Share The Dignity
Following a presentation from Rhonda Douglas, a volunteer with Share the Dignity, Erina Rotarians will be supporting the initiative It’s In the Bag, a program that runs from 19-28 November. So just what is It’s in the Bag? As the name suggests, it’s about providing good quality handbags, and filling them with personal items for […]
Springfield Bushlands Project
Erina Rotary Club is working with the Bushlands Reserve Community Group to upgrade the existing park in the area of Springfield, on the Central Coast. The group is dedicating volunteer time and effort to build a place of togetherness, and nurturing the local environment and community as a result. Stage one of this project will […]
Rotary Ethics – food for thought from guest speaker Paul Rogers
Ethics, as a core value of Rotary, can be found in the Four-Way-Test, a guiding set of four principles by which Rotarians conduct their service to the community. These can be viewed as a unifying set of values, purpose and principles. Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill […]
Speakers Showcase
Hearing about other people’s vocation and special interests is one of the ways Rotarians have an opportunity to learn about, engage with and support projects locally and globally.
Sleep Rough4aNight
Erina Rotarians took part in Coast Shelter’s Sleep Rough 4aNight event held on Saturday 8th August 2020. Covid19 restrictions mean that this year, instead of participants sleeping outside as a group, they will be choosing their couch, car or tent to help raise funds for homeless and at risk people on the Central Coast. […]
Wondabyne Sculptures
The Wondabyne Sculpture Symposium I and II are located in the Mt Penang Parklands precinct. Erina Rotary has been involved in the ongoing identification of the sculptures, enhancing the experience of, and access to the sculptures for visitors. The sculptures are the result of two symposiums, the first one at a site in Wondabyne in […]
Christmas Trees, Terrigal Rotary Park
Across the Central Coast on the weekends leading up to Christmas Rotary clubs get together to sell fresh Christmas trees. Located near the Marine Discover Centre at Terrigal, Erina Rotarians sell the trees to support local community-based projects, with the main beneficiary being Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. Trees are $80, stands are $35. In 2020, the […]
Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS)
The Rotary Club of Erina has been involved in the Compassionate Matched Grant program in recent years. The following is an overview of the scheme and its benefits. Compassionate Matched Grant In January 2017, RABS announced its Compassionate Grants program to help Australians in need. As a result of a second $1,000,000 donation to […]
Guest Speaker Bill Crews
We were fortunate to have Bill Crews as a guest speaker. Bill is well known through his work with the Exodus Foundation, as a compassionate and caring man. If you want to know more about Bill’s work, go to http://www.billcrews.org
End Polio – Updates on Eradication
While Covid-19 has been the focus for 2020, Rotary, together with the World Health Organisation and other agencies has been working to keep polio eradication at the forefront of our focus. The good news is that now Africa is polio-free, a substantial win in the fight against polio. Now Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only […]