Thank you for visiting Rotary Albert Park's website.
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 about 40 with a 50:50 gender balance.
Join us for Dinner where we can introduce you to the Club & its members, and answer any questions you may have about membership. For more information, contact us at any time.
We also have a Facebook Group and share many of our upcoming events there.
Many of our meetings are recorded and available on our YouTube channel.
Interested in volunteering in and around the City of Port Philip? We're always looking for help! Register your details here.
Tony McManus,
Where are they now?
About past members and what are they up to now.
For details, and to book, go to (here)
“A Taste of Africa @ Werribee Open Range Zoo” - Mar 26
We have finalized the costs (including catering and entertainment) for the event, so it’s now good to go.
Confirmed date is Sunday March 26th, 11am-3pm.
Save the date for this fundraising event to benefit the Kyebe Project & UWEC (Ugandan wildlife education centre, the partner zoo with Werribee zoo).
The event is on March 26th, from 11am to 3pm. Tickets include full zoo entrance from 9am-5pm, so there will be plenty of time to explore the zoo.
Come along and celebrate African culture, cuisine and art with us in March, surrounded by wildlife at the Zoo!
Tickets on sale now at https://www.trybooking.com/CFIEK
For more on the project, and to donate, go to https://www.kyebeuganda.org.au/ Donations above $2 tax deductable in Australia
Book Update - 18 January
Thought I would give you an update on what is happening in Ken's world of books
The Annual Book Fair was held at Albert Park College in December taking over $5,400 in sales. A huge thank you to Ken, Helen and Greg who put so much passion into this program. Thank you also to Ann, Jeremy, Mark and Lea who assisted in spruiking the event at the local Gasworks market. This program is our major fundraising activity and is growing in its contribution. Thanks to all involved.
David Gorman recently picked up 80 boxes of good quality books which will be distributed to Flood Relief victims through libraries and other outlets
John Williams delivered 200 plus children's books to Reading Out of Poverty and we are also in the process of working with another group called 1 2 3 Read 2 To Me. They distribute younger reader books to disadvantaged areas
ABE book sales for December were just under $900 with average price of $59 with one book sold for $300
Adrian and myself went out to North Caulfield where I sorted through 1000 plus books which were being donated to us by retired academic ( some really stunning Art books). Helen Harris is in the process of checking the value of these books at the moment and we have already found books worth $150, $250 and quite a few in excess of $50 and we have only scratched the surface. I would estimate the total value reaching beyond $1500 if and when sold
We have also sold books so far in January in excess of $550 and would expect significant increase before end of month
All of this is possible because of the dedication of previous Rotarions Greig McEwan, Helen Harris, Jenny Grebler, John Williams and Adrian (non Rotarian)
My estimation would be that sales from books if totalled would be in excess of $500,000 in the time that I have been involved and this does not include books donated to Albert Park College which would be well in excess of $100,000 plus
We'd like to thank this group of dedicated workers
Thanks Ken
Book Storage Update
For our other book project, for some time we have been storing books for our Bay St Stall in an unused facility at The District, Docklands, for a very good price organised by Kim.
We have now moved out of that into a good shopfront location. Kim, Matthew, Dr Phil, Tyra, Carol, Lea, David, Richard, Vicki, Jenny and Glenn (Kim’s husband) moved these into the new facility (for pictures, click on photo at left). Thanks to all who helped.
This now will give us the opportunity to run stalls in the heart of Docklands.
Thanks Carol for all her efforts in operating this project
Days for Girls Enterprise - Homabay, Kenya
Please consider joining our partnership with RAWCS & donating to this very important fundraising campaign being lead by the ROTARY CLUB OF ALBERT PARK to make a difference in the lives of 500 girls plus the sewers & boys who will be receiving a health education with the distribution of the Days For Girls kits! This is a partnership with Bomet Days For Girls Enterprise, Kenya, an endorsed organisation operating under the direction of Days For Girls International.
Please watch this short video to learn more from our on-ground project Manager, Anita Byegon. https://m.facebook.com/groups/D9800discussion/permalink/10160382971918850/?mibextid=Nif5oz
With your help, our aim is for Anita & her team to start sewing the sanitary kits, distribute them & conduct the health education workshops by the end of January.
To donate, please click on the link provided or go to the RAWCS website. Please contact RC of Albert Park International Service Chair, Matthew Proctor, or myself to learn more. Donations of over $2 are tax deductable in Australia
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to so many young people! Kyebe Maternity Clinic Update - December 2022
The renovation and re-establishment of the Kyebe Maternity Clinic is a project of Rotary Albert Park. The clinic is located in the Kyebe Sub-County, approximately 180km south of Kampala, Uganda. The facility was established in the 1950's to meet the medical needs of the local community.
Albert Park Members are working with the Rotary Club od Gaba, which has produced an introductory video of the project. They aim to improve the facility by concentrating mainly on the maternity ward, which lacks most of the basic requirements. There is a need to fix windows, doors, the roof, ceilung, verandah and water harvesting system at the ward, as well as eventually re-equipping the labour unit. These renovations will not only benefit mothers and babies. but also the midwives.
The closest alternative facility is around 50km away, and is often inaccessable by road due to weather and poor conditions. Recently, the entire area was cut off for two months due to floods - making the renovation of the facility a critical need for the health and well-being of the local community.
Report On Trip to Maubisse November 2022
After a delay of two years due to COVID, Phil Hill was able to take a trip to Timor Leste to review the work of the Solar Smiles Dental Charity there.
To read the report, click on the picture at left
Rotary Albert Park supports Solar Smiles Dental Charity providing free preventative and relief of pain dentistry by taking Australian dental teams to Cambodia and Timor Leste, partnering with local dental professionals using their innovative Solar Powered Backpack dental chairs.
For further information, go to https://www.solarsmilesdentalcharity.com/
Rotary Park - St Kilda
After some time in planning, combined with delays from COVID, the Rotary Park on the foreshore of St Kilda, has reopened.
It is exciting to see the work that has been done and the facility being used.
We are thrilled to inform you that our global grant application (GG25234199) for funding to provide training to Palestinian and Israeli physicians to treat trauma patients, submitted by the Rotary E-Club of District 7610 (Northern Virginia) and the Rotary Club of Holon (District 2490 Israel), has been approved by The Rotary Foundation and The Rotary Foundation Canada. The award is in the amount of US$ 85,350.00. Many thanks to you and your club members for your support.
A great video from Alfred Health, one of the amazing projects we support! Thanks to everyone in the club who've helped out, and continue to help in the future. https://youtu.be/iItCCN_T3X4
Thirty five aged homeless and socially insecure residents live in Port Melbourne at Wintringham Hostel. They pay 85% of their pension to live in the facility and struggle financially with hygiene products, clothes and some small items of furniture for their rooms. This club project will be filling the needs directly of the residents through a strategic partnership with Wintringham management.
Wintringham is a specialised welfare company that provides housing and care to elderly, frail men and women. The sole motivating philosophy at Wintringham is that of social justice. For more information, go to (here) 
We have recently donated some lounge chairs to the hostel, see right
If you would like to help with this project, go to 
Donations above $2 are tax deductible in Australia.
Donations above $2 are tax deductible in Australia.
Women over 50 are the fastest growing group of people experiencing housing instability in Australia – often as a result of pay inequity, little to no superannuation or savings, divorce, domestic and family violence and time taken as unpaid carers. Adequate supply of social housing and affordable housing remains an enduring issue across Australia. Currently there are more than 40,000 applicants for social housing, on the Victorian Housing Register alone.
The Lakehouse is Melbourne's first Pop Up Shelter for women in need of temporary housing. For the Study report, go to (here)
Presentation of donation 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.
Presentation of donation to Geoff Amor to support Orange Sky Laundry, see https://orangesky.org.au/where-we-are/melbourne/
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:
Book Stalls at Gasworks Farmers' Market and Bay Street
Rotary Albert Park runs a book recycling project where it collects books from local libraries and from direct donations, sort, redistributes and sell them in various ways (including on-line) 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 rear of Gasworks Cafe, 21 Graham Street, Albert Park.
We also hold a book store on Saturdays in front of the Holy Trinity Church on Bay Street.
Cash and Eftpos available
For more information on our book recycling project, go to (here)
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.
