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25.01.2022 What a wonderful speaker Laura Dusseljee, founder of Forever Young Rock Choir, was at our Rotary meeting via Zoom last week... Laura spoke at length on her origins, arrival in Australia and eventually getting her desired position at Girton Grammar. How she developed a choir from a desire to get the young and old together with a passion for music and singing, gathering the school behind her and eventually it developed in to a choir that encompasses people from both ends of th...e age spectrum into a cohesive and fully engaged group that truly crosses the age and music boundaries. She has also garnered enthusiasm from a group of stars, in their own right that have engaged with the choir along the way. I guess there are few that could stand in the way of Laura getting her persuasive way. Thanks Laura, for a great talk :) Join us on Tuesday's via Zoom at 1.00pm to hear from other interesting Guest Speakers. Meeting ID 370 110 6873 Password 12031925. You can use the following link to join the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5161581885

24.01.2022 Please join us tomorrow at 1pm via Zoom to hear from Guest Speaker, Acting Senior Sergeant Tony Kekich to speak about "Policing in Bendigo today". Tony has been a member of Victoria Police for 34 years. He has operated in the General Duties areas of Altona North, Footscray, Russell Street CIU and Bendigo Police Station. He was promoted to Sergeant at Sunshine Police Station where he also headed the Brimbank Special Tasking Unit centred on serious drug investigation within t...he Western suburbs of Melbourne. Tony returned to Bendigo Police Station as a Sergeant in 2002 and calls Bendigo home. Whilst at Bendigo, Tony led the Western Region Division 5 Registered Sex Offender Unit for two years, which investigated breaches of the Act by offenders and led investigations into serious sexual offences. He is a father of three adult children, with one son deciding to also become a police officer. He enjoys motorcycle riding, photography, cricket, good food and the odd beer with friends. Here are the Zoom Links:- The Meeting ID is 370 110 6873 and the Password is 12031925. You can use the following link to join the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3701106873

20.01.2022 We'd love you to join us on Tuesday at our evening meeting to hear from Guest Speaker, Ms Anita Scott.

19.01.2022 Yellow Box Honey For Sale We have stocks of 250g jars for $6-00 each. Covid safe delivery or collection can be arranged for Bendigo. Those in the know will tell you Yellow Box honey is the most popular variety of fine Australian honey. It has a beautiful light amber colour, aromatic with a mild distictive flavour that is smooth and buttery on the tongue. The honey is fairly sweet, dense and slow to crystalize (go candy). We have sourced the honey locally from McDonald Honey,... Castlemaine. Generations of Australians have been brought up enjoying the sweet gift that bees bring from the native yellow box trees. This honey is should be enjoyed by you every day. Please comment below if you are interested in ordering a jar or two of honey and we will provide banking details for payment and arrange collection or delivery. Buy local, support local

19.01.2022 Brighten everyone’s day by wearing a Christmas Mask! Order your masks today, and for a donation our Rotary Craft Group will gladly make them and arrange delivery or collection (within Bendigo). Thank you to everyone who has ordered a mask and made a donation, over $1200 raised so far to go to local community projects.... We have some masks ready to go but lets start the Christmas spirit in November!! Masks are triple layered and made of cotton. They have a chin pleat which makes them secure and they don’t need adjusting. Can be washed and reused. Just need to know the measurement between the tip of your nose to your chin. Please comment below if you are interested and we will provide banking details for donation and organise delivery/collection.

18.01.2022 It was wonderful to have the opportunity to meet in person at last week’s night meeting at the Bendigo Club. With great attendance and the addition of a really interesting speaker, Anita Scott, it really was an enjoyable evening. Anita Scott has been supplying her costumes and mascot’s to schools and dance companies throughout central Victoria ever since the end of her own dance career with the Victorian Ballet School. We heard the history attached to some of the gowns and ...how they came to be in Anita’s curatorial care in her collection. Anita also supplies for outfits for our Christmas carols in Rosalind Park, who knew! We like to support all the kids in theatre, dance, ballet, because we all enjoy that sort of thing and we just get a big kick out of it as well. Ms Scott makes many of her costumes herself, and even many of those she buys are custom made on her behalf. I do everything from Melbourne, Shepparton, Castlemaine, Benalla, Maryborough, she says. A lot of my mascots, they're all one offs, you can't find them on eBay or anything and some of them have been flown to Adelaide and Sydney, for that [reason], she says. I've never been to Sydney or Adelaide but my mascots go there. Imagine 1200 high quality dresses being on our back door and we don’t really know much about them. Thank You Anita for giving us a glimpse of your gowns.

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16.01.2022 The Rotary Club of Bendigo extends a huge thanks to Australian Horizons Foundation in conjunction with FlashMarket and Eye Candy Motorsports for this morning’s wonderful donation of $30k to our Life on the Land Drought Relief Appeal. Working with our appeal founders, local artist, Terry Jarvis and Michelle Kent (from the Forest Gallery), Rotary Club of Bendigo have partnered with other Clubs and Community Organisations at the coal face in Central/Northwest Victoria, Centra...l/Western NSW and Western QLD to provide financial, fodder and food parcel support to drought affected farming families and communities. There is still much to do and this fantastic boost to our Appeal will greatly assist Rotary’s efforts to make a difference to those in need. Here are some pics from this morning, including Terry being interviewed by WIN TV News.

16.01.2022 Our Rotary Craft Group have been very busy sewing triple layer, cotton masks for Rotary Members and other vulnerable members of our community. If you know of a vulnerable community member who is in need of a mask, please comment below or send a message and we will do our best to assist. Keep safe everyone.

15.01.2022 Join us via Zoom on Tuesday 13th October at 1.00pm to hear from our Guest Speaker, Mr Tom Seddon. Tom will speak to us about his very interesting career including many successful years as the CEO for the Bendigo Trust, and his current role running neighbourhood houses in Docklands and North Melbourne. You can use the following link to join the meeting: ... https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3701106873... The Meeting ID is 370 110 6873 and the Password is 12031925. We look forward to your joining us! New members and guests always welcome. See more

15.01.2022 Join our Zoom meeting today at 1.00pm and hear from our Guest Speaker, Christian Hobley from Toyota Australia. Christian has enjoyed a 15 year career with Toyota Australia across sales, supply chain planning and logistics operations. Working across the Melbourne and Sydney teams in these fields, including the transition of the National Sales team from Sydney 2017 to a consolidated Melbourne Corporate Headquarters team in 2018. Christian will be discussing Toyota Australian... in 2020. Here are the Zoom Links:- The Meeting ID is 370 110 6873 and the Password is 12031925. You can use the following link to join the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3701106873...

14.01.2022 Rotary Club of Bendigo are once again collecting exercise books and pencils for school students in Timor - and WE'D LOVE YOU TO HELP ! :) If you can help, please purchase a few exercise books at Officeworks while they are on sale for 15c each or $12 for a box (Keji 48 page exercise books). Or you can purchase packs of 12 coloured pencils for 99c (Keji coloured pencils). These school supplies can be dropped into Reilly's Designer Appliances , Mitchell Street Bendigo - it's th...at easy! Or you can comment below and we may be able to collect contact free. We will be collecting books right through until the start of Feb 2021. Your small contribution will make a big difference to these students' lives.

14.01.2022 Are you interested in bees and the future of food? Join an exciting ONLINE forum on all things bees with three of Bendigo Tech School’s industry partners. This forum titled "Future of Food:Bees, Technology and Innovation" ... is being held on Thursday 20 August, 2020, 6.00 - 7.30pm (AEST online). Regsiter via Eventbrite bit.ly/2ZkrTZv

14.01.2022 Join our Rotary Meeting via Zoom on Tuesday, 11th August at 1.00pm and hear from our Guest Speaker - Julian Mather. Julian has seen the world through many lenses. Through a telescopic sight as an army sniper. Through the TV lens as a globe-trotting videographer for ABCTV, National Geographic and BBS. Through smoke and mirrors as a professional magician. He’s traveled far but his longest journeys have been from behind the camera to in front of it. From Stutterer to professi...onal speaker. You can watch Julian’s engaging speaking style via this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbeHxlBIfTI You can use the following link to join the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3701106873 The Meeting ID is 370 110 6873 and the Password is 12031925. We look forward to you joining us. New members always welcome.

12.01.2022 ROTARY | RYLA is one of many Rotary initiatives. The Rotary Club of Bendigo and Rotary District 9800 manage, endorse, support, and provide innovative and practical opportunities to assist and motivate children, young people and associated stakeholders in our communities to acquire learning and life skills. You can learn more about RYLA and other Rotary youth initiatives by visiting our https://www.rotarybendigo.org.au/youth-programs or contacting Joy Bruce via email [email protected]. Don't forget, applications for our RYLA Online Program are now open: www.ryla9800.org.au Learn more about Rotary District 9800 by visiting their website: www.rotarydistrict9800.org.au

12.01.2022 We are doing one more walk for End Polio. Does anyone want to join us? This walk will be around the Kennington Reservoir. We will meet outside Phoenix Radio on Reservoir Rd at 10:30am on Friday 30th October.... Please email Larisa at wasiljew.larisa@gmail. There is still time to donate and help us reach our goal. To donate please click this link https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/fundra/rotaryclubofbendigo

11.01.2022 Join our Zoom meeting at 1pm today to hear from Guest Speaker, Peter Frueh, District 9800 Director - Rotary Membership. Peter was born in Melbourne and completed Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Master of Engineering Science and Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Melbourne. He spent 30 years with Telstra in a wide range of positions, including Executive Director and Managing Director roles. He also spent three years with Hewlett Packard and h...as had extensive industry involvement, dealing with media, government and community groups. After retiring from full time employment in 2006, Peter joined the Balwyn Rotary Club, where he was President in 2011-12. He has been involved with DIK and many project areas. He was Rotary Counselor for Japanese Ambassadorial Scholar Mei Maryama. District roles include as a Club Vision facilitator, Assistant Governor for Beachside Cluster in 2013-15, Community Service Chair, DGN for 2015-16 and DGE for 2016-2017 and District 9800 Governor 2017-18. Peter led the Group Study Exchange team to D6840 in USA Louisiana/Mississippi in 2015. Peter is a PHF and Paul Harris Society member. Join us today on Zoom @ 1.00pm using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3701106873 Meeting ID: 370 110 6873 Password: 12031925

11.01.2022 A wonderful project of the Rotary Club of Bendigo. This article is in the national magazine Rotary Down Under last month and currently on the District 9800 website. Terry Jarvis, one of Australia’s most exceptional watercolour artists, and his partner Michelle Kent, wondered how they could help during one of the toughest droughts in Australia’s history. So, in November 2019, they stuck to what they knew and generated the ‘Life on the Land Our Farming Heroes’ painting exhi...bition at the Bendigo Town Hall. In order to stage the exhibition and organise the distribution of funds, Terry enlisted the help of the Rotary Club of Bendigo. Since then $87,000 has been raised and is being distributed via the Rotary ‘Life on the Land Drought Relief Appeal’. Congratulations and gratitude to Terry Jarvis, Brian Figg and all committee members and club members for this huge Australia wide initiative. To read more and donate to this worthwhile project, please click the link below: https://www.rotarydistrict9800.org.au//an-artist-a-rotary-

10.01.2022 Join us via Zoom on Tuesday at 1pm as our Guest Speaker, Colin Lambie, from Bendigo Sustainability Group discusses Solar Panels and battery Systems. Colin is a long standing member of the BSG having served on the committee for several years and held the positions of Secretary Treasurer and vice- President. He is also an active member of The Y Service Club of Bendigo - or the 'Ys Men' as they are affectionately known. This is is a tireless band of volunteers who raise money f...or charity, and work in service to the local community and the Bendigo Regional YMCA. Their three main annual fundraising projects are the Y Secondhand Book Fairs (held at Easter and in Spring), plus the annual Charity Christmas Tree Sale in December. All three events are held at the Tom Tweed YMCA Stadium, in Mundy Street, Bendigo. Join us on Zoom on Tuesday, August @ 1.00pm using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3701106873 Meeting ID: 370 110 6873 Password: 12031925

10.01.2022 Bruce Roberts is well known to us as the compere of Rotary Carols by Candlelight for the past 10 years, but what do we really know of Bruce’s career from an actor in Home and Away to today’s Media personality at WIN TV? Here is our opportunity to learn more of the man we meet each Christmas and watch on TV as Bruce shares his story with us. Be sure to join us on Zoom tomorrow, July 21st @ 1.00pm using the following link: Join Zoom Meeting... https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3701106873 Meeting ID: 370 110 6873 Password: 12031925

09.01.2022 At today's meeting we look forward to hearing from our Guest Speaker, Historian and Rotarian Hugh Wheeler. Join us via Zoom on Tuesday 19th January at 1.00pm The Meeting ID is 370 110 6873 and the Password is 12031925. You can use the following link to join the meeting:... https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3701106873 See more

08.01.2022 October is Foundation month and as part of the month the annual Walk for Polio is being held. It will be run a little differently this year as it is an individual walk, however, we are lucky that we can walk with a friend. Register a team, or join Rotary Club of Bendigo members on Wednesday 14th October at 10:30am at the Botanic Gardens for a stroll and catch up. We will be meeting at the entrance to the gardens nearest the swimming pool, please register online. Let's kee...p the good work going we are so near to beating this one. In order to register, donate and be part of the month long competition to see who walks the furthest. Follow the link below for further information and to register: https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/

08.01.2022 Join us via Zoom on Tuesday 6th October at 1.00pm to hear from our Guest Speaker, Ms Sara Moriarty, High Commissioner to Samoa. You can use the following link to join the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3701106873... The Meeting ID is 370 110 6873 and the Password is 12031925. We look forward to your joining us! New members and guests always welcome.

05.01.2022 We are participating in the Rotary Foundation's 'Rotary Walk With Us End Polio' campaign. Please help us raise the much needed funds so that Rotary can continue to work towards eradicating this disease. The Rotary Club of Bendigo is raising funds by walking around parks and gardens in our beautiful town, please help us by using the link below and donating what you can. https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/fundra/rotaryclubofbendigo

03.01.2022 Join us via Zoom on Tuesday 20th October at 1.00pm to hear from our Guest Speaker, Will Cornelissen. Wil Cornelissen will join our meeting to talk about Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM) Australia and how it plays a critical role in coordinating malaria elimination efforts from Australia. You can use the following link to join the meeting: ... https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3701106873 The Meeting ID is 370 110 6873 and the Password is 12031925. We look forward to your joining us! New members and guests always welcome.

03.01.2022 Thank you to Bendigo Police for acknowledging the wonderful work that our Rotary Clubs do, and the valuable contribution our volunteers make, within our communities :)

03.01.2022 Join us, tomorrow, Tuesday 27th October at 1pm via Zoom to hear from Guest Speaker, Tabitha Abbot to provide an insight into the TRAVEL WORLD during the 2020 Pandemic. Tabitha has worked in the travel industry since 2004 and the fitness industry since 2007. Her own Retail Travel agency was opened in 2008 and she was welcomed into the Rotary Club of Bendigo by Ray Paulson in 2009. Previous to this, Tabitha was a news reader, football studio host, advertising manager, productio...n manager and photographer. The Travel industry and the fitness industry are 2 very different industries, both effected critically during the 2020 pandemic. Her talk will give an insight into the Travel world, share briefly about the fitness arena, talk about how each industry has been effected, the long and short term losses and gains, and how the future might look for these industries. What it feels like to be a business owner, and what it’s like being an employee of a shut down industry. Never waste a good crisis and take the opportunities when available. Invite your friends to sit in on what promises to be a very interesting presentation Join us via Zoom on Tuesday 27th October at 1.00pm The Meeting ID is 370 110 6873 and the Password is 12031925. You can use the following link to join the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3701106873

02.01.2022 Laura Dusseljee, Head of Girton Grammar Junior School Music Department, is not only the founder of the Forever Young Rock Choir but the ongoing heart and soul of it. Laura is originally from South Africa and has been involved in community choirs all her life. Amongst many accolades resulting from a hugely successful career of music, Laura was invited to train a small group of singers to accompany President Nelson Mandela on his first visit to London as President of South Afri...ca. You will be delighted with Laura’s story of the establishment of the successful Forever Young Rock Choir in Bendigo. Be sure to join us on Zoom on Tuesday, July 28th @ 1.00pm using the following link: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3701106873 Meeting ID: 370 110 6873 Password: 12031925

01.01.2022 Join us for our Zoom meeting tomorrow at 1pm when we will hear from Natasha Johnstone from Drought Angels. It all began in January 2014, when two ladies who worked together in Chinchilla heard stories of struggling farmers that could not put food on their own tables. They were having to shoot stock and sometimes turning the gun on themselves. Natasha Johnston & Nicki Blackwell felt compelled to do something to help these families so they did some fundraising and raised enoug...h to assist 1 family. They loaded up a ute and trailer and off they went. Natasha and Nicki had no idea of the impression they were leaving on families until they started receiving heartfelt responses of gratitude which became the motivation to continue their plight in Supporting Aussie Farmers. Be sure to join us on Zoom tomorrow, Tuesday, August 4th @ 1.00pm using the following link: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3701106873 Meeting ID: 370 110 6873 Password: 12031925 #rotaryclubofbendigo #droughtangels #aussiefarmers