rcoh annual report 2012/13

A N N U A L R E P O RT 2 0 1 2 – 2 0 1 3

President - Richard Garner

President Elect – Lance Blackley

R o t a r y C l u b o f H a m p t o n A n n u a l R e p o r t 2 0 1 3 2

CONTENTS

1! P a s t P r e s i d e n t s! 4

2! L a n c e B l a c k l e y - P re s i d e n t f o r 2 0 1 3 - 2 0 1 4! 5

3! B o a rd M e m b e r s! 6

4! C l u b M e m b e r s! 6

5! P re s i d e n t ’ s R e p o r t! 7

6! Tre a s u re r ’ s R e p o r t! 1 0

7! S e c re t a r y ’ s R e p o r t! 11

8! S e r v i c e t o O t h e r s R e p o r t! 1 2

9! M e m b e r s h i p a n d M a r k e t i n g R e p o r t! 1 8

1 0! F o u n d a t i o n R e p o r t! 1 9

11! P ro g r a m R e p o r t! 2 0

1 2! A p p e n d i x ! 2 1

! Club Projects List for 2012 - 2013! 22


1 . P a s t P r e s i d e n t s

Juliet Riseley1995 - 1996

Jenny Fox 2004 - 2005

Andrew McGregor1996 - 1997

Beverlea Blackley 2005 - 2006

Helen Wragg 1997 - 1998

Kim Visek-Johnson 2006 - 2007

Lindsay Morgan 1998 - 1999

Lorraine Huddle 2007 – 2008

Helen Wragg1999 - 2000

Marie Arendsen2008 - 2009

Geoffrey Tickner 2000 - 2001

Phil Heath2009 - 2010

Tricia Rhodes 2001 - 2002

Jennifer Newton2010 - 2011

Dick Garner 2002 - 2003

Liz Ware2011 - 2012

Greg Wragg 2003 - 2004

Richard Garner2012 - 2013


2 . L a n c e B l a c k l e y - P r e s i d e n t 2 0 1 3 - 2 0 1 4

Incoming President Lance Blackley has been a Rotarian since 1992. Lance at that time joined the former Rotary Club of Moorabbin, which was the Rotary Club who charted our parent Club Sandringham. Lance was president of the Rotary Club of Moorabbin in the 1998- 99 Rotary year. Lance was also a member of the former Rotaract Club of Moorabbin from 1974 to 1980 during a time when Rotaract in the District was thriving. Moorabbin Rotaract had approximately 40 members and provided a great social experience whilst being involved with community service. Lance met wife Bev through their involvement with the Rotaract Club.

Lance has been married to Bev since 1979 and has 2 sons, Travis and Adam who are 30 and 28 years old respectively. Lance and Bev also have a grandson Tristan who is 8 years old.

Lance is a Hydraulic Engineer with over 30 years experience and has been employed with Irwinconsult Pty Ltd for over 18 years. Lance's work involves a variety of duties including high level planning, reporting, project management, construction oversight and business development and has been involved with over 2,000 projects on some of Melbourne's most iconic buildings.

As outlined by Lance at the Changeover Night, he and the incoming Board see the Club at a critical point with membership. The need to make changes within our Club in a number of areas is now becoming vital to maintain a healthy Club into the future. The focus in the 2013-14 Rotary year will be in program, meeting format, communications and membership growth.


3 . B o a r d M e m b e r s

Position Name

President PDG Dick Garner

Secretary PDG Juliet Riseley

Treasurer Rosalind Bodley

President Elect PP Lance Blackley

Service to Others PP Beverlea Blackley

Marketing & Membership Sam Upleger

Foundation PP Liz Ware

4 . C l u b M e m b e r s

PP Marie Arendsen Pat Murdoch

John Basarin PP Jennifer Newton

PP Lance Blackley PDG Juliet Riseley

PP Beverlea Blackley Lou Rodriquez

Anne Blunt Carolyn Ryan

Rosalind Bodley PP Geoffrey Tickner

PP Jenny Fox Ian Tuttleby

PDG Dick Garner Sam Upleger

PP Phillip Heath PP Kim Visek-Johnson

Kylie McMillan PP Liz Ware

PP Lindsay Morgan PP Greg Wragg

Pat Morton


5 . P r e s i d e n t ’s R e p o r t

PDG Richard Garner

This is the second time I have had the privilege of being President of Hampton Rotary. RI President Sakuji Tanaka’s theme for the 2012/13 year was “Peace Through Service”. As I was invited to take on the role at short notice, I did not have any special plans formulated to immediately complement this theme. However, I did have a readymade experienced Board to work with and as the year progressed we developed appropriate projects.

The Board comprised PE Lance Blackley, Secretary Juliet Riseley, Treasurer Ros Bodley, Service to Others Bev Blackley, Foundation Liz Ware, and Membership and Marketing Sam Upleger. Being an experienced group of Rotarians we worked well together and achieved a great deal.

The difference with my role of President this time is that we now have a signature fundraising event with the monthly Farmers Market. Add to this the annual Trivia Night and we have two good revenue streams.

This means that we now have the funding to take on more projects and we were able to complete a very creditable 34 projects this Rotary year. The range of projects qualified the Club to receive President Sakuji Tanaka’s Presidential Citation.

Since the Club was chartered 17 years ago a significant number of members have retired. This brings new challenges as these members have the time to travel and Club members are often away, as in my own case where early in the year I was away for 6 weeks. Because of this, at times, our meeting numbers are small.

It is clear that we need to extend our membership to encompass a wider range of age groups and occupations. Ideally we need to attract some younger members to ensure the long-term life of the Club.

Early in the year we moved our meeting venue from the Sandringham Yacht Club to the Buckingham Motel in Highett. This has worked well, but we will continue to look for a suitable alternative venue that is closer to Hampton.

A new weekly electronic newsletter called “Rotary at a Glance” was introduced. The publication has a reporting facility, which showed that it had a very high level of readership.


A focus point from our District Governor Brian Martin suggested that we look at getting back to Rotary’s original business roots. We have arranged to partner with an organization called Business Plaza. They will establish a website featuring local businesses that will be linked via our Club website. There are no establishment costs and we will have an effective link to local business and get a percentage of the business listing fees. This site is under construction and will be promoted with plastic cards that we will distribute at the Farmers Market.

Weekly MeetingsEarly in the year we decided to change meeting venues and moved to the Buckingham Motel. This venue has a number of very suitable meeting rooms and provides affordable meals.

Jennifer Newton was a very effective Program Director who coordinated a wide variety of speakers for the weekly meeting. In addition Geoff Tickner organized a number of complementary vocational visits with businesses in the Hampton area. After each visit the group, together with the business owners just visited, adjourned to one of our local restaurants.

We had a very pleasant Christmas party at “True South” and enjoyed suckling pig, which made a change from traditional turkey and stuffing.

We tried a new approach in the Sergeant’s role this year and rostered members for individual nights. This introduced a variety of approaches to the task with the end result that we now have more members who understand about running a sergeant’s session, and the funds still came in.

Lou Rodriguez organized the weekly rosters and liaised with the Buckingham Motel with his usual efficiency.

Social EventsIn addition to our regular weekly meetings we had a number of social events. Marie Arendsen coordinated 4 very successful “Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner” nights. There was a “Soup on Sunday” gathering at Dick and Sue Garner’s home.

Kim Visek-Johnson organized a “Gourmet Weekend” at Phillip Island. The Club’s 17th birthday was celebrated that same weekend with a very wild meal at a Greek restaurant. A group met for Yum Cha with Rotary’s celebrity chef Jeffery Tan and then watched the Chinese New Year’s Parade.

This year’s District Conference was held in Wangaratta at the city’s new performing arts centre. It was a very enjoyable Conference for our members who attended. However disappointingly it was probably the smallest contingent ever from our Club.

Fundraising Our prime fundraiser continues to be the Farmers Market. The market has become a regular monthly Bayside community event attracting over 17,000 visitors a year. Phillip Heath, assisted by Ian Tuttleby, has managed the market. This year we moved from


establishment mode where we borrowed items from other Rotary Markets to being totally self-sufficient. Thanks to Phillip’s hard work and special negotiating skills we have an iPad for our mailing list, our own covered trailer, 4 new marquees and perimeter fencing. Sam Upleger manages our market mailing list and sends out a monthly electronic event reminder.

Entertainment Books: Pat Murdoch has again been actively marketing these books.

Trivia Night: Our thanks go to Helen Wragg who organized a very successful Trivia Night, which attracted almost 200 people. In addition to the very enjoyable trivia entertainment there were 80 helium balloons each containing a prize number with everyone being a winner. The night was run in conjunction with Riding for the Disabled and part of the evening’s proceeds went to purchase a new horse for them.

Communications The prime link we have with the public is our Hampton Rotary website which has been very professionally supported by Zoë Murdoch and Paul Laney. The day-to-day time-consuming updating of site information has been in the capable hands of Marie Arendsen. Our thanks go to all of them for keeping the website active and current at all times.

A weekly “Rotary at a Glance” electronic newsletter was introduced to keep members advised about Club activities and general Rotary information.

Annual ReportOnce again, Honorary Member Lorraine Huddle has given her valuable time and expertise to compile and produce this Annual Report. Thank you, Lorraine.

Summing upThe Rotary Club of Hampton has a comparatively small membership. We meet for just an hour and a half each week in a really friendly atmosphere. The weekly speaker program provides a great insight into so many interesting subjects.

I would like to thank all members and partners for all the help and support that has been given to me over the past year. We all worked very well together and collectively have achieved some very significant outcomes that make a difference to so many lives.

Lance has some exciting plans for the coming Rotary year and I look forward to joining with our Club members to have another successful year under his leadership.


6 . Treasurer ’s Report

Rosalind Bodley

Our main income focus continues to be the Farmers Market, which is held on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Phillip Heath organizes the roster for the day allocating duties for our Club members and volunteers who come from a number of community groups. The Rotary Club of Sandringham runs the barbeque there. The funds raised from gate donations are donated to community groups according to the number of volunteers they provided to help at the market. Cheques go out shortly after the event and in this way we directly support organizations within our community.

The Trivia Night and Entertainment books also provided additional income.

The Fijian medical centre project was scheduled to proceed this Rotary year. However the disastrous floods in Fiji put the project on hold. The funds that we had raised in conjunction with other Rotary Clubs plus a grant from The Rotary Foundation have been quarantined. Project coordinator Greg Wragg has confirmed that the building materials have arrived on site so the project should be completed in the next Rotary year.

Our membership fees supported our Club operations and other administration costs, plus District and International fees.

The accounting system installed last Rotary year has proved very effective. Liz Ware our assistant Treasurer is conversant with how the system operates and looks after the accounting process when I am away from the Club.

Regarding the auditing requirement for our annual accounts, these no longer have to be undertaken by an outside organization. Two other members of our Club with accounting experience will review the final accounts.

The statement of accounts covers the year to 30th June 2013, which is the complete Rotary Year.


7 . Secretary’s Report

PDG Juliet Riseley

Firstly, may I thank Marie Arendsen for her years in the club Secretary’s role. She conducted all activities with wonderful efficiency and clear process which has assisted the club in maintaining excellent administration protocols. Suffice to say that taking over this role has been exceptionally smooth and without confusion. Marie has continued to manage our club website in 2012-13 and all members appreciate the prompt loading of communications including the meeting notes and club Board minutes.

2012-13 saw changes in the Associations Incorporations Act that means the club Secretary is now the Public Officer for the club. Our reports 2012 to the Consumer Affairs Victoria office were submitted without incident. Again, it is my pleasure to thank Lindsay Morgan on the clubs behalf. Lindsay has operated as our Public Officer for many years guiding the club through constitutional changes and in the speedy execution of our General meetings. Once again Lindsay, the club has greatly benefitted from your expertise and time. Lindsay’s advice to ensure we are compliant under the new Act is also acknowledged. Also, his advice regarding the arrangements we have with outside bodies has been invaluable.

The club Board convened for 10 meetings including joint January-February and May-June meetings. The 2013-14 club Board will convene on July 1st to start the following year very promptly. Numerous electronic motions and other topics requiring comments were organised during this 12 months and I thank all Board members for their prompt responses which has meant tracking such items was straight forward.

The club has risen in number from 20 on July 1st to our current number of 23. Our meetings have been well attended and our thanks and compliments must go to Lou Rodriquez who has managed our weekly attendance records and been the liaison between the club and our venue - which for most of 2012-13 - has been the Buckingham International. Lou has needed to work closely with Program Director Jennifer, Vocational Director Geoff and President Dick and this quartet has meant we have had a most enjoyable and well organised year – and there are more details of that elsewhere in this Annual Report. Also, Lou continues to track and update our member details for the club and we acknowledge and thank him for keeping these details accurate.


8 . S e r v i c e t o O t h e r s R e p o r t

P P B e v e r l e a B l a c k l e y

Community Service – Pat Murdoch

Apart from the large projects such as the monthly Farmers’ Market and the annual Trivia Night, funding came also from the sale of Entertainment Books. This year, sales have been reasonably quick and, to date we have sold over 2/3 of our initial order of 30 books. Depending on continuing interest, we may order more books.Hampton members also purchased Hot Cross Buns and Christmas Mince Pies from the Rotary Club of Mont Albert & Surrey Hills.

Financial grants were made as follows:

Larmenier School.! Donation to help fund their mini Olympics day.! Donation towards an annual excursion for the school to Taskworks.

Highett Junior Football Club.Donation after the club had a considerable amount of money stolen from their club funds.

Swags for the Homeless - RCOH purchased 6 swags which consisted of a sleeping bag/tent suitable for sleeping outside. The swags were on display at one of our Farmers’ Markets and donations from the public and the Children’s money spinner along with our funds enabled us to donate 6 swags.

Salvation Army.RCOH bought food staples valued at $422.98 and delivered them to Merle at the Salvation Army in Bentleigh. The food parcels will be given to needy families in our local community.A fun night was had as we again packed lollies into about 130 mugs for Merle Hedges to distribute to families at Christmas. Members were also most generous with their supermarket bags packs with a variety of goodies for Christmas. This is an annual project of the Hampton Rotary Club.RCOH presented Merle Hedges with a cheque for $1000 for the Salvation Army.


Books for Babies.This is an annual project celebrating the birthday of Paul Harris, Founder of Rotary International. Babies born at Sandringham Hospital around this time, receive a copy of Mem Fox’s classic Australian children’s book – ’10 Little Fingers & 10 Little Toes’. This year 2 other Clubs joined us in this venture.

Riding for the DisabledSome of the funds from our Annual Trivia Night were given to Riding for the Disabled to purchase a horse for disabled children and adults in our local community to enjoy. This money ($4000) was used to replace one of their horses that had developed Cancer.

Marysville Triangle Men’s Shed was opened on 18 May as a hub for all local men to learn and practise woodworking and other skills. It also serves as a meeting place for those impacted by The Black Saturday Bushfires which nearly destroyed the town. Our Club has supplied a selection of tools for the group and club members attended its opening. Additional donations of tools may be forthcoming.

Bayside Toy Library.This was our biggest local donation for the year, the purpose of which was to enable the Toy Library to purchase a variety of musical toys, many of which were to be useful for children with various disabilities. The project was called “Making Music More Accessible” and was completed in May 2013. We received a 2 for 1 Rotary Community Grant for this.

Rotary Tasmanian Bushfire Fund A donation of $1200 was given to this fund.

The Police Blue Ribbon Golf Day was supported by RCOH with a donation for $110.

Royal Flying Doctor Service and Melbourne City Mission, were given donations of $500 each after each charity made presentations to the club.

RAW Project – Sam UplegerChicken Coop - In October, members of our club constructed a chicken coop for Resilient Aspiring Women in their community garden. It has become home to four good egg layers, and has acted as an anchor to help the rest of the garden come together, and added some much needed life and activity to the newly established community garden. Materials were donated from Bunnings, and the timber was second hand, allowing the project to be more sustainable environmentally which was in keeping with the goals of the group. The entire project cost under $600.00, and it is one which allowed hands-on participation from club members.


RAW Project – Sam UplegerPavilion - Resilient Aspiring Women (RAW) is a community based not-for-profit organisation founded in 2012 with the purpose of allowing women from different ethnic backgrounds to connect, share, and learn from one another. They currently have over 100 members across the south-eastern suburbs.The central hub of the group since its inception has been at the home in East Brighton of its founder, Mariam Issa who is a Sudanese refugee. With the assistance of the members, one being an experienced permaculturist, they have designed, and begun work on a transformation of the garden. It has gone from a “normal” grassed garden to become the RAW Healing Garden, an organic produce garden with fresh veggies, fruit trees, and a staple to every Aussie backyard, chooks (thanks to Rotary)!The future plans will also see the RAW Healing Garden continue to be used as a home to the group, although it does lack something, a dedicated gathering place. At present, when weather does not permit outside work, or a place is needed to sit down, the group has access to Mariam’s home, but with a family of eight, alternative accommodation is needed. In addition to giving Mariam’s family some peace, the home does not lend itself to accommodate large numbers of people; a marquee at times has to be hired.Rotary is currently building an 8m x 5m pavilion in the Healing Garden to fill this void. The pavilion will provide a place to hold workshops for members, will be a comfortable resting place for volunteers working in the garden, and will serve as a casual gathering place for members to hold social activities or events as simple as an Australia Day barbecue.

International Service – Greg Wragg

Medical Centre and Nurses Quarters, Nabukeru Village, Yasawa Islands Fiji.

My report last year detailed fully our Club’s application for a Matching Grant from Rotary International to assist funding this project. We received confirmation of our successful application for the Matching Grant on 12th June 2012. Unfortunately, due to floods on the main island of Viti Levu in Fiji and to the more recent effects of Tropical Cyclone EVAN, the Fijian Government re-directed funds away from our project towards emergency needs that arose as a result of these two calamitous events. As a result of the delays, the construction of the Medical Centre and adjoining Nurses Quarters by the Fijian Government has only now commenced. Also due to the delays, we were precluded from receiving funding from the Matching Grant which had to be drawn down to pay for the items included in our application by 10th June 2013.


As our District is now part of the Future Vision of Rotary, we now have to apply after 1st July 2013 for a Global Grant from the District 9810 Grants Committee. Action has already been taken to prepare our application for this Grant and I am confident that as the project has already been started, we should be successful with our application. I note here the support of our Dick Garner, Lance Blackley and District “grants guru”, Graeme Richardson for their encouragement, advice and support in working my way through the rules and requirements regarding grants. Thank you too to our members for their patience and support since this project was first mooted over twelve months ago.

Educational Scholarships, FijiI am pleased to report that again this year Susan Rogan and Sue Wragg provided an educational scholarship to Ilisapeci Merioni of the remote village of Tamasua in the outer Yasawan islands of Fiji. Ilisapeci attends Jasper Williams High School in Lautoka and is in her third high school year. Assistance was also provided by Dick Garner and myself to provide funds to Eramasi Tuinakauvadra to pay for his fees towards completion of a Diploma in Automotive Engineering.

Cambodian School $1600 was presented to Debbie King to purchase a Shalang which is a motorised transport for children to attend school and for villagers to take goods to market.

Disaster Aid $800 – to provide a Disaster Aid box sent to the Phillipines for disaster relief.

Girls Refuge in Timor Leste A District 9810 Joint Project where 10 clubs donated $2500 each to go towards equipping the refuge.

Interplast – Following a presentation from Interplast, a donation of $500 was given to support overseas surgical teams.

Goat Breeding Farm in Kenya A Healesville Rotary Club project to raise $30,000 to develop a breeding herd was supported by many clubs. RCOH donated $1000 towards this project.

Hospital project in Timor LesteIn conjunction with the Rotary Club of Braeside, RCOH donated $100 to help cover the rewiring.


Vocational Service – Geoff Tickner

Vocational Nights are scheduled for the 5th Tuesday of a month. Members visit a local business where the proprietor explains the nature of the business. Afterwards, we adjourn to a local restaurant. This year we visited –

• Way to Go ! ! (July)• Finest Drop Wines! (October)• Snap Print! ! (January)• Black Rock House! (April)• Keyboard Concepts! (April)

Club Weekend at Phillip Island – A lovely weekend organised by Kim Visek-Johnson saw us visiting wineries, the Penguins, the National Vietnam Veteran’s Museum and enjoying a feast at a Greek restaurant.

Christmas Celebration - at The Argentinian Restaurant & Micro Brewery (True South) in Black Rock.

New Generations – Liz Ware

Camp Awakening is a two and a half day youth development program for year 9 students. The Club sponsored 2 students at this year’s camp.

Friendship Awards were again awarded to a year 5 boy and girl voted by their peers as the most friendly and helpful during the year. They become Friendship Leaders in Grade 6 for 2013. A book voucher and congratulatory letter were presented to Lucy Grant and Fergus Murray at Hampton PS and Lucy Jones and Louis McAsey at St Mary’s PS. In turn, their names are added to the honour boards on display at the schools. These students, accompanied by their parents, will be invited to address the Club towards the end of their Friendship year.

The Resilience Award is presented to a student at the Berendale Secondary School in Highett who has displayed the greatest ability to work their way through problems during the year. Berendale is a special school for students with mild disabilities. A JB voucher and congratulatory letter was presented to the 2012 winner - Matthew Saunders. His name has been added to the honour board on display at the school.

Summer Science School – This is a 2 day University program for Year 9 students interested in science. Two students from St Leonard’s College were sponsored this year.

NYSF – National Youth Science Forum – This is a 2 week program run in January at the


Australian National University in Canberra or the University of Western Australia in Perth. It is for students who wish to pursue careers in science, engineering and related disciplines. Lucy Joel, a year 11 student at Melbourne Girls Grammar School was nominated by the Club and she was selected. Lucy addressed the Club about her experience.

Youth Exchange – the Club is sponsoring an outgoing exchange student, Liam Tyssen to Switzerland. Liz Ware is acting as his counsellor.

RYLA – Rotary Youth Leadership Awards is an intensive six-day training program focussing on community youth leadership for young people aged 18-30. The Club has nominated and will sponsor two participants – Kalpana Sivakumar and Yusuf Issa.

MUNA – Model United Nations Assembly Two Students from St Leonard’s College attended, representing USA.

On 4 and 5 May 2013, Lochlin Durance and I attended the annual MUNA (Model United Nations Assembly) competition that was undertaken in Victoria’s Parliament House. The competition was established, run and funded by Rotary International and was organised to reflect a United Nations General Assembly. We represented the United States of America for the competition and presented speeches in accordance with theatnation’s current national interests. Each member state was able to propose one resolution and asthe delegates of the United States we proposed the international community should stop arming both rebels and government in order to end the conflict within Syria, and that the UN should send in a peace keeping force to try and obtain order and peace within Syria. States were judged based on their public speaking skill, the ideas they presented and the way they were able to rebut and reject other conflicting ideas presented by other States. It was an incredible experience, which has culminated in meeting new friends and learning more about international politics. We would like to thank Hampton Rotary Club for sponsoring us.! Chris Pride

Chris and Lochlin are year 11 students studying VCE Global Politics Units 3&4.


9 . M e m b e r s h i p & M a r k e t i n g R e p o r t

Sam Upleger!

MembershipOur membership numbers were maintained this year. We farewelled Carolyn Ryan at the end of the year as Carolyn is moving out of the area whilst her house is rebuilt.

It was good to welcome new members Pat Morton, Kylie McMillan and Anne Blunt who joined us during the year.

MarketingThe Board approved funding to promote the Farmers Market. The plan is to do a series of mailbox drops targeting the postal codes close to the Farmers Market location. The letterbox flyer will have a message on one side about the Market and on the reverse will be information about our Rotary Club. The program will involve the distribution of about 20,000 flyers and is scheduled to start in spring 2013.

A new initiative is a “Business Plaza” website that is currently under construction. It will provide our Club with a link to local businesses. This site will carry our Club branding and will host local businesses. The site will be promoted via plastic cards that will be distributed at the Farmers Market.

The site should generate $3,000 - $5,000 per year and raise our profile with local Bayside businesses.


1 0 . F o u n d a t i o n R e p o r t

P P L i z Wa r e

The Rotary Foundation provides a facility for Rotary Clubs and Districts to financially leverage their contribution towards nominated projects. There are different types of Grants which can be applied for, with strict criteria and reporting for transparency. Club involvement in these projects will be dealt with elsewhere in this report. The Foundation is funded by Rotary Clubs and individuals.

Annual Club CommitmentThis year our Club provided AUD $2500, from funds raised during the year. Polio Plus received $500.

Paul Harris FellowsThese are presented in recognition of outstanding service to others.At last year’s Changeover PP Jennifer Newton received a PHF, and 2nd Sapphire Awards to PP Marie Arendsen and PP Geoff Tickner. PDG Juliet Riseley received a 5th Sapphire. Sue Walpole was awarded a PHF in recognition of her fundraising at St Leonard’s to support two schools in Bangladesh. Awards are covered by our Club Foundation credits accumulation. In addition PDG Dick Garner was awarded a Ruby PHF award at the District Changeover.

Centurion Club and Private GivingSeveral members became or renewed centurion membership during this Rotary year, donating $100 to the Australian Rotary Foundation Trust. The Foundation programs have been promoted as a worthy recipient (tax deductible) of private donations and as a charitable donation under a will. Several members have bequeathed to the Trust.

Regional Service AwardPDG Dick Garner was presented with a Regional Service Award in June at the District Changeover meeting. This was for his work in promoting the Rotary “End Polio Now” program which has raised thousands of dollars. There are only 50 of these awards made globally each year.

Group Study ExchangeThis program is funded through The Rotary Foundation. This year the Club‘s nominee Kylie McMillan was selected for the Group Study Exchange with District 3300 in West Malaysia. Kylie was a wonderful ambassador for our Club, Rotary and Australia. She has since joined RC Hampton.

The Club hosted the incoming GSE team from Malaysia at our annual sailing night.


11 . P r o g r a m R e p o r t

P P J e n n i f e r N e w t o n

Our Rotary meetings run for about 90 minutes where we enjoy a meal, network and add to our understanding of our world. The extended understanding comes from the wide variety of keynote speakers. The following are some of the speakers, visits and events covered during the year at our Tuesday night meetings.

Cook with MariamSnap Print Visit Sailing NightWheelchairs for KidsChinese New Year – Yum Cha Today’s TechnologySir Gustav NossalGroup Study ExchangeSo you think you can danceCEO Bayside City CouncilPutting the Fun Back into FuneralsBlack Rock House VisitPolio Immunization Days Royal Flying DoctorSummer Science Forum Keyboard Concepts VisitWildlife Rescue Origins of Aussie Rules FootballMelbourne City MissionAustralian Rotary Health ProgramsInterplast International Surgeons Play Create ElevatePrimary Schools Friendship Awards


1 5 . A p p e n d i x

Club Projects

Club Projects 2-12 - 2013

An example of a Disaster Aid Australia pod supplied by the club, for the Philippines flood relief.

One of the stalls at the highly successful Farmers’ Market, which generates funds for our club projects.


P r o j e c t s

Ø Australian Rotary Heath: Donation towards their medical research projects.

Ø Bayside Toy Library: Supplying a range of Musical instruments.

Ø Books for Babies: Rotary literacy month project presenting new mums with a Mem Fox book to encourage them to read to their child from an early age.

Ø BayCISS: Part-sponsorship of the costs of a pilot project for a contractor for special needs clients. The pilot was very successful and they now have full time staff member funding.

Ø Cambodian Children’s Project: A joint project with 50 other Rotary Clubs from our part of Victoria to send funds to a school that supports the Cambodian children who live off the waste tips.

Ø Camp Awakening: A three-day camp for Year 9 students, targeted for the low achievers. Great confidence booster.

Ø Coastguard Service: Donating a percentage of our Farmers Market takings in recognition of their assistance at the Farmers Market.

Ø Disaster Aid Australia: Supplying a disaster aid pod that contains a 10-person tent, sleeping bags, cooking facilities, tools and water purification tablets. Delivered to a global disaster zone.

Ø Flood Relief Fiji: Sending funds to our contacts in Fiji as the villages with which we work had their crops washed away in the floods.

Ø Fiji 4WD Vehicle: Joint project with other Rotary Clubs to supply a 4WD vehicle to a remote Fijian island.

Ø Group Study Exchange: Sponsoring a young businessperson to be part of a business team to go to Malaysia for a month.

Ø Highett Junior Football Club: Donating a percentage of our Farmers Market takings in recognition of their assistance at the market.

Ø Interplast: Supporting a medical team to undertake surgery and medical training in a third world country.

Ø Larmenier School: Sponsoring the cost of the athletics ground to enable them to have their own Olympics. Also supporting some of the school’s student travel costs.

Ø Model United Nations Assembly: Sending two Year 11 students to the two-day assembly held in the Victorian Parliament chamber.

Ø Police Blue Ribbon Day: Donating a Prize for the Police Blue Ribbon Day event.

Ø RAW Chicken Coop: Supporting RAW Refugee based organization to supply and help build a chicken coop for their produce garden.

Ø RAW Farmers Market: Donating a percentage of our Farmers Market takings in recognition of their assistance at the market.

Ø RAW Pavilion: Organizing and funding a meeting pavilion in the RAW produce garden.

Ø Riding for the Disabled: Funding a new horse.


Ø Royal Flying Doctor: Making a donation towards their running costs.

Ø Rotary Foundation: Donating to the Rotary Foundation. This is the central powerhouse that helps Rotary Clubs around the world take on major international projects. 50% of what we donate comes back to our region in 3 years’ time to undertake local projects.

Ø Rotary Foundation End Polio: Donation for Polio Vaccine.

Ø Rotary Youth Leadership Awards: This is a week-long residential course to help develop leadership skill for 18 – 30 year olds. We are sponsoring two people on this course.

Ø Salvation Army: Christmas Parcels

Ø Salvation Army: Funds for assisting local people in need.

Ø School Awards: Awards for achievers at Hampton Primary school, St Mary’s Primary school and Berendale Special School.

Ø Student Overseas Exchange: Sponsoring a Year 12 student to go on a Rotary exchange for 12 months to Switzerland.

Ø Student Science Experience: Sponsoring a student to go to the prestigious Summer Science Forum held in Perth.

Ø Swags for the Homeless: Raising funds at the Farmers Market for Swags – a combination of a backpack, tent and sleeping bag.

Ø Thailand Shalang: Sent funds to purchase a Shalang for school and village use. A Shalang is a Motor Cycle with a large platform attached that can carry people or goods.

Ø Tasmanian Bushfire Appeal: Sent funds to the Rotary based Tasmanian Bushfire Appeal.

Ø Timor Leste Hospital: Joint project with Braeside Rotary Club to fund the rewiring of a regional hospital in Timor Leste.

Ø Timor Leste Refuge Centre: A joint project with 9 other Rotary Clubs and apprentices from Boxhill TAFE to build a refuge centre for teenage girls in Timor Leste.


rcoh annual report 2012/13

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