At the 2016 Australian Rotaract Conference, Rotaract Australia presented a series of awards recognising outstanding effort and achievement by Rotaract Clubs, Rotaractors, and supporters of Rotaract. The nominees and recipients in these awards represent everything Rotaract is about. They’re really out there making a difference in their communities, whether locally, nationally or abroad. Most Outstanding […]
Every 5 days someone has a limb destroyed by a land mine. On Saturday 11th June 2016, Rotaract Gladstone funded and constructed 3 prosthetic hands to be sent to Cambodia to help those that have lost their hand from a land mine of some sort. Collectively with Interact, Rotaract and Rotary from the Gladstone region, […]
CONGRATULATIONS TO WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY ON THEIR CHARTER Tonight, Western Sydney U Rotaract becomes the latest club to join our Rotaract family. With 170 attendees at their charter, the club of 63 members is already making a huge impact in their hometown and beyond! Western Sydney University Rotaract meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays […]
Recently, as part of Australia Day celebrations across the country, Rotaractors Ashelee Jaensch (Macquarie University Rotaract, NSW) and Michael Shields (Diamond Valley Rotaract, VIC) were recognised by their local communitees as upstanding citizens, each being awarded the Young Citizen of the Year by their local council. To celebrate their successes, understand what it takes to […]
One of Rotaract’s many strengths is innovating and exciting fundraisers. The Rotaract Club of North Lakes has pushed the boundaries with their Fresh Starts Fundraiser. The fundraiser was held on the 3rd of April to promote and fundraise for the clubs Fresh Starts program. This program provides free haircuts to anyone in need within the […]
Fantastic video by Monash Rotaract
With the 2016 Australian Rotaract Games finished the greatest thing to see was the images of Rotaractors wearing their Rotaract Against Malaria tshirts but what are we actually to do about Malaria! As Rotaractors there are two things that we can do to do our bit to eradicate Malaria. Firstly spread the word, we as […]
Our Fellow Rotaractors at MED MDIO are dedicated in their cause to support refugees fleeing Syria, especially children. Vera Damerjian, Rotaract Med MDIO President 2014-2016, writes: “As our MDIO is geographically located in the heart of the crisis, we thought of taking action in helping the Syrian refugees in general and the children in particular. The concept […]
Murwillumbah Rotaract meets on 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, 7pm at The Haven Bar. 2015 President Rhiannon writes about what the club got up to towards the end of the year: We hosted a meat tray raffle for the Rotary Hat Day. We donated $300 to Blake Coleton who is 18, last […]
The Australian Rotaract Awards were presented at ARC back in October, but the winners deserve another mention! Winner of the Most Outstanding Community Project was Diamond Valley Rotaract, who coordinated a Battle of the Bands to showcase local musical acts at the Eltham festival last summer. They have been invited to run the project […]
