35th ANNUAL ROTARY CLUB OF ALTONA HOBSONS BAY ART SHOW 2012
Don’t Miss the Rotary Club of Altona
35th Hobsons Bay Art Show!!
18-19 August, 2012
Williamstown Town Hall, Ferguson Street Williamstown
PreView PreSales Evening Friday 17 August 2012
For more information, Artist Entry and PreView Night Tickets please see http://www.hobsonsbayartshow.com.au/ |
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34th ANNUAL ROTARY CLUB OF ALTONA HOBSONS BAY ART SHOW 2011
THE WILLIAMSTOWN TOWN HALL
Ferguson Street, Williamstown, Vic, 3016
Friday 23rd September - Preview Evening Soiree (Cocktail Party)
10am - 6pm Saturday 24th September
11am - 4pm Sunday 25th September
Download the Entry Form here
Download the Poster here
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Bunnings BBQ
Support your Local Rotary Club supporting your community.
Come and meet us at Bunnings Warehouse Millers Rd, Altona North.
Recent Bunnings BBQ 24 June 2012 - Click to view thank you letter.
Next Bunnings BBQ 21 October 2012 Sunday we look forward to Friends helping.
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Storm the Stage
Storm the Stage is a Rotary initiative to foster the talents of young Australians in the performing arts. Enriching lives and providing opportunities to perform and work collaboratively with professionals, Storm the Stage promotes talent and excellence in performance.
2010 was the first time Rotary Club of Altona had entered the competition and we were thrilled to have local Stacey Louise make it through to the Victorian Finals. Stacey attended one of our Lunch meetings and as a special treat delivered her beautiful voice to our club. Well done Stacey, and thank you.
Contact: Therese McKenney-Campbell - 9398 4717(ah) / 0412 315 450(mob) and altona@rotarydistrict9800.org
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RoCan - Rotary against Cancer
>> RoCan News May 2011 - download here
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Thursday 6th May 2010 Rotary Club of Altona finally put their MARK on Altona.
3 Rotary Club of Altona’s Logos were positioned on the newly acquired St John Ambulance – Altona Division to showcase how club support and commitment in raising a substantial amount of dollars to purchase a new van.
A logo on both sides of rear of van and one inside.
WE thank the support and good will of SignCraft ‘Michael Cheung’ in designing and ensuring the logo was applied correctly.
Rotary will be seen at Music Festivals, Car events, Community Festivals, Concerts and were ever St John Service is needed “we will be there for all to see!” That’s MARKETING!
This has been a project in the working through IPP Therese’s years and final touches in Pres Jim’s year
Rotary working in partnerships and networks to make things happen!!
 
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Rotary Club of Altona sponsors puppy “Norris” who is the best in his class!
Seeing Eye Dogs Australia
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Yooralla’s Altona North Kindergarten Playgroup Gamma Chair
Wednesday the 14th. April 2010
Yooralla’s Altona North Kindergarten Playgroup, Ronald Avenue Altona North
Official hand over by the Rotary Club of Altona of the special needs chair called a Gamma Chair, this chair enables a child to be held in comfort and supported during a variety of activities. Pictured is our President Jim Donnar handing over the chair to Judith Jones the centers physiotherapist with him is Past President Clara Westhorpe who instigated the Early Childhood Intervention Trust in 2003 in partnership with the Yooralla Society of Victoria. The trust kept on working towards a goal to support children born with disabilities in the western suburbs. The Trust was set up with $50,000 raised by the Altona Rotary club since 1996 and a contribution of $3,000 from The Rotary Club of Hoppers Crossing. The commitment was to provide $18,000 per year to fund a Physiotherapist, Occupational therapist, Speech therapist, and a Specialist teacher to educate children born with disabilities. This incentive is now funded by the Government. The trust has so far contributed $77,000 including the $4,900 for the Gamma chair. The next project is a wheel chair friendly cubby house which is being constructed by Victoria University and will be installed in the kinder grounds mid June.
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Williamstown Art Exhibition
This art show is a favourite annual event that draws increasing crowds every year. We did however encounter a minor hiccup when our trailers used for hauling equipment to the show were stolen.
Unable to transport our usual fencing, on-site Rotarians did a fabulous job setting up the exhibition using hessian ‘ponchos’ to create a temporary enclosure. Although at first a little taken back by this unusual creation, guests and exhibitors soon welcomed it with open arms.
Rotary Club of Altona helped deliver another successful art show and our sponsorship remains intact.
 
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Silent Auction
This year’s Silent Auction doubled as a fun Murder Mystery event, with guests treated to an evening of murder, mystery and mayhem. Of course our Silent Auction was a great success, raising funds in excess of $7,000. A special thanks goes out to the large St John Ambulance table that brought so many friends and family to support our fundraising efforts.
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Group Student Exchange - GSE
A highlight of the past year was the Rotary District’s selection of our very own Michael Hick to take part in the Rotary Group Student Exchange (GSE). Each year, Rotary selects a team of young professionals on a month-long Group Study Exchange to another Rotary District. Michael, never having travelled overseas before, was sent to Iowa, Nebraska where he met and befriended many fellow Rotarians. Michael learned invaluable new skills and embraced the culture and workmanship of this friendly District. An impressive farewell evening was organised for all candidates by Clara Westhorpe with 110 guests attending. Our Altona MC for the evening was Peter Shepheard whose gift of the gab was enjoyed by all.
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Rebuilding Logan's Reserve Rotunda
Rotary Club of Altona, with the support of local community and the permission of Hobson Bay City Council, installed a brand new floor, at the same time making it more easily accessible for less mobile community Members. Peter McDonald used his impressive engineering skills to design brackets for existing seating within the Rotunda thus making the structure safer and stronger for everyone. Thanks go out to Peter, Kevin Campbell, Frank Fleming, and Andrew Miles to name but a few.
 
 
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Building New Lives
Rotary Club of Altona raised funds to bring Nicasio Cardenas, a 26 year old Philippines man to Australia to receive life-saving surgery on a severe neural tube defect. Thanks to the work of Brighton plastic surgeon Alan Breidahl and a team of volunteers, he now has a new face and new hopes for his future. Nicasio stayed on in Altona for a short period of time following his operation which gave us all a chance to meet, greet and get to know him on a more personal level. When asked how he felt after his surgery, Nicasio responded “It's like I am dreaming". Not only did we raise the funds to bring Nicasio here, we also raised $300 to help support his family while he was absent, as well as gifting him $1,000 on his return to the Philippines.
This is what Rotary is all about – making dreams real.
Click here to view newspaper article.
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St John Ambulance Volunteers Receive New Vehicle
Throughout the past year Rotary Club of Altona has worked diligently in raising funds to purchase our local St John Ambulance Volunteers a desperately needed new vehicle. It was with great pleasure we were able to contribute $11,000 towards the purchase of a new vehicle that was presented to the St John team at a recent Bunnings Warehouse Community Day.
Click here to view newspaper article.
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Public Speaking Workshop
Rotary has for many years run Public Speaking competitions for young people. An important life skill, Rotarians are always delighted to support young people as they learn and better their public speaking skills.
Rotary Club of Altona, through May Wilson and her Toastmaster team, conducted a Public Speaking Workshop at the Seaholme Primary School. This educational and inspiring workshop was received extremely well by teachers, students and parents, instilling confidence and moral among the children who took part. Thank you, May.
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