The Juniors Maroubra Fun Run & Spring Festival is returning after a 3 year break due to Covid.  This will be the 25th year and will be held on Sunday 22 October 2023.

The Fun Run & Spring Festival is always one of Maroubra’s biggest and best annual family and community days.  People come from near and far.  Some run, some walk and some wheel around the course.  Some will be super-fit, some will still be working on their fitness, and some will prefer to skip the Fun Run opportunity and just enjoy the Spring Festival.  But EVERYONE will have a good time.

This year the major sponsor is The Juniors.  Proceeds from the day will benefit the P&C Association of schools fielding the winning teams and various local community organizations, including the South Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club, the Rotary Club of Maroubra (major sponsor in recent years) and the Lions Club of Maroubra.

THE NYSF ALUMNUS TAKING CONTROL OF HIS FUTURE

NYSF 2014 Alumnus Linus Chow is a Flight Simulator Technician.  Unable to enter the course he initially wanted to do didn’t stop him from pursuing his career. Read on to find out how Linus took control of his own future and is now working in a job he loves with the help of the Rotary Club of Maroubra. 

“I’m Linus Chow, and I attended NYSF 2014 Session C and was in the Maxwell group. I’m a Flight Simulator Technician for the MRH90 Helicopter supplying training for Australian Army pilots.

Attending NYSF was an experience and a paradigm shift for me that changed my perspective on life after high school.  NYSF introduced me to the different pathways for career and education opportunities I could take to achieve my dream and the motivation and dedication required to achieve them. 

Read all about it on this link:

Thank you Rotarians!

Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever.

As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979.

Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort.

Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year.

Please note Channel 9's news on this subject and remember Rotary was and is the driving force to eradicate polio, not the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Rotary is raising $150 million which is the third highest contributor,

Rotary is committed to raising $50 million per year over the next three years, with every dollar to be matched with two additional dollars from the Gates Foundation. This expanded agreement will translate into up to a total of $450 million to support the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.

“As the first organization to envision a polio-free world, Rotary is more committed than ever to delivering on our promise that one day, no child will ever again be paralyzed by polio,” said Rotary President Jennifer Jones. “Our partnership with the Gates Foundation helps us eliminate any impediment to conquer polio now."

New RAWCS project  - Again, we need to be “people of Action”!

As you would be aware there are parts of NSW that are facing hardship because of flood waters AGAIN. The RAWCS Executive yesterday responded to the crisis with a new project to launch an appeal to support the Rotary Clubs near or within the affected areas, enabling them to respond to those in need because of this most recent disaster.

I provide the following link for your information and support to “get the message out”.

https://directory.rawcs.com.au/ProjectDisplay.aspx?ID=2586&Links=1 

Fellow Rotarians and Friends, 

After consulting with the board, please note that we are suspending our face-to-face meeting until Monday, May 2. 

The reason for this decision is the current low rates of attendance, due mainly to the ongoing infection worries as well as the fact that April has a lot of Public Holidays that fall on Monday so we would not be having meetings anyway.  

So please put May 2nd into your calendar and aim to be present to relaunch our meetings like we had pre-covid. 

As you know heavy rain has and is likely to continue in the coming days, and many are feeling anxious about it. It is perfectly normal if you feel unsure about these rains, agitated, anxious or else. We have gone through difficult and exhausting times, and we need to acknowledge that any tension we feel within is normal. 

Here are a few things you can do: 

• Protect yourself from further harm 

• Acknowledge your concerns and address them calmly 

• If you feel like it, seek an opportunity to share your feelings with someone 

• Help others by deeply and compassionately listening to their feelings 

• Seek professional support if needed. 

In the meantime, please spare a thought for the many flood victims and consider donating funds to RAWCS. To make a donation to the appeal go to - https://directory.rawcs.com.au/47-2021-22 

Please stay safe and positive. 

•  Working with Children - it is requested that all members get their WWC certificate....