To address the gap in knowledge about the prevalence of PSA testing in communities across the country, Australian Rotary Health, the Rotary Club of Blacktown City, NSW, and Rotary Districts 9790 and 9830 worked with PhD scholarship recipient Ankur Kohar, with the aim of better understanding how where a man...
Book now for the 2024 Zone 8 Conference
By PDG Leanne JaggsZone 8 2024 Convenor Thank you to those who have already registered for our Zone 8 Conference, as numbers are looking strong. For those who haven’t, check out our registration page at rotaryzone8.org where you will also find more information about our speakers and programs. We would...
Bethlehem House
The Rotary Club of North Hobart, Tas, has been supporting Bethlehem House – a homeless men’s shelter run by St Vincent de Paul Society – in a quiet way for several years, donating goods for their ‘Socks, Chocs and Jocks’ Christmas appeal and food leftover from barbecues. In recent years,...
Dutch festival a fantastisch success!
The iconic Holland Festival celebrated everything Dutch on Saturday, April 27, as the event marked its 50th anniversary. Held under cover this year at Caribbean Gardens, Vic, event manager Paul Rubens, of the Rotary Club of Casey, said they used every inch of the venue’s 7,000m2 under roof area. The...
Bequest aids bowel cancer research
A bequest to the Rotary Club of Wellington, NZ, has helped fund PhD research that could lead to earlier detection and better treatment options for bowel cancer. New Zealand’s bowel cancer rates are some of the highest in the world. Unfortunately, it is also difficult to detect, with the cancer...
Shelterbags for the homeless in South Australia
By Richard TuckerRotary Club of Gawler Light, SA For the past year and a half, the Rotary Club of Gawler Light, SA, has been helping provide for the needs of homeless persons sleeping rough in their community through the distribution of Shelterbags. The club has become part of a wider...