July 29 2014Recently, our very own Rotarian, Anne Peace together with Bendigo-Strathdale Rotarian, Greg Penno, spoke on ABC Local Radio during Jonathan Ridnell’s Breakfast program. The topic of their interview was ‘meningoencephalocele.’ “What is that?” I hear you saying. Well, you’ll just have to listen to the interview podcast to find out. Here are a few clues though:...
Read more July 20 2014Last 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...
Read more July 14 2014This 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...
Read more December 2 2013On 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’...
Read more July 1 2013The 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...
Read more December 17 2012Throughout 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...
Read more September 1 2012In 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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