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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.
Special General Meeting
Club Presentations
Presentation by our Club Committees Directors on the progress in our projects, and of the new Constitution and By-laws. The proposed Constitution and By-laws require approval at this Special General Meeting.
This meeting will be held via the Zoom on-line meeting program. Details below:
RAP Changeover - Wednesday, 24 June
After advice from the hotel, we have reverted to holding a Zoom meeting. Details to be advised.
Care Packs for The Alfred Hospital Mental Health Unit
On-line Meeting Monday 1 June 2020 at 6.30pm via Zoom
Today we received notification that our matching grant application has been approved. As you can imagine we were delighted and very happy with the successful outcome of the joint application. This is a joint project by Melbourne South, Albert Park, Port Melbourne, Hawthorn and Malvern Rotaries.
Star Health Assistance
During this critical time, we have been continuing our support of Star Health (formally Inner South Community Health) in real and client focussed ways, as attached (here)
Update on Bodhi Tree Special School - 1 April 2020
We received intimation from the Director of the Bodhi Tree School of the problems they are facing due to the lockdown in India and the depletion of funds. We have put through a funds transfer request of $ 4,900 from our funds with RAWCS to be telegraphically transferred to Bodhi tree asap. Situation is bad everywhere and we need to help those in need in any small way.
If you would like to help out, go to https://www.bodhitreespecialschool.com.au/donate
or for further information, go to https://rotaryalbertpark.org.au/Stories/bodhi-tree-report-june-2019
Regards
Ish
Sovuzwa Educare Centre in South Africa
As you know we recently started a fundraising campaign for the Sovuzwa Educare Centre in South Africa. We've had a great response, but obviously with the current pandemic people's focus is understandably elsewhere. The facility is located in an informal township outside of Khayelitsha, itself just outside Cape Town, which has been hard hit by the virus. The situation in the area is dire, with even water becoming a rare commodity.
Solar Smiles Donates Supplies
As you know we are dedicated & committed to our community in Maubisse, Timor Leste. COVID 19 is scary enough for those of us living in well developed cities. However our hearts and minds are never far away from our Maubisse friends & how COVID19 may effect their (our) community.
It is with this in mind the Solar Smiles team have decided to on donate all our masks, gloves, eye protection, hand sanitizer, hand soap, tissues that we hold in our Maubisse storage unit for the use of the frontline Doctors & Nurses at the Maubisse Referral Hospital to help keep them safe and treating patients during this pandemic.
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.
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)
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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