Anna Itkonen - President GECKO Environment Council
Jul 13, 2017
On the work of GECKO (to be confirmed)
Welcome to Burleigh Heads Rotary, where visitors are always welcome.
Service Above Self
We meet Thursdays at 6:45 AM
Burleigh Heads Surf Club - level 2
Burleigh Heads Surf Club - level 2
57 Goodwin Terrace
Cnr Gold Coast Highway
BURLEIGH HEADS, QLD 4220
Australia
Cnr Gold Coast Highway
BURLEIGH HEADS, QLD 4220
Australia
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Burleigh Rotary continues to grow when they welcomed newest member Tom Welch, a young and energetic accountant bringing our club membership to 47. Since last July 9 new members have joined Burleigh Heads Rotary.
For the fourth year in a row our club has won awards for Rotaract and Interact Involvement plus our End Polio Now black tie dinner won the Public Relations Single Event Award. Congratulations to President Catherine and the team.
Invitation to Nominate and Attend
The Rotary Club of Burleigh Heads
Disability Community Recognition Awards Function
Date: Wednesday 7th June, 2017
Venue: Burleigh Heads Surf Club
Time: 6.00 for 6.30 pm
Dress: Smart casual
Cost: $25 per person
Our Club would like to recognise our local disability community and provide an opportunity to nominate people, that either, may be dedicated carers that go above and beyond with outstanding efforts to help the disabled or a disabled person that has shown great courage, effort or outstanding achievement despite their disabilities.
Gold Coast City Council Division 12 Councillor Pauline Young is supporting this event and will be attending the night as well as all our Club Members to recognise our local disability community with a dinner at the Surf Club.
Nominations will be closing soon. Rotarian members and family are invited to this event which will replace our Thursday meeting on Thursday 8th June. Ticket prices for members and family will be $25/person for a 2 course meal. If you would like to attend please pay for your tickets as soon as possible as there are only approximately 35 seats for club members at this stage. Dignitaries and nominees with 2 guests will be covered by the grant Allan received for this event.
Payment can be made to the Service Account: BSB 124 014 Acc: 10151 911. Please use ref: DCR and your SURNAME please to ensure we can sort out the payments.
For further information please email Allan on: allanbarnett2012@gmail.com
Congratulations to Rotarians and Friends - we raised just over $10,000 on the night in hard cash donations - we are just waiting for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to push this final amount to $30k - we'll keep you posted but want to thank everyone for their efforts and donations in helping to save lives around the Globe. Did you know there are around 350,000 people still suffering in Australia alone with the effects of Polio!
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You are invited to attend the 2017/18 Changeover Dinner on Saturday 1st July, 2017 at the Mowbray Park Surf Club, Burleigh Heads - please contact us if you would like to attend. Richard Spencer will be taking over from our current President Catherine Pevy-Trewartha. Invitation to be sent out soon, but please keep the date free to support the club.
Great article in the latest RDU magazine, enjoy the read....go Burleigh Rotary!
“More and more young professionals are looking to make new friends that connect them with the local community. They want to do good. They want to be seen doing good. They want to get their
hands dirty, not sign cheques.”
hands dirty, not sign cheques.”
When new member Jennie joined our club we had no idea that it would lead to our club building a relationship with her favourite local community organisation helping and assisting children with disabilities at the Riding Develops Abilities centre in the beautiful Currumbin Valley. We presented a cheque to the RDA which goes towards funding 4 x children and the purchase of new riding helmets for the centre. We are looking forward to assisting this great facility for many years to come.
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6 District Awards wins with the presentation of award certificates
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It was great to have Karen Andrews and the girls from Burleigh Heads Kindergarten and Pre-School at our breakfast this morning. Burleigh Heads Rotary was successful in gaining funding for the children to have a place to play in all weather. Thank you Karen, for attending this morning's meeting and congratulations to all the fabulous team at the Kindergarten!!
We will be assisting the Kindergarten in the replacement and rebuild of outdoor verandah and pergola, later this year. A great project for us to get our hands dirty.
We're a progressive, yet relaxed and friendly, group of men and women from all walks of life who work hard to do good things both in our community and beyond. We also have a lot of fun.
If you're thinking about joining our Club, we encourage you to visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/burleighheadsrotary1.
You'll find a lot of general information about Rotary and our Club HERE or by clicking on the image below. Email us at BurleighHeadsRotary@gmail.com.
We encourage you to join us for a breakfast meeting at the Surf Club, Mowbray Park, Burleigh Heads, at 7am on Thursdays. We'll even give you your first two breakfasts free.
Rotary International and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have a fundraising partnership that will generate up to US$525 million for polio eradication as the global effort to end this disease enters its critical end-game phase.
Today, only 2 countries (Afghanistan and Pakistan) remain polio-endemic, down from more than 125 countries in 1988. As long as a single child remains infected, children in all countries are at risk of contracting polio.
We really are that close to eradicating this crippling disease.
Hear Bill Gates talking about the work being done to rid the world of this crippling disease...and how close we are.
We're pretty excited. On the last Saturday of each month, we will get the opportunity to speak to those doing their shopping at Pacific Fair Shopping Complex.
This is a chance to tell everyone about the work being done by our Club and Rotary International. The very hardworking Rotaractors will also be joining us.
Here's two of our team and the Rotaractors on the first level outside Myer at the top of the elevators.
So if you see us at Pacific Fair, please say HI.
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One of our Club's community projects is to organise a fleet of mobility scooters to be allocated to eligible people with a disability that means they are house-bound. The project aims to improve the quality of their lives and provide assistance to their carers and families.
To establish a pool of electric scooters to be leased for an annual fee of one dollar to eligible disabled people who might otherwise be virtually house bound, hopefully to improve the quality of their lives and provide assistance to their families and carers. - See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/9793/SitePage/rotary-scooter-project#sthash.WKNVCNOZ.dpuf
To establish a pool of electric scooters to be leased for an annual fee of one dollar to eligible disabled people who might otherwise be virtually house bound, hopefully to improve the quality of their lives and provide assistance to their families and carers. - See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/9793/SitePage/rotary-scooter-project#sthash.WKNVCNOZ.dpuf
To establish a pool of electric scooters to be leased for an annual fee of one dollar to eligible disabled people who might otherwise be virtually house bound, hopefully to improve the quality of their lives and provide assistance to their families and carers. - See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/9793/SitePage/rotary-scooter-project#sthash.WKNVCNOZ.dpuf
To establish a pool of electric scooters to be leased for an annual fee of one dollar to eligible disabled people who might otherwise be virtually house bound, hopefully to improve the quality of their lives and provide assistance to their families and carers. - See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/9793/SitePage/rotary-scooter-project#sthash.WKNVCNOZ.dpuf
To establish a pool of electric scooters to be leased for an annual fee of one dollar to eligible disabled people who might otherwise be virtually house bound, hopefully to improve the quality of their lives and provide assistance to their families and carers. - See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/9793/SitePage/rotary-scooter-project#sthash.WKNVCNOZ.dpuf
To establish a pool of electric scooters to be leased for an annual fee of one dollar to eligible disabled people who might otherwise be virtually house bound, hopefully to improve the quality of their lives and provide assistance to their families and carers. - See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/9793/SitePage/rotary-scooter-project#sthash.WKNVCNOZ.dpuf
To establish a pool of electric scooters to be leased for an annual fee of one dollar to eligible disabled people who might otherwise be virtually house bound, hopefully to improve the quality of their lives and provide assistance to their families and carers. - See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/9793/SitePage/rotary-scooter-project#sthash.WKNVCNOZ.dpuf
To establish a pool of electric scooters to be leased for an annual fee of one dollar to eligible disabled people who might otherwise be virtually house bound, hopefully to improve the quality of their lives and provide assistance to their families and carers. - See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/9793/SitePage/rotary-scooter-project#sthash.WKNVCNOZ.dpuf
If you would like to contact us about joining our Club or being a guest speaker, please email us at: BurleighHeadsRotary@gmail.com. We also welcome visiting Rotarians.
We meet for breakfast at 6.45am for a 7am meeting. We are always finished our meeting by 8am.
We'd love to hear from you.
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We are interested in hearing your story.
If you have a story that would interest a room full of hard working Rotarians with an interest in humanitarian projects, stories of importance to our community/region/world, or social/lifestyle issues, please contact BurleighHeadsRotary@gmail.com to make a time to come and talk to us.
We'll even provide you with a yummy breakfast plus the best view around of the sun rising over the surf and surfers at Burleigh Heads.
