RCBHC Bulletin Jan 26, 2024 (Jan 26, 2024)

26 Jan 2024

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Wednesdays 7:15 for 7:30-8:30am

in-person

Best Western plus Tudor

1101 Whitehorse Rd

Box Hill

or online

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31 Jan. Jahangir Alam, RC Dhaka New City "Smile Baby Welfare Society"

7 Feb on-site visit Chinese Museum. 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne

In person only.

Doors open 7:30am Tour 8:00-8:20am Contact Reg.

14 Feb. Club Assembly

21 Feb. Kirsty Porter Umbrella Dementia Cafe

followed by Coffee Club at Red Cup.

24 Feb. Chinese New Year Celebratory Dinner

Saturday with RC of Greater Dandenong & Endeavour Hills.

Book Here Bookings close Feb 14.

28 Feb. Rtn Ted Waghorne Electrify Boroondarra

6 Mar Maria Brett The Growing Edge

13 Mar International Women's Day @ Box Hill Town Hall IWD2024 Book Here

20 Mar. Gemma Sisia (in-person) The School of St Jude, Tanzania

22-24 Mar. D9810 Conference at Warrnambool

Book here. On-to-Conference Chair Julian Badenach

24 May. World Water Summit 16 in Singapore. Book here.

Virtual attendance available. NB: Mark Balla a keynote speaker.

25-29 May. Rotary International Convention in Singapore Book here.

30 May... Operation Cleft Australia delegation visit Bangladesh.

Over twenty of us gathered for a fun time at Mitcham Social

launching our club for 2024.

Special welcome to new friends, Panda and Niranjan.

Saturday Feb 24 Dinner

Chinese New Year: Year of the Dragon

with Rotary Club of Greater Dandenong and Endeavour Hills

RCBHC donation to Monash Children's Cancer Centre

6:30 for 7:00pm

Shangri-La Restaurant

Brentford Square

Forest Hill

$55 pp BYO

Bookings close Feb 14 Book Here

This year's conference is being held in Warrnambool at the Lighthouse Theatre.

Tickets are still available for conference only ($145) or conference and gala dinner ($275) Book here.

Please confirm you attendance to On-to-Conference Chair Julian Badenach.

Friday evening Club dinner booked at Warrnambool RSL.

The conference Gala Dinner will be on the Saturday night – the theme this year is Masquerade!

This will be the last Conference for District 9810. Don't miss it!

International Women's Day

6:45 for 7:00am start,

13 Mar 24 at Box Hill Town Hall.

Book here!

Congratulations to Louisa Lam and Anne Fuller

joining Operation Cleft Australia committee.

Tuesday 20 February 7pm online speaker meeting - all welcome
Castlemaine on 10 February for I am Someone’s 18^th Birthday celebrations with African Dinner
I am Someone stall at Surrey Hills Music Festival on Saturday 24 February afternoon & evening
Feast for Freedom event raising dinner for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Blackburn at Debbie’s home on Saturday 16^th March
combined dinner meeting in March with parent club on 27 March at 7pm.

Read Tess’s January report here.

#Rotary President-elect Stephanie Urchick revealed the 2024-2025 presidential theme, The Magic of Rotary, Jan 9. Watch here

"We are not going to end polio or bring peace to the world by waving a wand. It's up to you. You create the magic with every project completed, every dollar donated, and every new member."

What a wonderful experience at International Assembly in Orlando. Over 500 District Governor Elects and their partners from over 200 countries. The Magic of Rotary delivering lasting change. Source: Colin Byron (DGE 9815) Facebook