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March is Water and Sanitation Month                                                                       17 MARCH 2021
 

  NEXT  MEETING

Wednesday 17th  March
 
at BUCATINI at 6:00 pm for 6:30.
and Zoom room will open at 6:45pm
 
 
PROGRAM
SPEAKER:         Peter Newton
Ryder-Cheshire Homes
 
To view program for the  weeks ahead, visit   SPEAKERS
REPORTS
CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY
 
Thank You email received from Peter Dempsey, Secretary Blackburn Lake Sanctuary Advisory Committee
 
A very big Thank You to all who attended.
We had a total of 50 people. It was good to see families and young people.
Congratulations for “Stepping Up”!
We collected a total of 111.3 kg, including 32.5 kg of clean recyclable items on the day.
Thanks to Blackburn Lions and Forest Hill and Nunawading Rotary Clubs, our Ward Councillor Denise Massoud and  Gladys Liu Federal Member for Chisholm and Paul Hamer, State Member for Box Hill.
We were also pleased to have a visit by the Mayor of Whitehorse, Cr Andrew Monroe.
And very special thanks to our local residents who enjoy the Sanctuary so much.
 
Further, I would like to thank the Staff and Management of CMA in Blackburn who volunteered for the Corporate Clean Up on Tuesday and collected 25kg of rubbish.
Further information
 
Below: image of some of our members  who attended last weekend
 
The RORP Story
Great for kids and Great for the Environment
from Bob Allardice 
 
The harvesting of playgrounds started with a cup of coffee.  Whilst attending a Bendigo Bank Directors Conference in Adelaide, Peter Cribb of RC Flemington met with Eshantha Ariyadasa from Sri Lanka, who was staying with friends as he wrote up his PhD on Sri Lankan Social Services.  
 
Long Story Short!  His later request, five years ago, for a playground for a girls’ school became the genesis for the RORP program - Rotary Overseas Recycled Playgrounds.  One playground has evolved now to over 70 being sent to Sri Lanka, Fiji, Tanzania, PNG, Tanzania, East Timor (Timor Lest), and the Philippines.  Next month, another 10 will be sent to Nepal.  Uganda is a new destination coming up.  How fantastic is that? 
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RORP Central needs a new home

Following on from the article above on the evolution of RORP (Rotary Overseas Recycled Playgrounds) itself, we need a new depot of some sort.  Ideally, we need a laydown area of 100-140 sq m plus space to drop a 40ft container!  It would help if we had power and water too! 

Does anyone know of a space we can use/borrow, even if only for a few months, so we can store playgrounds over the North East side of town? Actually, anywhere near Eastlink or the Eastern would be great.  Do you have some unused space in your factory or block of land that we can borrow for a bit?  Any and all offers gratefully considered.

Call or email bob on 0419 509 403 or boballardice@gmail.com
WINE FUND RAISER
from Gabby
An event will be held to celebrate the end of the Baton Relay on April 11.
To assist in funding this event,
an arrangement has been set up between
Prospect Wines and the Rotary Clubs of Whitehorse.
 
With the purchase of 1 dozen bottles of wine, a minimum donation of $40 will be made to fund our event.
 
This initiative also helps support the wine industry!!
 
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
 
Bob Davis has has purchased the International Women's Day video for the club
 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
The Month of March 
 
Mad March Cycle Challenge
 
Ride, run, walk or swim to Make A Difference.
 
Raise funds for Australian Rotary Health
 
Details at
Monday 15 March 
 
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2021 AND THE LESSONS LEARNT
 
GUEST SPEAKER:
PROF. SHARON LEWIN
For details of 2 alternative options
  • dinner at the Village Green Hotel @ 6:30 pm for 6:45 start
  • participate on ZOOM @ 8:00 pm
 
Arranged by The Rotary Club of Glen Waverley
Sunday 21 March
 
MASH is organising
 
Lift the Lid Walk
for Mental Health
at Gardiners Creek Reserve, Box Hill South.
 
Sunday 11 April 
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
 
ROTARY NUNAWADING 
Baton Relay
 
RC Nunawading have hired horses and a carriage to cover the length of our Baton Relay leg. 
We will put Rotary signage on the carriage and this will have visibility as it goes up and down Whitehorse Road and down to the Blackburn Lake precinct.  The carriage can seat up to 8 people and members are encouraged to take part on a rotational basis. 
 
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Celebrating 100 years since
the first Rotary meeting at
Rotary Melbourne
 
Details at
 
The Future of
PEACE LEADERSHIP
Online Symposium
 
Details at
A Gala Centenary Celebration. 
Help save lives across
NINE Pacific Nations.
 
Details at
 
1-2 MAY
MULTIDISTRICT CONFERENCE 2021
 
Registration will be free and the booking site will open soon .
Each day the conference duration will be
2 hours from 11.00am to 1:00 pm. 
 
On Saturday afternoon there will be an extra session for D9810 only.  This will require a separate booking .
12-16 June 2021
 
The Rotary International Convention,
 
scheduled for 12-16 June 2021, in Taipei, Taiwan,
will now be a virtual event in response to the ongoing threat of COVID-19.
 
A WORLD OF ROTARY STORIES
 
 
We Will Break our Silence
 
It was international Women's Day last week. 
ElsaMarie D'Silva, Rotary Peace Fellow and CEO of Red Dot Foundation has made an impact on the critical issue of sexual violence against women.
 
Watch this video from the RI website at
 

New Rotary Foundation grant supports

scaling proven Malaria Program in Zambia

by Ryan Hyland 

from the March Issue of ROTARY

Read it at

https://www.rotary.org/en/new-rotary-foundation-grant-supports-scaling-proven-malaria-program-in-zambia
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
 
 
View our   
 
MARCH
 
CELEBRATIONS
 
JUST FOR FUN
 
think about it !
 
 
 
FARMERS MARKET ROSTER
 
Farmers Market - 11th April 2021
 
This is also the Centenary Celebration
 
Volunteers: Please contact Graeme if you are available
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
 
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RI & DISTRICT 9810 LINKS
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ARCHIVED BULLETINS
Click read more to view archived bulletins from July 2020 onwards
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MAGAZINE LINKS
 
Rotary Districts and Rotary Special interest Groups provide a wide range of informative and engaging on-line magazines and journals. Access some of them from the links provided..
New this week
  • OPEN DOORS                           1 MARCH 2021 
  • RDU                                           MARCH 2021
  • HIGHLIGHTS                             MARCH 2021
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COLLECTIONS
 
Club members collect a wide variety of items to provide resources in cash or kind for organisations we support. 
 
Collections
Items
Project
Contacts
Small soapsDays for GirlsJudith
ToiletriesWomen sheltersJudith
StampsEnd Trachoma 2020Neil
Foreign CoinsUNICEFCashier
SunglassesTaveuniLen & Bruce
Mobile PhonesTaveuniLen & Bruce
Bulletin Editor
Lesley Arnolda
(If you have any comments or questions, please contact the editor)
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