PP Richard reports that funding for the Hera School project is well under way. He and PP Barry will be progressing the project in the next few weeks. Any additional tax deductible contributions from friends/members can be made at https://donations.rawcs.com.au/63-2022-23
It’s only 2 weeks to go. The convention runs from 27 to 31 May. Full details at https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/
During his presentation Prof. Prokopenko will review a continuing pattern of Soviet/Russian invasions into neighboring countries and discuss the post war reconstruction of Ukraine in the spirit of the post WW2 New Deal for Europe.
Our club has been a strong supporter of Rotary Peace Fellowships – Through academic training, practice, and global networking opportunities, the Rotary Peace Centers program develops the capacity of peace and development professionals to become effective catalysts for peace. The fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, […]
On behalf of the members of the Mosman RSL sub-Branch I thank each of you, your staff, members and students for your participation in the ANZAC Day commemoration services both at the Mosman War Memorial and at the Dawn Service at Georges Heights. Your participation ensured that the 2023 commemoration […]
Our beloved member Past President Ian Fitzpatrick passed away in August last year. His estate has just made a significant donation to the Australia Rotary Health Research Fund. The fund is closely associated with Mental Health issues. PP Blair recalls Ian’s involvement with Rotary Health Perhaps the most important project […]
Late June every year is a time of change in the Rotary world. At that time of the year, all 34,000 Rotary Clubs around the World conduct a Changeover ceremony which brings NEW leadership, NEW ideas, a NEW theme and renewed vitality to each Club. This changeover of leadership occurs […]
Our club regularly commits to a contribution to the Rotary Foundation and over the years has derived significant benefits in the form of District and International matching grants. One way of helping is through the Centurion Program. This was initiated many years ago by the districts in Australia and New […]
Ruth and Barry took Marco to experience an AFL game at the SCG on Saturday. Unfortunately for our team of Sydney Swans supporters, Giants star Toby Greene kicked a clutch goal in stunning fashion just before the final whistle to snap a two-game losing streak against their crosstown rivals. This […]
Our club is a long term supporter of Books in Home, a project that gives young school students new books for them to keep and enjoy at home. This week Peter Large will be coming to update us on the scheme. Peter Large is the CEO and Chairperson of the […]
PP Halyna would like to organise a few members to go to Springwood on June 13th to attend the final lunch and afternoon presentations. She anticipates 4/5 members could go to the Blue Mountains in one car. Please contact Halyna no later than May 15th if you are able to […]
The following was recently added to Zali’s Facebook page Last November Vivienne Paduch, a young Warringah constituent, did us proud when she represented the Australian Federal Branch at the 11th Commonwealth Youth Parliament in Trinidad & Tobago. Over 4 days young people aged 18 to 29 came together in […]
President Mark and PE James together with other club members attended the dawn service at Georges Heights. Mark and James laid a wreath on behalf of our club. President Mark also attended a commemorative service on Sunday and again laid a wreath on behalf of our club.
Our major fundraiser for the last 2 years has been the design, production and sale of a jigsaw featuring Mosman. The idea of a double sided jigsaw was the inspiration of PP Mark Alderson. After some discussion the then President, Richard Vahtrick gathered together a committee of new members […]
PP Rob Sturrock will be giving a short Anzac orientated talk on Women and Children left behind when their menfolk went off to war in 1914-18. Anica Wong + Bethany Walker on the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) Anica and Bethany are from Queenwood School for Girls. Our club sponsored […]
The Regionalisation Pilot Project Team Co-chairs Ingrid Waugh (NZ/Oceania) and Peter Frueh (Australia) have issued the following update: Following our all member communication on 14 March, the Regionalisation Core Team submitted the business case to the Rotary International Board on 11 April 2023, seeking financial commitment to commence the pilot. We […]
PE James and PP Richard attended the International Meeting at last week’s District Conference. One aspect of the meeting was District Grants. These are funded by the Rotary Foundation but allocated by District. There is a limit of $2500 for domestic projects and $5000 for international projects. Grants are to […]
District 9685 held the first part of its 2023-24 Assembly on April 15th at Epping Boys High School. Attending from our club were P-E James plus Richard, Barry, Ruth and Derek. DGE Christine Owen went through various aspects of her plans for the coming Rotary year with emphasis on next […]
The Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP) is one of the CPA’s most popular programmes and brings together participants aged 18-29 representing the nine CPA Regions – Africa; Asia; Australia; British Islands and Mediterranean; Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic; Canada; India; Pacific; South-East Asia. The week long Commonwealth Youth Parliament provides a key […]
It’s been a long few weeks missing PP Dom at our meetings while he has been in Royal North Shore with a few medical issues. This week we had brilliant news from PP Di: Dear Friends – against all odds, Dom returned home late this afternoon – he has dodged […]
PP Derek and exchange student Marco took advantage of the Easter Holidays to attempt the 30km coastal track running through the Royal National Park. It takes around 1 hour on the train to Cronulla and then 30 mins on the Ferry to get to the start point at Bundeena. Then […]
WE have successfully registered a project with RAWCS [Rotary Australia World Community Service Ltd] which means that any contribution made will be eligible for a tax deduction. The project is run by Timor-Leste Rotary Alumni to purchase building materials to enable them to construct a pre-school with their labour being supervised […]
There will not be a meeting on Monday 10th April due to Public Holiday. Our next meeting will be on Monday 17th April when we will have a presentation on the 11th Commonwealth Youth Parliament which took place in Trinidad and Tobago in November 2022
The district (9685) Conference was held in Cowra. Thanks to Barry & Marco for joining me for this fabulous event. Dom & Di were due to come along but obviously with Dom’s health they were unable to attend. It really was a brilliant, well run event with some wonderful speakers. Cowra certainly is a town […]
Bjorn was a student with our club around 10 years ago. His main claim to fame was his prowess at swimming. He would get up every morning at around 4.00am for practice/training. He was the major winner at Forestville High’s swimming carnival whilst he was with us in Sydney. […]