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Wednesdays at 12:45 PM for 1.00pm Start

Crown Hotel

1 Prince St,
Grafton, NSW 2460
Australia

 
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Say No to Domestic Violence Campaign
Grafton Midday Rotary in Conjunction with The Clarence Valley Domestic and Family Violence Committee (CVDFVC) brought awareness to the Grafton & broader Clarence Valley community of the "Say No to Domestic Violence" campaign in Grafton on Friday 1st December.
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DG DAVE HARMON'S VISIT
Recently DG Dave Harmon, together with Jodie Shelly, visited our club.  Amongst other things, Dave is very passionate about this year's theme - Say No to Domestic Violence, an awareness campaign that most of the Rotary Clubs in the district are supporting.  GMR will supporting the campaign with two events:  first a Walk on December 1st, followed by a Community Barbecue on December 8th.  More details of both will be forthcoming in future bulletins.  
 
 
 
Jessica Smith Guest Speaker
GMR was blessed to have internationally renowned speaker, Jessica Smith OAM speak with us on July 26 2023.  Jessica has been visiting her family in Grafton (her father is Rotarian Ray Smith).  She spoke with eloquence regarding being a paralympian, author and most importantly a Disability Inclusion Consultant.  Whilst in Australia for the month, Jessica has spoken on many panels including the Gender Equality Symposium, The Women in Sport Summit as well as writing an article for Time Magazine New York and running a marathon. 
 
 
 
CHANGING LANES JUNE 2023
 
 
 
 
 
As stated in Mark's Musing, the June 2023 Changing Lanes Changing Lives event was another huge success.  Despite the colder weather, there were still hundreds of Graftonites out looking at the cars and enjoying the free feed.  Skye and to rush to Coles to grab more bread and rolls as we ran out twice!!
CENTENARY OF ROTARY IN AUSTRALIA BATON LAUNCH

Rotary’s Centenary is a time of celebration! - a time to reflect on our past, and take pride in all that has been achieved.  It is a time we play our part in the history of Rotary.  Our centenary is also the time to lay the foundations for our future, as we still have much to do.  The key project in our centenary year will focus on stopping the one in 16 children who die in 9 Pacific nations before the age of five. 

Our President Robert Blanchard joined Rotarians across Australia on 10th July for virtual fellowship, as well as met our R100 Centenary Ambassadors, the Governor General and Mrs Hurley, as they launch our national centenary campaign.  He witnessed the “Passing the Baton” ceremony.  The baton that will carry the symbols of our centenary and will travel far and wide across Rotary clubs and Districts. He also had Josh Piterman (Australian Actor who plays the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera) in London! He sang "Music of the night" with music by John Foreman (Melbourne).  

Robert said it was a fantastic performance to be part of

 

 

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Mark Thompson
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Ray Smith - PSM
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Bill Paterson
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Bill Paterson
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Robert Blanchard
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Tony Flack
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Leila Thompson
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Judy Glasson
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Bill Paterson
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Skye Sear
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Des Harvey
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