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Illawarra Rotary Clubs Celebrating 100 years of Rotary in Australia and 60 years in Dapto on 23 October at 6.30pm

The Rotary Clubs of the Illawarra are celebrating 100 years of Rotary in Australia and the Rotary Club of Dapto is celebrating 60 years in Dapto!
To make it bigger and better we are combining the events.

To support the many Rotary projects we are raising funds for The Rotary Foundation. Please buy a ticket...great prizes to be won.

Due to covid restrictions were are holding the celebration via Zoom. No cost. Learn about the Rotary Clubs in the Illawarra and their projects, our Centenary Project 'First 2000 Days' and have some fun with the planned entertainment.

See you on Saturday night. Please register before the event!

A Message to all New Rotarians (This Year)

Expand Your Rotary Horizons.

If you have recently joined Rotary (this year), you are a member of one of 58 Clubs in our Rotary District that spans Sydney Harbour, south to the Illawarra and west to Penrith. And you have access to people and resources of this District and Rotary worldwide, as well as those of your own Club.

So, this is to invite you to a welcome from the District Team and an information session on Rotary International – 6-7pm Thursday 4th November

Please register via this link: https://www.trybooking.com/BUWRH

I hope this will inspire you even more about your choice to join Rotary,

Jeremy Wright AM

District Governor

World Polio Day 2021

Zone 8 Virtual Conference 2021

In case you missed the recent Zone 8 Virtual Conference, or would like to hear some of the presentations again, here is a link to the presentations of four of the keynote speakers.

Ann Lee Hussey - a wonderful presentation for clubs in the lead up to World Polio Day on 24 October

President Elect Jennifer Jones - some words of inspiration from our 2022-2023 RI President

Mark Pearce - CEO of Volunteering Australia - a thought provoking 'membership' themed presentation on the changing nature of volunteers and volunteering

John Hewko - CEO of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation

District Conference 2022 Early Bird

Early bird price $195 pp up to 31st October. Book here now.

Lift The Lid on Mental Illness Day 10th October

To listen to a great short video about Lift The Lid on Mental Illness by AG Rick Vosila click here

Five Dock Rotary Club Charity Golf Day

Kiama Rotary Club Platinum Celebration

RIWA 2021 Winners

Click here to read the press release about the winners.

RIWA Awards Presentation

Click here for the Awards Program.

Rotary Supports Vaccines Campaign

Click here for details

Fundraising Ideas in COVID

Fundraising Ideas while we’re in COVID Lockdown:

Raise for Rotary - https://raise.rotary.org/ - to raise funds for any of the 7 Rotary Areas of Focus, including Polio – you can set up your very own campaign or one for your Club.

Digital Raffle – Fiji Holiday - https://iitime.org/draw-intro-rotary/ - the chance to sell raffle tickets, take half the profits for your Club and contribute half to a terrific District project installing Solar Panels on remote schools in Fiji, saving them funds that can be spent on educational materials AND reducing their use of diesel fuel/generators

Balwyn Club Grants - https://balwynrotary.org.au/centenary-grants/ - $10,000 to $50,000 ‘Centenary’ grants for your Club projects, from the Balwyn Club from Victoria

District Changeover 2021

We had a great attendance at District Changeover yesterday with over 260 in attendance. If you missed the event, here is the recording...in fact it is worth watching again!

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The Best Chance to Eradicate Polio is Now

World Health Organization’s polio chief, Aidan O’Leary explains why now is our best chance to eradicate polio.

Join us for Rotary’s World Polio Day Online Global Update

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