It’s Clean Up Australia Day. Members of Rotary Club of Modbury Golden Grove this morning scoured Baymor Reserve at Modbury for litter. There was a man sleeping rough in the park, and he soon joined us in cleaning up the reserve, and another neighbouring park. Well done team, […]
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U We had a very successful Quiz Fundraiser last night! We would like to THANK Everyone who attended & donated to our club. The money raised will go to club projects for the next year! Our major sponsors were: Tindo Solar www.tindosolar.com.au https://www.facebook.com/tindosolar Tree Ninja www.treeninja.com.au https://www.facebook.com/treeninjasa Mr Clip www.mrclip.com.au https://www.facebook.com/MrClipSA Our round sponsor was: […]
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On Tuesday the 30th January, members from our club and RC of Salisbury prepared dinner for the families currently staying in the Ronald McDonald House in North Adelaide. We catered for about 35+ people including house staff & volunteers- with a simple menu of Beef Silverside, Roasted Chicken pieces and Veggies- with an assortment […]
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We had a lot of notable events happen at tonight’s meeting 📅 : We inducted a new member- Liz Gurnick to the club: We had Otto conduct our AGM and take nominations for next board members; And Paul Mills received his Sapphire Paul Harris Fellowship badge. […]
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Tonight at our Christmas Party we also Celebrated member’s Years of Service. Name Joined Rotary Years Joined Club Years Laura 31/3/22 1 31/3/22 1 Dianne 28/6/03 20 12/7/16 7 Prasad 24/10/06 17 24/10/06 17 Dean 31/10/01 22 31/8/18 5 Otto 10/5/82 41 10/5/82 41 Mathew 25/10/05 18 25/10/05 18 Rob 1/7/13 10 1/7/13 10 Colin […]
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Congratulations Jak Kastanos for being 2023 John Tilley Memorial Award recipient! President Alan represented the Rotary Club of Modbury Golden Grove in presenting the Rotary John Tilley Memorial Award to Modbury High School’s Most Outstanding student. This award is the school’s top award 🥇 and is much sought after by Year 12 students each year. […]
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At last night’s meeting we had club member Kathy present on what is KIVA and how our investment in this project is progressing. KIVA is a international non-profit organisation who created a platform that uses crowdfunding micro loans and unlocking capital for the under-served, improving the quality and cost of financial services, and addressing the […]
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This morning we joined the students and staff of East Para Primary School to unveil a Peace Pole in their garden. The Pole was donated by the members of the Rotary Club of Modbury Golden Grove as part of a project to mark the Centenary of Rotary in South Australia. The unveiling today, on […]
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Last night we celebrated our Rollover Dinner, heralding the end of the 2022-2023 Rotary year, and the commencement of 2023-2024. Rhiannon Pearce MP was invited to continue as Honorary member, and presented a certificate of Honorary Membership. President Alan, with Rhiannon’s help on behalf of the Premier, awarded Derek the Premier’s Certificate for outstanding achievement […]
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In February we had a guest speaker, Suzie Farley, who is the donor relations officer at Backpacks 4 SA Kids. She shared the important work this not-for-profit organisation does for South Australia. It exists to provide resources that contribute to the care, safety and wellbeing of children and young people during periods of dislocation […]
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Rotary is made up of Volunteers who carry out humanitarian work around the globe. Teams conduct short term exercises, have predetermined and agreed goals and ensure that projects are sustainable.
On Monday the 13th and Wednesday the 15th of November 30 riders took of from Adelaide via Meadows to Victor Harbor to rise funds and awareness Spinal Cord Research.
Day 2 the peloton rode the “Fleurieu Peninsular Loop” from Victor Harbor via Strathalbyn, Milang and Goolwa back to Victor Harbor.
On the last day they travelled from Victor Harbor back to Glenelg. through McLaren Vale.
The total distance travelled was 354 km with an elevation of +1173 meters. Rotarian Michael Smith represented the Rotary Club of Modbury on the ride, and the total amount raised by all riders was $148 455.00 so far. The money will be used for a world leading imaging System to diagnose Spinal Cord Injury.
At our meeting held on the 28/08/2017 at the Golden Grove Tavern, we were able to recognise and award three special youth representatives from our community.
Simon Awramenko is our sponsored outgoing student on the Rotary Exchange Program for 2018. He is going to Finland for the next 12 month, and will be a very good ambassador for our club and our community in general.
Amber Blakeley was our winner of the Good News Award for July 2017. Amber collected 145 warm jackets for homeless people to cope with the bitterly cold weather this winter. A great initiative – thank you Amber.
Basbibi Zaheer was our Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) representative. She is from Afghanistan and wants to work with displaced persons, and is currently working as a volunteer at the Australian Migrant Resource Centre.
Assistant Governor (Group 6), Peter Perkins and Club President Ron Kelley presented the three recipients to the meeting.
We again sponsored a student for the ‘Rotary Youth Leadership Award’ this year, the program is designed to give the opportunity to explore leadership skills for young 18-25 year olds.
Our student was Basbibi Zaheer and she and 24 other awardees attended a six day course to refine their skills, explore pertinent topics with their peers and elders and share valuable expertise.
At the Anstey Hill Recreational Park, club members assisted with planting nurtured seedlings in a selected area of the park. Almost 500 plants have been planted over two planting days a few weeks apart.
