The Rotary Club of Somerset, Tas, is on a mission to become the second ‘heart smart’ location in Australia. Inspired by Iron Man Guy Leech’s cardiac survival Defib Hero program, the club is calling on businesses, schools, sporting groups and residents to register their defibrillators onto the Defib Hero app....
Repurposing computers for good
Do you have an old computer that is not compatible with Windows11? Do you want to donate it to a good cause? If the answer is yes, you might be interested in the Rotary Chadstone/East Malvern Computer Drive Program, a community initiative to refurbish and upgrade old computers and then...
ARH scholarships funding prostate cancer research
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...