Events
Annual Golf Day
Date: Friday Apr 19, 2024, 7:30 am
Help the Rotary Club of Footscray support a range of community projects in the Western Suburbs by joining us at our Annual Charity Golf Day.
Where: Eynesbury Golf Club
When: April 19
Commencing at 7:30am with breakfast and registration play will commence with a 9am shotgun start (Ambrose format). The day will conclude with lunch and presentation of prizes and awards for individuals and teams at 1.30pm.
Become a sponsor, and or reward your clients or staff but getting a team together.
Full details and registration form. Can be obtained via this link.
View ...Trivia Night
Date: Saturday May 4, 2024, 6:30 pm
Our members have been invited to attend a Trivia Night organised by Rotary Club of Fleminington/Kensington. Details below. 
Information Night
Date: Thursday May 9, 2024, 6:30 pm
Following on from the Rotary Regionalisation Project, 5 Community Groups have been created within District 9800. Our club has joined with Brunswick, Tullamarine, Essendon, Essendon North, Flemington/Kensington, Keilor, Keilor East, North Melbourne, West Footscray and Yarraville as Group 4.The first meeting of the Group will be held on Thurs May 9 at Hyatt, Essendon Fields. This will give club members an opportunity to learn how the new structure will work in the next Rotary year. David Dippie (below) from RC East Keilor has accepted the role of Community Group Leader. Booking details to follow
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Speakers 21st March
At our meeting on 21 March tow speakers Fortuna Berhane of the Australia Tigray Alliance and Dr Hiwet Aregawi a medical practioner who arrived in Australia a year ago. They gave us apowerful insight to the needs in Tigray following the two year civil war.
Fortuna emphasised the waty in which support can be provided whilst Hiwet spoke of the lack of supplies that resulted in many deaths,
Speaker March 7th
Sharon Read, Acting Director of Western Health Foundation spoke at our March 7 meeting.
During her presentation she highlighted the fundraising efforts last year that financed the purchase of an ultrasound scanner for use in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit which will assist in the management premature babies.
Horn of Africa Project - Update
Two containers have recently arrived at port of Berbera, Ethiopia.
A container of medical supplieds arrived early March and has been transported to Jig Jiga, Somali Regional State of Ethiopia.
Last week a second container arrived and included a large donation of ForaMeal from RC Canterbury and also donated clothes.
Evan Phillips Award
Applications for the 2024 Evan Phillips Award are now open to apprentices in the Western Region.
Click here for full details.
March Theme
Community Awards Update
This year the Rotary Club of Footscray is again supporting and sponsoring 2 very important Awards in our Vocational Services programs- the Mambourin and Evan Phillips awards.
Partnering with Mambourin Enterprises, our Club will present 3 Awards, which include $1,000 to each recipient matched dollar for dollar with Mambourin in these categories:-
1. Outstanding Supported Employee
2. Outstanding Disability Support Worker
3. First Year Disability Support Worker
Welcome
As things return to normal post COVID-19 we will meet on the first and third Thursday evenings of the month.
Details of meetings are posted on this website and also Facebook.
All are most welcome to join us.
Meetings
Meeting April 18th
Date: Thursday Apr 18, 2024, 6:30 pm
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