A relatively new Rotary program is rescuing old playgrounds from landfill to bring joy to children in developing nations. The City of Greater Dandenong, Vic, typically replaces around four playgrounds per year. In the past, the old playgrounds have often gone straight to landfill. However, Melinda Bell from the Rotary...
New presidential theme announced
Incoming Rotary International president Shekhar Mehta has announced the 2021-22 presidential theme – Serve to Change Lives. He has urged members to become more involved in service projects, saying that caring for and serving others is the best way to live because it changes not only other people’s lives, but...
Introducing the cutest little Rotary club in town
Love was in the air this Valentine’s Day when District 9640 Governor Andy Rajapakse launched what could quite possibly be the cutest Rotary club in the world at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary on Queensland’s Gold Coast – the Rotary Club of Koala Lovers. The animal cause-based club is a first of...
Ken to take the leap for polio eradication
Rotarian Ken Hutt is still planning to ‘jump’ off Mount Everest in his paraglider to raise money for The Rotary Foundation’s End Polio Now campaign. A member of the Rotary Club of Berry, NSW, Ken has a history with the highest mountain in the world, having led an expedition there...
The World’s Hunger Game
Despite world efforts over the past 40 years, hunger still claims a child’s life every three seconds. By Anne MatthewsD9560 Passport Club Hunger hides in every community. All over the world, Rotary supports programs to provide healthy food and develop sustainable solutions to food insecurity; however, despite all efforts, hunger...
A new e-club zooms into the world: Meet the Global Nurses & Midwives Rotary Club
During the charter of the Global Nurses & Midwives Rotary Club (GNMRC) on December 22, 2020, Charter President Wendy McIntosh was delighted to hear special guest, RI President Holger Knaack, state; “The world has never before seen a Rotary club of nurses and midwives. A totally innovative idea”. His words...