the Rotary Club of Chadstone/East Malvern, Vic, is the suffering of our fellow human beings who experience homelessness. In 2020, the club introduced its ‘Sleeping Out Rough Night’ program...
Federation Festival
The Federation Festival is an annual event organised by the Rotary Club of Corowa. The festival was first held in 1980 and celebrates Corowa’s place in history as the ‘birthplace of Federation’ (The Corowa Federation Conference of 1893 saw the beginning of the push for Federation by the people living...
I Wish I’d Asked
I Wish I’d Asked is a program of the Rotary Club of Shepparton South. This intergenerational initiative was co-founded by the club and Eva Gruen and Danny Finley, who are social entrepreneurs from La Trobe University Accelerator Program 2018. Eva and Danny wanted to create a program that would capture...
Rotary Peace Bell Albury Wodonga
The Rotary Peace Bell Albury Wodonga was a Rotary Club of Wodonga West initiative that brought a World Peace Bell to the Albury Wodonga region. The club wanted to increase peace awareness in the local community, in schools, businesses and homes. So, they set out to install a large Peace Bell...
Wheelchairs for Kids
District 9790 Governor David McPherson asked his two children, Lily and Liam, to choose the organisation for his partner project during his term as governor. The inspiring project they selected was Wheelchairs for Kids. The Rotary Club of Scarborough in Western Australia founded this project in 1998. They started making...
sayNO2familyviolence
The sayNO2familyviolence initiative was initiated by the Rotary Club of Maryborough, Vic, in 2014. It started as a program to raise awareness of the problems associated with family violence in the Maryborough community. In 2017, the Rotary Clubs of Portland Bay and Portland made it a joint project in their...