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Coming events....
- 26 May District Assembly, Archers Manor Launceston
- 1 June Trivia Night, Rotary Club of Hobart Central
- 2 June Jazz at the Manor Huonville
- 30 June District Changeover, Perth
- 6 July Wynyard Music Hall
- 9-19 July Windward Bound Youth Leadership Challenge (pdf)
- 11-13 April 2014 District Conference
- Further details of Club Events here
National Youth Science Forum
Year 11 students are presently nominating for the January 2014 National Youth Science Forum. Instructions for Clubs have been updated . Information forms available here.
GSE Team to Italy reports...
" Our very first presentation went well last night. We spoke in Italian, and we were told we were (mostly) understood. Today is our first vocational exchange. "
MUNA 2013
Congratulations to Burnie High, Devonport High and Sheffield High and all others who participated in the Model United Nations Assembly on 18 -19 May. Details..
Rotary Club of Wynyard Music Hall
A Wedding in the Garden
From 6 July - not to be missed Tickets 0424 265 415 More details (pdf)
Give Toby Wheels
Somerset Rotary Club are supporting Leigh Newman as he walks 430km from Smithton to Hobart in July / August , to raise over $75,000 for his special grandson Toby and his family.
Foundation District Grants
The 1st of July 2013 brings a new era to The Rotary Foundation Grants process.
Rotary Foundation grants support Rotarians’ efforts to change lives and serve communities.
Through District grants we are able to assist clubs and the district to address immediate needs in their local communities, nationally and abroad provided they are aligned with the Foundation’s mission of, “Doing good in the World”
The grant funding will be limited to $2000 for each grant.
Rotary Clubs had to submit proposals for funding by 13th of May 2013.
For further information please contact PDG Michael Perkins. You can download the documents listed below.
Rotary Tasmania's Community Centre Opens in Queensland
See how the Rotary Club of Toowoomba East reported it in their special Bulletin.
View the ABC TV news item on the opening on Saturday Feb 9 th.
Around $911 000 was raised by Rotary District 9830, Tasmania, for Queensland Flood relief and was used to replace a Community Centre at Murphys Creek in Queensland's Lockyer Valley.
Brochure (pdf)
Read about the results of the Council of Legislation recently completed in Chicago.[From RI website]
Bowelscan Program
Rotary Tasmania will not be holding our Bowelscan Project this year. Look for us in 2014
Rotary Tasmania Bushfire Appeal - 6 January, 2013
The District 9830 Emergency Relief Fund Committee has established the ‘Rotary Tasmania Bushfire Appeal’ with an initial donation of $5,000 from the District’s Disaster Relief fund. In addition to supporting impacted communities, the Appeal will seek to fund recovery projects that will have a long term direct influence on those communities. Closes end of May
We are working closely with the Rotary clubs in the affected areas who have local knowledge of where the funds can best be used. The Tasman Peninsular fire is in areas in which the Rotary clubs of Sorell and Tasman Peninsula operate.
Donation facilities available...
- Make a secure on line donation via Paypal from your credit card (or paypal) (Not eligible for tax deductibility)
. Donation is to the Rotary Australia Benevolent Society Fires- Appeal (via RAWCS Website). In the request space mention "Tasmania". Appeal closes 31 May.This is Rotary...
What would it take to change the world? Rotary International is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide.
There are 48 Rotary Clubs throughout Tasmania, included a new Club, Derwent Valley, based at New Norfolk. Investigations are under way to establish Clubs at Richmond and 
Hawley Beach. Four Rotaract Clubs provide for those in the 18 -30 age group.
Some Rotary Clubs, such as Hobart City Central (pictured) and Tamar Sunrise cater specifically for younger professionals.
Why join Rotary? Some reasons here.. Interested -- ,You can get involved with Rotary, District 9830 in Tasmania. Make an online membership enquiry..
Find a Tasmanian Rotary Club near you
Clubs in Tasmania support ...
Rotary Clubs in Tasmania support a wide variety of activities, to highlight some of them ...
Support to Nepal
District 9830 recently signed a District Relationship Agreement between our District and District 3292 Nepal.
A closer relationship has resulted and a number of joint projects between our two Districts are being undertaken. See our Rotarians in action.
‘Gift of Sight’ Eye Project, Nepal
"They came most partially blind, some totally blind; but with hardly an exception they departed with vision restored." Reported from our February 2013 visit
This project is conducted by the Rotary Club of Hetauda in November and February each year and our district has welcomed the opportunity to provide the necessary funding. It is having a positive impact on the lives of many of the poorest people in a very poor country.
Our district first became involved in 2011 and has now funded 5 eye camps.A total of 4420 Nepalese people have had their eyes examined, the majority have been treated for infections and 751 have undergone cataract surgery.
For this project to be ongoing funding is required each year.
This project has already brought great benefit to many poor people in a remote area of Nepal. We are making a difference and those Rotarians able to attend a camp will not forget the look of amazement and joy on the face of a blind person able to see again.Hetauda Support Project, Hetauda, Nepal
A project to provide fresh drinking water to a secondary school, construct a toilet block for a technical training centre and other community projects to improve health and education of the community of Hetauda, Nepal.
Uterine Prolapse
This is a district project that has been developed with the Rotary Club of Kopundol under our relationship agreement with District 3292O
Our District has been successful in gaining funding of US$18,264 from the Rotary Foundation under the old Matching Grant scheme to help provide screening camps, publicity, transportation, surgeries and medical equipment for women suffering from uterine prolapse in the western part of Nepal.
This is a major problem in Nepal where it is estimated that 600,000 women suffer this condition. (May 2013)
More details of our Nepal Projects here
Street Swags
A bag with room for extra belongings, the street swag is made of super lightweight waterproofed canvas with a high-density foam mattress. It offers its users a degree of comfort, warmth and protection from the weather. Designed for those living on the streets, its discrete appearance and camouflage colours, offer some safety for those who need to be invisible.
It is estimated that there are some 1,020 or more people sleeping rough in Tasmania each night.
The swags cost $60 each and South Launceston purchase them from a Queensland company who work with the Woodford Correctional Centre, Qld and the Grafton Correctional Centre, NSW, where prisoners produce them gaining work readiness skills along with tertiary qualifications.
Coordinating Club: Rotary Club of South Launceston
PP Les Grant (M): 0428 312 633 (W) 6331 2633
Email: lgrantfs@bigpond.net.au
Food Plant Solutions - formally Learn ♦ Grow Program
Global food shortages are looming as the single greatest threat to mankind! But there is a simple solution food plants that grow and thrive naturally where they are best adapted.
Food Plant Solutions is a visionary project based on the lifetime work of agricultural scientist, Bruce French, from Tasmania. He has compiled the world's most comprehensive food plant database, creating a simple yet powerful tool to address hunger and malnutrition in developing countries globally. Food Plant Solutions's prime objective is to provide resources, information and technical support to food aid providers so they can help people in need learn about and grow the best local plants to match their nutritional needs.
Food Plant Solutions is a project of Rotary District 9830 which is utilising the global network of Rotary International to realise the huge potential that this solution offers.
This project can truly help the hungry feed themselves.
Now supported by a Rotary Action Group http://www.learngrow.org/
Rotary Response to Disasters
Rotary International in Australia sees it's major role in disasters as a "second line " approach. Rotary will normally leave first response to the emergency authorities.
Our role is seen to be in the recovery process. With Rotary Clubs spread throughout most areas that experience disasters we are well equipped to support recovery initiatives after the immediate disaster has passed.
Examples of this are Rotary District 9830, Tasmania's response to the Queensland 2011 Floods and the Victorian 2009 Bushfires ,
However there are two Rotary endorsed organisations that do support immediate emergency relief
DISASTER AID AUSTRALIA
An Australian Rotary club project delivering humanitarian aid to people around the world affected by disasters (either natural or manmade) on behalf of Australians.Thanks to the generosity of fellow Rotarians across the globe, Disaster Aid Australia will continue to support the newest member of the Rotary family – South Sudan. Working with KUSH (Knowledge – Unity – Self-reliance – Healing), a local and international NGO...... Read more
Follow us on facebook Website: www.disasteraidaustralia.org.au
Coordinating Club: Rotary Club of Youngtown
Rotarian Ted Burton Ph: 6343 0639 burton.ted@gmail.com
PP George Lockwood
(H): 6334 9886 (M): 0407 393 446
Email: ninetwofive@bigpond.comSHELTERBOX AUSTRALIA
Responds instantly to natural and manmade disasters by delivering boxes of aid to those who are most in need. Each box supplies an extended family of up to 10 people with a tent and essential equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless.Shelterbox Australia News February 2013
Shelterbox Australia's blog update November 2012
ShelterBox, international disaster relief agency's partnership with Rotary helps forming partnerships , shelter is only part of the solution, and by working with others we can help provide a more holistic solution that includes food, medical treatment and other services. Keep upto date with Shelterbox's Australian blog. ...Read more
Website: www.shelterboxaustralia.com.au
Coordinating Club: Rotary Club of Launceston
Rtn Bill Dobson
(M): 0414 410 206
Email: D9830a@shelterbox.org.au
