Broadwater Southport Gold Coast Queensland
Broadwater Southport Rotary Empowers Youth and 
Helps Children Living with Illness and Disability.
 
Meetings & Upcoming Events
 
Our club meets for breakfast every Friday, 7:30am - 8:30am at the Southport Yacht Club located at 1 MacArthur Parade, Main Beach, Queensland 4217. You can view a map by clicking here. On occasion we may vary this for social events, vocational or community visits, or meetings with other clubs.  Please refer to our calendar for up to date meeting details or check out some of our upcoming events below.
 
Upcoming Events
Chelle Kind - Paraplegic Benefit Fund. Spinal cord injury prevention and support.
Chelle Kind - Paraplegic Benefit Fund. Spinal cord injury prevention and support.
Apr 26, 2024
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Southport Yacht Club
Bruce Kuhn - Rotary District 9640 Chair, Conflict Management
Bruce Kuhn - Rotary District 9640 Chair, Conflict Management
May 03, 2024
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Southport Yacht Club
Lindsay Burch - HAVAFEED, a helping hand when you need it.
Lindsay Burch - HAVAFEED, a helping hand when you need it.
May 10, 2024
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Southport Yacht Club
Gold Coast Hospital Foundation Annual Giving Day
Gold Coast Hospital Foundation Annual Giving Day
May 15, 2024
Danny Simons - Understanding why we think, feel and behave as we do.
Danny Simons - Understanding why we think, feel and behave as we do.
May 17, 2024
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Southport Yacht Club
Ross Smith - Rotary Malaria Vaccine Project
Ross Smith - Rotary Malaria Vaccine Project
May 24, 2024
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Southport Yacht Club
NO MEETING THIS WEEK
NO MEETING THIS WEEK
May 31, 2024
Barefoot Bowls Day - Sunday 2nd June
Barefoot Bowls Day - Sunday 2nd June
Jun 02, 2024
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Musgrave Hills Bowls Club
Club Forum
Club Forum
Jun 07, 2024
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Southport Yacht Club
Guest Speaker TBA
Guest Speaker TBA
Jun 14, 2024
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Southport Yacht Club
No Meeting This Week
No Meeting This Week
Jun 21, 2024
Changeover Dinner 2024
Changeover Dinner 2024
Jun 22, 2024
6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Southport Yacht Club
Possible Date Sunday 11th August (TBC) - Kokoda Beach Classic
Possible Date Sunday 11th August (TBC) - Kokoda Beach Classic
Aug 11, 2024
Gold Coast
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Our Mission
We help young people across the Gold Coast and in other countries to be the best they can be when studying, in sport, and developing leadership skills. We fund facilities and medical equipment to help improve the lives of children living with illness and disability.
Our service projects:
  1. Youth Development: RYPEN, RYTS, RYLA, Rotaract, & Interact
  2. Bare Your Soles For Kids - Supporting Rotary causes in the community
  3. Circus Quirkus - Purchase medical equipment for the Gold Coast University Hospital’s children’s wards
  4. Arundel Park Riding for Disabled - Providing facilities and horse riding experiences for children with a disability
  5. Now I Can Run - RaceRunners® for disabled athletes
  6. The Salvation Army - Youth Homelessness
  7. Rotary Broadwater Chapel by The Sea - A charming intimate setting to experience your wedding or any of life’s special ceremonies
  8. Gold Coast Hospital Foundation - Supporting patients and their families
  9. Radio Lollipop Gold Coast - Giving young patients a voice
  10. Rotary International - End Polio Now
  11. Seres - Cultivating and catalyzing youth leaders
  12. The School of St Jude - Fighting poverty through education
  13. Manasprings - Grassroots Women Transforming Communities
  14. Give Every Child A Future - Vaccinating 100,000 children across nine Pacific Islands
  15. Griffith University Researchers - Vaccine deployed into malaria-endemic countries
  16. Rotary Kokoda Beach Walk & Run - Annual event empowering youth & helping children living with illness & disability
Latest News Stories
Gold Coast University Hospital
Gold Coast University Hospital Visit
 
A few club members visited the Gold Coast University Hospital recently to check out the recently acquired Examination Chair.  It is located in the Child Protection Unit which is a fabulous area colourfully decorated to help ease the trauma of children who are suffering from physical or psychological trauma.
 
 
 
Amav Prabhu - National Youth Science Forum
Amav Prabhu 
 
National Youth Science Forum recipient, Amav Prabhu (centre) spoke to the club members about the amazing experience he had at the event.  He will cherish the time he spent there and made some great connections both professionally and personally.  We wish him all the best.
Institute for Glycomics - Griffith University
Griffith University Institute for Glycomics
 
The primary focus of the Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University is translating its drug, vaccine and diagnostic discoveries into social and economic benefit, locally and globally. 
APO - Ability Prosthetics and Orthotics
Ability Prosthetics and Orthotics
 
Anton Crous and Peter Osborne are lifelong mates who have dedicated their careers to making a difference in people’s lives. Together they formed Ability Prosthetics and Orthotics.
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