Getting behind the wheel to drive funds and awareness for polio eradication, District 9510 will launch its Polio Ute Relay on World Polio Day.Hitting the road in Alice Springs, NT, on October 24, the relay will travel throughout District 9510’s 12 areas, with staging posts all the way to Adelaide,...
Ride the Train to End Polio
The End Polio Train Ride is now an annual fundraising and public image event held across Sydney, with Dave and Mark Anderson riding 32 different trains to stop at all 189 stations on the Sydney network. This year the event will also run in Greater Brisbane, Qld, Auckland and Wellington,...
Sir Clem Renouf Polio Appeal to drive fundraising in 2020-21
The passing of Rotary International’s polio icon Sir Clem Renouf on June 11 has inspired a group of Australian, New Zealand and Oceania Rotary leaders to launch the Sir Clem Renouf Polio Appeal in 2020-21. Sir Clem was Australia’s second president of Rotary International in 1978-79, and three fellow RI...
Breaking the cycle of domestic violence through education
In response to the rate of domestic and family violence in the community, the Rotary Club of Ballina-on-Richmond, NSW, has partnered with the Ballina Domestic Violence Liaison Committee to identify the best way forward in organising and delivering preventative programs to educate the community about domestic violence, respectful relationships and...
Rotary unlocking Africa’s next top coders
Rotary is enabling a ground-breaking social enterprise that trains capable youths from poor backgrounds into world-class software developers. Madagascar doesn’t often feature in the headlines. Many of us will quickly associate it with a series of animated hit movies. Others may recall a biodiversity hotspot containing five per cent of...
An artist, a Rotary club, and $87,000 in drought aid
An art exhibition by a leading Australian watercolour artist set the wheels in motion for the Life on the Land Appeal, which has raised more than $87,000 for drought-affected communities. Terry Jarvis is one of Australia’s most exceptional watercolour artists and, with his partner Michelle Kent, they wondered what they...