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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 where we can introduce you to the Club & its members, and answer any questions you may have about membership.
Dr Mitchell Killeen
Plastic - Friend and Foe!
Mitchell has a long, global career with plastics, chemicals and refining company LyondellBasell. He was appointed the Managing Director of LyondellBasell Australia Pty Ltd (LBA) in January 2019.
After 12 years of expatriate assignments with LYB, Mitchell returned to Australia in 2015, to the position of Director JV’s and Business Development for LyondellBasell International. This entailed managing, existing Asia-Pacific Joint Ventures, JV portfolio optimisation and developing new JV opportunities, from the Melbourne office. Prior to his return to Australia, Mitchell had been the Managing Director of LYB’s Dubai business, which included Africa, Middle East, Turkey and the Indian Subcontinent (AfMEI). In addition to regional responsibility for LYB polyolefin business & infrastructure, this role including board and off-take responsibilities for LYB’s three Saudi JV’s with integrated polyolefins production.
Mitchell's expatriate assignments also included five years in Hong Kong from 2003 (prior to Dubai) managing marketing, innovation and projects across Asia and AfMEI, as LYB’s International Business Director.
After completing his PhD (in Polyurethanes at the University of Queensland), Mitchell joined LyondellBasell Australia in 1995. Mitchell graduated from The University of Melbourne (BSc(Hons), Chemistry).
Kevin Viney
Stroke Foundation
The Stroke Foundation is a national charity that partners with the community to prevent, treat and beat stroke. We stand alongside stroke survivors and their families, healthcare professionals and researchers. We build community awareness and foster new thinking and innovative treatments.
For further information, go to https://strokefoundation.org.au/About-us
Kris Gately
SNAPP: Sporting Network of Autistic People & Parents
The Sporting Network of Autistic People and Parents (SNAPP) is a not-for-profit group that partners with mainstream sports groups and runs training sessions and games for kids with autism. The sessions are non-competitive and parent coached. Parents Allison and Kris Gately set up the SNAPP program when they realised starting off with mainstream sports clubs wasn’t working for their son, Bruin, who is on the spectrum.
SNAPP is a non-competitive group, and has become a very successful bridging program where our participants go onto mainstream competitive sports.
For further information, go to https://snapp.org.au/
Save the Date - RAP Car Rally - Sunday, 23th February
We would be delighted if you could join us for our annual Car Rally. A TryBooking site has been set up to pay the car entry fee of $25.00. To book, please go to https://www.trybooking.com/BHDYI
We will meet in the rear car park, at LSV, Todd Road, Port Melbourne, at 8:45am for registration and briefing, with the first car to depart at 9:00am and others following at approx 1 min intervals. The drive will be approx 90km, with duration of approx 4 hours (including stops). Note: Finish point will be closer to home than last year.
Lunch will be a slightly different format this year, as the rally will conclude at an outdoor, but covered, restaurant/café, where we will have lunch and reveal the answers to the questions, and of course allocate prizes to the winners. The cost of lunch is $20.00 per head.
Please advise Nancy Fuller at nancyfuller6@gmail.com if you intend to participate, and please pay the car entry by 14th February 2020.
For full details, go to (here)
Climb for Kids - Kilimanjaro November 2020
ARE YOU READY FOR THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME?
Join us in November 2020 as we climb to the top of Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro!All proceeds and profits from our trek supports Winds of Hope’s Primary School project in Uganda, Africa. For further information, go to https://www.climbforkids.org.au/
Book Project Certificate of Appreciation
Certificate of Appreciation to Priscilla Jones Cafe for use of their space on market days. Pictured is Andrea Brook, cafe owner, with Carol and John at the Gasworks Saturday Market.
Yaris Bought for Learner Driver Program
The new Toyota Yaris that Rotary Albert Park helped Melbourne City Mission to purchase for their Learner Driver Program. For more photos, go to (here)
The City of Port Phillip program is currently assisting 20 young people from the local area, serviced by MCM St Kilda office. Currently about 60% of the program participants live in public housing in the South Melbourne and Post Melbourne areas.
Rotary volunteer mentors will undergo training by VicRoads and undergo mandatory training with MCM. For further details, see https://www.mcm.org.au/learning/youth-engagement/l2p-learner-driver
Albert Park College - Thanks
I would firstly like to thank the Albert Park Rotary Club for your continued support of Albert Park College. This year one of our AIP priorities has been to build a literacy program for our students to provide support and intervention. This year we developed two year 7 and two year 8 literacy support classes for 2 hours per week. We are pleased to be able to offer this to our students again next year, and are looking to expand the program. I have detailed each of the initiatives below.
Thanks from Winds of Hope
A Taste of Africa - 25th October
A huge thank-you to everyone who attended and helped at our recent A Taste of Africa event. It was a very successful night, and we are overwhelmed by the support of our friends, colleagues and the community for our work in Uganda.
I've uploaded some photos from the night to https://www.windsofhope.
Lakehouse Pop Up Case Study
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)
Kim in Timor Leste - Some Photos
For some photos of her current trip, go to https://rotaryalbertpark.org.au/PhotoAlbums/kim-in-timor-leste-sep-19
Also see video at https://youtu.be/o7VaouJy_6E or for more information, go to (here)
Committee Reports
Year-end reports were presented by each of our Avenue Directors. Click on thumbnail to view report
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.
Presentation of $1,000 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:
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.
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