

The Rotary Rotary Club of Mornington's major annual project is our Mornington Art Show. It is normally held in the week leading into Australia Day at the Peninsula Community Theatre.
With over 700 pieces on display, its success is thanks to all our artists, our sponsors, the volunteers who make it happen, and
our visitors.
We believe that it is the second largest Art Show in the State and the largest on the Mornington Peninsula. Funds raised enables our Club to undertake our community projects and to support those members of the community in need.
For more information about the Art Show please go to www.morningtonartshow.com.au
and follow it on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/morningtonartshow/.
For over 60 years
The Rotary Club of Mornington has supported the Bays Hospital.
Recently we provided a Critical Care Bed in the High Care Unit and a day bed in the new Cancer facility.
Our latest project that Mornington Peninsula residents will benefit from, is having more specialty trained nurses. We have launched The Bays Nursing and Midwifery Education Fund to support The Bays' nurses to undertake specialised training, which not-for-profit hospitals and nurses struggle to afford.
An initial donation of $25,000, has been topped up with a further $15000. This will be an ongoing support project by our Club. Members of the community are welcome to also contribute.
L to R: CEO The Bays Hospital - Jade Phelan, Nurse - Justine Killen & Past President of Mornington Rotary - Pam Hall
Mornington Community Support Centre, located on Main Street, plays a vital role for those in our community in need, whether it be food, crisis housing or legal advice. Our support has varied from the recent purchase of a commercial Van, in partnership with Community Bank Mt.Martha, for their food program to sponsoring a documentary to raise awareness of homelessness on the Mornington Peninsula. (see a 3 min short version of the full 30 mins at https://www.mcsc.au/the-ranch)
run parallel to the Mornington Tourist Railway line from the end of Peninsula Link at Moorooduc Station, to Mornington Station. It will connect in Civic Reserve, to the Harrap Creek Trail to the Briars and Mt.Martha.
Rotary International Foundation Each year we make a significant financial contributions to the Rotary Foundation for the elimination of polio in the world, and its work across its 7 areas of humanitarian support. Since the early 1980 when there were over 300,000 cases of disabling polio disease in the world we are now down to a handful thanks to this Rotary led project.In the early 1980's club member Ian Scott proposed the need for medical research into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The club got behind this initiative, and approached other clubs in the district who added to the funding support. Progressively districts and clubs from around Australia came on Board and over $55 million has been raised. Once successful research had been completed into SIDS, other areas of need for medical research were funded. Since the early 2000's the Research emphasis has been towards mental health research, and in the last few years, mental health for children.
ARH also funds scholarships for study and in since 2021 the Rotary Club of Mornington has been supporting an Indigenous Scholarship for Molly King who is undertaking a course at Monash University in Melbourne for a Bachelor of Medicine.
Full details on Australian Rotary Health are available at www.australianrotaryhealth.org.au

in 2020 the Chair of Australian Rotary Health, Greg Ross visited the club to present recognition to Don Gordon, a past President of the Club in the early 1980's, for his role in leading in the formation of Australian Rotary Health. ARH has subsequently gone on to raise $55 million for medical research, with its emphasis since the early 2000's being mental health. Six members of the club at the time of the formation were present, (photograph L
to R) Darryl Chambers, Milton Green, Don Gordon, Ted Moore, Ken Bilham and Ian Prudden.
Full details on Australian Rotary Health are available at www.australianrotaryhealth.org.au
