Important club meeting this Wednesday - an Opportunity to Adapt and a Poll. Please be there.
Please ensure you Register by March 31 for our Box Hill Central Rotary Anniversary Breakfast "35 years serving". Held at Miss Lucy on April 2 7:30 for 7:45 am (sharp) . Partners welcome. Include your menu selection in your registration. Allow 10 min for parking. Proud of the Past - Energised for the future
Addressing Classroom Hunger - read more below and sign-up.
Read Project EWASH Report, our collaborative project in Ethiopia with International Needs Australia. This project uses a Community-Led Total Sanitation and Hygiene (CLTSH) approach to promote total sanitation. It aims to change the behaviour of everyone in a community to stop open defecation and encourage good hygiene practices.
Seven of us (Robyn, Tony, Brian & Sue Martin, Kath, Wendy and Malcolm) will be attending the Rotary D9815 "We are better together" inaugural conference in Bendigo this coming weekend. It is hosted by District Governor Colin Byron and his conference committee. We will be promoting Operation Cleft and Operation Toilets at the expo, and enjoying Friday club dinner at Kevin & Isabel's new Bendigo home.
16 Apr Melchizedeck (Melly) Balthazar: School of St Jude Alumni
Interviewed by Stephen Fisher
Special guest: Emma Clark RC Emerald & District, District Governor Nominee
Jun 25 Club Changeover Dinner at Box Hill Golf Club
save the date 6:30 for 7pm
Thanking our International Women's Day 2025 Box Hill sponsor,
Community Bank, Blackburn South, Bendigo Bank
accepted by Donna Willett, Branch Manager.
Also sponsorship thanks to Budget Car & Truck Rental (Wheelton Group)
and Woodards Blackburn.
The board approved this week the "Addressing Classroom Hunger", project a local hands on service project as part of our Club Fitness Plan. Commencing April 23, continuing monthly during school term for the duration of the Club Transformation Pilot to end June 2026 and then for review.
District insurance has been obtained. This is a charitable food service as at no cost to the consumer. It is not required to meet the standards of the Food Act 1984. Duty of Care applies. Forest Hill Chase have kindly offered free space & furniture, currently beside Aldi. Six Whitehorse Primary schools to date have expressed a desire to participate.
All serving roles will need to be filled by club members/partners for initial session as we fine tune our processes before opening to others.
Please diary 9:45-11:00am Apr 23 if able, and Register your participation.
Club has made payment of $3,500 to Cafe of Connections in Box Hill South,
Through our Environmental & Sustainability committee we have donated $5,000 to the Parkmore Primary School five student team BEAP (Bee Education And Protection) to participate in the World Championships June 2025 of Future Problem Solvers International in Indiana USA in June. Watch their clip. Learn more, donate & share.
