Rotary Club of Aurora Gungahlin Canberra in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Community organisation

Rotary Club of Aurora Gungahlin Canberra

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 418 621 616

Address: Armadillo Cafe, 7 O’Hanlon Place, Gold Creek, Nicholls. ACT 2913 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: https://www.rotaryd9710.org.au/clubs/canberra-clubs/aurora-gungahlin.html

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25.01.2022 BARGO DINGO SANCTUARY BBQ FUNDRAISER

24.01.2022 More Defibrillator Launch Photos.

22.01.2022 ROTARY IS THE WORLD

14.01.2022 PROVISION OF SOCCER POWERCHAIRS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. Aim A Rotary Club Project to provide funding assistance to persons with disabilities in Canberra and surrounding districts in order to provide the opportunity for them to play Powerchair Football competitively in: ...Continue reading

12.01.2022 CANBERRA WEEKLY ARTICLE 20/2/2020

11.01.2022 An exciting opportunity to help out the Canberra Community: PROVISION OF SOCCER POWERCHAIRS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. Interested in supporting this project, see story below .

10.01.2022 LAUNCH OF DEFIBRILLATORS ON THE LRVS 17th February 2020

09.01.2022 More Defibrillator Launch Video CPR

08.01.2022 Capital Football Powerchair Development Weekend at AIS over the weekend of 29th February to 1st March 2020. Powerchair Football is a competitive team sport designed and developed specifically for electric wheelchair users. These participants include persons with quadriplegia, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, head trauma, stroke, spinal cord injury and other disabilities. Powerchair Football combines the skill of the wheelchair user with the speed and ...the power of the chair itself to participate in an extremely challenging game similar to able bodied football. The game is played in a gymnasium on a regulation basketball court. Two teams of four power chair users attack, defend and spin kick a 13-inch soccer ball in an attempt to score goals. The Rotary Cup was donated by Capital Football. In the picture there is a player in blue. He plays for the Australian Poweroos and coached the ACT children on Friday and Saturday before the Sydney/ACT game on Sunday. To make the game equal PCA lent the ACT team 8 Strikeforce Powerchairs for the 3 days. The ACT side won the initial Rotary Cup game 1-Nil and hence the smiles. It is Capital’s intention once the chairs become available to join the interstate competition. Out of the the event the thing that struck us the most apart from the skill of the children and the power of the Strikeforce chairs was the way the event brought the families together. As one parent said to me since Powerchair soccer started the parents are one family, each helping the other out.

07.01.2022 ROTARY TEAM AT WORK FOR THE GUNGAHLIN Part of our team at the launch of the defibrillators onto the Light rail on Monday 17 February 2020

06.01.2022 The Rotary ACT Emergency Services Community Awards are an initiative of the Rotary Clubs of ACT. In keeping with Rotary’s motto of Service Above Self, the Awards acknowledge and celebrate the selfless Community Service of ACT Emergency Services Personnel while supporting two important Rotary initiatives: (1) Australian Rotary Health, PhD Research Scholarship investigating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Emergency Services Personnel (2) Emergency P...reparedness Vocational Training Teams in a developing country in the Asia Pacific Nominees must be appointed as paid or unpaid (volunteer) members of one of the ACT Emergency Services who perform Community Service above and beyond the call of their normal duties. The Awards Have Two Major Winners: ACT Emergency Service Officer of the Year Serving in a Volunteer capacity ACT Emergency Service Officer of the Year Serving in a Paid capacity Nominations are open at https://www.act.rescawards.org.au/

06.01.2022 The Club is still running strong, Thursday meetings are now held over Zoom every thursday at 8;00 am

04.01.2022 Media release 17 February 2020 Rotary Club of Aurora Gungahlin helping Light Rail to save lives Canberra’s light rail fleet now has a defibrillator on all of its vehicles, ready if needed to help save lives.... We are proud to partner with the Rotary Club of Aurora Gungahlin who has funded this wonderful initiative, Canberra Metro Operations, General Manager Mr Tilo Franz said. The portable defibrillators will be placed securely in the driver cabins of the light rail fleet, with drivers and customer service officers ready to use them should urgent medical assistance be needed. Passengers on board can press any of the eight Emergency Help Points on the light rail vehicles to access a defibrillator. The defibrillators can assist with survival rates in a cardiac arrest until the arrival of the ACT Ambulance Service. The key to improving survival rates of sudden cardiac arrest is to apply defibrillation in the first three minutes, Mr Franz said. The funding of nearly $60,000 for this initiative was provided entirely by The Rotary Club of Aurora Gungahlin. All light rail drivers and Customer Service Officers are first aid trained and will be able to operate the units. St John Ambulance will also help to maintain each of the defibrillator units to ensure they are in peak working order ready to be activated in a medical emergency. As well as launching the defibrillator units, Canberra Metro Operations also announced two opportunities for light rail customers to get a first-hand look at how to operate the units. St John Ambulance trainers will be on site demonstrating how to use defibrillators at Gungahlin Village, near Coles Supermarket today, 17 February 10 am till 2 pm and on Friday 21 February 2020 at Gungahlin Marketplace near Lowes Menswear from 3.30 pm 7.30 pm, Mr Franz said. Public Officer Rotary Ron Thomson M 0478167717 [email protected] Media contact: Sally Coyle M 0435 744 964 E [email protected]

03.01.2022 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, MERIMBULA

01.01.2022 RECRUITMENT OPPORTUNITY, are you looking to join Rotary, please contact us, we are always looking for new community and internationally minded people to engage with our activities.