Venue is the New Bridgeport Hotel - Enter from the new carpark area PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS A MEMBERS ONLY EVENING. NO GUESTS OR PARTNERS WILL BE PERMITTED DUE TO RESTRICTED NUMBERS.
The Directors of the Rotary Club of Murray Bridge reported on the years achievements at the Club Assembly Tuesday. Highlights were Fundraising at the MB Golf Day for Mental Health through the Rotary Foundation, Swap Meet Event, Calendar Project, Bunnings BBQ's for saving the Mallee Emu Wren Project. Also the Murraylands Multicultural activities including the Yuntu-Walun Festival, the 2020 Youth Art Prize, Studio Purpose Homeless Youth Project with ac Care and Habitat for Humanity, RAWKS Drought relief project for Mallee farmers, and the Long Island Playground Project to the Philipines. In addition Jim Cundy reported on the very successful Calendar Project and John Scarvelis on the Art Show with its launch now on Sunday 18th of July. The club has mastered Zoom meetings along with new technologies and further bolstered partnerships with Local, State, Federal Governments, NGO's and businesses.
Keen Interested in Monarto's Planting Festival
An upcoming four day planting event in Monarto has drawn great interest from the community.
The Frahns Farm Planting Festival is being held on the last two weekends of June, thanks to Bio·R, Landscapes SA - Murraylands and Riverland and many enthusiastic volunteers.
As part of a decade-long restoration initiative, the aim is to increase coverage of native vegetation across the Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges, from 10 per cent to about 30 per cent - a staggering 150,000 hectares of extra habitat.
The event coincides with the Shoots N Roots festival on June 26 featuring live music, fire and camping under the Monarto stars.
Registrations for the planting festival on the 26th are exhausted, so interested parties are being encouraged to register for another day on Eventbrite (if going to Shoots N Roots to book on the Sunday). However, organisers say they may release more Saturday tickets in the near future.
The 2019 BioR Planting Festival at Frahn's Farm brought together more than 250 volunteers (pictured above) who planted over 5,300 plants.
1st $ 100 No. 800 M. Amor (Qld ) (sold by MIS Social Club) ch. no. 3946 2nd $ 30 No. 670 Edward & Julie True (Whyallla) (sold by Strath. Darts Club)
3rd $20 No 809 Des Warner (M.B.) (sold by Anglican Church)
End Polio Now
In 1985 Rotary launched PolioPlus to immunize every child in the world against polio. Working with our partners and members of the global health community, together we will end polio.
Through the science of vaccines, Rotary & partners have saved nearly 19 million children from becoming paralyzed by polio. Learn more about our work to End Polio Now and how you can get involved: https://on.rotary.org/3eqtrrr
Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years, and we’ve made incredible progress in the fight to rid the world of it forever.
It’s crucial to eradicate polio from the last two countries where it remains endemic and to keep other countries polio-free.
If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year.
What is polio?
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a paralyzing and potentially deadly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5. The virus spreads from person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can then attack the nervous system.
What's happening on our Facebook page
John Scarvelis has been posting up a storm with some great content.