Welcome to the Thursday Lunch Club.
The Rotary Club of Canberra Burley Griffin.
THE CLUB MEETS AT THE ROYAL CANBERRA GOLF CLUB AT 12.30 ON THURSDAYS.
Please contact the Club Treasurer (treasurer@rccbg.org) to confirm your attendance.
Club activities:
COME VOLUNTEER WITH US ON COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Contact Bill Andrews on Telephone 0416 785 133, for further details and dates of activities.
Our next significant project will be on 25th October 2025 manning two Stalls and the Canberra Rotary Peace Bell at the Canberra Nara Candle Festival, Nara Park. We would love to see you there.
Current activities include:
- Barbeques
- Gardening assistance
- Peace bell ceremonies and tours
- Parking area supervision at Canberra show
- Participation in local primary school civics programs
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR CLUB?
Contact Russell Dew on Telephone number 0400 622 112 or e mail russelldew1@gmail.com
Help us make the world better through assisting our community.
NOTES ON THE RUN FROM PRESIDENT WARRICK.
The end of August has brought some of the worst weather we have seen this year. Apart from soggy gardens and water covered roads some of us are faced with last minute repairs from storms and extensive cleanup of gardens. Oh, the fun of living in a climate change!!
Our club remains busy and members have many exciting plans. We are working through a programme of Peace Bell tours and Warrick is preparing the documentation to train a fresh cohort of tour guides. Monica and I are preparing brochures and other Rotary material for our display at the Radford College twilight fair in November.
Next meeting will be the first for Spring and Eric will take the Chair. September brings the annual Peace Day commemorations and final preparations for the Candle festival I will be away for 3 eeks from the 22nd However, I expect all the preparations will be completed before then.
Next week, and interesting talk about Blood Transfusions. See you all there.
Last week’s meeting
Last week’s meeting
On Thursday, 23 October 2025, some of us were expecting a talk on Rotary’s effort to combat trachoma in remote Indigenous communities in Australia. In the event, the talk is delayed. Apart from Warrick’s extensive and humorous presentation on Rotary practices a century or so ago, we had some other diversions.
Juris made a toast to Alice Springs, a town in which the Rotary Club of Alice Springs is making a supreme effort to support Indigenous communities in the surrounding district to combat trachoma, an incipient disease for lack of clean water and the means to maintain hygiene. Trachoma affects vision and ultimately leads to blindness. It should not be happening in a rich country like Australia.
The End Trachoma Now Rotary website summarises the project’s aims and achievements. I could not express them any better:
"End Trachoma Now" is the name of a Rotary project focused on eliminating trachoma in Indigenous Australian communities by promoting hygiene and sanitation. While the original goal was to achieve this by 2020, the project continues today, focusing on improving access to clean water, creating laundry facilities, and providing personal hygiene kits to prevent the spread of the eye infection that can lead to blindness.
Project goals and activities include:
- Hygiene and Sanitation: The project's primary goal is to improve facial and personal hygiene in affected communities.
- SAFE Strategy: The project supports the SAFE Strategy for trachoma control, which includes surgery, antibiotics, facial cleaning, and environmental improvements.
- Hygiene Kits: Projects include distributing personal hygiene kits for children, which contain face washers and soap, to reduce the need for sharing.
- Infrastructure: Rotarians have built and provided funding for community laundries, mobile laundry trailers, and water trailers.
- Awareness: The project works to raise awareness about trachoma and the importance of hygiene within these communities.
How you can help:
- Donate: You can donate tax-deductible funds to support projects, which can be used for washing machines, hygiene kits, or other community infrastructure.
- Volunteer: Rotary clubs across Australia are involved, and individual clubs may have specific needs for volunteers or supplies.
- Support hygiene initiatives: Supporting the distribution of soap, face washers, and providing access to clean water can help prevent the spread of the infection.
- Learn more: You can find more information from your local Rotary club or through organizations like Nourish our Communities Ltd.
Juris
Candle Festival success on 25 October!
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ROSTER FOR FUTURE MEETINGS
Coming up
To see the program of future meetings, visit: Rotary activities Spreadsheet.
Next meeting
Our next meeting will be held at the Royal Canberra Golf Club on Thursday, 30 October. The guest speaker will be Michael Organ and his subject is “History of the National Film and Sound Archive”.
If you are planning on attending but haven’t responded to Eric’s invitation, please do so by 11 am on Tuesday, 28 October.
To see the program of future meetings, visit: Rotary activities Spreadsheet.
Duty Roster
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Recent presentations
A Latvian Odyssey - From war-torn Latvia to Canberra
Presentation:
We wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we are meeting on, the Ngunnawal people.
We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make
to the life of this city and this region.
There are at least 14 Rotary clubs and some Rotaract clubs just in the ACT.
Aurora Gungahlin; Belconnen; Brindabella e-club; Brindabella ROTARACT; Canberra; Canberra Burley Griffin; Canberra East; Canberra Rotaract: Canberra Sundowners; Canberra Sunrise; Canberra Weston Creek; Ginninderra; Gungahlin; Hall; Jerrabomberra (NSW); Tuggeranong; Murrumbidgee Canberra; the University Of Canberra Rotaract; Woden Daybreak.
We are part of District 9705, where up to 82 Rotary and Rotaract clubs.
