Rotary's Living Expo in Pialba, Queensland, Australia | Community organisation

Rotary's Living Expo

Locality: Pialba, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 414 617 904

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15.01.2022 The Expo Committee have been working hard behind the scenes to get everything in place for 2021. Updates as they come to handThe Expo Committee have been working hard behind the scenes to get everything in place for 2021. Updates as they come to hand

09.01.2022 THE ROTARY LIVING EXPO - History The Rotary Living Expo began as the Garden Expo in 1998. The first event was a joint venture between the Rotary club of Hervey Bay and Fraser Coast Anglican College held in the college grounds. The following year Rotary ran the event held at Seafront oval. Profits from this and the following years went toward construction of Hospital House, a home style share kitchen accommodation to be constructed within the grounds of the Hervey Bay hospit...al to provide accommodation for families of patients from remote areas. In 2006 the Rotary clubs of Hervey Bay joined together to run the Expo. The proceeds from that year were allocated to the final funds needed to build Hospital House. In following years the clubs took rotation to nominate a project of choice. The three Hervey Bay Rotary clubs combine their efforts for this event, and money raised went towards projects like Hospital House, furnishings for the new Community Centre, Rural Fire Brigade, Care flight, Wig library, Books for Babies program, The All-abilities swing park, Homelessness, Literacy, Miriam’s Cottage, Emergency Evacuation Kits for Disaster Evacuation Centres Burrum Heads and Howard and many others. The Expo has raised approximately $400,000 for Hervey Bay Rotary projects over the past ten years. The Living Expo attracts 5000 visitors each year and features over 100 stalls and displays. Our vendors offer amazing food from around the world, and we have professional musicians and entertainers all weekend. We have plenty for Children to enjoy and raffles and prizes available to visitors, great travel deals, caravan and boat displays and much more. There is also a great variety of merchandise to purchase, BBQs, outdoor furniture. Spas and spa equipment and much more. Rotary is made up of people from all walks of life, who voluntarily give their time and skills to improve the lives of the locals in their own Towns and Cities and beyond. It's the largest service organisation in the world and is the only one to have a seat on the UN. Rotary's largest international project is its 40-year vaccination program to eradicate the debilitating disease Polio from the world. We expect to achieve this sometime in the next two years. From over 500,000 cases around the globe in 1970 to just a handful of cases at this time. The efforts continue with matching donations from Dick Smith contributing hugely. We have vaccinated over 2.5 billion children against this crippling disease. There hasn’t been a case of polio in Australia since 1972. We are also dedicated to ridding the world of the dreaded Malaria mosquito with insect nets for beds and insecticides. Rotary was instrumental in assisting Griffith University in the development of Malaria vaccine with a view to the eradication of Malaria throughout the world.

07.01.2022 Please send a message if you would like to purchase ticket/s. November 1st @ 2.15pm - $20pp (District 9570)

05.01.2022 If you wondered what the percentage of what we raise goes to projects: . Ninety Five (95) cents out of every $1 collected by Rotary fundraising efforts is dedicated to local community and national Rotary projects. That is an incredibly high percentage of which we are very proud. Our Expo along with other projects is totally run by volunteers.

05.01.2022 This year the Expo is back at the now much improved Seafront Oval, Hervey Bay. Saturday June 20 from 8AM-9PM & Sunday, June 21 from 8AM TO 3PM Entry $5 adults Under 12yrs free