This year’s Rotary Club of Wānaka, NZ, annual book sale, held at the Lake Wānaka Centre was a “huge success” according to organisers. Funds raised were up 40 per cent on 2023, with club spokesperson and organiser Geoff McLeay saying sales grossed $19,000. “The result was far beyond our expectations,”...
Produce Partnerships
In early 2000, the Rotary Club of Belfast Kaiapoi, NZ, recognised that food poverty was becoming a significant issue for many in their community. So, the club set about developing a major project to seek out fresh food that could be obtained at minimum cost and distributed to the various...
Rotary E-Club of District 9650 Supporting Marine Rescue
The Rotary E-Club of District 9650 has been selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts at the Port Macquarie monthly markets with great success. As a result, the club recently donated $2,000 to Port Macquarie Marine Rescue to help the rescue service purchase a new and larger vessel. This is just one of...
Food for Peace: How reducing waste can create a just and sustainable world
By Dr Elaine PratleyRotary Peace Fellow Positive Peace Activator, Founder of Peace Inc. and Peace Kitchen Despite 793 million undernourished people around the globe, one-third of all food produced for human consumption is wasted. Every year, Australian farmers discard millions of tonnes of edible fruit and vegetables deemed too oddly...
Goolwa the place to be for golfers in 2025
The International Golfing Fellowship of Rotarians (IGFR) Australia recently held its annual tournament in Busselton, WA, where golfers from every state played in the week-long event. The next event for the IGFR Australia will be held at the South Lakes Golf Club in Goolwa, SA. The South Lakes Golf Course...
BeefBank: Driving awareness on food insecurity within Australia
Some 15 years ago a group within the Rotary Club of Brisbane Centenary, Qld, hit upon an idea to support those less fortunate by getting donated cattle into the benevolent food chain. That idea was the birth of BeefBank Ltd. Every beast donated to BeefBank produces approximately 200 kilograms of...