Bayside Community Singing will be back in full swing on Sunday, 1 February from 2-4pm at Hampton Seniors Centre, 14 Service St, Hampton.  Make a note in your diary now - we look forward to seeing you!

Brighton Rotary has organised a FORaMEAL packing day on Friday 7 November at St Leonard's College, South Road, Brighton East, 10.30am to 3pm. Participants must have a current Working With Children Check. Lunch will be provided. 

This is a fabulous, fun opportunity for those who would like to do some hands on volunteering helping and supervising the students to pack nutritious fortified meal kits that support disaster relief areas. 

Email Jo at Brighton Rotary by the weekend (youth@brightonrotary.com.au) with your current WWC details and any dietary requirements if you would like to be involved.

Brighton Theatre Company is serving up laughs with The Good Life (based on the classic TV series we all know and love). Join us for this entertaining play on Thursday 6 November, 8pm, at the Theatre on the corner of Wilson & Carpenter Streets, Brighton. Sherry on arrival, supper provided.  Tickets $35. Contact Margie 0411 745 281

Members recently assisted in packing Small Comforts from Community Care Bags which are provided to inpatients at several Melbourne Hospitals. Approximately nine personal items are included in the care bags. Small Comforts from Community is a collaboration of Clubs within Rotary District 9800.

Rotary International and the Gates Foundation recently renewed their commitment to eradicating polio and protecting children everywhere from this disease.

Volunteers Needed!  We have been asked to help out at the Classic, Exotic & Modern Car Show at the Royal Brighton Yacht Club on Sunday 21st September, 10am-3pm. 

Volunteer jobs (in approximately two hour shifts) will include welcoming, directing and counting visitors. The money raised will go to the Cancer Council via the "Bright Old Sparks" team doing the Shitbox Rally in October. The Rally is the largest community lead fundraiser for the Cancer Council in Australia and is now in its 15th year. 

Please let Anne Cobham know if you are available to assist on the day.

The next Bayside Community Singing session will be held on Sunday 5 October at the Hampton Seniors Centre, 14 Service St, Hampton from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.  We will be singing 60s, 70s and 80s songs...and we can dance too! Looking forward to a great afternoon - join us!  

BayCISS Donations, 1st Thursday of each month
Please bring grocery items to donate to BayCISS to our meeting on Thursday 4 September for collection.
Also, if you have a lemon tree in abundance, bring along some lemons too!

The 15 pallets of goods Brighton North Rotary and Brighton Rotary members packed at Donations In Kind on Tuesday 22 July for  drought-stricken farming families have arrived in Western Victoria.

We are supporting the Highlands Foundation which provides Mother and Baby Packs for distribution in Papua New Guinea. The Mother and Baby Pack Project has been instrumental in reducing infant pneumonia and other illnesses by improving hygiene and providing warmth.

Are you interested in seeing the play The 39 Steps? If you are, join us on Thursday, 2 October, 7:00pm at the Comedy Theatre, 240 Exhibition Street, Melbourne. Tickets are $70 per person (concession/seniors group booking rate) and are in the Dress Circle, Row E.  Let Anne or Alison know by 25 August how many tickets you want. Attendees will be advised how to pay. 

It looks like it will be fun, as it has been described: Mix Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller with a dash of Monty Python-style chaos, and you get THE 39 STEPS

BayCISS Donations, 1st Thursday of each month: Please bring grocery items to donate to BayCISS to our meeting on Thursday 7 August for collection.  Also, if you have a warm coat(s) you no longer require, bring it along too as BayCISS would welcome the donation.

Bayside Community Information & Support Service Inc (BayCISS) is a registered not-for-profit community charity providing an extensive range of services for community members living in the Bayside and parts of Kingston.

Bright On Community Singing Group gathered today to sing and dance and share afternoon tea and a lot of fun!

A vote was taken and we are to meet on the first Sunday of every month in future.

Brighton North Rotary held the final Bright ON Community Singing for 2024 on Saturday 7December at St Stephens Church.

Work with other Club members as we join with the Brighton Beach Patrol to remove rubbish from the beach area around the Royal Brighton Yacht Club and the Baths on Sunday 3rd August from 9-10am.

CONTRIBUTIONS ARE STILL NEEDED FOR BayCISS!

The items they require are: Beauty products (eg small shampoo bottles, sunscreen, deodorant); Meals in a tin (eg 2 minute noodles, baked beans, soups)

Please bring your donations to the Thursday July 17th meeting for collection. 

Are you free on Tuesday 22 July to join fellow members at DIK to pack items to assist drought-stricken farmers in Western Victoria?

Bright ON Community Singing Club welcomed 28 community friends to join with Bob to sing their favourite songs!

Sadly, this was our final session.

We welcome guests, and visiting Rotarians - if you would like to attend our meeting please email Virginia Turner at vm.turner@bigpond.com

Fit for Purpose Review: please return your completed Rotary Needs Assessment Form to Russell Brewer ASAP. (You need not include your name if you prefer not to.) Russell aims to have a draft plan ready by the end of May.

2025/26 Board: Presidet Elect Anne Cobham has announced her Board for the next Rotary year - for details see next page.

Bayside Rotary Radio Show: the latest program can be listened to at:

https://www.southernfm.com.au/show/community-block/bayside-rotary-radio-show-march-2025/

The third round of Bayspeak was hosted by Firbank Grammar School last Wednesday, May 21st. The schools competing were Star of the Sea, Kilvington Grammar, Brighton Secondary College, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH) and Firbank Grammar. Lyn Mortimer was the MC, and Christina Rearick assisted with the adjudication.

Yes, it seems a long way away but planning has begun for the next GDF. Volunteers are needed NOW for a number of roles including Secretary, Securing gardens, Advertising and Sponsorship, Social Media, etc., etc.  This great event has raised $780,000 since it first started. If you can help contact Phil Mortimer 0417 981 692.