Rotary Club of Bendigo South News Blog

July 20 2014

Hungary for a taste of Oz

Last Wednesday, when our then club exchange student, Anna Kollar, was preparing to leave Australia on her return journey home to Hungary, little did club members or indeed Anna know that she was about to become the superstar of that day’s edition of the Bendigo Advertiser. Read the full article online. Matthew Scott Director of Club...
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July 14 2014

Politicians and farewells – a week at Bendigo South

This week at the Rotary Club of Bendigo South, we had one of our largest meetings ever to be held in the Sterling Room at the Foundry Hotel. With 45 people were in attendance, extra tables had to be brought in to accommodate our guests. The reason for our large attendance was due to the...
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December 2 2013

Bendigo South Rotary begins new local tradition

On Thursday 28th November, the Rotary Club of Bendigo South began what they hope will become a successful addition to the Rotary D9800 calendar of events. The inaugural Rotary Foundation dinner was held at the Foundry Hotel complex in Bendigo, where a crowd of over 60 Rotarians and friends gathered to celebrate and learn more about the ‘engine room’...
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July 1 2013

The Rotary Club of Bendigo South wins award

The Rotary Club of Bendigo South recently won the District 9800 award for best Public Relations campaign. We received great coverage from the Bendigo Advertiser and local ABC radio for our working trip to East Timor in 2012. The award, which our club has now won twice, was the Thomas Lothian Public Relations award. An excellent...
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December 17 2012

Group Friendship Exchange – Turkey

Throughout October – November 2012, the Rotary Club of Bendigo South in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Bendigo Sandhurst hosted a group of Turkish Rotarians as part of a group friendship exchange. The exchange concluded with a joint Rotary club meeting at the Kangaroo Flat Sports Club, with Australian Rotarians and guests being given...
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September 1 2012

Centru Feto Maubisse, East Timor – International Working Party

In July/August of 2012, seven members of the Rotary Club of Bendigo South and their friends travelled to the remote village of Maubisse, East Timor to undertake an International Working Party project at the Centru Feto Maubisse (Maubisse Women’s Centre). This project involved the construction of an outdoor cooking area (dapur). The framework for this...
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June 16 2012

Rotary – Make a World of Difference

Check out this great YouTube Video about Rotary: The video was made for Rotary in Britain and Ireland captures what Rotary is all about. “Imagine a smile was your return on investment.”
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May 24 2012

Rotary International District 9800 Assembly 2012-2013

President-Elect Wendy and several of her board members went to Tarneit to participate in the D9800 Assembly. It was exciting to learn all of the new plans for the coming year. Matthew Scott, our intrepid SignPost Editor, met with outgoing DG Keith Ryall and incoming DG Dennis Shore.
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April 13 2012

Rotary International on display at our club meeting

It was wonderful to see the diversity of Rotary International on display at our meeting on Thursday 12 April 2012. We had three of our new members present a job talk. The talents, passions and pursuits of Matthew Scott, Ros Chenery and Sam Tayeh were shared with members. Our youngest member Matthew Scott is our SignPost editor...
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March 30 2012

Final year for the Bendigo Olive Fiesta

After a very successful five year run, it was recently decided that this year (2012) would be the final year of the Bendigo Olive and Food Fiesta. The Olive and Food Fiesta was an event which both the Rotary Clubs of Bendigo South and Bendigo Strathdale thoroughly enjoyed hosting for the Bendigo community, and visitors...
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