Rotary International 1.4 million-member organization started with the vision of one man—Paul P. Harris. The Chicago attorney formed one of the world’s first service organizations, the Rotary Club of Chicago, on 23 February 1905 as a place where professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships. Rotary’s name came from the group’s early practice of rotating meetings among the offices of each member.
Rotary of Caroline Springs part of this amazing nternational community is a relatively new club but we are here as part of your community in Caroline Springs. If you have a project come and talk with us, better yet speak at one of our meetings to see how we can collaborate with one another to serve this community and together we can connect.
In May 2023 Rotarians from around the world will decend on this beautiful city of Melbourne at the Rotary International Convention 2023 (RICON). They will meet at the Rod Laver Arena and showcase at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre (foundly called Jeff Shed - after former premier Jeff Kennet) in Southbank. We are looking forward to welcoming all Rotarians from around the world.
Melbourne is renowned for its beautiful parks, gardens and walking trails. Join us on the afternoon of Friday 26 May to enjoy an easy walk from Federation Square, in the centre of the city, along the magnificent St Kilda Road boulevard, past many of the city’s finest landmarks, to reach the Rotary Peace Park.
The 2.5 km (1.5 mile) Walk will enable us to raise awareness of Rotary’s number one humanitarian priority – the global eradication of poliomyelitis. Don’t forget to bring your red End Polio Now shirt. Photo opportunities will abound.
Get behind Big Difference to help make an even bigger difference
Help assemble 100,000 FORaMEAL emergency relief meals for people affected by disaster in Ukraine, Turkey, and Syria
Rotary District 9800’s Big Difference is hosting 1,000+ volunteers at Fed Square on Saturday 27 May between 10am and 4pm to assemble FORaMEAL emergency relief meals made up of long-lasting ingredients such as rice, lentils, oats, and essential nutrients for people in need.
It’s an easy way to improve lives and do good in the world, with no experience or skills required, and participation is free! Volunteers can select all the one-hour shifts that suit between 10am and 4pm. Ingredients, equipment, and sanitary gloves and hairwear are all provided. Big Difference is undercover, outdoors, so dress for the weather, including comfortable shoes.
Here’s how you and your club can help
Register to help supervise volunteers on the day
Encourage your club’s community supporters and partners to register their own teams of 24 volunteers
Promote your club’s meaningful, hands on and convenient project alongside Big Difference
Let's celebrate our amazing year of Imagining Rotary and International Convention Melbourne at our very own Rotary Gala Dinner, where we will welcome our very special guests Rotary International President Jennifer Jones and Lord Mayor Sally Capp.
I'm alsoexcited to share that Rotary International President-ElectGordon McInally and Rotary International President-NomineeStephanie Urchick, and many more visiting Rotary leaders will be joining us.
This is an incredibly rare opportunity for us all to celebrate with Rotary's current and future senior international leadership at our very own event, a special edition of District Conference dinner for the year the International Convention is in Melbourne.
Melbourne’s iconic Plaza Ballroom is the ideal venue for this once-in-a-lifetime evening, serenaded by the legendary singer-songwriter Jack Jones, and compelled to the dancefloor by the energetic Baker Boys dance band.
Event proceeds will be donated to The Rotary Foundation.
Tickets close Tuesday 16 May 2023, so be sure to book your club’s tables, or individual tickets now.
We had a wonderful meeting with the Melton RC last night. Vijay, John and Justine gave an amazing overview of the East Timor water tanks and WASH project. The Melton RC members hospitality was amazing and we had a good time sharing a meal and stories with all the members. We must do more of having meetings within our cluster RC and beyond.
Vijay Susarla, Justine Paragreen and John Walmsley with Chairman Dickson
Our guest speakers gave a very inspiring presentation about
Timor Rotary Consortium (the following information is taken from District 9800 website)
Below are the upcoming events and activities for our club. Rotary Caroline Springs meets at Western emergency Relief Network (WERN) 23 Westwood Drive, Ravenhall Vic 3023 from 7 pm.
Events
Wynspeak - Lakeview Secondary College Caroline Springs 18 May 2023. No Club meeting at WERN on 17 May.
Meeting at WERN - 24 May 2023(Speaker - Beyond Waters)
The convention is the perfect opportunity to connect with fellow members. Encourage people in your club and district to register so you can enjoy the convention and explore Melbourne together. Connect with Rotaractors and Rotarians from around the world, find new partners for service or exchanges, and discover new sources of inspiration.
The guides below are for the use of Rotary Clubs or the public to download and print as appropriate.
They will assist our more recent Australians to read and be informed of Australian law and models to prevent abuse in families. This includes abuse to women, men, children and our elderly.
So far, Rotary SAFE Families have translations into Dari, Hindi, Swahili, Mandarin, Farsi and Greek. We hope to have other translations in the future. We thank our translators for their generosity in volunteering their time and skills at no cost to SAFE Families.
.
