April is Maternal and Child Health Month                                                                  28 APRIL 2021

OUR NEXT MEETING   WEDNESDAY APRIL 28th   at Bucatini at   6:00 pm for 6:30 start   PROGRAM:  Mark Huddleston Creatures of Habit You may recall I published the link to the YouTube video associated with his book several weeks ago :      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuJw0so4fzs SPEAKER FOR MAY 5 Graeme Moorfoot: Off the Beaten Track   To view program for the  weeks ahead, visit   SPEAKERS     More about our speaker   Read more... LAST WEEK'S MEETING CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF SERVICE IN AUSTRALIA (and what a party it looks to have been!) Many thanks to Janette for the photos. Judith tells me we had a fantastic speaker as well. LOCAL NEWSLETTER   Ian Armstrong sent me this. I know many of us have bemoaned the loss of our Leader newspaper. Eastsider News is a free digital newsletter reporting to communities in the eastern part of Melbourne including the Cities of Boroondara and Whitehorse and adjourning areas from Kew to Croydon.   Find out more at  https://www.eastsidernews.org.au/ FORTHCOMING EVENTS 30 APRIL Read more at  https://9810rotary.org.au/documents/en-au/771990f1-2cd0-4a60-a0c5-39f91b983bad/1/ 1-2 MAY MULTIDISTRICT CONFERENCE 2021   Registration will be free and the booking site now open at   https://rotaryconference.org.au/ .   Speakers:  https://rotaryconference.org.au/?page_id=85 1 MAY D9810 Breakout Session   Saturday 1 May 2021 at 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM   This event will be an opportunity for District 9810 Rotarians to come together in a virtual setting, to acknowledge and celebrate the Rotary achievements of the last year.   Details at   https://rotaryconference.org.au/?rara-portfolio=district-9810 Bookings at  https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=739476& 6 MAY PARMAS FOR POLIO   NewGen is bringing back  Parmas For Polio night   at The Coach in Ringwood.   Capacity is limited, so don't delay, bookings at  https://www.trybooking.com/BPMVO   Guest speakers include District 9810 governor Alma Reynolds and her husband, Polio campaigner Greg King. We will also be holding a raffle with some great prizes on the night. Read more... 15 MAY   R100 - Rotary's Waggle Dance & Picnic In The Park Bookings at  https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=744993&   Do the Waggle Dance World Record Challenge practice the dance at http://www.worldbeeday.org.au/waggle 29 MAY Whitehorse Rotaract 21st Birthday   6:00 pm - 11:00 pm AEST Box Hill Golf Club 202 Station St, Box Hill South VIC 3128, More https://www.facebook.com/events/356872191648896 12-16 JUNE  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. The Virtual Convention will be open to all Rotary members and participants. Event registration will open in mid-April and will include a promotional fee of $49 for 21 days, with an increase afterward to $65.   Read more at  https://convention.rotary.org/en SATURDAY JUNE 26   A WORLD OF ROTARY STORIES Timaru midwife Julie acknowledged for her work in Mongolia     .......Julie Dockrill’s dedication to mothers and babies led to her being part of an award-winning team, markedly decreasing the mortality rates of mothers and babies in Mongolia.   Read it at   SAVING MUMS &BUBS   The Rotary Club of Melbourne has created    ROTARY SAFE FAMILIES PROGRAM   as part of its 100 Year Centenary   SAFE represents: “Stopping Abuse in Families Everywhere”.    More at https://rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au/128/images/Rotary_Safe_Families_Manual_Version_11._2020.pdf        View our      APRIL   CELEBRATIONS   HERE     JUST FOR FUN   DATES FOR YOUR DIARY   16 MAY   2021   SHINE ON AWARDS      RI & DISTRICT 9810 LINKS Read more... 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                          12 APRIL 2021 RDU                                           APRIL 2021 HIGHLIGHTS                             APRIL 2021 ARCHIVED BULLETINS Click read more to view archived bulletins from July 2020 onwards Read more... COLLECTIONS   Club members collect a wide variety of items to provide resources in cash or kind for organisations we support.    Items Project Contacts  Small soaps Days for Girls  Judith  Toiletries Women's shelters  Judith  Stamps End Trachoma 2020  Neil  Foreign Coins UNICEF  Cashier  Sunglasses Taveuni  Len & Bruce  Mobile Phones Taveuni  Len & Bruce

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