Welcome to this Month's Chaddy Chatter: 

 

From the President's Eyes - August 23 Welcome to the start of the new Rotary Year and I want to say we have a wonderful leadership team with a mix of experience and creativity. Our prime focus for the start of year 2023/24 is to tell our Rotary stories with a focus on how we change lives. Here are some illustrations of the ways our projects change lives for the better: Read More...

The Market at Phoenix Park - volunteers needed

Caring for the Environment   

Tree Planting at Markham Forest Rotarians braved an early Sunday morning start with rain that wasn't on the radar to join with the Kooyongkoot Alliance to work the garden beds in the Markham Forrest on Gardners Creek. Read More...

'It's The Little Things Community' 

Coat and Jacket Drive Want to get rid of old jackets and Coats? Let Rotary Chadstone/East Malvern take them off your hands and regift them. We are helping to support 'It's The Little Things Community' by collecting Coats and Jackets that you no longer need. If you have them cluttering your cupboard, you could donate them and we can get them to It's The Little Things Community. For the drop off point, click  Read More...

Rotary provides Water for the kids of Vanuatu

Water Catchment Project in Vanuatu Rotary comes together in creating safe drinking water for school children on the Island of Moso.  Rotary Chadstone/East Malvern, Rotary Port Vila  (Vanuatu) and Rotary Cronulla (NSW) have joined forces to provide a water catchment for the Tasiriki Primary School. Read More...

How good it feels to make a difference in your community

Volunteering with Rotary What is Volunteering? Volunteering is often described as a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labour for community service. I am intrigued by this definition because of its purely from a financial perspective. It blatantly misses the huge non-financial benefits of volunteering. Read More...

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Fundraising enables meaningful projects 

Raising Funds for projects Changes Lives Rotarians change lives through the many projects that we do. Project work requires people and money. Here are some of the do throughout the year to raise funds for projects: Ashburton BookFest – sale of secondhand books  July Bunnings BBQ – Chadstone  Camberwell Market - Sunday  Craft Markets - 8 throughout the year (Phoenix Park and Ashburton Community Centre) Phoenix Market - 4 craft markets a year Ashburton A Fare - 4 craft markets a year  Read More...

Community Committee 2023-24 

Committee Update 29th July 2023 Read More...

From Bread Tags to Wheelchairs 

Empowering Mobility through Recycling Small Tags, Big Impact: Rotary's Chadstone/East Malvern’s journey as part of the wider community collecting Bread tags to help in providing 100 Wheelchairs.  Read More...

Aluminium Collection: 

A surprising catalyst for Stem Cell Research Advancement Collecting aluminium to help the Lions Cord Blood Foundation is a wonderful initiative that combines environmental responsibility with supporting medical research and healthcare advancements. This project also continues the volunteers of Rotary Chadstone/East Malvern’s goal to partner with other organisations and their projects.  Read More...

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