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New playground installed for special needs kids

During COVID-19 lockdown, members of the Rotary Club of Burleigh Heads, Qld, together with the Currumbin Community School for special kids, installed four pieces of state-of-the-art playground equipment in the Gold Coast school’s grounds. The Explorer Net Mount Gingera, Whirly Go-round (for wheelchair users), Revolving Sand Table and Bed of...

Vale Sir Clem Renouf

Rotarians around the world were saddened by the news of the passing of Sir Clem Renouf at his home at Arcare, Hope Island, Qld, on June 11. Acclaimed as Australia’s second Rotary International president, Clem is recognised as the inspiration behind Rotary’s historic PolioPlus campaign, commencing with the pilot program...

Young at heart

Holger Knaack has a fresh vision for the Rotary of the future. With a little help from his friends, things should go swimmingly. Holger Knaack is vacuuming. The Rotary Club of Herzogtum Lauenburg-Mölln, Germany, has wrapped up its annual Christmas bazaar in the cloister of the 12th-century Ratzeburg Cathedral. Two...