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ShelterBox will host a special virtual ceremony at 7pm AEDT / 4pm AWST Tuesday 5thOctober where over 70 Rotary Clubs across Australia will be recognised with aShelterBox Champion Award. Rotary Clubs around Australia are invited to join ShelterBox CEO Mike Greenslade as he officiallyannounces the winners of the 2021 ShelterBox Champion Awards. “In a year …

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Batemans Bay Rotary invites you as an employer to participate in our annual Pride in Workmanship Award scheme sponsored by our Club. This gives you the opportunity to recognise one of your employees, irrespective of age or vocation, who displays outstanding qualities in terms of approach, attitude, dedication, and commitment to his or her job. …

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Although we have had to amend our meeting schedule, and we are taking each week as it comes it does not mean that we cannot stay in touch with each other and reach out to each other of you feel the need we all enjoy the fellowship that Rotary has to offer with our Batemans …

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Tonight we welcomed one of more experienced Rotarians to talk with the club about their life. The giver to the community no matter where he has lived is David Ashford David spoke about his life growing up on the land and what first started with his family collecting donated wool in old orange netting sacks, …

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Unfortunately due to the Covid19 lockdown there was no major commemoration of the Battle of Long Tan on Vietnam Veterans Day again in 2021. A very small group marked the occasion in a wreath laying ceremony. The Battle of Long Tan took place on 18 August 1966 in Phuoc Tuy Provence, South Vietnam.  After attacks …

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Clare Lovelace from Soul Tribe Yoga studio joined us on Thursday evening the 29th July to share with us the benefits of Yoga. We all can be part of becoming more in tune with ourselves not to be selfish, but to be better people, to breath to listen to our bodies and listen quietly with …

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Dear Polio Eradication Warriors, No new Wild Polio cases reported this week!  See this week’s attached report.                 What is that Polio Picture? A child is immunized in Pakistan with the help of the UAE.  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on July 24 announced an additional US$9.5 million support …

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On Thursday evening past president Chris Watson from Batemans Bay Rotary a presentation of $2000.00 to Chris Hazelwood, one in the name of the Late David Harding. These will be used to give to music students in our area to progress their music education. St Cecilia Scholarships provide financial assistance for the music education of …

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General news update on our new and up coming bridge.

During the Bushfire Emergency Agnew Storage, Batemans Bay, allowed Batemans Bay Rotary to use 5 of their storage units for storage and distribution of donated goods to assist in the relief efforts.  We had the use of the storage units for 18 months at no cost to the club.  All of the units have been …

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Well our new president finally was presented with her passing of the chain, even though small in numbers this evening, it was a great night to set the tone for the new year. The new year’s agenda and ideas were presented to the members, and a most positive and enjoyable evening was had, with some …

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Well what a way to have a Rotary changeover, we definitely do things differently here. I’m sure this would be the first Rotary changeover dinner that the incoming president didn’t attend. As we serve to change lives it doesn’t matter if the president attended or not as with our club all our members rose to …

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Our final meeting of the 2020-2021 Rotary year was well attended and saw us thank two long term supporters of the club presented with Paul Harris Fellow recognitions. John McCarter was thanked by Past President Neil Simpson (RYDA Coordinator) for 12 years of service to RYDA. The Rotary Youth Driver Awareness program is run annually …

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Members and friends of the Rotary Clubs of Batemans Bay, Moruya and Narooma came together on Saturday 22nd May 2021 to celebrate the Centenary of Rotary in Australia in style!  The Rotary Clubs of Melbourne, Auckland, Wellington and Sydney were the first four clubs to be established in our part of the world in 1921, …

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For the last two years, Batemans Bay Rotary Club has donated AUD$1000 to Latitude 38 Rotary Club for their Vietnamese Health Care Project.Recently Pete Showell from Latitude 38 met with the President (Tran Thanh Long) of the Sponsoring Association of Poor Patients (SAPP) and donated $4,100 AUD to purchase health cards in Dong Thap Province …

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Because of the strict coronavirus lockdown in the Philippines many residents are struggling with day to day requirements.  Because of the lack of food and other supplies, the Rotary Club of Intramuros has responded to help the Intramuros’ security guards and Barangay tanods (watchmen and deputised law enforcement officers) to help bridge the starvation for …

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Manila’s Intramuros Rotary club member and Past President, Floren Naguit, has continued his work with Rotary Batemans Bay over recent years as the local liaison person organising and assisting with the implementation of numerous projects funded by Rotary Batemans Bay for developments and improvements to facilities and living conditions in the Philippines. We are indebted …

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As you approach the village of Sitio Kawayan, in a mountainous area north of Manila, Philippines, the first thing you see is a 1.5m high Rotary marker. The second thing you see is a toilet! This toilet is one of fifteen twin toilets built in the village using Global Grant funding. Past President Floren Naguit …

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Alan Morton joined Batemans Bay Rotary Club in the mid 2000’s and immediately became Club Secretary, a position he held for several years. Having retired from the NSW Police service, he had purchased the Bay Beginners learn to drive school and was an accredited driving instructor. In 2007 Alan was one of a group of …

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