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1 Business partnering opportunities With Rotary International, the world’s first service club organisation. Established 1905. Local Our local community issues are more complex now . . . Human rights / equal opportunity Drug and alcohol mis-use Youth disengagement Ethics in society Obesity HIV / Aids Remote indigenous Australians life expectancy International Still . . . a world of need . . . 2 billion people lack sanitation and access to safe drinking water 1 million people a year die from malaria 300 million people stricken with HIV / Aids 800 million illiterate adults Because Healthy, Educated, Safe Communities are everyone’s responsibility. Call 0452 599 810 for a District 9810 representative to contact you.

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Page 1: Business partnering opportunities...2. Adopt / support a community project 3. Make Rotary part of your Corporate Social Responsibility program 4. Encourage your staff to: • donate

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Business partnering opportunities

With Rotary International, the world’s first service club organisation. Established 1905. Local

Our local community issues are more complex now . . .

• Human rights / equal opportunity• Drug and alcohol mis-use• Youth disengagement • Ethics in society• Obesity• HIV / Aids• Remote indigenous Australians

life expectancy

InternationalStill . . . a world of need . . .

• 2 billion people lack sanitation and access to safe drinking water

• 1 million people a year die from malaria

• 300 million people stricken with HIV / Aids

• 800 million illiterate adults

Because Healthy, Educated, Safe Communities are everyone’s responsibility.Call 0452 599 810 for a District 9810 representative to contact you.

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An opportunity for 126,000 businesses to connect with the community across 11 municipalities. Rotary International is a highly reputable organisation of service clubs able to partner with companies on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Our work contributes to healthy, educated and safer communities, locally and internationally.

Rotary Clubs in District 9810 are well positioned to assist your business to leverage a range of benefits including:

• tax deductible projects (local & international)

• brand exposure and association with reputable and attractive causes

• consumer awareness

• staff community engagement

• staff attraction and retention

• staff leadership and professional development opportunities

• best practice standards

• commercially attractive

Become a corporate memBerBenefits:1. Staff participation in

Rotary meetings2. Adopt / support a community

project3. Make Rotary part of your

Corporate Social Responsibility program

4. Encourage your staff to:•donate their expertise to

develop local / international aid projects •volunteer to undertake

“hands-on” community service projects•gain personal development

and pursue networking opportunities through an association with their local Rotary Club.

support the communitiesthat make your business successful

municipality # Businesses in municipality (approx.)Kingston 8,000Greater Dandenong 11,600Bayside 11,100Glen Eira 8,500Monash 11,500Whitehorse 8,000Manningham 16,000Knox 13,300Yarra Ranges 13,500Maroondah 8,500Cardinia 16,000totaL 126,000 businesses

OpportunitiesCOnnECt wIth yOuR COMMunIty

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healthy Communities

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LOCAL COMMunIty PROJECtS

Less-abled access to Port Phillip Bay

healthy produce markets Pressure suits aid walking Australian Rotary health Research Scholars

Southern Flying School – day out for autistic children & families

Kids Fun Run with thomas fundraiser for children’s health projects

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Educated CommunitiesLOCAL COMMunIty PROJECtS

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Business training for migrants

Migrant language / writing homework program

Men’s shed

Business young achievers masterclass

Schools AnZAC Commemoration Service

Community Art Shows

Special Development School

Operatic awards

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Safe CommunitiesLOCAL COMMunIty PROJECtS

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Bushfire recoveryBeach safety

Police & Community triage

handbag safety campaign

Safer Communities partnership

Avoiding theft from vehicles

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Rotary Clubs Serving the CommunityMunICIPALItIES In DIStRICt 9810

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Kingston • Aspendale• Braeside• Chelsea• Cheltenham• DingleyVillage• Mordialloc

Greater Dandenong• NoblePark• SpringvaleCity

Bayside • Bayside• Beaumaris• Hampton• Sandringham

Glen Eira• BentleighMoorabbinCentral• Moorleigh-Moorabbin

Monash• Clayton• GlenWaverley• Huntingdale• Monash• MountWaverley• Oakleigh• Waverley• WheelersHill

Whitehorse• BoxHill• BoxHillCentral• ForestHill• Mitcham• MontAlbert&SurreyHills• Nunawading

Manningham• Doncaster• Manningham• Templestowe• Warrandyte-Donvale

Knox• Bayswater• Boronia• FernTreeGully• Knox• Rowville-Lysterfield• Wantirna

Yarra Ranges• Belgrave• ChirnsidePark• Healesville• Lilydale• Monbulk&District• Montrose&District• UpperYarra• Wandin

Maroondah• Croydon• Ringwood

Cardinia• Emerald&District

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Clubs Healthy Communities Educated Communities Safe Communities # Businesses

Kingston ~ Greater Dandenong8 clubs

• NobleParkSpecialDevelopmentalSchool-forchildrenwithdisabilities

• TheSouthernAutisticSchool• CommunityKitchen-lifeskillsfor

less-ableadults• MedicalClinic-NimowaPNG• BethlehemChildren’sDayCareCentre

–Cebudump,Philippines

• JuniorEssayCompetition• AcclaimOperaAwards• NobleParkPrimarySchoolReading

Program-migrantstudents• BotswanaOrphanage

-schoolsupplies• RatmalanaSchoolfortheBlind

-Colombo,SriLanka

• BeachPatrolBuggy• RonaldMcDonaldHouse–supporting

familiesofchildrenrecoveringfromseriousillnesses

• SupportforVictoriaPolicemulti-culturalcommunityliaison

• Supportforhomelessyouth• Communitychemical/poisons

disposalservice

19,600 approx.

Bayside ~ Glen Eira6 clubs

• Mobi–ChairDisabledAccesstoPortPhillipBay

• MamaLumkaHIV/Aidsabandonedchildren

• SabuWaterWells,Indonesia• PailinSustainableVillageCambodia

• Stayin’AliveadolescentMentalHealthExpo

• Supportprogramforcarersofdrugaddicts

• Co-educationalschoolBangladesh

• Police&CommunityTriage• ProvisionofProactivePolicingVehicle• BushFireRecovery• EquipmentforMarysvilleMen’sShed• BaliboHouse,TimorLeste

19,600 approx.

Monash8 clubs

• DonateaLife-organdonation• MonashFarmersMarket• MakeEveryChildCount–ChamResh

SustainableVillage-Cambodia• DentalEquipment-BandahAceh,

Indonesia• NationalImmunisationDay-India

• MonashMen’sShed• PlayequipmentatBestChance• VanessaGrantGirlsSchool—Kenya• LotusOrphanedChildrenCentre

–Mongolia• OecussiSchoolClassrooms&Library-

TimorLeste

• Palletmover(OH&S)fordisabilityemployment

• BoortFloodAppeal• Shelter,educationandjobsfor

abandonedgirls–India• NewZealand/Japanearthquakeappeals

11,500approx.

Whitehorse6 clubs

• WinterWoollies• CommunityGrantsProgram• BoxHillArtShow• OperationCleftBangladesh• InalaAgedCare–WarmBlankets

andSoftToys–NursingHomesandNewBorns

• SolomonIslandsNursesQuarters-con-structedbyBoxHillTAFEapprentices

• YouthDrug&AlcoholResourceBook

• BusinessSeminarforMigrants• PrimarySchoolsSpeechCompetition• NabukeruVillageSchool-Fiji• Adoptachildtosupporttheireducation–

Indonesia,Kenya,India• HandbrakeTurn–trainingcourse

formarginalisedpeople

• HolditTight,KeepitLight(TheftfromHandbagprogram)

• CommunityPolicingVehicle• Scholarshiptoassistapplicantsfrom

culturallyandlinguisticallydiversebackgroundstojoinVictoriaPolice

8,000approx.

Manning-ham4 clubs

• MentalHealthFirstAid• TwYlightDisabledDisco• RotaryEnvironmentalTree

PlantingScheme• UbudBaliWaterProject• PiyaliSchoolforGirls/SoilBio

TechnlogySanitationTreatmentPlant,India

• HamlinFistulaRelief&AidFund–Ethiopia

• Wastetreatmentfor2,500peopleincoastalshantys-Guiuan,Philippines

• LocalHighSchoolsCommunityServiceAwards

• (Refugee)TertiaryStudentScholarships/ApprenticeshipAwards

• SchoolVocationalEmploymentProgram• YoungBusinessAchievementAward• SchoolsAnzacMemorialService• TeachingAidsforOnemda• BurmeseRefugeesHomeworkClub• RestorationWork-Finn’sReserve

HistoryPavillion• RotaryFellowshipforFightingAids-

educatingchildreninSouthAfrica• ArtofBuildingChildren’sDreams-Fiji• MutkaWomen’sCraftTrainingSchool–

India

• DoncareFamilyCrisisSupport• OdysseyHousefamilysupport• KidsHopementoringsupportfor

disadvantagedprimaryschoolagedchildren• StAndrewsCFAbushfirerelief-training

andresources• Warrandyteemergencyhousing

supportservices• WarrandyteCommunityFoodbank• EvolveatTypoStation–helping‘wayward’

youngpeopleinourcommunitiestogetbackontrack

• Emergencyfencingbushfireareas–AlexandraandMarysville

• Fiji–provisionofafullyequippedambulance

16,000approx.

Knox6 clubs

• Fit-outofKnoxAdolescentHealthService

• SmallCottageIndustries–Nepal• SightforSoreEyesVietnam• ShoeLanka-provisionof5,000pairsof

shoesforschoolstudentsinSriLanka

• JuniorYouthCommunityServiceAward

• SpiritofSharing–Fiji• TeachersAcrossBorders–

Cambodia

• Victorianfloodreliefprojects• Fit2Drivedrivereducationforsecondary

schoolstudents• Disasteraid–survivalpacksforfamilies• RotaryCommunityAssistanceNetwork–

recoveryplanningfollowingcommunitycrisis

13,300 approx.

Yarra Ranges ~ Maroondah~ Cardinia11 clubs

• SupportforMaroondahAddictionRecoveryCentre

• DonationsinKind–curtainmaterial&officesuppliesforoverseasprojects

• BicyclestoTonga• TimorLesteHayBaler&

PercussionDrill• Children’sWelfareProject-Uganda• PadamchenHostel–

SolarheatingNepal• MilkingCowandGoats,Uganda• WaterConservationand

SanitationKenya• IntensiveCareMedicalEquipment-

BarisalHospital,Bangladesh

• TeachingwoodworkingskillstotheBurmesecommunity-Swinburne

• PrimarySchoolSpeechCompetition• Educationoflocalmigrant&refugee

students• SchoolofStJudeTanzania• CambodianSchoolsestablishment• DebutanteBall• PrideofWorkmanship• OutdoorseatingatElchoIslandpreschool• NanzigaSchool–

Children’sWelfareUganda• TenderfootSchoolChildren’sWelfare

Project-providesbasiceducationforveryneedychildreninslums-Nairobi,Kenya

• RuralHouseNumbering/IdentificationProject• Helpingthehomeless(throughtheHanover

Foundation)• Brisbanefloodrelief.• TransportofstockfeedtofloodedKerang

farmers• RingwoodRailwayStationCCTVcameras• BlackSaturdayTreeResponse• YarraValleyPractitionersProject–

psychologicalcounsellingforbushfirevictims• AquaboxesforDisasterRelief• CharltonFloodRelief• EmergencyMedicalInformationBooks• CarTorque–lessonsincarmaintenance

/safeworkplace

38,000approx.

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What would happen if your local Rotary Clubno longer worked in your Community?

Kingston • Aspendale• Braeside• Chelsea• Cheltenham• DingleyVillage• Mordialloc

Greater Dandenong• NoblePark• SpringvaleCity

Bayside • Bayside• Beaumaris• Hampton• Sandringham

Glen Eira• BentleighMoorabbinCentral• Moorleigh-Moorabbin

Monash• Clayton• GlenWaverley• Huntingdale• Monash• MountWaverley• Oakleigh• Waverley• WheelersHill

Whitehorse• BoxHill• BoxHillCentral• ForestHill• Mitcham• MontAlbert&SurreyHills• Nunawading

Manningham• Doncaster• Manningham• Templestowe• Warrandyte-Donvale

Knox• Bayswater• Boronia• FernTreeGully• Knox• Rowville-Lysterfield• Wantirna

Yarra Ranges• Belgrave• ChirnsidePark• Healesville• Lilydale• Monbulk&District• Montrose&District• UpperYarra• Wandin

Maroondah• Croydon• Ringwood

Cardinia• Emerald&District

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healthy CommunitiesIntERnAtIOnAL PROJECtS

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rotarians dig wells from

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…restore sight for those they will never see

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build houses they will never

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... plant treesthey will never

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... vaccinate children they will

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Educated CommunitiesIntERnAtIOnAL PROJECtS

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rotarians educate children

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Global Peace ScholarsAmbassadorial Scholarsyouth Exchange

International Scholars & Educational Exchange

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...provide shelter and hope

when all hope has gone

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program Description type of assistance

the Rotary Foundation (tRF)www.rotary.org

the mission of the Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. Donations to tRF are used for international humanitarian and educational programs

Financial assistance. the Rotary Foundation is a tax deductible not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.

Arch C. Klumph Society Cumulative gifts totalling uS$250,000 qualify for membership of the Arch C. Klumph Society. Qualifiers are invited to an induction ceremony at Rotary International headquarters in Evanston uSA, and their pictures and biographies are installed in the Arch C. Klumph Society interactive gallery.

Financial assistance. Donors whose cumulative gifts total uS$250,000.

Bequest Society Commitments of uS$10,000 or more (by couple or individuals) in their estate plans, such as in a will, living trust, or through whole or universal life insurance. [Complete a Bequest Society member request form].

Financial assistance. Couples or individuals who have made commitments of uS$10,000 or more.

Major Donor Outright or cumulative giving (by couple or individuals) that has reached uS$10,000. All outright contributions made to the Rotary Foundation are included in this total, regardless of the gift designation.

Financial assistance. Couples or individuals whose combined personal outright or cumulative giving has reached uS$10,000. Level 4 uS$100,000 to uS$249,999Level 3 uS$50,000 to uS$99,999 Level 2 uS$25,000 to uS$49,999Level 1 uS$10,000 to uS$24,999

Paul harris Society the trustees of the Rotary Foundation officially approved the Paul harris Society as a District administered program effective as of 1 July 2006.

Financial assistance. Rotarians who pledge to contribute uS$1,000 annually to the Rotary Foundation.

Centurion Centurions donate A$100 each year to the Rotary Foundation.

Financial assistance. Personal contribution of A$100 each year.

 

 

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program Description type of assistance

Rotary Australia world Community Service (RAwCS)www.rawcs.com.au

RAwCS assists Rotary Clubs to develop and manage world community service projects. Australian Rotarians participate in activities to improve the lives and living conditions of others and to promote international understanding and goodwill.the projects RAwCS supports include: •Volunteersworkingto support aid programs; •Donatinggoodsandservices •MalariaControland •Financialsupport.

Financial assistance or volunteer abroad. Rotary Australia Overseas Aid Fund – a Deductible Gift Re-cipient (DGR) is able to accept tax deductible donations and grants from all sources in Australia including business corporations and not-for-profit organisations as a:•DeductableGiftRecipient•TaxConcessionCharity•IncomeTaxExemptFund

Donations in Kind (DIK)www.rawcs.com.au/RAWCS Programs_dik.htm

DIK collects, sorts, packs, dispatches and distributes donated items to countries in need of these goods.Friends, family and community-minded volunteers have helped Donations In Kind distribute large quantities of unneeded goods from generous businesses and individuals partnering with Rotary, - to those trying to find their feet again.

Equipment needed includes items for schools and hospitals or medical centres. Furniture, surplus office supplies and equipment (in good condition) no longer needed in our schools and hospitals may often be welcome in developing countries. Financial assistance for storage and container transport.

Disaster Aid Australiawww.disasteraid.org.au

Disaster Aid Australia delivers humanitar-ian aid in the form of shelter, water treat-ment (10,000 litres per day for ten years) and solar lighting to ensure survivors of disasters are given an opportunity to rebuild their shattered lives - rebuilding communities – with dignity – together.

A tax deductible donation of $800 provides a Family Survival box com-prising a large family size tent and the basic necessities to rebuild – each box containing blankets, a stove, children’s activity sets, additional mosquito netting, rebuilding tools i.e. hammer, saw, shovel and many other vital items.

Shelterboxwww.shelterboxaustralia.com.au

Shelterbox is an international disaster relief charity that delivers emergency shelter, and life saving humanitarian aid to people around the world who have been made homeless by disaster.

Financial assistance (tax deductible). A Shelterbox can be sponsored for A$1,000. the Shelterbox goal is to help 500,000 people every year to provide a family with an emergency survival kit.

Aquaboxwww.aquabox.com.au

Aquabox rapid response provides safe drinking water and welfare aid items in the wake of man-made and natural disasters. It is a lifesaving water tank with water filters and water treatment tablets that can convert up to 2,000 litres of polluted water into safe drinking water. the boxes also contain other emergency aid items to reduce the suffering.

Financial assistance (tax deductible) via the Rotary Australia Overseas Aid Fund. An Aquabox Gold can be sponsored for $480.

 

 

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Developing countries Description type of assistance

Polio Eradicationwww.rotary.org

For more than 20 years, Rotary International has played a major role in the fight to end polio worldwide, contributing more than $1 billion to the effort through its PolioPlus program. to date, Rotary members have helped immunize more than 2 billion children in 122 countries.

Financial assistance or volunteer abroad to assist in a national Immunization Day.Last remaining endemic countries: nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Rotarians against Malariawww.rawcs.com.au/RAWCS Programs_malaria.htm

About half the world’s population (3.3 billion) live in areas that have some risk of malaria transmission and one fifth (1.2 billion) live in areas with a high malaria risk. In 2006, there were 247 million malaria cases in 109 countries and territories, causing 1 million deaths.

Finance needed. while the vast majority of cases are recorded in sub-Saharan Africa, the Solomon Islands has the world’s highest per capita incidence of malaria.

IntERPLAStwww.interplast.com.au

For nearly 30 years, Interplast Australia & new Zealand has delivered surgical and allied health services in developing countries in the Asia/Pacific region by providing free medical treatment and training. Each member of an Interplast program is fully qualified in their field of expertise and volunteers their time to participate in an Interplast program.

Financial assistance. Interplast volunteers provide free treatment to people living with a disability from congenital conditions such as cleft lips and palates, or acquired conditions such as burns scar contractures. treatment is targeted to people in developing countries who would otherwise not be able to access services.

Operation Cleftwww.operationcleft.org.au

Operation Cleft provides free cleft lip and palate repair surgery to underprivileged children in Bangladesh. there are around 300,000 people with an untreated cleft in Bangladesh. 3,000 – 4,000 babies are born with a cleft each year. Over 5,600 cleft repair operations have been completed since the project’s inception in August 2005.

Financial assistance. the Fund is an approved tax Concession Charity in Australia and has Deductible Gift Recipient status with the Australian tax Office. Operation Cleft is administered by the Operation Cleft Australia Foundation trust, a fund managed by the Rotary Club of Box hill Central.

wheelchairs for Kids www.wheelchairsforkids.org

Construction of wheelchairs for disabled children in developing countries (designed to whO recommendations), - adjustable to suit the different sizes and growing needs of children and a large number of recipients with cerebral palsy. the package also contains a knitted knee rug, a multi layered cushion, a tool kit and a few spares. without a wheelchair a child can be housebound and a burden for a carer, usually the mother.

Financial Assistance. the current production rate is on average 3,000 wheelchairs per annum with a target of production rate of 5,000 wheelchairs per annum. Each wheelchair costs $140. Since 1998 the project has delivered 21,468 wheelchairs.

Local programs Description type of assistance

Rotary Oceania Medi-cal Aid for Childrenwww.romac.org.au

ROMAC is a program of the Rotary Districts of Australia and new Zealand. It has provided over 400 children from 20 developing countries with life saving and or dignity restoring surgery not available in their own country. Many eminent Australian surgeons generously donate their time free for the treatment of ROMAC patients.

Financial assistance. ROMAC is supported by government, hospitals and doctors across Australia and new Zealand.

Australian Rotary healthwww.australianrotaryhealth.org.au

Currently focusing on mental health research, Australian Rotary health has provided close to $27 million to medical research since 1981 as a result of the kind donations of its supporters. Mental health is Australia’s third biggest health problem – after heart disease and cancer. Close to one in five adults in Australia are affected by a mental health problem within a 12 month period.

Financial Assistance (tax deductible). ARh acts as a catalyst for projects that will improve the quality of life for those least able to assist themselves and, also to fund areas of commu-nity health not being funded by government. ARh raises donations and invests this money to provide grants for worthy research projects in the medical and health arenas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Donations to the rotary Foundation• Arch C Klumph Society • Bequest Society• Major Donor• Paul Harris Society• Centurion

Funding Support for International assistance programs• Rotary Australia

Overseas Aid Fund • Donations in Kind -

(Rotary Australia World Community Service)

• Disaster Aid Australia• Shelterbox Australia• Aquabox

Funding and volunteer support for Local rotary community projects in the following municipalities• Kingston• Greater Dandenong• Bayside• Glen Eira• Monash• Whitehorse• Manningham• Knox• Yarra Ranges• Maroondah• Cardinia

Funding Support for medical assistance programs• Polio Eradication• Rotarians Against

Malaria• Interplast• Operation Cleft• Wheelchairs for Kids• Rotary Oceania Medical

Aid for Children• Australian Rotary Health

Rotary International District 9810

One of 530 Rotary Districts established in over 200 countries. D9810 is located to the east of the Melbourne Central Business District extending some 60 kilometres from Port Phillip Bay north east to the Yarra Ranges

There are 1.2 million Rotarians worldwide (33,500 in Australia) and approximately 1,300 in D9810, all considering the needs of others over themselves.

Can you help?

call 0452 599 810 or contact your local rotary club to discuss how you can make a difference through:

Corporate / employee contributions, Employee community projectsand Corporate membership of your local Rotary Club

we welcome your support.The projects and images presented in this Brochure are indicative of the work undertaken by Rotary Clubs in District 9810.

However, the Clubs and the District may carry out different projects in the future in response to the changing needs and priorities for humanitarian assistance in our local and international communities.

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