Events

Happy New Year to you!

After a beautiful summer break we are just about to start 2023 with a wonderful family and friend friendly Rotary Fun-draiser courtesy of our Vocational committee members. 

The venue is the Maribyrnong Park Bowls Club, 195 Holmes Rd, Moonee Ponds, VIC, 3039.

It is a familiar venue to many of us who have over recent years joining in our fun barefoot bowls events at which time we quickly realised that our thoughts that lawn bowls looked easy soon discovered that we were sorely mistaken. 

This time on Tuesday 7th February we are going to join in a super dooper supper night with all three courses being cooked by our very own celebrity chefs of the Vocational Committee. 

The wonderful guest speaker for the evening is Peter Bellion. 

Peter has a diverse and interesting background heading up the Reconstructive Road Trauma unit with Victoria Police for over 30 years. You may remember him as the Seargent heading up the ‘Wipe off 5’ campaign.

He is also the President of the Port Melbourne Life Saving Club whom were recently titled with ‘Life Saving Club of the Year.’ Not only does the club teach hundreds of children how to safety enjoy the bay for four months of the year, and provide surf rescue crew volunteers to keep our swimmers safe, but also help refugee and school groups understand the challenges of swimming in the ocean. He has many entertaining anecdotes of life saving feats in the bay.

Additional to this, he is an avid speaker on Mental Health, having suffered from PTSD himself after attending over 2000 road traumas. He has many interesting solutions to talk about including the use of dogs in therapy. Peter is both entertaining and engaging and has some incredible stories about helping people and groups. 

There will be some fun games and activities to enjoy and raise some much needed funds for our club's projects, so bring along your moneybox filled with gold coins to join in. 

So please use the link to register you, your family, including the kids, and friends for this great night.

A planning day is proposed that would conclude with a dinner. Details TBC

This will be a follow up to our planning day as we look to plan the next Rotary Year.

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Guest Speaker Styart Hayes.  Stuart is a business coach/consultant advisor who can speak on a range of topics relevant to high performing teams, business turnaround, business succession planning etc. If you are in Business, know someone in Small business in our local community or have family members that are in business, this is not to be missed.

Business Succession Planning is vital, especially Family Business. Not to be missed.

Register your interest in attending the Convention.

When and where are the Rotary International Convention and preconvention events?

Convention
27-31 May 2023

Preconvention events

• Youth Exchange Officers Preconvention: 26-27 May
• Youth Exchange Officers Banquet: 26 May
• Concert for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: 26 May

Convention Centre
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, Victoria and Rod Laver Arena, Olympic Blvd, Melbourne VIC 3001 (see program for details).

Who can attend the Rotary International Convention?

Registration is open to anyone interested in Rotary. See registration fees for this year’s age-based registration rates.

Presentator Dr Nicole Kowalczyk (Ecologist, Maribyrnong Officer/Education Manager MCC) who will make a presentation on the Care and development of the Maribyrnong River.

We look forward to supporting efforts to protect and care for the Maribyrnong and welcome collaboration with the community, local governments and friends of groups in the area. For any enquiries please email info@yarrariver.org.au

 

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