History
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Our club was chartered in June 2002, after the
Rotary Club of North Balwyn identified that there was a need to grow
participation in Rotary specifically by finding new members around the 30
to 45 year old age range.
Below is a brief timeline and summary of our
achievements:
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Early
2002
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The Rotary Club of North Balwyn ran a series of
interest meetings as the first stage in chartering a new club aimed at busy
people. Over 60 individuals attended
these early meetings.
During these meetings the format and structure
of the new club including meeting times, durations and venues was
discussed. The group developed and
adopted an informal meeting style of approximately an hour duration, this
format continues to this day
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June
28th, 2002
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The Rotary Club of Boroondara was chartered with
30 new Rotarians
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2002/03
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Rotary Theme: Sow the Seed
President: Adam Skerritt
The club’s first major fundraiser
commenced. This was the
“Topspin” raffle to toss the coin at the Men’s Singles
Final of the Australian Tennis Open.
This project raised over $20,000 for Kids Tennis and Rotary
projects.
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2003/04
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Rotary Theme: Lend a Hand
President: Drew Morrison
The club ran the “Topspin” raffle
again raising more than $20,000 for Kids Tennis and other projects. The club was involved in working bees at
“Camp Getaway”
near Bendigo
and commenced an association with Friends of Back Creek. Several members and their families
attended the District Conference and developed a strong youth program with
delegates attending RYLA and RYPEN.
8 Members attended the 2004 District Conference
in Adelaide
The Club was awarded the Rotary International Presidential
Citation for the achievements in the previous 12 months.
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2004/05
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Rotary Theme: A Century of Success / A Century
of Service
President: Cathie Macmillan
Community Service
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Celebrated the Centenary of Rotary with
the installation of a bench seat at Back Creek
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Inaugural Music Trivia night with
proceeds to Epilepsy Foundation
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Camcare reception
Vocational
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Sponsored 2nd placegetter in Shell
Livewire competition
International
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RAM Adopt a Village program
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KOTO student sponsored through inaugural wine
sales
New Generations
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RYLA & RYPEN
Foundation
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First Centurions
Other
fundraising through sale of Entertainment Books and a stall at Camberwell
Market
Involved
with other cluster clubs in the Centenary of Rotary cocktail party and RC
of Kew in GardenDesign Festival 2004.
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2005/06
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Rotary Theme: Service Above Self
President: Ian Kremmer
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2006/07
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Rotary Theme: Lead the Way
President: Pat Fouvy
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