Rotary Peace Fellowships Each year, Rotary International awards fully funded Fellowships for Peacebuilders from diverse backgrounds to study at one of the Peace Centers located at premier universities around the world. This year from around the world 50 Peace Fellows will be selected to study in the Master’s degree programs, […]
Projects
Mosman Rotary Club has again sponsored the Mosman Art Gallery for the Mosman Youth Art Prize for an amount of $500. The Mosman Youth Art Prize exhibition features the diverse talents of the country’s young, aspiring and emerging artists and offers them the opportunity to exhibit their work in a […]
This event is being held on Friday 15th September 2023 in The Mosman Art Gallery – 6.30pm for 7.15 pm Start. Welcome Drinks and canapes will be served on arrival, with drinks and canapes served again at interval. Seating will be theatre-style with a maximum booking of 120 guests. Cost […]
Women & Children First offers specialized support for women and children experiencing domestic and family abuse and homelessness. In support of former Mosman Rotary member Peter Young, who is now on the W&CF Board, our club put one table of twelve together to attend this event on Friday 4 March at […]
Mosman Rotary Club made a donation of $12,000 to Bear Cottage, a children’s hospice in NSW. A cheque for the amount was presented by the club to Bear Cottage. Bear Cottage is a place where the families of kids with cancer and their social workers can find a solution to […]
On 14 January 2022, a very large eruption began on Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, an uninhabited volcanic island and submarine volcano of the Tongan archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean. The eruption reached a powerful climax the next day, 15 January. Hunga Tonga is 65 km (40 mi) north of Tongatapu, […]
Pacific Dermatology is an Australian not-for-profit, working to improve skin health in the South Pacific, by supporting the education of specialist skin doctors. PDL is led by Australian dermatologist Dr Margot Whitfeld who has been visiting Fiji since 2003, conducting research and treating dermatological conditions. It is a project with […]
The club organized an Australia Day 2022 BBQ at Balmoral Beach. This event was a great success with the Club raising more than $2000 to support the Tonga Tsunami relief program. On the day we also sold another 6 jigsaws to happy customers. It was a successful event raising the […]
Acknowledgement of our recent donation to Engineering Aid Australia which conducts Indigenous Australian Engineering Schools in Sydney each year. “We are so appreciative of the generous gift from the Rotary Club of Mosman. The money will be put to good use as we contact the Science and Careers teachers in […]
Tickets go on sale this week with great prizes. All Club members have received a book of tickets to sell.
Mosman Rotary Club has a donation box at the airport where arriving and departing passengers can deposit their coins as donations. President Mark Wallis joined Barry Starr to collect money from the Rotary charity box. Great to see all the hard work and looking forward to travel reopening.
Past President Derek Andrew arranged for the donation of a laptop and desktop to Mary’s House which provides support to victims of domestic violence. Derek is evaluating a number of different options to make IT devices available to organisations such as Mary’s House.
Following a proposal from Past President Derek Andrew, the Club agreed at its last Board meeting to provide up to $2500 to support the provision of mobile phones for women who go into refuges. The policy of the Women and Children First refuge (which the Club has supported for many […]
Following an approach from our contacts in Vietnam, Danny Low initiated a program to ship new (surplus to requirement) KN95 face masks from Sydney to Vietnam. The face masks are available free thanks to the Medical Repurposing Network which is a project of the Rotary Club of Sydney Cove. Our […]
Mosman Rotary Club has decided to sponsor a child seat in conjunction with the Play for All Australia’s program “Play it Forward”. Here is an extract from the Council’s announcement: The Mosman Council and Mosman Chamber of Commerce partnership with social enterprise Play For All Australia will replace low-back infant […]
Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) is a Rotary District project designed to create an awareness of the role of the United Nations in mediating international issues. The purpose of MUNA is to encourage young people to learn about other nations and to understand and appreciate the workings of the United […]
Our Club has a long-standing history supporting projects in Timor Leste (including support for the RYLA and RYPEN leadership training programs) and prior to COVID-19 we had a number of initiatives in the pipeline which unfortunately are on hold until travel can resume. So when recently the RYLA alumni reached […]
Mosman Rotary club is a proud sponsor of Mosman Youth Awards in Literature organized by Mosman Arts Gallery. This years presentation was held at the Mosman Art Gallery last Friday night and the feedback from the six of our members who attended was that the quality of the art (in […]
Mosman Rotary club is a proud sponsor of Mosman Youth Awards in Literature. The Mosman Youth Awards in Literature is an annual prose and poetry competition which attracts budding poets, playwrights and authors from primary and secondary schools across the state, all of whom compete for a share in the […]
A JIGSAW PUZZLE FOR MOSMAN.. THEN AND NOW The ROTARY CLUB of MOSMAN has designed and produced the MOSMAN JIGSAW PUZZLE. Manufactured by HOLDSON , a company experienced in Jigsaws for 80 years, this 1,000 piece, double sided puzzle, (690mm x 495mm in finished size), has contemporary images of Mosman […]
Rotary offers two RYPEN Camps at two different venues. We now have the best of both worlds – a camp at the Narrabeen Sydney Academy of Sport & Recreation in summer, and a camp in the beautiful Blue Gum Lodge in Springwood in winter. During an intensive residential weekend, […]
Rotary Club of Mosman has recently renovated the space around the well and manages coin donation received there. The funds collected from the Wishing Well go to the Melanoma Institute for cancer research. You can also donate by scanning the QR code below :
By: Charlie Barnett, Project Manager On 3 January I received a photograph of a property completely destroyed by fire, just one of far too many homes, equipment sheds and crops lost in the recent summer ‘fire season’. Rotary Clubs and districts around Australia provided cash assistance to Clubs in affected […]
In 2018 the Club gave a District grant for Stage1 of the Delvena refuge back yard upgrade which replaced the soft turf in the children’s play area. A Federal grant was also obtained to complete the project which cost $14,000. In 2019 the Club gave a second grant of $6,000 […]
The Rotary Club of Mosman donated $2000 to Mosman Community Gardens which enabled them to purchase 8 plastic IBCs (intermediate bulk containers) to be converted into 16 wicking beds. The old beds are made of wooden boards and eventually rot. Also, a wicking bed allows for easier and more efficient […]
LIke every previous year, Rotary Club of Mosman is selling raffle tickets to raise funds for a worthy cause. All of the proceeds from this years raffle will go to Manly Warringah Women’s Resource Centre which has 2 refuges in the North Shore and Northern Beaches areas plus a pop […]
By: Charlie Barnett. The club is pleased to partner with Books in Homes in our endeavour to help the children of the bushfire affected schools in the Upper Macleay Valley schools of Bellbrook and Willawarrin to restock their home libraries with books lost in the fires. Message from Books in […]
By: Seymour. From time to time I supply the Taronga Zoo Animal Hospital, and Vets with unwanted bed linen and towels which are in clean, untasseled and untorn condition. They can include, doonah covers, blankets, sheets, bath and tea towels. I am now on the hustings to collect further supplies. […]
BY: PP Di. We have been approached by Domestic Violence NSW to support their annual gift donation drive for member services working directly with families escaping domestic violence. A big thank you again to all Members and friends who contributed to the great success we achieved this year in providing […]
In August 2020, Rotary Club of Mosman made a donation of $500 to the 3rd Mosman Bay Scout Group. The club received following note from the Scouts : ‘Just to let you know we used your donation this week to run a special end of year activity. We took 13 […]
James has been busy collecting the $100 contributions to the foundation. It may seem a small contribution to the foundation’s work but it is vital to support the flow of funds from the foundation to our club in support of projects we initiate. This year we have already received a […]
By : PP Halyna. Fighting Ageism and helping older adults in Mosman and their carers to feel less ‘invisible’ and more valued by society through recognition and celebration of their stories. The Idea In 2019 and again in 2020, Northern Beaches Council ran an ‘Art & Words’ project where they […]
Mosman Rotary Club and the district have approved a funding of $6,000 to Books in Home for providing school books to deserving students of Plunkett Street Public School. Books in Homes® is a charitable foundation that provides books-of-choice to children living in remote, disadvantaged and low socio-economic circumstances, ensuring crucial […]
We have been a long term supporter of the community garden at Mackie Lane, Mosman. This year we have contributed $2000 to assist in converting existing beds into longer term wicking beds. In addition to providing funds our members will be assisting in the conversion work.
Every year our club sponsors two 16-17 year old students to come to Australia for a year. The restrictions caused by the Covid 19 virus pandemic has curtailed the program. However for the first 6 months of this year we continue to sponsor Leopoldo Blasczyk from Paranavai, Brazil. The image shows […]
Rotary is an international organisation that brings together leaders who step up to take on the world’s toughest challenges, locally and globally. This work is supported by its major charity, The Rotary Foundation. In 1985, Rotary International initiated the huge task of eradicating polio throughout the world, not only in […]
Over the years our club has sourced wheelchairs from the organisation and donated them to disabled children in Asia. Each wheelchair is fully adjustable and designed for rugged conditions. They make a huge difference not only to the child but to their families and communities. The chairs are produced in […]
For over 20 years our club has been sponsoring the work of teams of hand surgeons and associated medical practitioners in Vietnam and Myanmar. The late Prof Conolly and his successor Dr Peter Scougall have been holding clinical and training sessions once or twice a year as well as donating appropriate equipment […]
Our club has established a relationship with Harding Miller by donating $10,000 in 2019-20. Further donations will be considered for future years. The Foundation’s mission is to provide practical support to lift the educational outcomes and career aspirations of high potential girls who are experiencing disadvantage. Across Australia, public schools […]
The Rotary Club of Mosman is taking a leadership role to encourage its members and the community to reduce their carbon footprint. The project asks Rotarians and the community to make simple changes in their lives that will reduce their impact on the climate. It has developed a carbon calculator […]