2021-22 Rotary International President announces his presidential theme Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta urged members to become more involved in service projects, saying that caring for and serving others is the best way to live because it changes not only other people’s lives, but also our own. |
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS - Rotary Club of Geelong West Book Fair After Victoria was released from Lockdown on 28 July 2021, it seems the lessening of restrictions was not enough to be able to hold a public event indoors. As a result, we are working to secure new event dates within the next 3 months. We will keep you posted on our plans and look forward to bringing this event to Geelong once again. The work has been done, however we will pack up our books and work to secure a new event date. The Rotary team has sorted through books from all genres, which will be available at incredible prices - $1 for paperbacks and children's books; $2 for hardcovers. Each Book Fair contributes to the major fundraising for the Rotary Club of Geelong West, and so far has raised over $120,000 that has been channelled back through our Rotary Club’s supported projects such as Barwon Health Patient Transport, Samaritan House, Operation Newstart, Christ Church Meals Program, Geelong Mums, Geelong Kokoda Youth Program and Interplast, not to mention all of the many smaller charitable programs that have been assisted by Rotary Club grants each year. |
Self Care Sunday Geelong Self-Care Sunday supported by WorkSafe is a community festival that has been created to educate and inspire the people of Geelong around the importance of living an active, healthy lifestyle and prioritising self-care on a regular basis in order to prevent physical and mental health issues. All proceeds raised from the event will be donated to local charities organisations that enhance the mental and physical wellbeing of our community. |
Self Care Sunday Geelong Stair Race Report In inaugural Self Care Sunday Stair Climb took place on 28 October 2018 in Geelong. SCA’s Jason Williams car pooled with Maria Pia Piemontese to travel over from Melbourne to take part. We were so excited to find out only a few weeks ago that there was a stair race happening in Geelong. The local Rotary Club saw the new WorkSafe building being constructed and thought it would be a great idea to have a race up it as a fundraiser. Jump ahead a few months and the event had grown into Self Care Sunday with the stair race one part of a larger event.
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