Theme For 2010-2011

Ray Klinginsmith

Rotary International President

2010-2011

 

 

District Governor 9780 2010-2011

 


Ballarat East President
Margaret Robinson

 

The Rotary Club of Ballarat East

The Rotary Club of Ballarat East has a regular involvement in local and overseas community work.

 

·         Every Saturday morning club members deliver meals to clients of the Ballarat Health Services through their Meals on Wheels program.

 

·         On the third Saturday of the month we operate the Buninyong Farmers Market,

 

·         On the first Saturday of the month club members sort and dispatch donated new and second-hand goods for Rotary International’s Donations - in - Kind project. This provides equipment and resources to third world countries. Most of the material supplied by this club is sent to East Timor or the Pacific Islands.

 

 

The club is also involved in Rotary’s youth exchange program where students have the opportunity to live in another country for a year. This year we have arranged for a Ballarat student to spend a year in Brazil. The club is a keen supporter of Youth Programs such as Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA), National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) and Rotaract.

 

Club members are actively involved in other Rotary activities at a District level in cooperation with the other Rotary clubs and members are encouraged and supported to be involved on committees managing larger projects.

 

Internationally, Rotary has a number of major humanitarian programs that are supported by the club. The most outstanding is a program, in conjunction with the World Health Organisation, to completely eliminate polio. Over the past fifteen years this program has seen polio virtually eliminated in most countries with the disease remaining epidemic in only two countries (Afghanistan and Nigeria). The Rotary Club of Ballart East is a strong supporter of this program.

 

Club members have travelled to East Timor and Fiji to take part in construction projects aimed at assisting local communities meet a need for housing or local community facilities.

 

The Club meets each Tuesday night at 6.00 pm at the Barkly Motor Lodge 43-57 Main Road, Ballarat

Margaret Robinson,

President – 2010-2011