Events

Over a million Aussies step up to clean up our parks and public spaces every year, donating their time to improve the environment. This is our chance to join one million other Aussies to show the Rotary cares about our community and gets down and dirty to deliver at least one clean park in our wonderful city!

Cleaning up a small piece of Berwick gives a little self-satisfaction for one day and there is nothing wrong with that. Rotary can do way more than that, so join us at Buchanan Park to talk about the many other ways that Rotary can be a positive force in the community (while we are picking up rubbish of course!).

You don't even have to be a Rotarian to join in! We are happy to have anyone who wants to give back to the community to join in and enjoy a morning chatting while we get to work.

This week we are having 'behind the badge' talks from three of our newest members:

Louise C, Louise J and Marta

This week we are having a joint meeting with our friends from the Rotary Club of Narre Warren.

The Narre Warren club has a great project supporting the relief efforts in Tonga that they will be presenting to us.

Tonight our intrepid traveller Jen Marshall will take us on a journey through Egypt and Jordan

It is once again time for the annual Lawn Bowls challenge…Rotary Club of Monbulk V Rotary Club of Berwick - Wed 29^th March

Berwick is hosting this year’s event at Berwick Bowling Club Manuka Rd Berwick

Flat shoes(no heels) or barefeet

To get in some practice arrive at 6.30

Tournament begins at 7.00 followed by meal, presentations, fun and frivolity etc

Dinner is catered for by the Inner Wheel Club of Berwick

$35 will get you a game of bowls and a meal

No prior experience required - just come along and have some fun

Bowls will be provided if you don’t have your own and volunteers will be on hand to tutor those that require

Drinks at bar prices

Monbulk have outplayed us for a few years now so if anyone has a friend that bowls bring them along to bolster our ranks

Rae held the role of Latrobe Valley Mine Rehabilitation Commissioner from June 2017 to June 2020 before becoming the Chair of the Mine Land Rehabilitation Authority Board. Rae has extensive mine rehabilitation related expertise, with more than 40 years’ experience as a practising engineer, hydrogeologist and academic.

Rehabilitation of the Latrobe Valley Brown Coal Mine: the story so far.

The Inquiry arising from the Hazelwood Mine Fire in 2014 identified mine rehabilitation and the lack of appropriate frameworks for rehabilitation as significant issues for the Latrobe valley mines and for the region.  Recommendations were made on a way forward in terms of policy and legislation that have been rolled out over the last 5 years.  This has been set against a backdrop of early power station closures that have occurred (Hazelwood) and have been brought forward significantly (Yallourn and Loy Yang).  This presentation will give a brief snapshot of the key issues and the current status of rehabilitation planning for the Valley.

This week we will be having a guest spoeaker from the Black Dog Institute

Adam Ritzinger is a mechanical engineer who has worked in the trucking industry since graduating in the early 2000s. He is a Melbourne resident but has lived and worked extensively around the globe, including Europe and South East Asia. He is a devoted family man and father who lives with his partner, their two young girls, and the family's two miniature sausage dogs. Adam's lived experience with mental illness includes depression and anxiety, which he experienced in his late 20s and early 30s. Overcoming those challenges, and assisting others in the community to do the same, is what drives Adam to volunteer for the Black Dog Institute. 

This week our guest speaker will be Helen Comport to tell us about Quilts of Valour

Helen is a member Inner Wheel and a local Harwaway resident.

Tonight We embark on a journey through Canada with Jack and Ann Kraan. 

Berwick College Presentation Balls - Two great nights. May 17 and 18.

We need approximately ten Rotarians needed on the day for each presentation ball 

• Rotarians required to
  • Place a program on tables for each person
  • Distribute gloves and flowers – tick off who has gloves
  • Assist with marshalling for photographs
• Roster needed of two Rotarians at door to check tickets
• Extras needed to usher if needed, answer questions, assist generally

Approximately ten Rotarians needed on the day for each presentation ball 

• Rotarians required to
  • Place a program on tables for each person
  • Distribute gloves and flowers – tick off who has gloves
  • Assist with marshalling for photographs
• Roster needed of two Rotarians at door to check tickets
• Extras needed to usher if needed, answer questions, assist generally

Tonight We embark on a journey through Portugal with Isobel and Mark Caulfield