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Rotary Albert Park (part of Rotary International) is a group of neighbours, friends, and community leaders providing humanitarian service, encouraging high ethical standards in all pursuits and helping build goodwill and peace locally and worldwide. Our club was established in 1992 and has a long history of service. We have a membership of 56 with a 50:50 gender balance.
Join us for Dinner, as our guest. We would like to introduce you to the Club & its members, and answer any questions you may have about membership.
Albert Park Rotary 2019 "Garden Route" Car Rally - Sunday, 3rd March
We would like to advise you that our 2019 Car Rally is being held on Sunday 3rd March. Due to the large number of requests we decided to run the rally again this year.
We will be departing LSV from 9am onwards, after a briefing at 8.45am The rally will entail 115km of driving, and we will finish at a beautiful park. You will need to bring your picnic chairs, along with your food and drinks. There is a BBQ available if you wish to cook. We will then find out who is the Rally Champion/s
The cost will be $20.00 per car, to provide the prizes, and a small donation to Rotary. For payment, go to TryBooking http://www.trybooking.com/BAOXF
Please invite your friends to come along too, in their own car, or make up a car of your own. Looking forward to another interesting, and challenging day,
Adrian and Nance Fuller
Mandy Burns
Be Collective
Mandy Burns, Director-Stakeholder Development at Be Collective, trained as a psychologist, initially worked in private practice before befittingly starting at a children’s charity as a volunteer and ending up the CEO. Mandy works at Be Collective because she wants to activate a social revolution of sorts making volunteering and contributing to our community part of our DNA. Mandy lives, works, plays and volunteers locally. She loves spending time with family and friends and running 4-5 times a week- including a 60km jaunt for Fred Hollows Foundation last year. Her mantra is never doubt that a small group of people can change the world, it is the only thing that ever has” which led her start the local Boomerang Bags chapter to support the South Melbourne Market to become plastic bag free, pick up litter with Beach Patrol and Love Our Streets and join the Board of national educational charity EdConnect.
For more, see https://www.becollective.com/
Arie Moses
Microfinance business lending to Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Arie is the State Manager for Thrive Refugee Finance, an organisation which provides micro finance loan of up to $30000 to Refugee and Asylum Seekers business start-ups or growth capital for existing businesses. Thrive is not a Government funded organisation and operates with private investment capital. Thrive is headquartered in Sydney and began operations 2 years ago. Arie was brought to establish the Victorian operations 12 months ago. The program to date has been extremely successful having supported over 160 small businesses with a default rate of 2%.
For further information, go to http://thriverefugeeenterprise.org.au/
Rotary Albert Park Charity Sail Day - Sunday, 31st March
Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron
Our Charity Sail Day is on again, hosted by Rotary Albert Park with generous support from the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron and members who are donating their yachts and crew to make the whole event possible.
Please join us on Sunday March 31st 2019 for this unique sailing and fundraising event. Children must be 15 years or over for sailing. Friends and Family welcome.
Please join us on Sunday March 31st 2019 for this unique sailing and fundraising event. Children must be 15 years or over for sailing. Friends and Family welcome.
All details are included on the attached invitation below - reduced prices plus Live Music. You can sail and lunch afterwards or just join us for a la carte lunch and Live Music. We need to finalise numbers ASAP so please BOOK NOW
Payment and Bookings, please to https://www.trybooking.com/
All sailing participants will be issued with a day pass card and their details keyed into the Australian Sailing database which will generate an AS number and provide insurance. Participants should wear soft sole shoes (preferably not black), its usually a fair bit cooler on the water so depending on the weather a jacket or warm top could be handy.
Attached is the Day Pass Form which captures all individual details, Sailors please arrange for these to be completed and sent to Chris - asap prior to the regatta – chris@foodservex.com.au
For attached forms, go to (here)
Looking forward to seeing you there - ahoy !!
Chris
Rotary Albert Park Charity Golf Day - Thursday, 11th April
Albert Park Golf Course
It is on again our annual RAP Golf Day held at Albert Park Golf Course followed by Dinner / Guest Speaker at Greenfield Restaurant
Date - Thursday April 11th - later this year so as to cater for school holidays, Easter, Grand Prix.
As one of our major Fun Raisers I am seeking willing volunteers to assist at the Planning stage with the following -
- Guest Speaker - Coordinating Sourcing /Engagement / Coordination
- Sponsorship
- Raffle / Auction Prize
- Organisation of Catering - Food & Beverage
- Invitation Management / Payments
- Communications - Social / Print Media
Hoping for volunteers to form a TEAM of 4-6 people to have some fun and manage this major RAP Fund Raising event. If you would like to help out or learn more please contact me by return email / ring 0418 557 238.
Thanks
Chris
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One Ball Presentation - 17th February
Presentation of donation of $4,500 to One Ball. For more photos, go to (here)
OneBall is a free community program designed for young people aged between 8-18 years. The program provides opportunities for young people from CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse) backgrounds across Melbourne to play soccer in a social setting and encourages them to:
- be fit and active, and to enhance both their physical and psychological health and wellbeing
- develop positive cross-cultural relationships with others, and
- feel more connected and empowered to make a positive contribution to their community.
OneBall is a not-for-profit program founded by Kamal Ibrahim, a former young Socceroo and current NPL player. The program is generously supported by the City of Port Philip and the Port Melbourne 'Sharks' Soccer Club.
Find out more here: www.facebook.com/oneballoneforall
Winds of Hope - December 2018 Update
For an update of their current work in Uganda, see (here) and for more information, go to https://www.windsofhope.com.au/
Solar Smiles Visit to Timor Leste - 3rd to 17th November 2018
We're now back from our visit to Timor Leste. After our last 2 weeks, we know that we are literally the only dental support they have access to, & boy do they need us!
During the 2 weeks 252 patients were treated with 95% leaving with fully completed treatment and given toothbrushes and toothpaste for prevention. $125,848 free treatment was delivered to the community by the 2 teams.
Troop Athena (Albert Park College) Results
The F1 in schools competition was a fantastic experience to be apart of! Overall we are very proud of our achievements.
1st in Marketing and graphic design! Most outstanding industry collaboration! 6th overall in the competition!
1st in Marketing and graphic design! Most outstanding industry collaboration! 6th overall in the competition!
Presentation of $1,000 to Geoff Amor to support Orange Sky Laundry, see https://orangesky.org.au/where-we-are/melbourne/
Along with about 20 other contributors, Past President Joan Robison received a Certificate of Appreciation at the opening ceremony for the YWCA Lakehouse on Friday 20th July, 2018. The official opening was performed by the Governor of Victoria, Hon. Linda Dessau AC and Hon. Martin Foley MP, Minister for Housing, Disability & Ageing (and also the local MP). The work & contribution of our members in providing linen & towels (sourced from members, friends and Rotary Donations In Kind store), welcome packs of toiletries and library books may seem relatively small (in dollar terms) compared to some of the building materials works & equipment provided by some corporate, the impact of such personal touches for the new residents is immeasurable and not to be overlooked or discounted .
The shortage of emergency response vehicles is a serious problem being faced in the Western Cape, South Africa, with the numerous fires that need to be contended with. The lack of vehicles often leads to emergency services taking up to 40 minutes to arrive at disaster scenes, especially in more remote areas. It goes without saying that the vital lost time can literally mean the difference between life and death. With the help of Rotary Albert Park, The Rotary Club of Newlands were able to donate a multipurpose vehicle to the Emergency Volunteer Services (EVS).
Below are some stories and video of the project:
Rotary Albert Park runs a book recycling project where it collects books from local libraries and from direct donations, sorts and redistributes them in various ways to benefit the community. On the third Saturday of each month at the Farmers Market at Gasworks Park (weather permitting) we have a wide selection of these recycled books for sale. We are located at the back of Priscilla Jones' Cafe in Graham Street, Albert Park.
For more information on our book recycling project, 
Other Media Pages
The club is also on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter & Instagram. There are often additional posts entered by members and by other clubs, and it is a great way to get notified of events and functions.
