2020-2021 Annual Report of the Rotary Club of Moreland

Our Rotary Year

JUNE 2021

Annual Report of the Rotary Club of Moreland

Featuring (among lots of other things): MORELAND YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM How we worked with Moreland Council and a range of community stakeholders in support of youth mental health initiatives in Moreland.

EXPLORING OUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT A successful community brunch on Australia Day followed by a walk along the Merri Creek

BACKYARD GARDENS How we supported a great initiative to help young people farm on surplus private land in Moreland

President David reflects on his year and we introduce our new President Emma

2021-22 Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta

Rotary Club of Calcutta-Mahanagar, West Bengal, India .............I have always hugely been inspired by the motto of Rotary — Service Above Self. It has taught me to care for others and share with others. Service, to me, is about thinking of others even before I think of myself. On thinking about others, let me share one of my Rotary moments.

I had just joined my Rotary club, and the club organized a limb camp. Here we were, distributing calipers, artificial limbs, and hand cycles.

Every member was given some responsibility and so was I. I was to check if the beneficiary of the hand cycle had enough strength in his hand to ride the tricycle by his hands. And I was to do this by asking the beneficiary to pull my hand, so that I could fathom the strength in his hands. As I stood in my designated spot, waiting for the beneficiary to come, I saw him crawling towards me. He had no legs, so he had to crawl towards me. I stretched my hands to hold his, and I’ll be honest, in that moment, I was thinking about me and not about him. I was thinking about my cleanliness, my health. I did not want to hold his hand. But I did it and kept thinking of myself for the second and third set of hands. But suddenly after the sixth, seventh set of hands, my empathy towards their plight grew and soon enough I could feel their pain, their challenges, and I was thinking more about them than I was thinking of myself. It was at that moment, friends, when from being just a member of my Rotary club, I became a Rotarian.

Soon I started attending more club projects. As a Rotarian, when I had first gone out to the rural areas of India 35 years back, I truly understood the plight of my brethren. They had no toilets in their homes, the water they drank was from the same pond that they bathed in, the schools were in the shade of a tree, and the black painted wall was the only blackboard in the school. The nearest health center was a few miles away with basic facilities. And then, through my Rotary club, we helped set up toilets, provided clean drinking water, enhanced the education system, and set up world-class health facilities, not just in my community or my city, but in my country.

Rotary kindled the spark within me to look beyond myself and embrace humanity. Service became a way of life for me, and my life’s guiding philosophy became, “Service is the rent I pay for the space I occupy on this earth.” And I want to be a good tenant of this earth. I am sure each of you also has found your opportunity to serve. You too may have provided eyesight to the blind, food to the hungry, homes to the homeless. They may have been small opportunities for service or large projects. More than just the size, it is the attitude that defines service.

Gandhi was once getting up on a train. Even as he was getting up on the train, the train started moving, and one of his slippers fell off.

Gandhi’s immediate reaction was to throw his other slipper to where the previous one had fallen. His friend was traveling with him and asked him, “Why did you do that?” Gandhi said, “Someone will find that slipper. What good will be one slipper to him? So I threw the other.”

Friends, it was a small act of service, but I think it was a big attitude of service. Are we also ready to think of others before we think of ourselves? As Rotarians, we can do just that.

As we all serve, we change the lives of not only others; we change our lives, too. Vivekananda, one of India’s greatest philosophers, said, “When you help someone, do not think that you are obliging him or her. In fact, it is he or she who is obliging you by giving you an opportunity to give back something to this world from where we have received so much.” Also, he added beautifully, “In life, take the position of the donor or the server, and yet be so humble in giving and serving that let the donor or server kneel down and ask: ‘May I give? May I serve?’ ” Friends, to live for others, to care for others, to serve others and change their lives is the best way to live our own lives. Just as Albert Einstein said, “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”

And friends, as we go about our service initiatives, our special focus this year will be on empowering girls. One of Rotary’s core values is diversity. We have a public statement that outlines our belief in DEI — diversity, equity, and inclusion. It is important that we empower the girl as we all find that more often than not, the girl is disadvantaged. We will serve all children, but our focus will be specially on the girl.

There are many issues that girls face in different parts of the world, and you as leaders will ensure that we try and mitigate the disadvantage of the girl that they may have.

Friends, to do more and grow more, we have designed some presidential initiatives.

Let me end with what I have penned for our theme: The biggest gift we are given Is the power to touch a life To change, To make a difference In the circle of life.

If we can reach out With our hands, heart, and soul The magic will begin to happen As the wheel begins to roll ...

Let’s turn the wheel together So all humanity thrives We have the power and the magic To serve ... to change lives ...

At this moment, I urge you, wherever you are seated, to put your hand on your heart and pledge with me: WE HAVE THE POWER AND THE MAGIC TO SERVE TO CHANGE LIVES So, my dear change-makers, are you ready? Are you ready for the big challenges? Are you ready to serve? Are you ready to change lives?

I am, and I’m sure you are too. Together, let us Serve to Change Lives.

Mehta, an accountant, is chair of the Skyline Group, a real estate development company he founded. He is also a director of Operation Eyesight Universal (India), a Canada-based organisation.

Mehta has been actively involved in disaster response and is a trustee of ShelterBox, UK. After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, he helped build nearly 500 homes for families affected by the disaster.

He pioneered a program that has performed more than 1,500 life-changing heart surgeries in South Asia. He is also the architect of the TEACH Program, which promotes literacy throughout India and has reached thousands of schools.

A Rotary member since 1984, Mehta has served Rotary as director, member or chair of several committees, zone coordinator, training leader, member of The Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical Advisers, and district governor. He is also the chair of Rotary Foundation (India).

Mehta has received Rotary’s Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Awards.

He and his wife, Rashi, are Major Donors and members of the Bequest Society.

Presidential Initiatives

EXTRACTS FROM SPEECHES GIVEN BY OUR RI PRESIDENT (ELECT)

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2020-21 Club President David Redfearn's Report This is all reported on the following pages so I won’t elaborate here but I must highlight a few things:

To borrow from Charles Dickens, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. As with the rest of our community we were not immune from the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and, while compiling our District Annual Report, I was struck by how pervasive has been the effect of the pandemic across all our clubs and activities but also at how resilient we have all been!

We are social beings and we live, meet, work and play in communities so the effect of the pandemic disruption was potentially devastating. We do however live in an era of amazing technology so hence Zoom to the rescue and Rotary and Rotarians adopted it with alacrity. We all probably now suffer from another affliction of our age namely Zoom fatigue but without that amazing platform we could not have functioned and could have been plunged into deep isolation potentially leading to an existential crisis within our clubs. That we could continue doing business and still achieve so much during the year is a testament to both the technology and all those who embraced it.

We missed those marvellous breakfasts at the Sorrento, we missed our sausage sizzles at Bunnings, we missed each other’s company but we could still meet, chat and discuss. We ran our hugely successful Youth Mental Health Forums via Zoom and held our club meetings the same way for several months with good attendance. It was great to get back to the Sorrento though for John’s marvellous breakfasts and to be with each other but we also discovered that we could run hybrid meetings for those who may not be able to attend on the day.

On writing our own club’s report for District 9790, I was amazed at how much we had achieved through this challenging year.

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We had a good range of informative and stimulating guest speakers including our first one via Zoom from the UK! ·Our one big challenge was revenue raising, with limited BBQs; we may need to do some thinking about how we find new ways of raising funds in the future especially as the pandemic roller coaster will continue.

It was very pleasing for me to see that Rotary International has adopted the environment as a new cause, which I see being an important part of future Moreland Rotary programmes.

We continue to play a role well beyond our club’s size at both district and multi district levels as well as on other bodies with various club members covering a range of significant roles and making substantial contributions.

Membership remains stable but we had the very welcome additions of Emma Davis and Lee Garwood who both transferred into our club. Both bring, energy, skills, experience and fresh insights but above all both are of a new generation of Rotarians. In addition, Emma brought an Assistant Governorship with her! She is also a Director of the 2023 Convention Host Organising Committee and is, of course, our incoming club president. Lee’s employment unfortunately took him to regional Victoria during the year but he remains a valued and active member of our club.

Sadly, Dick McCarthy, a past President and member of Moreland and other clubs during his professional life, has had to retire from Rotary. We will greatly miss his wit and wisdom and wish him and his family well. We are proud to make him an Honorary Member in recognition for his contribution to Rotary over the years.

I really would like to thank all club members for their wonderful support for me and the club in this extraordinary year; you are our strength and what makes Rotary a powerful organisation and so relevant to our community. Whether you attend week in week out as some (including me) do or contribute substantially outside of our usual meetings and in the wider community you all make a huge difference to Rotary and are the very key to our success as a club.

I offer Emma my full support for her Presidency in 2021-22 and I know that she will bring dynamic leadership to our club and place us well for our continuing success.

David Redfearn OAM President 2020-21

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Introducing our 2021-22 President, Emma Davis Recent club planning highlighted our strengths including: Good attendance / enthusiasm / cohesion / comradeship Small strong diverse intimate team Breakfast format efficient All active members, fast decisions Welcoming / inclusive Rotary knowledge / experience Community presence Presence in local and International Rotary programs

Together we will work on these opportunities:

Moreland Rotary members and community continue to impress me as People of Action. Long before I joined our club, I spoke about everyone getting involved, having a voice and making a real difference.

As a strong active club, we will celebrate our 25th Rotary Birthday this year. Along with a Birthday party, we will build on other events such as Australia Day activity and start new ones including the Mental Health Walk.

We have informal, relaxed, friendly, welcoming, and efficient breakfast meetings with interesting guest speakers and activities.

We will continue to support each other, have fun at Bunnings BBQs, and add new activations that support our new area of focus – the Environment!

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Use strength to build membership Local community activities (esp. Council/schools; local groups like Backyard gardens) Maximise benefit of youth programs New area of focus (environment) Increase profile Project work / hands on members Features and highlights that our members are keen on this year are : Environmental activities (idea Botanical garden visit / creek litter collection followed by coffee) Vocational visits A key event such as Australia Day walk / Breakfast Partner and Social activities Youth programs (e.g. RYLA) Lift the lid walk Shine on Awards Youth Mental Health Friendship exchange (regional Vic) Vocational Training Community activation such as a stand at a Moreland community festival I’m looking forward to working together to “Serve to Change Lives” in the year 2021 / 22.

Emma Davis President Elect

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Youth and Education YHOP (Youth Engagement Pilot Program)

The YHOP Youth Engagement Pilot Program has come to Moreland thanks to the tireless efforts of Youth Projects who has partnered with Moreland Council to support young people who are disengaged and at risk of homelessness from the local area.

In the last 18 months, Covid has overwhelmed Moreland Youth Services which is a generalist youth service with more serious concerns that require one-on-one case management. YHOP had achieved such great outcomes for young people from Hume and some from the Moreland area that a 6 month pilot project was proposed.

Moreland Rotary due to is proactive work over the last 3 years in raising awareness around youth mental health has cultivated a strong relationship with Moreland Council, Youth Projects, local schools and community service providers.

Our Club’s contribution was to make an application to District 9790 for $7,000 in brokerage funding for YHOP. This involves food vouchers, travel cards, training and interview clothing, course fees etc desperately needed to ensure access for each young person. Our funding application was successful and consequently YHOP in Moreland has commenced. Moreland Council Youth Services, Inner Northern Community Foundation, Erdi Foundation and Moreland Rotary are the project partners.

Since July 2018 YHOP has engaged 370 young people aged between 12 & 25 with connections to Hume who would have otherwise fallen through the cracks. With the expertise of a Youth Engagement Coach employed by Youth Projects we can anticipate similar outcomes for Moreland young people.

A big thank you to all involved!

Moreland Youth Mental Health Programme

The club continued its work with Moreland Council and a range of community stakeholders in coordinating support of youth mental health initiatives in Moreland.

This included the continuation of a highly successful fortnightly online forum for stakeholders which allowed for a free interchange of experiences on the impact of the pandemic on young people and the conduct of mini presentations on relevant topics.

Representatives of Moreland Rotary and Moreland Council representatives meet on a regular basis under the chairmanship of club member Trevor Moyle to consider youth mental health issues and trends requiring some community engagement.

Plans are already underway for an Australian Rotary Health walk for Mental Health on World Mental Health Day on 10 October. This is already gaining widespread community support and will be ably lead by club member Rosemary Freeman. Another imitative being pursued under Rosemary’s direction is the conduct of a Teen Mental Health Aid pilot at a local school with Moreland Council.

Trevor Moyle

Scholarships Our club continues to award scholarships to worthy students at Mercy College Coburg and Penleigh Essendon Grammar School (Mark Galgano Youth Achievement Award).

Silvana De Pretto

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Community and environment

Australia Day event and Merri Creek Walk

Australia Day dawned cool and wet. Not the normal summer weather we expect especially at the end of the holiday season however it did not deter Rotarians and many local community members braved the elements to enjoy an egg and bacon roll from the Pascoe Vale Rotary barbecue or a muffin and fresh fruit courtesy of Ivanhoe Rotary all washed down by a cup of coffee supplied by the Livin' Lovin' Made Food and Coffee cart. The was all made possible by the Coburg, Ivanhoe, Moreland and Pascoe Vale Rotary Clubs and funded by the Australia Day Council as part of the 100 Years of Rotary in Australia and New Zealand celebrations during 2021.

All those attending also received a bag with information about Rotary initiatives, a keep cup for coffee and a water bottle.

We all sheltered in Jones Park, East Brunswick opposite the splendid Russian Church and enjoyed a good breakfast and each others’ company. Local musicians Anna and Cam Struth and Peny Bohan were present to entertain us and brighten up the occasion while the good people of the Russian Church opposite made their facilities available and also gave us a guided tour of the opulent interior telling us the story of this now well known landmark with its golden onion domes came to be in Albion Street which was the result of a huge community effort. We also promoted Rotary’s new Area of Focus, the environment.

The weather cleared sufficiently later on for Rotarian David Redfearn to lead a group on a walk around the section of the Merri Creek to hear the story about the Indigenous heritage of the area, the degradation following European settlement and the subsequent environmental restoration by community and government. We also saw landmarks in the area such as the new Beavers Road Bridge, the Northcote Golf Course where there is a debate about community access and conservation and the Brunswick Velodrome where generations of local cyclists earned their stripes some even climbing to the dizzy heights of the Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

Backyard Gardens

Club member Elly Gardner came to us for support for quite an amazing initiative in the Moreland area. It is called Growing Farmers and seeks to promote effective use of available community land for the provision of food to the needy, as well as training in effective community farming, especially for young and disadvantaged people.

Growing Farmers focussed initially on a community farm on a piece of community land in Fawkner and has developed from this to the Backyard Farmers Pilot Program which involves access to surplus private residential land for community farming. Large traditional blocks of land owned by elderly residents are seen as a good option. A Moreland Council Thrive Grant was sought to start this program with our club being one of the supporters and this funding was granted Proposed partnership ideas with our club were canvassed and there are excellent opportunities for our involvement including support for the Council Thrive Grant Application (which we gave developing community relations and connections Supporting fundraising initiatives and hands on volunteering We were approached more recently to fund a workshop to build the capacity of backyard farmers who now number four in Moreland and will continue to grow. The workshop facilitator, Jemma Stefanou, runs her own farm in Narre Warren and will draw on her own experiences to help local backyard farmers become more effective.

This is a local project which fits in well with Rotary's new Area of Focus, the Environment, and we will seek financial support support for the community workshops to help the Backyard Farmers project go from strength to strength.

The attendees were strongly encouraged to watch a live stream later that day of a ceremony to Mark Australia Day and the centenary of Rotary in Australia and New Zealand.

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Australian Rotary Health (ARH) LIFT THE LID ON MENTAL ILLNESS The Rotary Club of Moreland’s annual ARH Lift the Lid fundraising and awareness raising BBQ scheduled for October 2020, was postponed because of the COVID19 restrictions. Instead, funds were raised following a zoom meeting during Mental Health Week and a donation of $1,100 was made to ARH. INDIGENOUS HEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS Moreland Rotary has continued to support the ARH Indigenous Health Scholarship program with our second scholar, Lani Harris a nursing student at Deakin University commencing her studies in 2020 and continuing in 2021. The scholarship is a partnership with Coburg, Pascoe Vale, Preston and Strathmore Students learn the alphabet in the open-air Rotary Clubs.

The five clubs each contribute $500 school structure. annually towards the scholarship and the $2,500 is matched by the Federal Government.

Lani attended a Rotary meeting via zoom in September, reporting on her university studies, the importance of the scholarship, the support provided by the ARH coordinator and her desire to work with Indigenous communities once qualified to help improve their health outcomes. Lani is a wonderful ambassador for the program.

Rosemary Freeman

Lani Harris

In my role as District ARH Representative I have provided ARH information and resources to Rotary clubs in the district, attended club meetings as an ARH guest speaker, supported our Indigenous Health Scholar and attended multi-district meetings with other district ARH representatives and Victorian ARH board members.

An exciting new ARH activity - The Lift the Lid Walk for Mental Health has been discussed at these meetings.

The Rotary Club of Moreland has committed to hold the first Lift the Lid Walk in District 9790 and plans are in the early stages for the event to be held on October 10, 2021, World Mental Health Day. Rosemary Freeman

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International and District The international projects were dominated by the work of the 2 Nepal based foundations founded and chaired by club member Trevor Moyle. a. SmileHigh Foundation The advent of the COVID has meant that the community oral health programme activity has been paused since March 2020, and is unlikely to recommence for another 1 to 2 years.

In the meantime much work has been undertaken with partner Kathmandu University School of Medical Science on work that can be undertaken during and post COVID b. Community Leadership Nepal Foundation CLNF focusses on projects which involve leadership training and empowerment of communities to produce long term sustainable outcomes. Despite the pandemic considerable work has been undertaken on the two platform projects i. Ghyangphedi Community Development Project – with challenging objectives of overcoming long term ingrained low levels of education and health, accompanied by substance and alcohol abuse, poverty and girl trafficking. The first phase in year one focusses on women and girls empowerment with many programmes, in partnership with a US foundation, Global Orphan prevention, which has funded the completion of a hostel and girls empowerment centre that will facilitate wider education and mentoring of girls in the community. Todate approx $27,000 of the first yer budget of $40,000 has been secured. ii. Manechauka Sustainable Agriculture Education Programme which involves supplementing an academic science based Dip Ag Sc (similar to VCAL and Tafe courses) with practical training on a school working farm. The courses attract over 100 students each year from all over Nepal for a 3 year course . The concept of this project is to give these students valuable practical training to take back to their communities, to grow and diversify agriculture production using regenerative/sustainable methods and modern agribusiness

District/Multi District involvement Rosemary Freeman is the District 9790 Community Service Chair, District 9790 Australian Rotary Health Representative and is on the Bushfire Recovery Committee. Nino Galgano is a District Legal Officer. David Redfearn is coordinator of the District 9790 Peter Toomey Community Police Awards, a member of the District 9790 Environment Task Force and District 9790 Bulletin Editor. Emma Davis is Assistant Governor, Group 2 and Director of the 2023 Convention Host Organising Committee. At a multi district level, Brian Bennett is on the Shine On Awards committee.

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Police Awards For our second Community Police Officer of the Year Award we selected Sergeant Wayne Bowd from Moreland Police. Unfortunately COVID-19 disrupted our presentation and Wayne went on long service leave so, in the meantime, Inspector Brian Matthews of Moreland Local Area (Police) Command accepted the award on Sergeant Bowd's behalf.

We will organise an award ceremony at the Fawkner Police Station later this year when Sergeant Bowd returns.

We were also both delighted and also saddened to hear that Inspector Mathews is transferring to the Prosecutions Division and will be replaced by Inspector Lorna McCarthy as Local Area Commander. We have valued our relationship with Brian and are sad to see him leave but also delighted for him in his new challenge.

The Rotary Foundation

Moreland Rotary has been a regular provider of funds for the global Rotary Foundation, which supports a wide range of Rotary projects covering Rotary causes. The donations this year included $1000 to the Foundation itself and $250 for the End Polio Now project, which is match funded at $3 to $1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Funds are distributed by the Foundation at a Global and local district levels. The combined impact of the pandemic, recent membership reductions and a pipline of projects has meant that funding or projects are under some pressure.

The club is considering three projects for applications for District Grants of up to $2,500 each early in the new Rotary year.

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Raising money|Spending our money|Communications|Club membership Membership

Bunnings Sausage Sizzles John/David) We have been running barbecues at Bunnings Warehouse in

Gaffney Street, Coburg for several years now but none more challenging than this Rotary year due to the pandemic and lockdowns. These are normally a great source of revenue for the club but this of course was not the case this year. We did however manage to get back to Bunnings twice before Christmas 2020 and in autumn this year under modified rules to enforce social distancing for maximum protection against COVID infection and we found that they ran well. These were as usual ably organised by John Hoffmann with the support of club members, family and friends. They are always fun occasions and The Morelander, Edition 33 2020-21bring out hidden talents within our team. The funds raised go to towards supporting local projects.

Communication Letting our community know what we do as well as keeping club members up date is vital for our club. We publish an award winning weekly newsletter, The Morelander, and have a presence on Facebook and Twitter. Nothing beats personal contact though so we use our rich networks to constantly keep in touch with the local and wider community.

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Membership development continues to be very challenging for Rotary, although many new initiatives and modernisation

by Rotary International gives promise of an organisation responding to evolving community and demographic Environment.

Some key points for our club during the year has been – a. The welcoming of transferring members and past presidents Lee Garwood and Emma Davis. b. Emma’s dynamism and commitment to Rotary has now included accepting the role of President for the upcoming year. c. Honorary membership has been awarded to 2 loyal and deserving individuals in – i. John Awler, mine host and owner of home venue Café Sorrento, and ii. Dick McCarthy, a long time Rotarian having terms as President at Moreland and also in Gippsland. Dick has been a passionate supporter of PNG, where he has lead a number of projects. d. Dick Mcarthy is also retiring from his membership at the end of this year, after finding it very difficult to juggle his many family and other community interests. We are looking forward to keeping in touch with Dick as an Hon member of the club.

We are looking forward to a progressive membership campaign in the coming year under Emma’s leadership, with an emphasis on youth and connecting to our growing range of community groups.

Donations Penleigh and Essendon Grammar Australian Rotary Health Lebanon RAWCS appeal after the explosion in Beirut Polio Plus OTAC - Building Capacity for early diagnosis of Autism DG's partner project Australian Rotary Health Indigenous Scholar Youth Projects - YHOP Moreland Backyard Farmers Timor Floods (RARF) Peppertree Place (Kevin Heinze Grow) Rotary Foundation RAMS (Rotarians Against Malaria)

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Our Guest speakers

Gloria Barnett District Governor Bruce Anderson Alice Crowe and Leila Alexandra Lee Garwood Senior Constable Shanice Abdelrehim Fiona Patten MP Maria Hicks, Madhuri Maskey, Sue Gannon and Jenny Foster Emma Davis Lani Harris Rosemary Freeman Grant Godino Rosemary Freeman and Lawrence Harvey World Polio Day Global Update 2020 Peter Cribb Rachel Payne Dr Osama Nasab Julia Cirillo Elly Gardner and the Growing Farmers team Wendy Caspar Michael Carney Jim Desmond and Georgina Kinkaid Emma Davis and Moreland Rotarians Inspector Brian Matthews Linda Gidlund Georgia Tracy Martin Ashdown Jemma Stefanou and Elly Gardner Councillor Annalivia Carli-Hannan Rochelle Darby

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Oceanographer and Rotary Club of Canterbury Sunrise (UK) District Governor's visit Growing Farmers Moreland Rotarian Behind the Badge talk Moreland Police Member for Northern Melbourne Rotary Passport Club of Melbourne Assistant Governor Group 2 Australian Rotary Health PhD Scholar Physiotherapist and Moreland Rotarian Rotary LBGT Fellowship Australian Rotary Health and Orygen Video presenatation Rotary Overseas Recycled Playgrounds (RORP) Local community member Dentist and Syrian Refugee Merri Creek Waterwatch Progress report on Backyard Farmers project Youth Projects Coburg Harriers Level Crossing Removal Authority Report on District Conference Moreland Police District 9790 Youth Services Chair Kevin Heinze Grow University of Melbourne Medical Research Growing Farmers Mayor of Moreland Inner North Local Learning and Employment Network (INLLEN)

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Rotary Leadership 2020-21

Rotary International: President: Holger Knaas, Rotary Club of Herzogtum Lauenburg-Mölln, Germany District Governor: Bruce Anderson, Rotary Club of Strathmore Assistant Governor: Emma Davis, Rotary Club of Moreland Rotary Club President: David Redfearn (Deanna) Club Service Roles 2019-20

President President Elect Secretary Treasurer Club Service Community Service Vocational Service International Service and Assistant Bulletin Editor Youth and Assistant Secretary Membership and Rotary Foundation Local Environment Club Administration Public Relations Rotary Foundation Public Relations and New Generations Rotary Foundation and Australian Rotary Health Bulletin Club History Valued members Honorary Members

David Redfearn Emma Davis Rosemary Freeman John Hoffmann Brian Bennett David Redfearn Brian Bennett Trevor Moyle Silvana De Pretto Trevor Moyle Jo Connellan Nino Galgano Silvana De Pretto Rosemary Freeman Silvana De Pretto Rosemary Freeman David Redfearn OAM Nino Galgano Richard McCarthy, Elly Gardner, Lee Garwood The Hon. Kelvin Thomson, Helen Bailey, John Awler

{Chartered 14 August 1996 - Sponsor Club Coburg Rotary Club, Incorporated 13 August 2019} Designed using Canva - www.canva.com

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Images by David Redfearn and logos from rotary.org. Other images supplied

by Growing Farmers, Grant Godino, Gloria Barnett, Michael Chew, Orygen, Rotary International and Australian Rotary Health

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