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Welcome Anja
The Club is pleased to welcome Anja Holtzhausen as its newest member. Her classification is Sustainable Architecture.
Anja is shown here with her sponsor, Marie Arendsen and her mentor, Bev Blackley.
MEETINGS & SOCIAL EVENTS
Recent Events
Club meeting Tuesday November 15
Guest Speaker - Jay Davis Rotary - Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)
RYLA is an intensive leadership experience where young people from 18-30 can develop leadership skills while having fun and making connections. The course was held at Rawson Village Camp in June. Even though Jay’s RYLA experience was cut short by a COVID outbreak, he obviously gained much from the experience, particularly team building.
Tuesday November 22 – Social Night
Members enjoyed good food and fellowship at Il Forno as we continue to support Hampton St restaurants.
Annual General Meeting Tuesday November 29
The following were elected to the Board for 2023/2024 year.
President: Amanda Hill and Bev Blackley (Jointly) - Secretary: Liz Ware - Treasurer: Ros Bodley
Members: Lance Blackley, Peter Read and Annette Grime
Club meeting Tuesday November 29
Guest Speaker - Cameron Dare – TeamSports4All (TS4A)
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S4A assist families who are going through financial and/or social hardship and identified as a family who would benefit from being involved in community team sport. Families are referred via community services and schools.
TS4A pay for their registration fees and uniform costs, but more importantly, offer ongoing support via volunteer sports mentors to encourage long term involvement in sport. Cameron was an inspirational speaker.
The Club has decided to be the Event Partner for their ‘Team Challenge 2023’ to be held at the end of March.
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Upcoming Events
Tuesday December 13 – Club meeting at Hampton RSL
In keeping with Club tradition members are asked to bring a supermarket bag full of goodies for distribution by the Salvation Army before Christmas. Also, at this meeting, we will be packing sweets to be distributed at the Farmers’ Market on Christmas Eve.
This will be the final meeting for 2022. Meetings will resume on January 17 with a social night.
YOUTH PROJECTS
Berendale Resilience Award
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The Rotary Club of Hampton has presented this award since 2010. It is awarded to a year 11 student who has displayed significant resilience throughout the year. This year's winner is Mikayla Matheny. The school provided the following statement about Mikayla.
"Mikayla shows resilience and positive emotions such as kindness to others, gratitude and being mindful of those around her. She has worked extremely diligently in all her VCAL subjects and has also completed a Certificate 2 in catering. She is a member of the school's SRC and is especially supportive of younger students. She is a role model for all students."
Mikayla's name has been added to the Honour Board and she receives a congratulatory letter from the Club and a JB HiFi voucher.
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COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Spreading Christmas Cheer to Men in Bayside
We've been out and about spreading some Christmas cheer in our local community. It has become a tradition of our Club over the past few years to brighten up Christmas for men in the community. A huge thank you to Club member Geoff Tickner and his wife Prue for sourcing, packing and dropping off 50 men's gift sets to the team at BayCISS to distribute in their community. BayCISS play a fantastic role providing a range of services and support to people in need, including low income and vulnerable people, and Hampton Rotary were pleased to once again be able to spread some Christmas cheer to the men in our community with their support. Thanks to Simon Kenny Pharmacy for obtaining the products and pricing them at cost or below.
Christmas shop for Bayside Community Information and Support Services (BayCISS)
This year BayCISS has seen a significant increase in demand for food and services. Before Christmas they will assemble and distribute approximately 200 Christmas food hampers to families in need. Bev, Lance and Liz purchased three shopping trolleys full of Christmas goodies and delivered them to BayCISS. At the same time, Rotary Clubs of Sandringham and Beaumaris were also dropping off goods. Great Rotary Clubs think alike?
November Bayside Farmers’ Market
We had a great turnout for our market on Saturday 26th November, and would like to thank all the patrons who donated generously at the entry gates. Proceeds from these donations will be used by Hampton Rotary to contribute to providing Christmas goodies for the families coming along to the upcoming community Bayside Family Christmas Event for disadvantaged Bayside families. Thanks to all the stallholders and volunteers and the dedicated patrons who supported the market this month.
Next Bayside Farmers’ Market – Saturday 24th December
The next Bayside Farmers Market is coming up on Christmas Eve - Saturday 24th December - 8am-1pm, at Trey Bit Reserve (Jetty Road), Sandringham. What a great opportunity to pick up goodies for your Christmas table and hampers…and even last minute gifts! You’ll be able to shop for locally sourced fresh produce direct from the farm, gourmet foods and beverages, artisan products from local makers, take-away food & coffee, and enjoy live music and Christmas carols…all at a fabulous beachside location! We’ll also have a visit from Santa around 10.30am so what a fantastic way to start your Christmas festivities.
More details about the market are also available at the market website: https://BaysideFarmersMarket.com.au
Christmas Raffle At December Market Raising Funds for TeamSports4All
At the December Bayside Farmers Market, Hampton Rotary will be raising money for TeamSports4All. Team Sports 4 All is a charity which provides opportunities for socio-economically disadvantaged children to participate in team sport, and our Club is keen to help them fund more disadvantaged children into sport and the positive social connections sport can create.
We'll have a raffle at the market with some amazing prizes to win - food processor/blender (1st Prize) and hampers (2nd and 3rd prizes). Raffle tickets will be on sale at the market – tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5. Come along to this Christmas Eve market and buy a raffle ticket to help support this amazing charity....and maybe come away with some extra gifts for your Christmas celebrations!
Market Volunteers Needed
If you’re interested in joining our volunteer team at the monthly Bayside Farmers’ Market, we’d love to hear from you. It’s only a commitment of 3 hours each month and no experience is necessary…so if you like meeting other locals and want to get involved in a fantastic community event that raises funds for many worthy causes, please get in touch.
If you are interested, then please contact Jenny Fox at 0411 108 248 or email: admin@hamptonrotary.org.au
ROTARY NEWS & EVENTS
District 9810 Conference Website
Rotary International Convention Melbourne 2023
Registration for the Rotary International Convention Melbourne from 27-31 May 2023 are now open. Early bird prices are available for registrations made on MyRotary before 15th December.
For further information, refer to:
https://rotarymelbourne2023.org
WHERE TO FIND US
Club Meetings
Club meetings are held at Hampton RSL, 25 Holyrood Street, Hampton Victoria 3188
Generally, meetings will be Hybrid Meetings and those not attending in person will be able to ZOOM in via the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86742462448?pwd=NVpFc2NWYTF5V05JWW5ET0RhbHBLUT09
Details of meetings can be found on our website and you can refer to our website for updates on the upcoming meeting program: https://hamptonrotary.org.au/all-events
New Members Welcome
New members are always welcome to the Rotary Club of Hampton. For more information about the Club, it’s projects, meetings and events, check out the website at: www.hamptonrotary.org.au
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