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.

We are back again in 2025 Put Saturday February 1st in your diary

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. 

In October 2022 members and friends of Brighton North Rotary committed to walk to End Polio Now and raised $3708, one of the leading amounts for a Club in D9800.  The Club was presented with a Certificate of thanks from The Rotary Foundation’s End Polio Now cause at the recent Central Melbourne Rotary’s Foundation Breakfast.  Thank you to all who participated.

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.