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Rotary International Convention - Melbourne 2023 |
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We Have a Winner!The Great Grange raffle 2022 Vic raffle permit no: 10405/22 winning ticket was number 19 bought by David Pilgrim from Hamilton South, a suburb of Newcastle, NSW. David has been a generous supporter of all our Grange raffles and has bought multiple tickets in each raffle we have conducted. Judging by his reaction to winning we are confident we can look forward to his continued support! Thank you to all members, family, friends and workmates who supported us through buying a ticket (or tickets).   |
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Club HappeningsWant to know what we are up to? Simply follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/EaglehawkRotaryClub/ or visit this page to catch up on the latest news - there is a drop down menu item at the top of the page where you can find our regular bulletins detailing our activities. If you see an upcoming event that interests you - simply contact us to find out how to become involved. Rotary is the ideal option if you want to do more in your community - we simply ask that you contribute 'What you Can - When you Can' - how simple is that! We hope to see you soon. |
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Grange Raffle 2022Our Grange Raffle returns in 2022 - again a 1 in 200 chance to win these highly sought after bottles of Grange.  |
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Garden Expo 2023COMING SOON !  |
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Prep Packs 2022Rotary Eaglehawk makes starting school as simple as ABC Getting the right start at school is the aim behind a community service project resulting in hundreds of “Prep Packs” being donated to six local primary schools by the Rotary Club of Eaglehawk. The annual project serves to assist prep students and their families with free educational items including stationery items and a voucher from the Rotary Club Book Shop in High Street, Eaglehawk. “Rotary is committed to supporting education not only globally but locally,” President Gary said. “The Eaglehawk area has six primary schools that attract students from families of diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds and it’s vital Rotary plays a part in getting our next generation’s schooling off to a good start.” said Gary. The mix of primary schools include Eaglehawk, Eaglehawk North, California Gully, Lightning Reef, St Liborius and the nearby town of Raywood. Last year parents and students were thrilled with their Prep Packs with one parent posting on the club’s Facebook page, “I am writing to thank you for the pencil case of supplies … my son has really enjoyed using all of his gear during remote learning.” “Globally, our goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy,” said Gary. “We support education for all children and literacy for children and adults and our Prep Packs are a local initiative that makes starting school as simple as ABC. “The Rotary Club of Eaglehawk manages a Primary School Scholarship Program which aligns with our international focus on supporting education across diverse and disadvantaged communities,” said Gary. As prep students settle into their fulltime school hours, Rotary members have been busy ordering supplies and attending working bees to collate and fill hundreds of Prep Packs for delivery. |
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Supporting our Rotary FoundationAt our annual Rotary District Conference members of our club were delighted to present to District 9800 yet another rather large cheque - a contribution we strive to make annually. Our members are super proud of our efforts over the last couple of years - even with reduced fund raising opportunity we have still managed to lead the way in terms of our club's recognition and support of our very own Foundation. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our PP Ron Payne in his role as our Club's Foundation Director.
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Dolly Parton Imagination LibraryThe Dolly Parton Imagination Library has long been a program close to our club - aligning with both the literacy and youth areas of focus of Rotary. Andy Coldwell recently updated our club on the current broad reach throughout our community so we took the opportunity to present him with our annual contribution - this year totaling $3,000. Pictured are L to R Andy Coldwell, Gary Frank - President RC Eaglehawk, Rotarian Rita O'Brien - manager of our Club's Second Hand Book Shop and PP John Jones - a passionate supporter of the Imagination Library.
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Rotary Bookshop Takes a Road TripWe took the Book Shop on the road, a small trip into Bendigo to join in the festivities of the Bendigo Easter Fair. A great opportunity to support our fellow Rotarians at the Rotary Club of Bendigo Strathdale whose annual market attracts the crowds and showcase many small traders from across the region. Well done to our members who participated, raising funds and promoting Rotary.
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Extended Hours - Bookshop
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Rotary Book ShopA feature of the main street of Eaglehawk is the Rotary Book Shop - a well established tradition in the local community will see many popping into the shop every Saturday morning between 10am and 12noon to browse and buy their reading material for the coming week. Looking forward to seeing you this Saturday!  |
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Vale - Howard S Osborne PHF |
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John Pearce - Citizen of the Year |
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Australia Day Community Breakfast - CANCELLEDWe regret to advise that the annual Australia Day Community Breakfast has been cancelled. At this stage of the Pandemic our Club assessed the risk involved in holding an event that brings together up to 500 people in a social environment and the associated risk of the spread of Covid at a time when it has been highly anticipated that the Omicron variant will be at its peak. We share your disappointment but as a community service organisation we are acutely aware of our social responsibilities and the current health impact within our community so our members eagerly look forward to a return in the future of community events that can be held in a safe environment that can be enjoyed by both our members and the community. President and Members, Rotary Club of Eaglehawk |
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Traditional Christmas DisplaysCongratulations to club members for again undertaking the annual display of Christmas Lights and Nativity Scene. The display has been part of the Eaglehawk landscape for many years and is always a talking point - again the nativity scene attracted a lot of interest and special mention to Rotarian Rita O'Brien for her generosity and assistance in providing the Rotary Book Shop Window for this wonderful traditional display to be continued. Long standing club member Rotarian Trevor Lock has continued his amazing restorative work to ensure the nativity scene is at its best each year. Thanks are also extended to President Gary for his electrical expertise in ensuring the displays are shining brightly. |
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Wine Raffle Winnerand the winner is...... Alan Napier - with the winning ticket number 106. Congratulations Alan, we know you are thrilled to have won and now have many (more) friends!  |
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Wine Raffle
Our clubs' current major fundraising effort supports and promotes our local wine growers as well as raising much needed funds for our clubs work throughout the community. Tickets can be purchased directly from - You've got to be in it to win it - and to win this would be a wine lovers dream! Come on - we know you want to. |
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Premium Wine Raffle |
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September is Basic Education and Literacy Month |
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President 2021-2022 Rotarian Gary Frank |
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Car Boot Sale
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International Women's Day |
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Australia Day 2021Celebrating Australia Day 2021 was slightly different than previous years - different venue and reduced crowd, but still a great celebration!. We were delighted to recognise and congratulate Eaglehawk Rotary's Citizen of the Year - Eric Smith. Eric's amazing contribution to our community over many years is outstanding, congratulations Eric, such a well deserved honour. The day was a great example of how easily our club is adapting to the changes currently being experienced - well done to all members for your planning, re-planning and outcomes - we really are part of a great club and so very fortunate to be involved in such a great community. |
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Australia Day 2021
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Vale - Gordon McKern OAM
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Citizens of the Year - 2021Eaglehawk has many people who work tirelessly throughout the community addressing an abundance of needs. If you know of, admire and wish to highlight the work done by a member of our community then this is your chance to have them appropriately recognised for their efforts. Download your Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year Nomination forms from the Menu item 'Citizen of the Year Nominations' at the top of this page and make sure those hard working, community focused people receive some recognition for their marvelous contributions to our wonderful Eaglehawk community. This is another community initiative brought to you by the Rotary Club of Eaglehawk.
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Grange Raffle 2020
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Backpack Beds for the HomelessWe recently had Lisa Clark present at our meeting talking about Backpack Beds for the Homeless.  A very impressive initiative that was undertaken by recognising a need and then going on to design a product to fill this need. Almost 35,000 Backpack Beds have been provided to the homeless across 8 countries and with over 750 homeless agencies across Australia provide Backpack Beds to street sleeping homeless people in need. Backpack Bed for Homeless www.BackpackBed.org A non-profit charity organisation Winner 2011 - Australian Human Rights Award 700+ Homeless Agency Partners in 8 countries 7 International Product Design Awards + 4 museums |
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Raffle Tix - Last Call for Tickets!Rotary Club of Eaglehawk is a proud beneficiary of The Raffle Project’s Weekly Raffle, an initiative that supports not-for profit, declared community and charitable organisations across Australia. Buy a ticket and stand a chance to win 1 of 20 $50 Gift Card Vouchers! The funds raised in the Weekly Raffle will support Rotary Club of Eaglehawk's local community work. Tickets start at 5 for $5. The raffle will be drawn on Friday 31 July at 3pm. Follow this link to buy your tickets - https://www.raffletix.com.au/?  |
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Mick Costello - Centenary President 2020-2021 |
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Vale Sir Clement William Bailey Renouf, AM 1921-2020 Born 19 April 1921 in Ingham, Queensland and joined Nambour Rotary Club in 1950 going on to be President of Rotary International in1978-79. In this role he contributed significantly to the planned eradication of poliomyelitis worldwide. |
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Meeting CancellationsSuspension of Club Meetings and Activities President John Jones, in consultation with the Club's Leadership Team and in consideration of the information provided from Rotary International and Rotary D9800 has from today suspended our club weekly dinner meetings until further notice. The Board of the club will continue to meet as needed to ensure the club continues to meet any financial obligations and in so doing will also ensure we keep the best interests of our members, families and our community first and foremost in our minds. |
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Breakfast Program at Eaglehawk Primary SchoolFeeding the body and the mind. Pastor Brock Gravener and Allison Phillips paid us a visit to talk about the wonderful breakfast program at Eaglehawk Primary School. Volunteers from our club have committed to assisting and are looking forward to playing such a vital role in the healthy mind and body of our future generations.
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Eaglehawk Citizens of the Year |
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Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year PresentationsJoin with us in Celebrating the wonderful achievements of two of our fantastic Citizens -  |
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Australia DayAustralia Day Community Breakfast.jpg) The Annual Australia Day Breakfast in Canterbury Park, Eaglehawk - another community program presented by the Rotary Club of Eaglehawk and sponsored by the City of Greater Bendigo. Always a great morning for our local community! |
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Disaster Relief Rotary D9800District Governor, Grant Hocking, addresses the current status of assistance from our District to those effected by the ongoing bushfires throughout Australia - |
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Monster Christmas RaffleThe drawing of the Monster Christmas Raffle for 2019 again created a huge amount of interest at Fairleys SUPA IGA in Eaglehawk on Saturday 21st December. With the winning tickets being drawn by our eager helper Kaitlyn. First Prize being the contents of the Monster Stocking was won by Lucas Williams. Second Price - the wheelbarrow and contents being won by Flatuka of East Malvern with Third Prize going to Andrew Hicks. All winners have now been contacted and the prizes delivered. Our thanks to the many people who supported this fundraising effort, the ticket sellers, our members, partners and family but most importantly the thousands of people who purchased the tickets - your support for our efforts truly is valued and appreciated.  President John supervising as Kaitlyn from Fairley's Eaglehawk SUPA IGA draws the winning tickets. |
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The Winner is ........ Great Grange Raffle 2019This raffle was drawn on Wednesday 4th December with the winning ticket being number 37 - Robert Chapman, from Valentine in NSW. We gratefully acknowledge David Tyndall from Tyndall Eddy and Partners for donating your time to attend our meeting for the sole purpose of officially drawing the winning ticket. Congratulations to President John for your unique contribution to our club's fundraising and a huge thank you to those who purchased tickets - all funds raised will go towards our efforts in the community to assist those in need, just like the previous Grange Raffle when funds were used to further the literacy education within the community and also supported our club's Drought Relief Efforts. |
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Australia Day Citizens of the Year
The Rotary Club of Eaglehawk are proud to promote community participation. We annually recognise people who have made an outstanding contribution throughout our 3556 area. Please help us to honour those among us who continue to exemplify the ideals of community spirit and commitment. Nomination forms can be downloaded using the link at the top of this page. Nominations Close Friday 13th December, 2019.
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Great Grange Raffle 2019 |
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Rotary Walk to End PolioRotary Walk to End Polio - Join us for a lovely walk around Eaglehawk's Lake Neangar on Saturday 19th October at 10.00am. Log on to the website at https://rotarywalk.raisely.com and follow the prompts. Participants will need to sign on and the $10.00 registration will provide them with entry into the event. You can join a team or simply donate.
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Rotary Youth Exchange Program |
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2019 Music Trivia Fundraising Event |
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2019-2020 Board Members |
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