President’s Changeover 2020 Rotary Club of Flemington Kensington
2 PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2019-2020
We may be small but we have great impact!
4 Thank you to the Board members who have managed our club affairs: Secretary Anne Heyes, DID YOU KNOW? Treasurer Sam Nicol, Community Chair Allan Bruno, Investment Chair Cody Bettanin, Vocational Chair Anne McMahon, Peter Donnellan. The Rotary Club of Chicago, Rotary One, commenced with just 5 members: Thank you to Foundation Trustees Lyn Paul Harris, a Lawyer; Silvester Schiele, a Borghouts and Peter Donnellan. coal dealer; Gus Loehr, a promoter; Hiram Shorey, a tailor and Harry Ruggles, a printer. Sincere thanks to our Assistant Governor Ian Ada for his support and encouragement over the last 2 years.
5 OUR MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS • Achieved Australian Charity & Not for Profit status with Deductible Gift Recipient eligibility. • Transitioned the club website to ClubRunner. • Continued to operate 2 very successful Op Shops. • Installation of the Sensory Garden at Ascot Vale West Primary School • Flemington Kensington Art Show • Rotary Overseas Recycled Playgrounds • Sponsored 4 students to attend National Youth Science Forum • Nominated a student from Ascot Vale Special School for the Shine On Awards. She was the recipient of the Youth Award!
6 OP SHOPS THANK YOU TO LORRY AND SAM. We are very grateful for the teams of amazing and dedicated volunteers who give up their time and energy to help run the Op Shop and the Fit4Use Store. • The Op Shop, as well as producing income for the club, almost $6000 profit this year with the best June sales ever; provides a ‘face’ of our club in the locality and a point of contact for the local community. • The Fit4Use Store also had the best every June sales figures. The profit from this shop is enhanced by the ability to sell furniture and whitegoods due to its space. The raw profit is $27,000 which is greater than last year.
7 AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER! Over 400 entries. 6 days and 40+ volunteers. More than 400 visitors. Strong sponsorship support. Great community ‘feel’. The show made a profit.
8 REDUCING LANDFILL, DELIVERING JOY 3 containers and 32 playgrounds shipped to Sri Lanka this year. Playgrounds sent to Timor Leste. New multi district RORP management team. There are now have 19 councils and 29 clubs participating. 5 new videos of installations in Sri Lanka received and uploaded to the club website and FaceBook page.
9 Playground installations in Sri Lanka in Containers 2, 3 and 4
10 MEETINGS AND PROGRAM Review of meeting costs and venue supported a relocation to the Crown Street Stables Café at 40 Crown Street. While this resulted in a menu change, it also saved the club money as Quest had become too expensive for members. We welcomed a large number of visitors including Craig Ondarchie MLC, Barb Champion from Play Australia, Jenny Gallivan, and Rotarians from other districts. International visitors included DGE Ajith Weerasinghe and his family from Negombo, Sri Lanka; the Sri Lanka Consul General Mr Kapila Fonseca and Felix Stephen also from Sri Lanka on behalf of VACD. Speakers included Felix Stephen and Gabriella Vascotto from Volunteers Assisting Children with Disabilities; Eleanor Naidoza the Activities Coordinator at Gregory Lodge; Teachers Man Lam, Kate Stevanovic and Principal Dani Angelico from Mount Alexander College; NYSF attendees Ella, Alex, Emma and Gabriella; Haniyah and Zebib, Del King Scholarship students from MAC, Bec Yandell, the Community Engagement Officer from One Girl; Greg Bourke & Nathan from Co-Health, Karolin Seckivoka from the Brotherhood of St Lawrence; Cali Bukurow from RecLink. 10
11 COMMUNITY • Delivered donated Sukin products to Gregory Lodge, Bolton Clarke for their homeless program, the Royal District Nurses for the isolated and elderly and for Share the Dignity. • Supported Farnham Street Neighbourhood Learning Centre’s 40 th birthday. • Worked with Flemington Traders at the Bright Lights-Winter Nights Festival, the Pin Oak Movie Nights and A Day on the Oak. •Funded and assisted at the intergenerational Multicultural Choir at 18 Anthony Street with children from Kensington Children’ s Co-Op. • Supported WERN with funds to provide washing machines for bushfire victims in the Bairnsdale area. •Participated at the Kensington Market monthly, showing another ‘face’ of Rotary. • Supported the Rotaract Bushfire Trivia Night. • Moonee Valley Council Carols in the Park • Participated in the Community Engagement Forum with MVCC and CoM. • Provided books, gifts and flowers for residents at Gregory Lodge. • Supported the Kensington Garden Show. • Partnered with Kensington Neighbourhood House on a range of local needs and activities.
12 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH • Donated Sukin products and personal care items to women at ASRC and Wingate Avenue. • Christmas packs for disadvantaged children through the Moonee Valley Maternal & Child Health nurses. • Funded the purchase of 3 industrial sewing machines for disadvantaged women in Negombo, Sri Lanka as part of their initial International Women’s Day celebrations. • Volunteered at Wingate Avenue Community Centre assisting the Maternal & Child Health Nurse with documentation support for non English speaking women. • Donated 40 handbags filled with toiletries and personal care items for Share the Dignity through Danny Pearson’s office.
13 YOUTH • Presented scholarships to students in year 6 at 5 local primary schools. • Provided 2 scholarships to Kensington Community High School for the Eugene O. Award to students in year 11. • Awarded the 2019 Del King Scholarship to a student in year 11 at Mount Alexander College. • Funded 4 students to attend Engineers without Borders at Melbourne University. • Presented at the Career Seminar for students at Mount Alexander College. • Sponsored a student to attend RYLA. • Supported Debney Meadows Primary School with books and art and craft supplies. • Assisted with funding for 2 students from MAC to attend the Gnurad Gundidj School for Student Leadership at Glenormiston. • 1,000 Stories Project delivered another 2,000 books to the Maternal & Child Health Nurses in Moonee Valley.
14 DONATIONS IN KIND & WERN • Members supported both DiK and WERN with donations and volunteering. • There is a great synergy between the Op Shop, the Fit4 Use Store, DiK and WERN with transfer of goods between locations. Items which are unsuitable for the op Shop or Fit4 Use Store find their way to WERN or DiK and vice versa. • The club has contributed financially to both organisations, and is a member of both DiK and WERN. • Sincere thanks to Allan Bruno for his amazing efforts at both DiK and WERN and his ongoing operational oversight of the Fit4 Use Store.
15 OTHER EVENTS • Social events included Bowls & Croquet at Maribyrnong Park Bowling Club, Dinner at Hardiman’s Hotel in Kensington and at Parrot House in Flemington, and the Flemington Traders Progressive Dinner. • Mad Hat Day fundraiser in October. • Train Ride for Polio in October. • Anne Heyes participated in the Rotary Leadership Institute training. • Laid a wreath at the Kensington Cenotaph in the Flem-Ken RSL Remembrance Day Service. • Participated in events at Donations in Kind including the Open Day. • Participated in the Community Fun Day & Club Promotion at Bunnings. • Held 2 Bunnings BBQs.
16 NEW MEMBER Shraddha Sharma
17 MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE • Surveyed members on their opinions and understandings of the club using PDG Peter Frueh’s membership questionnaire. Acted on the results. • Invited local business people to attend meetings and share their work. • Invited local social enterprise and agencies to meet with us to share their activities and needs. • Communicated about our work and activities through quarterly advertisements and stories in Flem Ken News. • Regular updates on the club Facebook page. • Extended Honorary Membership invitations to volunteers. 17
18 THE ROTARY CLUB OF FLEMINGTON KENSINGTON FOUNDATION Donations: Australian Rotary Health $1000 The Rotary Foundation $2700 Donations in Kind $5000 WERN $1000 Makhettong Primary School, Lesotho $200 Royal District Nursing Service $500
19 As a Rotarian … • We dig wells from which we will never drink, • We help to vaccinate children we will never meet, • We restore sight for those we will never see, • We educate children we will never know, • We plant trees we will never sit under, • We feed hungry people, regardless of race, religion or politics, • We strive for peace in countries we may never visit, • We find fulfillment by helping others in our communities, We know that real happiness is found by giving.
20 OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD … This Rotary year, our members, partners, friends and families, both in Australia and overseas, have contributed in excess of 40,000 hours of volunteer time to our club projects and activities. This does not include Club meetings, Board meetings or catch ups at the Op Shop; Cluster and District meetings, or transporting goods between the Op Shop, Fit4 Use Store, WERN and Donations in Kind.
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