Over eighty people attended the joyful celebration of our club’s 40^th Anniversary  on Thursday April 3^rd including current members, past members, Past Presidents, and partners.

Rachel  Macindoe, our guest speaker last week, showed us in her presentation just why she was awarded the Robbie Mitchell Scholarship to study for a graduate diploma in adolescent health at the University of Melbourne.

First Sunday of every Month - 2:00 to 4:00pm EVERYONE WELCOME!

In November 2023 World of Difference organised a tour of Cambodia by 21 young Police legatees aged between 18 and 27. The tourn participants raised over $30,000 for projects in Cambodia.  Another tour is planned for 2024.

At last week’s meeting, Dr Suresh Marcandan from Australian Rotary Health honoured Trevor McGilton with a Companion Award in acknowledgement of his generous support of Australian Rotary Health. ARH is Australia’s largest private provider of funding for mental health research.

The Rotary Walk With Us campaign throughout October is a fun way to raise awareness and funds to End Polio Now. Using Rotary’s friendly website you can register and join Brighton North's team https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/join/brightonnorth to walk, set a distance and fundraising goals. 

Prey Torteung Primary School located 15km from Siem Reap and is in need of help.  The school has 680 students (342 females) and 22 teachers with classrooms in need of repair and school equipment that needs replacing.  The school is also in need of additional toilet and sanitation facilities. Using a District Foundation International Grant this work was undertaken in November 2024

The District Foundation Committee have approved an International Grant to focus on Basic Education and Literacy/Water, Sanitation and Hygiene at the Thmor Chul School in Cambodia.

We also received notice that a Global Grant was approved for the Construction of Washroom Toilets in Cambodia.  Brighton North is part of the consortium which also includes D9800 clubs of Port Phillip, Melbourne Central, Chadstone East Malvern and Balwyn.

We are now able to report that a very successful visit to Timor-Leste has been completed on behalf of the Consortium to view the progress made over the past two years on this Project. 

The facts on youth suicide in our Victorian community are a concern to all and Rotary is working for change to keep our youth safe.