ROTARY'S VISION STATEMENT:

Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change

- across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves

Fighting Disease

Growing Local Economies

Promoting Peace

Providing Clean Water

Saving Mothers and Children

Supporting Education

R100 CELEBRATIONS

ROTARY BUS GOES TO THE MOUNTAINS!

1st Day out on the R100 Big Red Bus celebrating 100 years of Rotary in Australia and New Zealand. A huge Thank you to Fantastic Aussie Tours for their generous support!

Today we were at Clarence in the Blue Mountains distributing Bushfire relief vouchers at the Bay Tree Nursery. #rotary#r100#baytreenursery#fantasticaussietours

AND ROTARY BUS GOES TO THE SEASIDE!

On Saturday May 1^st our Rotary 100 Years Bus went to the seaside… having a tour of The Central Coast.

Travelling through Rotary areas from Umina to Toukley, and stopping at The Entrance for lunch on a sparkling day.

Norm Kitto was the very skilled bus driver who had to contend with several low branches on the way, and he was still smiling at the end.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, Christine Owen and Graeme Davies who helped with the organisation, and the Rotarians who met and greeted us at various points.

GO Rotary!. for another 100 years!

Jill Hamilton

Terrigal Rotary Club.

TWO IMPORTANT FLOOD APPEALS

National Flood Appeal to support people impacted by the significant flood events on the East Coast of Australia.

Following the recent floods RAWCS has registered a project as a Rotary Australia Relief Fund (RARF) project to raise funds to support those affected.

The link to the RAWCS project is:

https://directory.rawcs.com.au/57-2020-21

I would like to ensure there is awareness that this project has been established and would appreciate if you would promote widely please.

RAWCS has established the RARF as a public ancillary fund [PAF] to:

Act as an over-arching fund for many of Rotary’s charitable activities in Australia.
Act immediately as a recipient of funds donated for disaster relief.

Please support us now ..

Please donate HERE for the East Coast Appeal

Floods and Landslides in Timor-Leste – 6 April 2021

Timor-Leste has been hit by devastating flooding and landslides, claiming the lives of at least 27 people, destroying roads, bridges, over 1,000 houses and leaving the capital Dili under water. Dili’s population of 220,000 was ordered into lockdown last month along with the cities of Baucau and Viqueque, following a concerning surge in community transmission.

The country had previously withstood the pandemic well but had their first Covid death today. In previous weeks there has been a spike in cases and along with the floods it now creates another major challenge - a health and humanitarian crisis. Last month Timor-Leste had just over 100 cases of Covid-19 and now there are over 700 cases, adding further complications to the crisis.

Rotary Australia World Community Service Limited (RAWCS) in response to the flooding in Timor, has sought advice on the most appropriate means of responding to this disaster.

Timor Leste is in COVID lockdown and so the provision of any physical help at this time is not practical. As services are stretched it is important for all aid to be delivered in the most efficient and effective manner – to this end RAWCS is recommending that Clubs and Districts utilise the Rotary Australia Relief Fund Appeal which not only provides tax deductibility but more importantly is able to consolidate donations and direct them through Rotary Clubs on the ground in Timor. Immediate needs for food, clothing and shelter can largely be met through local sources if funding is made available. Clubs and Districts are urged to put their donations through this national appeal as this coordination will simplify how Clubs in Timor can distribute the funds to where they are needed most.

For more information, click HERE

Please donate HERE for Timor Leste Flood Appeal

District 9685 Annual Conference 2022 - Navigating Change

GOOD NEWS FROM THE END POLIO DAY, 2020

Rotary members achieve a record-breaking World Polio Day

Rotary members raised awareness about polio eradication and showed their support more than ever on World Polio Day. Participation in activities and events and donations to PolioPlus both increased this year.

Clubs registered more than 7,600 virtual activities and events in 146 countries, surpassing last year’s 5,900 events. We had a variety of awareness promotions and online presentations as part of our registered events, with many virtual events that featured high-profile speakers and attracted large audiences. Donors contributed more than $920,000 online - totaling more than $2.7 million with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2-to-1 match - which is the most ever raised online for World Polio Day.

A new social media campaign inspired members and supporters to share their best End Polio Now photos using the hashtag #MyEndPolio. So far, more than 1,000 photos have been uploaded and shared. Rotary’s World Polio Day Online Global Update has been watched nearly 300,000 times and downloaded by thousands of clubs to communicate the critical need to end polio for good. Learn more about polio eradication achievements and the challenges ahead to protect all children from polio.

Extract from the End Polio Now Newsletter, December 2020

BOC AWARD FOR ROAD SAFETY AWARENESS

Supporting Excellence in Road Safety - BOC Champion Award

District Governor David Clark was privileged on Thursday the 12th of November to attend the BOC head Office in North Ryde to receive a plaque in recognition of District 9685 being involved in the RYDA (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness) program now called Road Safety Education from its conception in 2000 The lovely glass plaque was handed over by the CEO from BOC as they have been a major sponsor from the start. These awards are given in Road Safety Week usually to individuals who do extraordinary things to promote Road Safety, but when it came to Road Safety Education they thought it best to give it to the whole District as RYDA was first started here in District the then 9680, and hundreds of Rotarians all over the District contribute to the program year after year some in a big way and some just going along to the day's event to help marshal the kids.

Whatever you have done to promote and help in the RYDA program be such a success this is for you.

Congratulations on 20 years of helping to save kid's lives through Driver education.


District Governor David Clark	David Terry and District Governor David Clark

Click on the picture below to view the presentation ceremony

Vincent Saved by Rotary and Special Doctors

ABC News, Monday 26^th October, 2020

Reproduced from ABC News - A story by Tahlia Roy (Posted 4 hours ago, updated 1hour ago as at 10.30 am, 26.10.20)

Donated surgeries in Canberra save Solomon Islands baby born with detached oesophagus

Solomon Islands boy Vincent Toto now

has a chance to have a healthy life

Not yet two years old, Vincent Toto's life was set to end before it really began. But a mother's love, goodwill from 3,000 kilometres away and an unforgettable year in a foreign country have saved the Solomon Islands boy from certain death. "If he was left in Honiara, he would have been dead in a few days to maybe a month," paediatric surgeon Celine Hamid explains. "Because these kids are born without the food pipe, which is the oesophagus, they drown in their own saliva. They aspirate. They get lung problems."

Charity Group (ROMAC) Saving Dozens of Pacific Islanders

Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) has saved dozens of Pacific Islanders by bringing sick babies and children to Canberra for critical care, which is donated by the hospital under a memorandum of understanding.

Vincent underwent three significant surgeries, dozens of gastroscopies and ended up in the neonatal intensive care unit on a few occasions.

After 16 months of treatment in Canberra, he has become well enough to eat — with an appetite that draws him to the backyard veggie garden to munch on snow peas.