The Rotary Rotary Club of Mornington was once again pleased to present The 2024 Mornington Art Show, the 2024 Art Show was our 52nd and was another great success. A very big thanks to all our artists, all our sponsors who provide such tremendous input from a financial perspective, all our loyal volunteers, visitors and supporters, and to all our Club Members and their partners who provide valuable assistance. We believe that The Mornington Art Show is the second largest Community based Art Show in the State and the largest on the Mornington Peninsula. The Art Show provides our Club with the avenue to undertake all our Community based Projects and also to support those members of the Community in need.
For more information about the Art Show please go to www.morningtonartshow.com.au and follow it on facebook.
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Over the past 60 years The Rotary Club of Mornington has, and continue to have a Community Based working collaboration with our ownThe Bays Hospital. Our Club is very proud to support The Bays and have provided a wide range of support over the year's, such as our recent input in being able to the donate funds to provide a Critical Care Bed within the Hospitals Intensive Care Unit. Our latest and exciting contribution to the Hospital is tremendous new Project being the Mornington Peninsula residents will benefit from having more specially trained nurses at The Bays Hospital in Mornington, following the launch of The Bays Nursing and Midwifery Education Fund. The Fund, a partnership between Mornington Rotary Club and The Bays Hospital, will support The Bays nurses to undertake specialised training, which not-for-profit hospitals and nurses can struggle to fund.
Mornington Rotary has made an initial donation of $25,000 to the Fund and invites members of the community to also contribute and support their local community hospital. CEO of The Bays Hospital, Jade Phelan, said: “We are thrilled to have had the support of Mornington Rotary Club over many years, and have worked with them over the last year to identify the most worthy project for them to support into the future. Nurse education is certainly that.”
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L to R: CEO The Bays Hospital - Jade Phelan, Nurse - Justine Killen & President of Mornington Rotary - Pam Hall
In the early 1980's club member Ian Scott proposed the need for medical research into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The club got behind this initiative, and approached other clubs in the district who added to the funding support. Progressively districts and clubs from around Australia came on Board and over $46 million has been raised. Once successful research had been completed into SIDS, other areas of need for medical research were funded. Since the early 2000's the Research emphasis has been towards medical research. ARH also funds scholarships for study and in 2019-21 the Rotary Club of Mornington is supporting an Indigenous Scholarship.
Full details on Australian Rotary Health are available at www.australianrotaryhealth.org.au
A highlight of the Club's Annual Changeover night was the visit of the Chair of Australian Rotary Health, Greg Ross, to present recognition to Don Gordon, a President of the Club in the early 1980's, for his role in leading in the formation of Australian Rotary Health. ARH has subsequently gone on to raise $46 million for medical research, with its emphasis since the early 2000's being mental health. Six members of the club at the time of the formation were present, (photograph L to R) Darryl Chambers, Milton Green, Don Gordon, Ted Moore, Ken Bilham and Ian Prudden.
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Mel Barker - Westernport Biosphere
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Committees NIght
Nov 20, 2024
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Steve Johnston CEO C2A
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Board Meeting
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Christmas Function - Offsite
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