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What are the odds that two (2) club projects/events would occur on the same day, that exactly happened to us on Sunday, 29th July 2018. It was a fulfilling day for the club and we enjoyed it so much! This is why we join Rotary because we are PEOPLE OF ACTION! Tree Planting Day - in conjunction with National Tree Day It was National Tree Day where Rotarians joined together from clubs (Southbank, Croydon, North Melbourne, Essendon North), scouts and other community groups to plant trees....

What a month it was for the club for July'18; we had our: Changeover (7th July 2018) Yoga / Mindfulness Day @ Boyd Community Hub (14th July 2018) First club meeting to hear Molina Swarup Asthana to talk about 'Opportunity in the face of adversity' (17th July 2018) First face-to-face board meeting (24th July 2018) Run Melbourne Fundraiser for Steps Outreach Service & Tree Planting Day with Rotary Clubs of Croydon, Southbank, North Melbourne, Es...

Before the 2018-19 year kicked in, the board made a pact to embrace flexibility in how we schedule, conduct and meet for board meetings. Though the case, Rotary International does require the board to meet monthly - so it got us thinking how we can do the change? In Rotary Club of Southbank's constitution, it does allow the board to meet online if there is no quorum for face-to-face or there is a strong preference to meet online. So guess what, we created a group on Facebook Messen...

17th July 2018 marked our first club meeting for the 2018-19 year and we had Molina Swarup Asthana as our guest speaker talking about "Opportunity in the face of adversity". The topic relates to how we as individuals, groups and/or organisations should approach in tackling hurdles and changes in this fast pacing world we live in. In fact, it is so relevant to what Rotary is undergoing at present - with flexibility of meeting frequency, ability to meet either face-to-face or online...

We kicked off our first club project/event at Boyd Community Hub in Southbank on Saturday 14th July 2018. It was a mid-morning of yoga and mindfulness where three (3) sessions were held to focus on: Parents and Kids Yoga (11am) 30 Days More Mindful (12:15pm) Yoga 101 for Beginners (1:15pm) There were about 20 attendees that came for this free community event and every participant truly enjoyed it and gave positive feedback - in fact they highly encouraged us to do this more a...

What a great start to kickoff the 2018-19 term with our Bollywood themed changeover on 7th July 2018 at the Belgian Beer Cafe in Southbank. We had 90 people in attendance - mixture of Rotarians, family and guests spreading across whole Victoria, interstate (NSW & WA) and internationally (Malaysia & Indonesia). It was a celebration and what a performance by Ranjhe bhangra group - fantastic young group! Sincere gratitude and thanks to all members and volunteers who helped to make thi...