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Recent and ongoing club projects include the following range of activities:
Leadership in raising US$10,000 for urgent repair of tractors at the Don Bosco Agricultural College in Fuiloro, East Timor, to support local self-sustaining agricultural production for the rural community. The college is in the District of Lautem (eastern Timor Leste) and the tractors are much needed to support harvesting during the short farming season. Update: For the 2006-07 harvest, funding for the tractors has assisted more than 400 local families. With good rain in the region, two crops have been planted, and surplus crops are planned to be sold to bring some revenue back to the local community.
Download our Tractors in Timor presentation (pdf file, 423kb; originally a 24 page presentation in PowerPoint slide format) |
Funded a ShelterBox, which was used to provide emergency housing and equipment (the essentials for up to 10 people for a prolonged period) following a tropical cyclone that devastated Karachi, Pakistan. The tropical cyclone left hundreds dead in countries in the region and many thousands homeless, along with tens of thousands of evacuations and millions affected by power and water shortages. In Karachi, 213 people were reported killed.
Thanks to the operational management in place and the quick global response able to be provided, ShelterBoxes are able to be used quickly to support affected communities. The response can be to any kind of major disaster, such as floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic acitivity, cyclones and hurricanes, war etc. Pictured above: a ShelterBox used to assist in providing aid in 2007 in The Solomons. Picture copyright The ShelterBox Trust. |
| Established Brunswick Youth Art Exhibition in 2007 in partnership with Moreland City Council, Brunswick Secondary College and the Sydney Road Community School. Prize competition for exhibition poster, and public voting for favourite artist. Hundreds of votes for more than 40 separate students were received. Exhibition planned to be an annual event. The event was included in the District 9800 PACE initiative (Partnerships Advancing Community Engagement). |
| In 2008, as part of Rotary's district PACE initiative, is calling for volunteers to help run the international street soccer event, the 2008 Melbourne Homeless World Cup. The event is designed to highlight the issue of homelessness and poverty. |
| Plans are progressing for a vocational education facility to be located near the community medical clinic the club established in Bagong Barrio, to create employment and business opportunities. We expect the project will go ahead in partnership with local Rotarians in Manila. |
| Urgent response to the Tsunami Appeal with a $10,000 donation |
| Provision of a custom-made equipment trolley for the Brunswick AFL Auskick program. |
| Supply of a brand new laptop/notebook computer to Brunswick Secondary College as a borrowing resource for disadvantaged students |
| "Dance Into Life" -- twice-yearly local community dancing events commenced in 2005 at the Brunswick Town Hall (Dance Into Autumn and Dance Into Spring) ... and planned again for 9 May 2008 |
| Sponsorship of two local Aboriginal sports teams: the Cougars Basketball Club and the Brunswick Power Football Club |
| Moreland Health's "Fun and Health" Childhood Obesity Project -- participation through four local primary schools |
| Funding to support a teaching aide at a local kindergarten (Denzil Don Kindergarten); as well as other local funding |
| Participation in the Sydney Road Street Party (Festival) |
| Founded a "Student Community Involvement Award" at the Brunswick Secondary College |
| Launch of this website, including club historical data online |
| Support for 2 Brunswick students to attend MUNA (Model United Nations Assembly) and sponsorship of a RYLA participant (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) in December 2005 |
| Active collection of "Pencils For East Timor" -- project involving collection of new pencils and stationery for young school aged children in East Timor |
| Ongoing support for Bagong Barrio medical clinic in Manila, the Phillipines (including a visit this year from one doctor and nurse to make new medical contacts, including a new low-cost insulin supply; and also the addition of Bagong Barrio to the destinations visited by Interplast surgical teams. Our club organised meetings, paid for one airfare and hosted the visit). |
| Funding commitment for 10 "wheelchairs for kids" through Wheelchairs for Kids in Western Australia |
| Support for the ABC Gift Donation drop-off points for Christmas gifts, delivering donated goods to relevant charities and organisations for distribution |
| Support for Rotary's involvement in supplying the cleaning volunteers at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games Athlete's Village |
| Annual fundraising raffles: Christmas Mega Raffle and Autumn TV Raffle |
Past major projects of the club are shown below. This is by no means a complete list of the club's community service, but is a summary of the larger projects undertaken. As information is added here for specific projects, the descriptions will be transformed into a hyperlink with further project information available on a separate page. Information here from older projects of the club has been sourced from the club's "50 Years of Service" book of the History of the Rotary Club of Brunswick, first prepared in 1984 and then released into a second edition for the club's Golden Jubilee in 2003. |
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| 1954-55 | Mentally Retarded Children Fundraising |
| 1956-57 | Rotary Club of Coburg formed - Chartered 8th August 1956 |
| 1957-58 | Organised Elderly Citizens Club in Dawson Street |
| 1958-59 | Set up Meals on Wheels service in Brunswick |
| 1960-61 | Set up an Opportunity Shop in Sydney Road |
| 1963-64 | Feasibility study for Sheltered Workshop |
| 1964-67 | Funds raised over three years to establish Sheltered Workshop |
| 1965-66 | First Exchange Student from Japan - Naoka Kuriki |
| 1967-68 | Sheltered Workshop officially opened 3rd May 1968 |
| 1970-71 | Raised $10,000 towards purchase of freehold for Brunswick Sheltered Workshop |
| 1972-73 | Provided mini-bus for Brunswick Technical School |
| 1974-75 | Brunswick Rotaract Club Chartered |
| 1975-76 | Provided bus to Mount Royal Centre First Annual Pear Pick |
| 1977-79 | Two year project to equip playground at Hartnett House |
| 1980-81 | Don Bosco Youth Hostel Appeal |
| 1982-83 | Provided bus to Brunswick Community Centre. Donated $2,770 to Bush Fire Appeal and work party to clear up |
| 1983-84 | Provided $2,000 towards Supervisor's costs at Hope Street Shelter for Homeless Men |
| 1984-85 | Resumed sponsoring Exchange Program |
| 1987-88 | Marathon Walk from Sydney to Melbourne - raising over $60,000 for Polio Plus Campaign |
| 1988-89 | Michael Lawson Appeal - Bone Marrow Transplant $38,000 |
| 1990-91 | Development of Tree Planting in Shiels Reserve |
| 1992-93 | Salvo Appeal |
| 1993-94 | Project to build Health Clinic in Bagong Barrio, Manila, Philippines |
| 1994-95 | Major Exchance Student Program. Completed Health Clinic in Philippines |
| 1996-97 | Hosted District Assembly |
| 1997-99 | Formation of Allan House to help homeless secondary students |
| 1999-01 | Joined with Fooscray Rotary to establish a Liver Cell Bank |
| 2004-05 | Dance Into Life event for senior citizens (2005 to 2006) |
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