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25.01.2022 Remember to join us on Monday evening, 16th November (via Zoom), at 6pm to hear our Guest Speaker, Dr Robert Sacy, Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology at Balamand University and Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Lebanon. Prof. Sacy will provide an update on the restoration of the Karantina Hospital in Beirut and what more needs to be done for paediatric care in Beirut. Remember it's a small $10 to attend the meeting, hear a great speaker and share some camaraderie. Details for members is via email for Zoom login. Visitors, please message us here if you would like to join and need log in details.
25.01.2022 The Rotary Club of Canberra has assisted with a $10,000 grant the work of the Assisi Centre for Social Justice and Peace. Women stall holders whose small businesses have been ruined by COVID 19 are now able to buy the stock to start again. They have also been helped with immediate supplies of food to keep families fed.
25.01.2022 This week's RCC meeting's Guest Speaker is our own Incoming District Governor, Michael Moore. Michael will provide an update on the merger of Districts 9710 and 9700 as it becomes District 9705 on the 1st July 2020. Join us for Michael's update at 12.30pm Monday 25th May. Please remember we encourage you to support the Club's online meetings with a $10 payment. Great value for an hour's worth of fellowship, information and an excellent speaker.
24.01.2022 Beirut called, and Rotary District 9705 responded. In an initiative led by the Rotary Club of Canberra, our District has instigated a project to support the Rot...ary Club de Beyrouth in Lebanon after Beirut was severely impacted by the massive explosion, which occurred on Beirut's port on 4 August 2020. The explosion caused extensive damage to much of Beirut, killing at least 220 people and injuring 6000 others. 110 people are reportedly missing. Up to 300,000 people have lost their homes. It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. Many buildings were destroyed or damaged, including the Karantina Government Hospital. The pediatric unit of the hospital was destroyed. The Rotary Club de Beyrouth in Lebanon is focusing its efforts on supporting the rebuilding of the pediatric unit of the hospital. Our District welcomes a prompt and generous donation of $5000 by the ACT Government to the Rotary Club of Canberra, which along with other fundraising monies will be forwarded to the Rotary Club de Beyrouth to support the rebuilding of the hospital's pediatric unit. For further information and how to donate to this project, please refer to the media release. #Beirut #BeirutExplosion #Lebanon #Rotary #PeopleofAction
23.01.2022 The Rotary Club of Canberra has made the following initial responses to the NSW Southern District bushfires: $5,000 towards a trust fund set up in Moruya to help an uninsured single man to rebuild after assisting his neighbours to fight their fires; $2,000 for the Animal Rescue Collective; and... $2,000 to the Rotary Club of Tumbarumba for the purchase of fuel to transport hay. Those are just initial responses. More will be provided as local needs are assessed by local Rotary Clubs. Tax deductible public donations can be accepted by the Rotary Club of Canberra’s J C Olsson Relief Trust Fund. For details of how to do that please e-mail the current Club President, Alan Scandrett - [email protected]
22.01.2022 The Club was honoured by a visit from RCC Member and District Governor, Michael Moore at the lunchtime meeting today at the Commonwealth Club. Michael presented President Desmond, Immediate Past President Alan and RCC Board Member, Paul (Rotary Foundation) with a Silver Club Major Donor plaque recognising Rotary Club of Canberra's significant contribution over many years to the Rotary Foundation. Congratulations to all past and present Rotary Foundation supporters for helping the Club reach such a milestone of support!
22.01.2022 Yup we’re on again
21.01.2022 A RECORD NUMBER OF BIKES, DESERVES A RECORD CROWD! (From 9am This Sunday, Fitters Workshop Kingston Foreshore) High end Branded Road and Mountain Bikes, Tandems..., Kids, even an Electric Trike! Fitters will be bursting with bikes THIS SUNDAY, so this is your chance to upgrade your ride. Preview many of the Bikes now at canberrabuycycle.com.au See more
21.01.2022 Join us this Tuesday for lunch at The Commonwealth Club, where we will hear from Diane Kargas Bray AM. Ms Kargas Bray has been a long-time contributor to the local community, from her work as the ACT Public Trustee administering the Canberra Bushfire Recovery Appeal to her efforts helping people access affordable housing through Common Ground. Her work with Hands Across Canberra has been instrumental in bringing together businesses, government and individuals to channel donations to local charities. The lunch only option meeting starts at 12.30pm and bookings in advance via RCC are essential. Join us as we hear from the 2018 Canberra Citizen of the Year.
20.01.2022 Allan Scandrett, past President 2019/20, Desmond Woods, President 2020/21 and Sandra Turner, President 21/22 on 6 July 2020. Changeover is an annual part of the life of all Rotary Clubs and Districts world wide. It provides fresh energy to Rotary each year and shares responsibility among members. Contact for those wishing to become Rotarians is via number: 0427663449
20.01.2022 Our Christmas Dinner event on 30th November is now fully subscribed and bookings have closed. Thank you everyone who has booked and is planning to attend. We look forward to seeing you there!
20.01.2022 Join us for lunch and what will be an enlightening presentation at The Commonwealth Club on Tuesday 18th August at 12.30pm, to hear Guest Speaker, UNSW ADFA Emeritus Professor, Carlyle Thayer. Professor Thayer is a specialist in the foreign policy of the South East Asian countries of ASEAN, including the rival claims to the maritime territory and resources of the South China Sea. Registration in advance is required for the meeting and there will be a lunch only option ($35 - credit card preferred). Visitors, please contact us for registration details. Note: seating is limited so book early!
20.01.2022 WE'VE GONE ONLINE! The Rotary Club of Canberra has gone online to keep our Rotary community engaged through the current COVID-19 restrictions. We are meeting on Monday's at 12.30pm through Zoom, so you can meet with other RCC Rotarians in the comfort and safety of your own home. We have also initiated monthly evening meetings online which is a popular way to enjoy some fellowship over a glass of wine and nibbles at the end of the day. In recent weeks we have connected with ...old friends, previous Rotarians and had presentations live from Finland and Sweden! For current members, please register through the usual way by email invitation and you will receive your Zoom login details. If you are a 'visiting' Rotarian, Friend of Rotary or would just like to join our meetings to learn more about who we are and what great things we do in the local community and beyond, please contact us for Zoom details.
20.01.2022 The Rotary Club of Canberra had given $250,000 US to the Rotary Foundation over many decades. This has been used all over the world to attack poverty in all its forms, to provide education, sanitation, midwifery services, child health, women’s empowerment and to defeat Polio which used to be a scourge as terrible as any disease in human history. Led by Rotary we now have wild Polio cornered and very nearly defeated in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Rotary and WHO and the Gates Foundation won’t give up until like Smallpox it is history. Next disease to eradicate is Malaria.
19.01.2022 Tomorrow's (Monday 19th October) meeting is on Zoom. Join us as Sergeant Richard hosts this week's meeting for a social /fellowship hour. Details as per Members email last week or contact Richard Griffiths for details. We still encourage a small $10 to join us, paid in the usual way. Visitors interested in joining us, please leave us a message here on FB.
18.01.2022 Gnomes at Floriade - - - - Last Sunday I helped out with fellow Rotarians at the Floriade Gnome stand. 300 Gnomes and Owls painted last Sunday day! Good fun an...d raising money for local clubs to give back to local projects throughout the community made it even more worthwhile. There’s even homeless Gnomes, which are Gnomes from previous years who went uncollected. These are sold for $10 each and the money goes to the Early Morning Centre on Northbourne Ave who provide free breakfast for the homeless 7 days a week.
18.01.2022 SPECIAL NOTICE The Rotary Club of Canberra is doing its bit in the effort to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus. This means we have temporarily suspended our weekly Monday Meetings until the end of May. Around that time we will review the situation. If you wish to make contact with our club, you can do so by posting a message here, or by emailing our Secretary, Helen Moore. [email protected]
18.01.2022 Monday's meeting is an evening Zoom meeting so grab a glass of wine and join us for an entertaining hour and some additional fellowship time online. Our speaker is PDG John Egan from the RC of Wollundry-Wagga Wagga and John will update attendees on the work of Australian Rotary Health, one of Australia's largest medical research funds. Bookings via the usual process preferred. Time: 6.30pm, Monday 7th September 2020. Cost: $10 contribution to RCC account.... Visitors - please message us here for details. See more
17.01.2022 Booked Out! This Tuesday's meeting at the Commonwealth Club (1st September) - Update on Beirut, Lebanon - Post Explosion by Dr Rim el Kadi, is fully subscribed and unfortunately we are unable to livestream this event as planned. A video link to a recording of the presentation will be available as soon as possible after the event and will be advised via this page.
17.01.2022 Donation for Tumbarumba hay As requested by the Rotary Club of Tumbarumba, the Rotary Club of Canberra has donated $2,600 for a load of hay for use by a local farmer.
17.01.2022 This week's lunch meeting at the Commonwealth Club with Guest Speaker, retired Australian Diplomat John McCarthy AO, is fully booked. Thank you to all who have indicated their intention to attend and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday. Please join us for the Zoom meeting on 16th November when we will have Dr Robert Sacy speaking. Dr Sacy is a Beirut physician and is deeply engaged in the effort to restore paediatric services to his devastated city. Meeting details will follow in the next few days
17.01.2022 Dear RCC Members and visitors, please see information below for our Zoom meeting at 6pm on Monday 2nd November when we will hear from NT GP and Global Grant Scholarship recipient 2020, Dr Prashanti Manchikanti. Please see your RCC emails for Zoom details or contact us here or email Sergeant Richard Griffiths for access. Remember it's only $10 to hear an interesting presentation and weekly Club update - paid in the usual way.
16.01.2022 Join us this Tuesday 15th September at the Commonwealth Club to hear from Dr Malcolm Davis of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). Dr Davis will speak of the use of Space over the next decade and what the opportunities and risks are for Australia as Space becomes an increasingly contested region. Malcolm has been a senior defence analyst at ASPI since 2016. He has published on Space Policy Security and capability and specialises in Defence and Security issues. NOTE: Bookings in advance are essential and there are limited number of seats left.
15.01.2022 Monthly Zoom Social Meeting Join us on Monday evening 1st June 2020 at 5.30pm as we gather online for some fellowship and an update from some special people. Winifred and David Rosser will tell us a little about life in Italy during COVID-19 and our Youth Exchange Student, Anna, will join us from Austria! Grab a refreshment and some nibbles if you want to and join us for a great hour - from the comfort of home. Details to log in provided in the usual w...ay and please remember we encourage a $10 contribution per meeting. Visitors - please contact us in advance for details. #rotaryclubofcanberra #fellowship See more
15.01.2022 A big 'Thank You' to everyone involved with yesterday's Seniors' Concert at Albert Hall! Special thanks to MC and conductor, Tim Bevitt, accompanist Linus Lee Hunel, solist, Daniel Wells and Sing Australia. Everyone listened, tapped and sang their way through the programme. Also special thanks to those who made it happen on the day - Barbara Griffiths, Helen Moore, Howard Kemp, Phil Byrne and everyone from the Rotary Club of Canberra and beyond and Rotoract, for assistance with logistics, food, serving and everything else! Without everyone's combined effort there would have been no concert. What a wonderful day. Let's make it bigger and better next year. #rotarycanberra #seniorsconcert #cota #rotaractcanberra #alberthall #servicebeforeself
14.01.2022 District Governor, Michael Moore (District 9705), shares his thoughts on Rotary and the great things that Rotary can achieve - working together as a club, a district or beyond. New members are always welcome and you will make a difference! #rotary #makeadifference
14.01.2022 Last Tuesday's meeting was well attended by both Members and visitors at The Commonwealth Club and it was interesting to learn more from Her Excellency, Ms Ines Maria de Almeida, Timor-Leste Ambassador, about how Timor-Leste is managing the COVID-19 pandemic.
12.01.2022 Members only: Join us this Wednesday, 5th August 2020, for a Club Assembly at The Commonwealth Club (in lieu of a Monday Zoom meeting). Usual start time of 12.30 and lunch only option. We have plenty of room to remain socially appropriate, so register now to join your fellow Rotarians in person, for the first time in several months! President Desmond will be presiding and several Club updates will be provided to keep you informed. Thanks to the Commonwealth Club for their support to get us back to the Club. We look forward to having a great hour of information and fellowship with you. Please register via the email you will have received or via ClubRunner directly - registrations close 5pm Tuesday 4th August 2020.
12.01.2022 Join us at the Commonwealth Club for lunch this Tuesday 24th November (booking in advance required) to hear Guest Speaker, outgoing Foodbank NSW CEO, Gerry Anderson, who is concluding a period of 11 Years of work building this highly successful food distribution network. Our Club has been involved for many of those years with the distribution to those in need in the ACT. Gerry will be briefing us on progress to date and the next steps for Foodbank under his successor John Robertson. Lunch only option - $35. Please book online at the club website (Members) or contact us via Messenger in advance of the day.
12.01.2022 COVID-19 can't keep a great Rotary Club down. Today's Presidential Changeover via Zoom went off without a hitch and it was lovely to have so many Rotarians and visitors online for the event. Fortunately the current restrictions allowed for then-President Alan Scandrett to hand over the reins to now-President Desmond Woods in person, ably supported by both their respective partners. President Elect Sandra Turner was also there to observe proceedings. Congratulations Immediate Past President Alan and your Board for a great year through significant disruption and best wishes to President Desmond and your new Board. Special congratulations to RCC Rotarian of the Year, Paul Street and Paul Harris Fellows; Helen Moore, Natalie Vandepeer, Richard Griffiths and Desmond Woods. Well deserved accolades all.
11.01.2022 Join us via Zoom this Monday 21st September at 12.30pm to hear from Veteran Family Advocate, Gwen Cherne, the first appointed DVA Families Advocate. Following the loss of her beloved husband, Gwen became a leading advocate for the increased role of families and carers in the treatment and recovery of veterans. Remember, it's only $10 to attend the meeting. Visitors, please contact us here for log in details.
10.01.2022 Tomorrow 18 May @ 1230 the Rotary Club of Canberra will be meeting by Zoom. The guest will be De Stephen Bowers the Principal of Burgmann Anglican School Canberra. Invitations are available via the Club secretary Helen Moore. Email address: moorehm52gmail.com. Steven will discuss the re opening of his school after the recent period of lock down.
09.01.2022 We are very pleased to announce that an application for a Rotary District 9705 Rotary Foundation Grant has been successful. The Rotary Club of Canberra East and Rotary Club of Paddington (Brisbane) joined with our Club to apply for a grant to assist Rotary Peace Fellow, Emily Nabazooka, in Uganda. Emily works with the most vulnerable communities, especially important now during the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant funds will assist families to address critical needs (like food, ...medicine and school fees) and support women food vendors who have lost their income. Emily says that she and her colleagues are excited and humbled to be able to impact more lives with the grant funding. We look forward to Emily’s updates on how the funds have assisted her community. #rotarycanberraeast #rotarypaddington #rotaryfoundation #emilyemilie
08.01.2022 Join us via Zoom this Monday, 24th August, when our guests will be PDG Harold Sharp OAM, Chair of ROMAC (Rotary Australia Medical Aid to Children) and his wife, PDG Gina Growden. PDG Harold will present to us on how ROMAC has responded to COVID-19. He will also remind us of the scale of ROMAC's achievement in saving the lives of children needing complex surgery in Australia. Harold is a recipient of Rotary International's highest personal award, the Service Above Self Recognition. Please register in the usual way (visitors, please contact us through Facebook for to join us) and enjoy an hour of interest for only $10.
07.01.2022 Monday 10th August. Our Club's Zoom meeting is at 12.30pm. This week we will hear from Speaker, Peter Cursley. Peter founded the Newborn Intensive Care Foundation after he and his late wife, Susan, lost their premature baby daughter, Hanna. Peter has since raised over $4 million for the Foundation to purchase equipment for the care of neonatal children in the Canberra Hospital. Join us as usual for this week's meeting. Remember, it's only $10 for the meeting and Zoom details will be via email. Visitors, please contact us for Zoom details.
06.01.2022 This is the largest single Rotary project ever undertaken to assist the Canberra Community.
04.01.2022 Great work Team Rotary
04.01.2022 Monday's Zoom meeting (27th July) at 12.30pm will introduce PP Bruce McEwan, program Chair for Operation Cleft Australia. Operation Cleft is a unique Rotary project that provides free cleft repair surgery for underprivileged children in Bangladesh. This life changing work will be explained and presented to us by the program Chair Bruce McEwan. Log in details will be sent to members. For visitors please message us for details. Remember it's only $10 for a great hour of online Rotary interaction and an excellent speaker.
04.01.2022 13 July 2020 at 1230pm: Monday's Zoom (online) Speaker is Richard Menhinick AM CSC. Richard is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy with extensive experience in strategic studies. He will present his views on the Middle East and respond to questions about the latest Defence Review. For visitors wanting to join the meeting, please message us for the link and remember it is a mere $10 for the hour's meeting.
03.01.2022 Here is Matthew Raymond from RC of Canberra with acting President Desmond Woods and His Excellency MR Frank Bwyla the High Commissioner to Australia from the Republic of Zambia. Matthew presented on the work in rural primary education by the Limapela Foundation in the Copperbelt region
02.01.2022 It was so good to have our General Assembly at the Commonwealth Club today. Thanks to those who attended and the Club for looking after us all so well. President Desmond officiated and Past President Alan was able to finally present two PHF's in person (Rotarians Natalie and David), present our Rotarian of the Year, Paul Street, with a plaque, as well as personally welcome Betsy Dixon as our newest Rotarian. Brief updates from the Treasurer and on several important RCC initiatives were also provided. Next week's meeting will be via Zoom on Monday at lunchtime - details will follow. #commonwealthclub
02.01.2022 Join us for lunch this Tuesday, 27th October, when David Marshall and Alan Scandrett brief Club Members and visitors on the developments to the Vulnerable Youth Project which is being developed in partnership with the ACT Government and the ACT Youth Coalition. Our Rotary District 9705 is committed to providing support to this important new program. It's the usual 12pm for 12.30 start and remember COVID-19 restrictions request you are seated on arrival. Lunch is only $35 and some great conversation as well. Please advise in the usual way before Tuesday if you can attend - or go to our website for further event details.
02.01.2022 National Volunteer Week begins today. Wonderful to see the Prime Minister include Service Club #Rotary in his long list of "Thank You's". Now, more than ever, volunteers are there to support all Australians in times of crisis. #NVW2020 #NationalVolunteerWeek #RotaryInternational #Rotoract #Volunteers
02.01.2022 For those that couldn't attend the lunchtime meeting with Speaker, retired Australian Diplomat John McCarthy AO, you missed an excellent presentation. John diplomatically travelled through the USA, China, India and to South East Asia in his presentation and included one or two mentions of a recent election! We thank you John, for your candid appraisal.
01.01.2022 Thanks to Romanian Ambassador in Oceania and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Canberra, @ninetabarbulescu and husband Dan, for an exceptional tour of your wonderful collection of Oceania artefacts for some of our Club members today. We all wish you well for your next posting and we are sure Canberra will miss you! Romanian Embassy Canberra
01.01.2022 Always a greatly anticipated event of the year, change overs tell the story of one year's accomplishments under the leadership of a past president and outgoing board and the exciting plans of a new president and board. Well done Past President Yvonne Luxford and congratulations President Allan Scandrett.
01.01.2022 This Monday lunchtime, 6th July, we have our Club's Changeover, when President Alan hands over the Chains of Office to President Elect Desmond to carry the role of President with his Board for our Club over the next 12 months. We encourage everyone to join this Zoom event as it is an important element of our Club's year. Without COVID-19 we would be celebrating Alan's successful year and welcoming Desmond and his team with a more formal dinner event. However, this time you ca...n celebrate in the safe confines of your home, travelling motorhome or office. Message us if you haven't received the Zoom link via email. Please remember it's a small $10 fee to join the meeting. Don't miss this special event.
