2023 District 9810 Conference PROGRAM

Friday 3 March 2023.

GOLF COMPETITION Shotgun start 8:00 am

BOWLS COMPETITION start 9.00am, Presentation and Light lunch provided at12 Noon. Drinks at bar prices.

Yowani Country Club, 455 Northbourne Ave, Lyneham ACT.

Friday Activities

Hop On Hop off Bus. (Registration required)

Running on an hourly circuit, from 10am till 5.30pm, Starting at theRealm Hotel and returns back to the Realm.

Continental Brunch (Registration required)

Enjoy an informal continental brunch in the exclusive setting of the Dining Room of the National Gallery of Australia with fellow conference attendees. 10:30am to noon.

Club Dinners

Time to meet your fellow Members. Get a group together and dine in any one of the worldclass restaurants in and around Canberra. bon appétit

Saturday 4th March 2023

'Diversity' Conference

8:00am Registration open

8:00am Rotary Expo open

1st Plenary Session - 9:00am

Corroboree, welcometo country and traditional dance by Duncan Smith and daughter, Jakida. Welcome MCBrian Tyedin and DG Ken Miller.

9:30am RIPPA PDG Leanne Jaggs D9920 – AucklandNew Zealand.

10:00am DG Geraldine Rurenga District 9705 Geraldine is the youngest female Rotary District Governor.

10:10am District/Club Video presentations. RAM

10:30am Exercises, Healthy Lifestyle Robb Evans

10:40am MentorMatch Dominic Saporito

11:05am Morning Tea - Expo Room

2nd Plenary Session - 11:45am

11:40am Keynote Speaker - Frida Umohoza

12:20pm Keynote Speaker –Ryan Kilboren and Mopsy Assistance Dogs Australia

12:55pm Lunch - Expo Room

3rd Plenary Session - 2:10pm

2:10pm PP James Glenwright: Golf Day and Bowls Day Winners announcement and the Foundation Golf Ball Drop Raffle Winners announcement. Purchase your balls/ tickets to support theRotary Foundation The award $500 for winning club to donate to their charity – this was donated by the Rotary Club of Forest Hill.

2:15pm Keynote Speaker - DrDinesh Palipana

2:45pm Exercises, Healthy Lifestule Robb Evans

3:00pm PRIP and Chair Trustees, Rotary Foundation - Ian Riseley OAM.

3:10pm LightRelief – PDG Jonathan Usher

3:15pm Keynote Speaker - Grant Godino

4:00pm Session Close

Sunday 5 March 2023.

'Diversity' Conference

700am Enjoy an all Rotarian and Alumni breakfast with our Special Rotary Speaker (Registration required)

8:15am Rotary Expo open

1st Plenary Session -9:00am

MC Tina McInerney

9:00am In Memoriam

9:15am District Presentation -Disaster Aid Australia

9:25am Keynote Speaker - Professor Brett Sutton

10:00am Exercises, Healthy Lifestyle Robb Evans

10:10am Conference 2024 - Launch

10:20am Morning Tea - Expo Room

2nd Plenary Session - 11:00am

11:30am Keynote Speaker - Peta Searle

Rotary traditional closing statement and Conference Banner Handover.

12:40pm Anthony Gerace andPianist Nick Englezos

1:10pm Conference Sessions CLOSE Lunch to be served in Expo Room.

Rotary responds to flood relief for families at Rochester, Victoria.

Bikes for Rochester project

Rotary club of Bentleigh Moorabbin Central and Rotary club of Rochester, Victoria

December 2022

Merry Christmas to the kids at Rochester.

Rotary takes up the call to help bring cheer to

Our project began well before the floods hit Rochester. Our rotaryClub, in partnership with

After exhausting offers to gift the bikes to major charities, the owner Elaine Brodie contacted our Club to see if we could use them; otherwise, they were being disposedof in the landfill.

Immediately we thought that there must be kids in country areaswho would love a bike. With the lease at the traffic school forcing imminent closure, storage became an issue.

The recent floods in upper and central Victorian towns that dotted the river systems have been well reported in news cycles. So many families lost their homes and possessions and were displaced without a roof or belongings. Country towns faced devastation at a joyous time of the year, Christmas.

Several Bentleigh Moorabbin Central Rotary Club members, including one Scout, made the trip to Rochester to deliver and hand out the bikes.

What a great afternoon as Rotary delivered cheer to a much-needed town. It was an emotional afternoon as we proceeded to hand out bikes to the local children, who were so excited to receivea bike. Many of the children's bikes had previously floated away in the floods. Over 60 bikes were transported and handed over to children on the day, and another 20 tricycles for younger children were donated to the local childcare center.

The children attended with Mum and Dad and chose their bikes. The look of surprise and pleasure on both parents and children's faces made the entire project more than worthwhile.

Rotary and its network helped us considerably. We thank Simon Wheelton, Rotary Club of Box Hill/Burwood, for supplying the budget rental truck ata highly discounted price for our use and for his cooperation in assisting us in bringing this project to fruition.

Thanks also to Colin at Budget Truck rentals, Highett depot, forexceptional service and assistance- going beyond the call of duty and helping us to make this project happen.

A fantastic partnership between Rotary clubs, Scouts, and local businesses that ticked all the boxes of a community engagement and flood relief project.

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