For the 2023/4 financial year, Yvette took over from John Wotherspoon as our Club's President. John can relax a little after 2 years in the role, knowing Yvette has done it before.
This year we began a 6 year scholarship together with the SA Dept of health to Support Anesha Rahman (2nd left) with a $5,000 p.a. Indigenous Scholarship as she completes her Bachelor of Medicine at Adelaide University.
Katey Halliday (right )with Rotary International President, Jennifer Jones (left) with the panel of presenters for the reconciliation breakout session at Melbourne's Rotary International Convention - attended by ~14,000 in May '23.
Helping a new Afghan/Aussie family assimilate, learn English and become friends.
Every 3 weeks, club members and friends pitch in at Vinnie's 'Fred's Van' to prepare, pack and distribute about 70 evening meals for the city's homeless or disadvantaged.
After many years, Adelaide City Rotaract won the Perpetual 'Auld Teapot' trophy from AdLight, only to give it back a year later. Maybe next year, Rotaractors?
At 'Cuppa Conversations' each month, we help recent migrants practice their conversational English and clarify whatever they need. Mixing with local Rotarians and other New Aussies, you'll quickly feel welcome.
In between fortnightly meetings members (and friends) who can make it, gather for a 'coffee conversation' at White Picket Café in Dulwich about 9:30am on 1st and 3rd Thursdays. Do join us if you'd like a casual cup to link in.
Our Rotary club meets every few months with Adelaide City Rotaract Club. At the recent gathering, we assembled many End Trachoma kits that went up to Tennant Creek High School
(luckily, Kirsti's phone camera is always handy)
In August, our Club took a day out with a SteamRanger ride from Mt Barker via Strathalbyn to Goolwa for a lazy lunch and mooch around... life's tough, yes?
Catherine House supports distressed women with crisis or long term accommodation. We've been landscaping some of their properties in many working bees over a few years now.
A hardy bunch of us braved a drizzly June weekend to establish some new plantings along the creek at Gladys Elphick Park on the city's western edge near "Karen Rolton' Oval.
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