Maroubra Fun Run and Oktoberfest
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A fixture in the local calendar, the Maroubra Fun Run and Oktoberfest is an excellent example of Rotarians assisting their local community. For many years we've provided logistics support and club members to register runners, cut mountains of oranges, act as event M.C., hand out finishers certificates and generally assist the organisers in the execution of the event.
Our job is completed relatively early in the day so we're free to enter the event, socialise or head off elsewhere. Many members volunteer each year as it's fun, it's beachside and it's easy to do your bit!
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The Rotary Club of Maroubra celebrates it's 60th Anniversary in February 2020.
What is it like taking a large team to Africa? It has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. In mid February, I began leading Rotary members from all over the East Coast of the United States through Ghana. I’ve tried to give the team a warm Ghanaian welcome like I’ve received on my earlier trips. A large trip is a real blessing because each person sees Ghana and our work in a different way.
For years, Angalia Bianca had slept in abandoned buildings throughout Chicago. She stole. She did drugs. She spent time in and out of jail for forgery, theft, trespassing, and possession of narcotics. But after she landed in prison for the seventh time, something changed -- Bianca knew she wanted a better life. She just didn’t know how to make it happen.
Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free."
