Community Projects
What is Rotary?
Macleod College Mentoring Program The slogan says Rotary Connects The World, but what does it mean? As an international organization of clubs spread around the world it sets out to identify to and alleviate, even solve, problems that beset local communities, national states, and the planet. The organization is committed to being non-political, not based…
Read MoreLooking for Freshly Picked Apples?
With the cancellation of our Farmer’s market in Bundoora Park on the First Saturday of the month due to Covid-19 restrictions, many fruit and vegetable growers are struggling to sell their stock. One such person is Founding member of Bundoora Rotary Club, Peter Dale whose family started Rieshieck Orchards in Doncaster over 100 years ago.…
Read MoreDonation to RFSCH Food Bank
Glenda Coswello-McCracken & Jasdip Singh (Community Services Director) & (Manager of RFSCH) We were able to leave a supply to refill the Food Bank when it is empty. Rotary Club of Rosanna and Rosanna Fire Station Community House thank others who have kindly left grocery items in the food bank. Thank you for your generousity.…
Read MoreRosanna Rotary responds to Upper Murray bushfire crisis with a load of feed
The load of cattle feed left Upper Sandy Creek bound for Cudegwa in the Upper Murray Region to assist a fire ravaged area and has received an emotional welcome from a farmer in desperate need to save his staving cattle. A truck loaded with 10 rolls of donated Silage, driven by volunteer Rotarian Geoff Dinning…
Read MoreNew Computers at Rosanna Fire Station Community House
The Rotary Club of Rosanna recently applied for a Grant through the Stronger Communities Programme from our Federal Member for Jagajaja office Kate Thwaites. This grant would provide 50% of a total project that would improve local community participation and contribute to vibrant and viable communities. We applied for a grant to buy 8 new…
Read MoreCommunity Rallies to House Homeless
Taking their cue from reality TV, the no-nonsense citizens of Heidelberg West, and supporters from Rotary Clubs in the area including Heidelberg, Rosanna & Ivanhoe, have staged their own renovation rescue of four houses earmarked for demolition. The ringmaster is Brother Harry Prout, a community worker for 18 years who has built such goodwill that…
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