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Waggle Dance Event

Waggle Dance Event

Club Environmental Activities

Club Environmental Activities

Philippines Eye and Ear Mission

Philippines Eye and Ear Mission

Paul Harris Fellow Award to Ralph Hartnett

Paul Harris Fellow Award to Ralph Hartnett

Meeting Speaker Bryan Wood

Meeting Speaker Bryan Wood

Mailing Road Initiative

Mailing Road Initiative

LaTrobe Students Who Participated in the Philippines Mission

LaTrobe Students Who Participated in the Philippines Mission

R100 Playground Project in Hawthorn

R100 Playground Project in Hawthorn

Members of the Club's Bike Group in the Around the Bay Event

Members of the Club's Bike Group in the Around the Bay Event

Tree Planting Project at Yarra Bend

Tree Planting Project at Yarra Bend

Doug Hawley Visiting Vanuatu as Part of the FORaMEAL Program

Doug Hawley Visiting Vanuatu as Part of the FORaMEAL Program

The Club Participates in the  Maling Road Auto-classico

The Club Participates in the Maling Road Auto-classico

Glenallen School Gardening Rroject

Glenallen School Gardening Rroject

Playground Removal and Relocation Project

Playground Removal and Relocation Project

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Introduction
The Rotary Club of Canterbury has been serving our local & international communities since 1987. We have an active social and project program. Our members love being part of our Club and enjoy participating in all our activities. You are invited to come along to:
  • join in with our many volunteering opportunities,
  • make new friends and
  • learn new things.
Once you get to know us, you might like to become a Rotary Friend or even to join the 1.2 million Rotarians as a club member. We will make you feel very welcome.
 
If you would like to have a chat about the Club please call our Membership Director Rob Simpson on 0425746991  or send an email to him at rob.simpson@canterburyrotary.org
Federation Square and RICON 23 FORaMEAL Events
 
What an effort from the FORaMEAL team and those members who provided their support during the Federation Square Big Difference packing event on 27 May and at RICON23 packing event. Doug and Nora were the organisers of these events alongside the team at District 9800 including Lili Teichmann and Janet Hay. Needless to say, this is a Canterbury program and we did ourselves proud!
 
Special mention to those who underwent Supervisor training and assisted the crowd during these events - thank you.
 
100,000 meals packed at Fed Square during the Big Difference - the event went so well that it had to finish at 2.30pm when the supplies ran out!
 
During this time the team were at the House of Friendship where they packed 30,000 meals on Saturday (same time as Fed Square!!), 15,000 on Monday, 15,000 on Tuesday and another 10,000 on Wednesday.
 
Total packing for the event was 170,000 meals - a magnificent effort and credit to all the Rotarians, Friends of Rotarians and members of the public who participated.
District 9800 Environment Sustainability Award
 
Congratulations to Canterbury RC on being one of the two winners for the District 9800 Environmental Sustainability Awards.
 
Special  acknowledgement to the Club members and friends who have worked throughout the year on the environmental projects and activities.
 
Assisting Ukrainians
 
 
 
The Rotary Club of Canterbury responded to the call for supplies by Ukrainians suffering under war conditions. During the week ending 2 October the Club sent 10,000 nutrition meals packed in easy-to-use pouches. Each pack contains lentils, rice, oats and a vitamin sachet of essential nutrients. The Club also responded to a request for underwear for the soldiers working in difficult and remote conditions.
 
We are so grateful to be able to assist in this situation. It is so hard to know what to do when people across the globe are struggling. Well done to the entire FORaMEAL team and everyone who donated or contributed to this work.
 
Bring Back the Buzz Event March 2022
What a great night. 200 Rotarians and friends all there to back a very worthy cause. That is raising funds to educate school children about the power of pollinators and their plight, 
 
The evening was kicked off by a pre-recorded interview between Jonathan Shepherd and the Australian Past International Rotary President, Ian Riseley, responsible for the introduction of the Environment as the seventh pillar of Rotary. The list of speakers included: Fiona Sutton Wilson, CEO Earthwatch; Fiona Chambers, CEO WHEEN Bee Foundation; Alick Osborne, CEO Seasol; and Costa Georgiadis, ABC Radio Host.
 
The committee worked tirelessly to present a beautiful environment.
 
All kudos to everyone on a marvelous, memorable and purposeful event. The Rotary Club of Canterbury, members of other clubs and multiple Friends of Rotary turned out in force.
 
If you would like to make a contribution to assist with the projects, research and education activities of R4B's please click on this Trybooking link https://www.trybooking.com/BYQER
 
Please have a look below at the short video of the event prepared by Past President and video wiz Lili-Ann Kriegler.
 
Rotary Safe Families
 
Dorothy Gilmour at a Club meeting recently discussed a grim issue - abuse. Whilst it  is a dire situation for many Dorothy did not want us to be linger on this and she offered us hope that we can do something about it. Dorothy was keen to point out that abuse is not limited to a specific demographic and happens to all kinds of people in different environments. Abuse represents an exercise of power over a targeted victim making the person feel insecure and can be physical, mental, subliminal etc.
 
Rotary Safe Families was established 3 years ago by Dorothy Gilmour, a member of the Rotary Club of Melbourne, with the aim of the primary prevention of abuse.
 
The strategy adopted is the simplified by the identification of the three R's:
 
1. Recognise the signs of abuse
2. Raise concerns safely with the victim
3. Refer the victim to the appropriate support
 
She passionately emphasised the view that being a passive bystander is not an option. She also asked some interesting questions of the members of The Rotary Club of Canterbury:-
 
1. When have you last discussed abuse?
 
2. Why is abuse such a taboo subject?
 
What Rotary Safe Families advocates for is not money simply to seek champions amongst Rotary clubs across Australia who will spread the word and support others.
 
Dorothy posed the question to the members whether they were aware of two signs that someone is being abused
 
The first one is visible and involves a hand signal which indicates a cry for help – you place your thumb across your palm and close your fingers over it
 
The second one is and may involve situations where someone in a bar is feeling threatened, they can approach the bartender and ask " Is Angela here?" Bartenders are taught this as a sign of distress
 
The organisation maintains an up-to-date website which provides ample resource materials including videos about issues of abuse. There is a link to a you tube video below
 
https://youtu.be/JrhmJi_3v54.
 
The website for Rotary Safe Families is :
 
www.rotarysafefamilies.org.au.
 
It goes without saying that Rotary does not condone abuse.
Philippines Mission 2019
 
 
 
The Club had a wonderful presentation by four former LaTrobe University orthoptic students at a recent Club meeting who spoke about their experiences as members of the Philippines eye and ear mission in October 2019. We were also joined on the night by several other volunteers who were part of the mission team.
 
Damon Goddard, Bradley Lai, Stinoj Shaju and Rachel Wishart spoke about their typical day, with very early mornings, up to two hours travel, then conducting the eye tests and also assisting/observing the cataract  operations followed by some leisure time, bed and then up to do it all over again the next day. But while the days were long, the experiences were fantastic.
 
They observed that they came across clinical issues they were very unlikely to encounter in Australia.
 
They also spoke about the happiness of the children and the culture which Doug Hawley also noted led to a reluctance by some Philippine residents, who were diagnosed with cataracts, but who were hesitant to undergo surgery.
 
The group then showed the terrific video below which highlighted the experiences from the trip.
 
In conclusion they thanked the Club for giving them the opportunity to be part of the eye and ear mission to the Philippines.
 
 
 
Rotary for Bees

The Club over the past months has been working with other Rotary Clubs and a group called Rotary for Bees (R4B's) has been established. This new group is working with the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group (ESRAG), an international rotary body, to do all they can to ensure the sustainability of bees.
 
Please follow this link page/rotarians-for-bees  on our website to see more details about the group and also links to many useful references and websites. Please find the Rotarian for Bees Website at https://rotariansforbees.org   and you can also find more details on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/395777217740428
 

 
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