On Saturday March 12, Rotaractors from across Western Australia came together to have an enlightening day of knowledge sharing. During the day our members were engaged in team bonding activities as well as different sessions. These sessions included: Strategic Planning for their clubs, how to run an effective event, the importance of marketing correctly, Rotary/Rotaract […]
The Northern Beaches Provisional Club
Coming soon, The Northern Beaches Rotaract Club! 30 odd years ago there were a number of Rotaract Clubs on the Northern Beaches, and the various Rotary Clubs in the area are still going strong. After speaking to all of these clubs about starting a Rotaract Club in our area, they all became immediately interested and […]
Young Citizen of the Year
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 […]
Malaria 101
My first ever Malaria event was the annual Rotarians Against Malaria Conference in 2015. At the conference I spent a significant amount of time googling terms under the table to make sure that I knew what was being discussed. In this hope I have written this to explain what Malaria is and some of the […]
[Video] How to HELP with Rotaract
Fantastic video by Monash Rotaract
We’ll see an RI woman President in five years
Jennifer Jones is an inspiring Rotarian, one of only 10 women to reach the level of RI Director. While she was DG she attended every single new member induction in her District! “That year 289 people were inducted and I went for all installations.” Jennifer says this was tough but “I wanted clubs to understand that […]
Ready…Set…Malaria Month!
Rotaractors Against Malaria is launching a fundraising campaign during April, called MALARIA MONTH! Why April? World Malaria Day is acknowledged in Australia on the 30th of April, but since Rotaractors Against Malaria is our national project, Rotaract Australia have decided to devote the whole month to fundraise and spread awareness of malaria’s effects on our […]
World Rotaract Week
We had had a great time sharing stories and celebrating all things Rotaract this World Rotaract Week. There were some great comments on our daily Facebook posts and some of our posts were shared with over 2000 people. Check out our latest videos on Facebook and YouTube and let us know what you got up to […]
RAM at ARG: What to do now!
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 […]