Canterbury Rotary Walking Group
Meet (complete with dogs) at 7 am at Lynden Park on Highfield Rd – All welcome meet every Tuesday and Thursday morning
Canterbury Rotary Bike Riders
every Tuesday morning – if you would like to join in call Tony Simpson for details - ride to distant places (on bike tracks)
Canterbury Ladies Coffee
the last Friday of the month, 10am at Elle’s Café on Canterbury Rd
Sunday evening Film nights
commence soon -- watch this space The difficulty has been the lack of quality movies My current thinking is to choose the movie and the night and say lets meet at the Balwyn or the Rivoli for the show and we each buy our own tickets.
Community Service Projects
Project 1 : Belmore Special School
We have undertaken to provide labour to assist with the installation of a new garden at the school. Followed by a bbq. at the Cunniffe’s
Saturday, 29th October : 10.00 am - approx. 2.00 pm.
On Saturday, 29 We spent the morning setting out a new garden in the front of the school, and also tidying up various areas within the main playground.
Our work with the new garden was made much easier by supervision from the landscape gardener with his very detailed plan. The night before the heavens had opened and we all wondered what weather would be like in the morning, but fortunately the sun shone and the soil was easy to work with.
Thanks to Alan Stevens (who didn’t even stop for a tea break!), Graham Bishop, Gerry Cross, Ian Coopes, John McCaskill, Mal Short and Marty Tynan (our Police Mentoree). Also a BIG THANKS to Nora Ley, who arrived with a batch of delicious savoury scones for morning tea.
A great result. Thanks Team! Val Cunniffeth October a group of members, plus staff from Belmore School
Project 2 : BBQ at Servants Community House, 14 Balwyn Road
We have spoken with Matt Maudlin CEO of Servants and come up with the idea of establishing
a vegetable garden and doing a bit of gardening the day after the Grand Final.
This will be done in conjunction with residents and followed by a simple bbq.
Sunday, 2nd October 2011. 11.00 am- 3.00 pm approx
Project 3 : Belmore Special School
We have also undertaken to pay costs and provide assistance with cooking, cleaning etc. on a school camp for about 8 students at
Camp Getaway, just out of Bendigo. For more details of the camp : http://www.campgetaway.com.au/ We can have as many volunteers as we like for this project, as we could also do gardening, painting etc. at Camp Getaway.All we need is you. No personal costs involved, other than feeding ourselves at the camp. Accommodation provided.Wednesday 9 -Friday 11 November
Club Members donate their faces to Movember
Club members Brian Bloomer and David Chudasco are donating their faces to the Movember.
Each year Movember (formerly known as November) sees the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in Australia and around the world, with the sole aim of raising vital funds and awareness for men’s health. Now we're asking you to make a small donation to support our moustache and research into the cure for prostate cancer which will kill an estimated 3,300 men in 2010 in Australia alone and support the one in eight men who will experience depression in their lifetime. Friends join us, Brian Bloomer and David Chudasco by donating or guys, by growing your own mo, and visiting www.movember.com or
Donate to our cause or just check our our Mo growth and donation progress at:
Brian Bloomer http://au.movember.com/mospace/793092/
David Chudasco http://au.movember.com/mospace/336452/
Men sporting Movember moustaches, known as Mo Bros, become walking, talking billboards for the 30 days of November and through their actions and words raise awareness by prompting private and public conversation around the often ignored issue of men’s health.
Wattle Day in Wattle Park - Supporting "On The Right Track"
The Rotary Club of Canterbury members joined the “Friends of Wattle Park”, Parks Victoria and many other local community groups to celebrate National Wattle Day in our local Wattle Park on Sunday 12 September. Wattle was designated the Australian National Floral emblem in 1988 and Wattle Day is a celebration of Spring and Wattle.
The Rotary members sold their “Aussie Pride” badges on the day to raise funds for the local “On The Right Track” Kokoda Challenge program. Sales on the day came to more than $300 which is in addition to $4000 previously given by the Club to the “On The Right Track” program. The Aussie Pride Badge is a unique combination of a sprig of Wattle and the Australian Flag on a lapel pin – a symbol of Australian Pride, Unity and Peace. The badge is a fundraising initiative of the Rotary Club of Canterbury and is the brain-child of Past Rotarian and Past Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner and past WA Police Commissioner Bob Falconer. 
“On The Right Track” Kokoda Challenge program is a partnership between Victoria Police and YMCA at Boroondara which is proudly supported by the Rotary Club of Canterbury. The program co-ordinated by Victoria Police Leading Senior Constable Brett Phillips , Youth Resource Officer with Boroondara Police and Rosemary Brett, Community Development Director, YMCA at Boroondara, takes at risk youth on the challenge of their life, walking the Kokoda Track.
Wattle Day in Wattle Park, opened by State Member for Burwood, Bob Stensholt, was a huge success with hundreds of locals visiting the park and enjoying the festivities. The Tramways Big Band and Wattle Park Primary School choir performances added to the spectacle on the day.
Links:
For more information about the Rotary Club of Canterbury and their Aussie Pride Badge visit http://www.canterburyrotary.org or phone 0416 661 321.
For more information about “On The Right Track” Kokoda Challenge Program contact the Rotary Club of Canterbury or email Brett Phillips brett.phillips@police.vic.gov.au
Friends of Wattle Park: http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1process_details.cfm?volunteer=121
Parks Victoria: http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/index.cfm