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Welcome to Rotary Club of Appin Park Wangaratta

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Appin Park Wangaratta.  We are an active club and we welcome you to come along to our regular Thursday night meeting and look at who we are and what we do.

In 2012, we have over 34 members and so we can run many projects in the community. We also support Rotary International projects.  We work with schools and small community groups, to support young people throughout their  education and development in Wangaratta. So, look for us at Yarrunga Primary School, and the Computers 4 Kids project. Appin Park has initiated the Travel Scene Leisure Expo and Fishing Competition as a major fund raiser and event for the local community here in Wangaratta.

So, keep us in mind, we are easy to find. The website will host more info each month, so check us out regularly. To come along to one of our many events, just contact me: Margaret Bennett, President for 2012/13.
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We meet for dinner at 6pm each Thursday at the Wangaratta Club, 4 Victoria Parade.
To join us please RSVP

View our 2012/2013 Changeover presentation here
 

Maher family achievements celebrated

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It was a special night for the Maher family last Thursday (6/6/13) with Mrs Bev Maher inducted as the Rotary Club of Appin Park Wangaratta's newest member and husband and longtime Rotarian Mick Maher awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship.

Bev Maher has been a part of the Rotary family for a number of years and now looks forward to taking on a more active role.  On the same night, Mick Maher was awarded the club's Paul Harris Fellowship.

The award was a surprise for Mick. "It's an incredible honour and unexpected. Paul Harris really does epitomise what Rotary's all about and I'm chuffed to be recognised in this way."

Club President Margaret Bennett said that it wasn't often that the club awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship and inducted a new member on the same night. "We're pleased to be able to celebrate and acknowledge the community achievements of Bev and Mick.  It's great to have Bev formally join the Club and it's wonderful that on the same night we were able to express our appreciation for the contribution Mick has made and continues to make to our Club and our community."

Mick's award is named after Paul Harris who founded Rotary in 1905.

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Recreational Vehicle Fellowship of Rotarians visits Wangaratta

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The Rotary Club of Appin Park Wangaratta hosted seventy-three visitors from the Recreational Vehicle Fellowship of Rotarians on Thursday 16 May 2013.

Rotarians from across Victoria descended on Wangaratta for five nights to sample the region's sights and delights. After setting up base at Painters Island Caravan Park the group explored our town and the region, including Glenrowan and Beechworth.

Mr Tim Ahern, Past President of the Rotary Club of Pakenham and Acting Governor of South East Melbourne was guest speaker at a dinner held at the CWA Hall. He spoke on the 2009 Bunyip Ridge fire near Labertouche in Gippsland and outlined Rotary's active involvement in the clean up and rebuilding process for small communities in that area.

With seventy-three visiting Rotarians and thirty-one Appin Park Rotarians the CWA hall was packed with the dinner generating a lot of fellowship, conversation and cheer.

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Club President Margaret Bennett with guest speaker Tim Ahern
   

David is our latest Rotarian

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Wangaratta resident Dave Battin has joined the Rotary Club of Appin Park Wangaratta. At his induction David said he was keen to contribute towards the Club and looking forward to making a contribution to the various local causes Rotary supports.

Pictured: Club President Margaret Bennett with David and Shirley Battin at David's induction.

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Sweedish Night, 14 February 2013

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There was a Sweedish theme to our recent club dinner meeting as we focused on the international nature of Rotary. Our speaker was Dr Helen Haines, a Wangaratta local who was recently awarded a PhD from Uppsala University in Sweeden. Our guests were four Sweedish exchange students, Amanda Stromqvist, Isabella Malm, Niklas Lindeborg and Josefine Olund and their teacher Svenna Nordin.

   

Wangaratta's turn to help make poverty history - Rotary Club of Appin Park Wangaratta hosts Oaktree Youth Ambassadors

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One hundred young people participating in the Oaktree Foundation’s Roadtrip to End Poverty addressed a Rotary Clubof Appin Park reception on 12 March 2013. These young ambassadors are part of a national road trip aimed to raise the awareness of extreme poverty and to inspire youth leadership across the country.

The contingent is part of a larger group of 145,000 young people from across the nation keen to ensure Australia does its fair share in the fight to end extreme poverty.

Since 2003, Oaktree has emerged as one of the most dynamic and groundbreaking development and aid organisations in Australia.  Their 73,000 members have spoken directly to well over 500,000 individuals about extreme poverty and achieved an incredible media reach of over 100 million – and now it’s Wangaratta’s turn to hear their message.

The  Rotary Club of  Appin Park Wangaratta is very  pleased to have been asked to organize a reception for these youth ambassadors, representatives of local service clubs and interested community members.

According to Club President, Margaret Bennett, the Rotary Club is keen to support these young people who are intent on making a difference. “It’s our great pleasure to host a formal reception for these young ambassadors. Today, more than a billion people live in extreme poverty, without access to education, health care, adequate food and clean drinking water and as Rotarians we commend these young energetic people on their willingness to make a difference by raising the awareness of this issue."

To learn more about the Oaktree Foundation's Roadtrip to End Poverty see: www.roadtrip2013.com.au

   

Some of our team on the BBQ at the recent Wangaratta Swap Meet, February 2013

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Clive, Ken, Paul and Mick hard at work running the bbq at the Wangaratta Lions Swap Meet
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