For World Polio Day on Sunday 24 October 2021 Rotarians from around District 9640 hit the tracks to raise awareness to eradicating Polio. Here is a little highlight video of what the Train Ride to End Polio is all about. Stretching between Grafton, Goondiwindi and the Gold Coast District 9640 has 58 clubs and approximately1300 Rotarians.
Broadwater Southport Gold Coast Queensland
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Meetings & Upcoming Events
Our club meets for breakfast each Friday at 7:30am at the Southport Yacht Club located at 1 MacArthur Parade, Main Beach, Queensland. 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.
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On Friday 15 October, 2021 Rotarians Mike Gosling and Letitia de Lima provided a brief look into the Broadwater Southport Rotary Club's ClubRunner (CR) membership management and communication platform for clubs, BSR Club website, and BSR Club Facebook page.
Professor David Robinson is Academic Head (Queensland) and MBA Director (Australia) at Holmes Institute. At our breakfast meeting on Friday October 8, 2021 he spoke to us about Synergistic Leadership - effective leadership of volunteer teams in not-for-profit organisations.
Presentation by PRM Engineering Services on December 1, 2021 by:
Avril Davis, Business Manager
Thomas Hovey, Lead Mechatronics Engineer and
Harrison Rietman, Mechatronics Engineer
PRM Engineering Services is a 2020 Endeavour Award Winner and are passionate about safety and with a long standing heritage of safety system design and installation since 2002. https://prmengineering.com.au/about-us/
Guest speaker Donald James Waters OAM is not only an accomplished Australian contemporary artist, philanthropist, art therapy educator and mentor, but also a true Gold Coaster who has previously been recognised as Gold Coast Citizen of the Year!
Horse riding is a pleasurable form of physical exercise which has proven to therapeutically assist people with a wide range of disabilities. Join the APRDA 2021 Family Fun Day on Saturday 2nd of October 10am-2pm.
Online Meetings: During the stay home phase caused by Covid-19 our Club initiated online meetings for weekly Club meetings, Board meetings and for keeping in touch.
Rotary is coming together to face a new test of our collective strength during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rotary districts around the world are applying for Rotary's disaster response grants in record numbers.
This year, District 9640 had two applications for endorsement for Rotary Peace Fellow Scholarships: 1 from Pakistan; 1 from Nigeria. There were no local applicants.
An excellent social event at Wednesday's Chinese New Year dinner, held at Benowa Highlands Restaurant. Great food, great atmosphere, great fellowship!
District Conference coming up fast
This year's event is going to be a real country affair, being held at Tenterfield on 29 to 31 March 2020!
Show Up for your Health and Wellbeing
Joan McEwan is a Leadership, Health and Wellbeing Coach and was an inspiring speaker at today's Rotary breakfast.
