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A great night was had by all, as President Nicole handed over to the new President for 2022-2023, Matthew Thomas. Special recognition needs to go to the recipients of the Paul Harris Fellow: Bronwyn Geppert Cody McDonald 2nd sapphire pin for Neil Simpson

Neil Simpson was awarded the prestigious Toyota Community Award for running the RYDA program to students. John Elliott from Road Safety Education Ltd presented the award to Neil on Changeover night along with Jade Cowan the Dealer/Principal of Batemans Bay Toyota and all the team from the local Toyota dealerships. I see this as a …

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On Thursday 19th May we welcomed Florin and Cynthia Naguit from the Philippines. We had been working with them on a water sanitisation project over the last couple of years. The project had quite a few delays due to Covid, so it was nice that they could come and visit Australia on the finalisation of …

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On Thursday 12th May we welcomed the visiting 3rd year medical students who are doing their rotation in the local area. Batemans Bay Rotary currently offer two scholarships. The applicants this year were truly of a high calibre. we were lucky enough to be joined by their lecturer Dr Michelle Hamrosi, and the students Emily, …

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A health worker administers the oral polio vaccine to a young girl as other children wait for their turn at a school in Karachi, Pakistan, where a case of wild polio was reported for the first time in 15 months in April.© Rizwan Tabassum /AFP via Getty Images Intensive efforts are underway to access Yemen’s …

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Moruya Rotary Club held a Ball at the Moruya Golf Club on 14 May 2022.Ivan Ryrie and Chris Watson attended on behalf of the Batemans Bay Rotary Club and a great time was had by all there.As always the Duntroon Show Band provided music to dance to.

Well who would have thought a random call out of the blue from Barry Hancock at Liverpool Rotary would turn out to be such a worthwhile project and keep us busy for weeks, but with great communication between Barry and David our community director we actually managed to get the job done. Barry organised the …

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We welcomed retired Colonel Mr Garry Young and his wife Sue to speak with us . All relative with having just had ANZAC day. Garry has been leader of his regiment and now his community. He leads from the front with honesty and integrity. Garry has had a demanding and diverse career.Garry has served nearly …

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On Anzac Day 25th April, 2022 the Anzac Day Service was held at the War Memorial in Batemans Bay. Brian Jones marched and David Ashford, John Haslem and Chris Watson attended the Anzac Day Service.  We had a lovely warm day for the event and after a few years of Covid interrupted services we had …

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Thank you to all of you for helping out at the Race day yesterday on Easter Saturday a beautiful day and a good crowd. A special thanks to our helpers from Narooma and Sydney. Great to see fine weather and a good turnout for our annual Charity Race Day which involves our three clubs, Batemans …

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Or RYDA. This is a Youth Drivers Awareness course that the Rotary clubs on Batemans Bay , Moruya and Narooma clubs, this is an annual event but,it has been cancelled the last couple of years due to Covid, now we are back with better than ever. Ably organised than our own Neil Simpson. With speakers …

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What is that Polio Picture?  On March 26, 1953, American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the crippling disease of polio. Here he is vaccinating his family. In 1952—an epidemic year for polio—there were 58,000 new cases reported …

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On Thursdays 24 March, our club welcomed our guest speaker Stephen O’Connell from the Rotary Club of Albury Hume. He is the current assistant governor for group 10. Stephen is currently the Director of the Murray Conservatorium in NSW. We went from a face to face ,meeting to a Zoom due to a few covid …

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Dear Polio Eradication Warriors, No new Wild Polio cases reported this week.  What is that Polio Picture?  Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean  – offered this statement about the vaccinator attacks in Afghanistan – 24 February 2022, Cairo, Egypt – I am shocked and deeply outraged by the killing of 8 …

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I have taken an insert from Moruya Rotary Club newsletter to update you all on the local girl Jessica we sponsored to travel to Guatemala to continue her Rotary Work. Our Batemans Bay Rotary club contributed $500.00 towards Jessica’s story.Jessica graduated from Moruya High School, spent three years in the army and moved on to …

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A social evening was held on Thursday the 10th March. it was so well received a huge thankyou to Pam & Jeff (package deal) . We had visiting Rotarians from Moruya and many friend sand partners joined us for a fun filled evening. Thankyou to everyone for making it such a success. (and yes i …

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Budin is a small village about 2 hours from Dili. The government school has 224 students and 6 teachers (two of whom are volunteers).  There are 5 classrooms for the 224 students in two buildings.  One building (3 classrooms) is fine, however the other (with 2 classrooms) is in terrible condition with rotting roof beams and is …

New International Project Budin School in Bobonaro, East Timor Read More »

Eight polio vaccination workers have been shot dead in a single day in Afghanistan, in what is thought to be the deadliest attack in the global eradication campaign in nearly a decade. The United Nations condemned the shootings, which came as officials had only just begun to express hope that the mission to stamp out …

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Our speaker for the night was none other than the very entertaining Brett McDonald from Insurance Advisernet Brett spoke about the history of insurance, where it came from, the background behind some of the clauses that affect the basis of every insurance contract.  We learned what the term underwriting means and how it became known …

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Rotary’s World-wide 2021-22 Rotary Year Polio Fundraising Goal is  $150 Million – Including the Gates Foundation $2 to $1 Match Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication! A Win Against Polio is a Win For Global Health! Advocate, Donate & Educate to END POLIO NOW & FOREVER! 20,000,000 Children Saved from the Paralysis of Polio Since …

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