- join in with our many volunteering opportunities,
- make new friends and
- learn new things.

FAMILY DAY EVENT AT YARRA BANK RESERVE - SUNDAY 21 November 2021

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Several awards were given. Doug Hawley, Val Cunniffe and Kevin Xiao, received Paul Harris Fellows for their wonderful work on the FORaMEAL project. Last year, the project distributed over 180 000 meals in the Greater Melbourne area and in the Bendigo region. Well done to the team. Anne Josefsberg was awarded a Paul Harris Fellow for her role in youth projects over many years, first at the Boroondara Club and then at Canterbury. She was also commended on her long term service as a presenter on Rotary Radio.
Lili-Ann Kriegler received the Ralph Hartnett trophy for Rotarian of the Year for involvement in a variety of projects across the year. Everyone who received prizes indicated that no-one at Rotary ever works alone. It is always a team effort, and we never stop learning!
Well done to all the awardees.
We congratulated and thanked outgoing President Tony Laycock on his great work over the past 12 months, many of which were in lock-down.
And it was a delight to welcome in our new President Cathie Macmillan who was resplendent in her Carlton footy jumper to go with the sporting theme for the night.
Many thanks to the organising committee for a wonderful event!

The "Let's Stay Connected" project came about as a need within the Aged Care sector was identified for some stimulating material to be made available to residents, while in isolation.
Several members and friends of the Rotary Club of Canterbury have written books, some of personal experiences, some researched, for this purpose.
The books are available in several formats and can be given to individuals to read or the Power Point version can be used in a group presentation.
Please follow this link to the page with the book titles page/let-s-stay-connected-project



Helen Hartnett, who was joined by family members and several former Club members, provided us with background history on her husband Ralph who was awarded a posthumous Paul Harris Fellow award at the Club Meeting on 28 October 2019.
Ralph was the second President of our club after its charter in 1987. At that time Rotary was a men's club and the members had young families which lead to family friendly activities with BBQs, picnics and cricket matches. Other activities included fund raising with cake stalls, fashion parades (using wives as models) and 2nd hand bookstall sales.
Community involvement included working bees to assist the elderly with gardening, maintenance and painting. Meetings at the time were a little more formal with an elevated head table and monthly ladies nights with "appropriate speakers".
International service saw the first of many exchange students, Bettina Laursen from Denmark, who were hosted by the Club.
Helen thanked the Club for giving them the opportunity to serve and also for the support they received in return.