Watch this video from President Elect Alan Howard-Jones about RYPEN Rotary’s RYPEN provides a group of young people aged 14-17 years an opportunity to develop self-awareness and valuable leadership skills. RYPEN 2022 will be held between Friday 30th September to Sunday 2nd October at Nunyara retreat centre in the Adelaide Hills. Applications for sponsorship and […]
We welcomed DG Jeff and Jenny Neale to our meeting, and Jeff took the opportunity to reminisce on his year as DG of the new District 9510. The district comprises of 84 clubs and he and wife Jenny have travelled all year to get around all the clubs. Not a mean feat, and his […]
Cooper Whitbread was presented the John Tilley Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Student at Modbury High School for 2021. It was an honor to recognise his contribution to the Modbury High School community. Cooper has always been a driven and focused student, who constantly challenged himself to achieve academic excellence. He had a strong plan […]
2021 Overall Winner of the School & Community Service Award
Tonight we finally got to meet Sam Olafson from Kings Baptist College, he is the overall winner of last years School & Community Awards, and he addressed our meeting. His passion for service started at an early age of 10. He became House Captain and excelled in music; and he was a Youth Leader at […]
OCTOBER is Mental Health Awareness Month! Our club is supporting Australian Rotary Health “Lift the Lid” campaign with this raffle. 1st Prize is $100 Gift Card from Laubman & Pank, donated by our local store at Tea Tree Plaza. Lift the Lid on Mental Illness is Australian Rotary Health’s overarching campaign brand for mental health […]
Thank you to our guest Speaker Atefeh Jouhari, our recent RYLA attendee. She had an amazing time at this year’s camp building her confidence & making life long friendships. https://www.rotary.org/…/rotary-youth-leadership-awards Atafeh Jouhari, gave a great presentation on the RYLA Course she recently attended. Before she entered the course she used to put a lot of […]
Mark Hay presenting a cheque for $1,000 to Lyn Turner – the Manager of the Toy Library. The club has continued its sponsorship of the toy library for a further twelve months, having already sponsored the Library for three years.
President Mark Presenting Lyn Turner with our sponsorship cheque
President Mark Hay presenting a cheque to Ben Sarre, the Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity, South Australia. This donation will go towards food and refreshments for corporate volunteers assisting in the Pinery Fire Recovery, this has included Volunteers from ASIC.
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Gleeson College on behalf of one of their students, whom the club help sponsor to attend the Heidelberg International Science Summer School presented the club with a certificate of Thank You and Appreciation.
At our last meeting President Mark was very pleased to induct new member Margaret White to our Club. Margaret has served Rotary for many years and we’re very pleased she will continue to do so as a member of our happy group of volunteers. Welcome Marg!
President Mark also had the pleasure of inducting our new Honorary Member, John Bulk. John has been an invaluable member of our team since last year and we really appreciate his readiness to assist at our BBQ events. We welcome both John and his wife Margaret to our Club.