Seventh Decade of Service: 2007-2016

About Our Club

 
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Seventh Decade Of Service 2007-2014++
 
Frank Fisher
Joined Rotary  1971
Inducted Club 2001
Club Secretary 2002-03
Club Secretary 2007-08
Club President 2004-05
Paul Harris Fellow 2006
Australian Rotary Health District Representative  2009-2010. 
 
Pauline McFarlane 
Joined  Rotary  2001
Inducted Club  2001
Club Secretary 2008-09
Club President 2009-10
Paul Harris Fellow 2012  
First Female Club President
Art Show sales and profit peaked  2010        
 
 
Alan Harwood
Joined Rotary           2011
Inducted Club           2011
Art Show Convenor 2013
                                   2014
Club Secretary    2014-15
Introduced Art Show online management
 
Club
Membership commenced the decade at 33 and  26 Rotarians were inducted. However 29 members resigned so in 2014 there were only 29 Rotarians.
 
Year       President                  Secretary                                   Paul Harris Fellows
2007-2008  Jonathan Mayne      Frank Fisher                       Geoff Cuthbert, Leigh Power
2008-2009  Peter Lawrence        Pauline McFarlane             Peter Jay, Jonathan Mayne, Ken Bilham, Ron Fallaw
2009-2010  Pauline McFarlane  Ian Horton                           Peter Lawrence
2010-2011  Ian Horton                Fran Chambers
2011-2012  Jack Carter              Steve Morell                         Pauline McFarlane, Laurie Taylor,  Ian Horton
2012-2013  Fran Chambers       John Parkinson                    Barbara Parkinson
2013-2014  Steve Morell             Rob Verity/Bruce Johnson Bruce Davis
2014-2015 Peter Jay                   Alan Harwood
2015-2016 Victor Sullivan         Arie de Wit
2016-2017 John Parkinson    Libby Paterson
 
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Seventh Decade Of Service 2007-2014++
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SERVICE PROJECTS 
Club
Business Dinner Speakers:  Alistair Murray, General Cosgrove
Club Communication and Marketing  - eBulletin, fully integrated website, Facebook
Community Bbq’s                                                          (2)           $3000
Lindsay Fox’s exotic car museum
 
Community
Art Show     2008     2009     2010    2011    2012    2013    2014    2015   2016   2017  
Value Sold $                        85819  61293  44489  40079  43145
Profit        $47551  49684   57226  43494   37232  36584  38012
 
Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
                  Great Australian Bike Ride participation
                  2 Indigenous postgraduate Research Scholarships (3)
                  3yr Phd Medical Research Scholarship (3)                          $35000
                  Mornington Rotary Health Walks   (3)                                    $750
Gazebo Project -Mornington Park
           -Rotary Community Forest
Connor House Respite Care (now Karingal Konnections facility)
 from Tanglewood Downs Vineyard: Opera In the Bush                $3500
Mornington Youth and Citizens Band uniforms                                      $1700
Business Awards with Mornington Chamber of Commerce & Industry (7)
Courtesy Awards                                                                                              (2)
Salvation Army                                                                                                 (2)
Clean Up Australia participation                                                                       (3)
Bushfire Relief Farm fencing at Labertouche                                                   (2)
Relocation of Community radio station 3PPP                                                  (2)
Redevelopment of Mornington Youth Enterprises facility                               (2)
Community Service Awards
Red Cross
Peninsula Health Sensory Garden
Baptist Church Children’s Fun Run car parking
Men’s Shed initiation and support
 
Vocational
Business Visits
Ronstan marine machinery factory
Hart Marine
Wonthaggi desalination plant
Point Cook aviation museum
Werribee water treatment
Gippsland Aeronautical Factory
Mock Interviews for secondary student work preparation                 (3)
 
International
Sri Lanka
Kurunegala Teaching Hospital – superseded  cardiac catheter laboratory equipment                                                                     (3) (new value $1.5m)                                                                                Anuradharpura school for deaf and blind children: IT equipment  $17500 (with grants)      – Masked Ball proceeds for security wall              (3)                              $8000
Refugee Camp – provision of drinking water                                                  $1000
 
2 Interplast teams to SE Asian and Pacific rim  countries    $66000
 
Shelterbox
Pakistan floods                                                                                         $6400
New Zealand earthquake relief                                                                         $5000
Papua New Guinea 3 year Tertiary Scholarship                               (4)         $3700
World Vision African famine relief                                                                  $3500
Rotary Against Mosquitos
          N Papua New Guinea mosquito netting                                   (3)         $1500
12 month Rotary Youth Exchange  outbound to Denmark
                                                             inbound from Canada
Donations – In – Kind
  Timor                                  – school desks
  Sri Lanka and Cambodia – hospital beds and blankets
Orphans of Ghana                                                                                                  $500
Tonga                                                                                                                     $500
East Timor     motorcycle for distribution of medical supplies to remote villages
 
Youth
Mornington Secondary College
Scholarships Vocational Education and Training                                 $1820
  VCE completion funds for Year 10 student
Youth Drum Corps                                                                       (2)      $1700
Breakfast program                                                                       (3)
Honour Board Music program
Car modification for wheelchair bound student
Mornington Park Primary School
Rotary Junior Award
Rotary Junior Citizenship Award                                                 (2)
New Building  Sponsorship from National Australia Bank                $50000
Sea Scouts -  Regional hall redevelopment assistance                                   $2500
Schools Showcase Expo
Primary/secondary school programs, students and teachers             (6)
World Challenge – Cambodia and Thailand program                        (2)
Art Show prizes for Student Art
Mornington Youth Club  - donation of tumbling mats                                 $1000
Rotary Youth Leadership Assembly participants sponsored              (6)
National Science Summer School Forum, ANU students sponsored(12)
National Student Leadership Forum Canberra student sponsored
Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment camp students sponsored     (5)
Model United Nations Assembly  student teams nominated              (3)
 
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