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Annual Golf Day

Date: Friday Apr 19, 2024, 7:30 am

Help the Rotary Club of Footscray support a range of community projects in the Western Suburbs by joining us at our Annual Charity Golf Day.
Where: Eynesbury Golf Club
When: April 19
Commencing at 7:30am with breakfast and registration play will commence with a 9am shotgun start (Ambrose format). The day will conclude with lunch and presentation of prizes and awards for individuals and teams at 1.30pm.

Become a sponsor, and or reward your clients or staff but getting a team together.

Full details and registration form. Can be obtained via this link.

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Evan Phillips Award

Applications for the 2024 Evan Phillips Award are now open to apprentices in the Western Region.

Click here for full details. 

March Theme

Community Awards Update

This year the Rotary Club of Footscray is again supporting and sponsoring 2 very important Awards in our Vocational Services programs- the Mambourin and Evan Phillips awards.
 
Partnering with Mambourin Enterprises, our Club will present 3 Awards, which include $1,000 to each recipient matched dollar for dollar with Mambourin in these categories:-
1.       Outstanding Supported Employee
2.       Outstanding Disability Support Worker
3.       First Year Disability Support Worker
 

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Family Day at Whitten Oval

We were delighted to be invited by the  to conduct a sausage sizzle at the Western Bulldogs family day and practice match at the Whitten Oval on Friday 23rd February. Two shifts of members sold hundreds of sausages and drinks to the Bulldog fans. Extra supplies were required after the midday rush. This was the most productive sausage sizzle the club has conducted and the profit will be approx $4000.

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Rotary Youth Sailing Challenge

Speakers at our February 1st meeting were Charlie, Fred and Mikaela, who our club sponsored to the Rotary Sailing Challenge on a four day cruise around Port Phillip Bay on Enterprise in January.
All three are very grateful for the opportunity to have such an amazing experience.

Funds ($2234) supporting the Rotary Youth Sailing Challenge were raised through our Christmas raffle.

 

Speaker 15th February - Andrew Hoadley

Andrew spoke about his grandfather, Arch Hoadley, the first principal of Footscray Technical School and prime mover in the formation of the Rotary Club of Footscray.
Having completed degrees in Mining Engineering and Geology Arch sought adventure and was a member of Mawson’s Antarctic Expedition in 1911-13 as a geologist. On returning from the Antarctic 1914-16 he was a lecturer at the Ballarat School of Mines.
Arch took up his appointment at Footscray in 1916 with 184 day students and 132 evening students. Fees were 15 shillings per term or 5 shillings for evening students and free to those under 14.
His philosophy was to educate young men so that they could:

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Welcome

As things return to normal post COVID-19 we will meet on the first and third Thursday evenings of the month.

Details of meetings are posted on this website and also Facebook.

All are most welcome to join us.

Meetings

Meeting March 21st

Date: Thursday Mar 21, 2024, 6:30 pm

Our speaker on March 21st will be Dr Hiwet Aregawi Lemma, an Ethiopian medical practitioner, who will speak about the Ayder Hospital, Mekele, Tigre. This hospital will be the recipient of equipment through our Horn of Africa Project.

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