Jean Abbey, the widow of Royce Abbey, Past President of Rotary International 1988/89, celebrated her 100th Birthday in Melbourne on the 13th of December 2022. A small family gathering with children, grandchildren and a few of her 12 great grandchildren helped celebrate the event. The following day Jean was also visited by two members representing the Rotary Club of Essendon, the club Royce joined in 1954 and remained a member until his passing in 2014.
The milestone was recognised by the Prime Minister, Governor General, Federal Minister for Veterans Affairs, Premier of Victoria and Victorian Governor.
If you would like to leave a special birthday message for Jean, comment below in this post and DG Amanda will collate everyone's well wishes on behalf of D9800.
WERN (Western Emergency Relief Network) is part of the City of Maribyrnong Flood Recovery Committee and is offering support in several ways. Many of the 400 families affected by the recent floods are struggling with financial and insurance implications of the devastation.
Do you have vocational skills with an insurance background that could help?
Posted by Andrew Woodward CEO RAWCS on Dec 16, 2022
There is now a major mosquito danger within flood impacted communities. In order to provide some relief to affected communities, RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service Inc.) has acquired thousands of mosquito repellent candles.
RAWCS has taken the initiative and so far distributed over 16,000 candles in Shepparton (VIC), Lismore (NSW), Parkes (NSW) and Gympie (QLD) with great effect. There are plans to distribute up to a further 25,000 candles in coming weeks.
Posted by PDG Peter Frueh and PDG Ingrid Waugh on Dec 16, 2022
After the Regionalisation Pilot vote in September, we announced that 90% of clubs voted yes to proceed with the pilot and 20 of 21 districts met the two thirds of clubs voting Yes threshold. The 21st district had a simple majority in favour but not the two thirds majority.
The results were reported to the Rotary International Board and it was approved that we proceed with 20 districts. We will continue to work with the last district during this period and give them the opportunity to have another vote at a later time.
Essendon North Rotary Club are conducting their annual Australia Day Breakfast with keynote speaker Barry Jones AC. Funds raised will be donated to TLC for Kids.
Since 1998, TLC for Kids has given relief and much-needed distraction to sick children and their families during stressful and traumatic situations. In hospitals across Australia, our services have been used over 13.1 million times and counting. For bookings go to: www.trybooking.com/CEYJO
Some time ago, Dr Neil Browning learned of the plight of 200,000 displaced persons in a refugee camp on the border of Uganda and South Sudan. Staggeringly, this is the same population as Geelong. The closest town with a hospital is Moyo, which has a population of 4,000. The hospital had decent midwifery services but not a lot else. Neil and his wife decided to relocate from their cosy home in England to Moyo and help.
'One Rotary Club at a time... one nurse at a time'
Imagine it! Could one Rotary Club in suburban Melbourne make a meaningful difference in treatment and outcomes for cancer patients in regional Victoria and beyond? That question has been positively answered recently by 'ROMP' - the Rotary Club of Camberwell’s Rotary Outreach Myeloma Program.
Jean Abbey, the widow of Royce Abbey, Past President of Rotary International 1988/89, celebrated her 100th Birthday in Melbourne on the 13th of December 2022. A small family gathering with children, grandchildren and a few of her 12 great grandchildren helped celebrate the event. The following day Jean was also visited by two members representing the Rotary Club of Essendon, the club Royce joined in 1954 and remained a member until his passing in 2014.
DIK is desperately in need of your help! 
Some time ago, Dr Neil Browning learned of the plight of 200,000 displaced persons in a refugee camp on the border of Uganda and South Sudan. Staggeringly, this is the same population as Geelong. The closest town with a hospital is Moyo, which has a population of 4,000. The hospital had decent midwifery services but not a lot else. Neil and his wife decided to relocate from their cosy home in England to Moyo and help. 