Congratulation to all of the project managers and deputy managers of D9685. To date we have 91 projects in 23 countries, 30 of those being in Australia.
The uptake of the Rotary Australia Compassionate Grants has been excellent with 22 projects having the advantage of being matched up to $15,000 due to the generosity of Dick and Pip Smith who have donated another $1m to RAWCS from their Foundation.
Some of our newer projects that utilise the matching funds:
- The Safe Room project –trialling an avenue for victims to access support without their perpetrators finding out - Ryde Rotary
- Providing a car lift for a wheelchair – Upper Blue Mountains Sunrise
- Providing an Accessible Spinner for a playground allowing for using wheelchairs access to outdoor fun – Greater Blue Mountains
- Mary’s House DV Refuge - delivering approximately 250 hours of specialist counselling and trauma-informed programs for women and children living in refuge or transitioning to longer-term housing – North Sydney Sunrise
- School breakfast program - delivering basic breakfast food to schools and Neighbourhood centres – Toukley Wyong
- Healing Harmonies- Music program at Derby high school in remote Western Australia is a primarily Indigenous music program designed to keep children engaged in school by providing a safe, creative outlet through rap, song writing and music production – E-Club of Greater Sydney
Think about special needs in your area and consider applying for a RAWCS grant. Our Quarterly Meeting will be held 15th August at the Grandview Hotel in Wentworth Falls from 2.00pm. We would love to have you come along and hear some great guest speakers and stay for dinner.
Contact: PDG Mina Howard
0419 629 407,
District RAWCS Representative