Members and friends are invited to attend an event organised by Rotary Club of Chatswood Roseville in support of a global grant dedicated to a project in Sri Lanka. Details are below:
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Mary Kay Walker has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Parkinson’s NSW. She succeeds Jo-Anne Reeves who has left the organisation. Mary Kay was previously Chief Operating Officer of the charity, responsible for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all of its operational and financial-related activities. She held this role for […]
At John’s memorial ceremony PP Blair gave a eulogy on behalf go our club: John Nelson moved to Mosman with his wife Sandra and family in 1980 and quickly settled into community life in this urban village. Shortly after establishing his accountancy practice “The Village Accountant” in September 1987, John […]
Shirley and Brian were at the RYLA dinner last week with our sponsored candidate, Josh Bell. Josh was a very active participant and graduated with honors
On Monday 13th January many of our members attended The Mosman Rotary Annual Picnic to kick off 2025. Some 22 members, partners and friends met at Clifton Gardens from 5pm for our BYO Everything Get-Together where Dom and Di’s White Christmas and Brian and Shirley’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cake was […]
After many years of Kennards providing free storage a change in their policy has meant we have had to vacate the store. many long held items have had to be thrown away but we have preserved a number of essentials spread between Blair’s storage cage, his farm and Richards garage. […]
We will not be meeting over Christmas or the new year. Our first meeting will be on Monday 20th January 2025. Weather permitting we will have a club picnic at Mosman Bay on Monday 13th January.
Thanks to major sales efforts at the Twilight Market and the Coal Loader our turnover this year exceeded all expectations. As a result we have been able to donate $12000 to Mary’s House. We have just received a letter of thanks: Wow – we are so impressed and appreciative of […]
Following our tradition, President Ruth thanked Clare and Leanne for all their hard work in serving food and drinks to us over the last year.
On Thursday Ross and his team of helpers had a great twilight market. According to Ross: Thanks to all who worked on the Mosman Twilight market today . It was a most enjoyable and successful afternoon / evening. We had great summer weather and the atmosphere at the market was […]
Discussions continue about the school’s legal status, funding requirements etc. A new brochure has been published by the local team
Our Christmas party was held at Balgowlah Golf Club with most members and their supposes attending. Special guests were Chris and Elizabeth Gotham, Sharon Kerr and Marlene Reed. A great time was had by all Many thanks to Blair and Di for organising the evening with the invaluable assistance of […]
The new mayor held her annual reception to thank local volunteers. Joint presidents Ruth and Halyna represented our club
Between a wet market and raffle ticket sales at Comm Bank we raised over $1500. many thanks to everyone who participated
This book giving assembly was made possible by the Rotary Club of Mosman’s ongoing support of Books in Homes. Books in Homes is a charitable foundation that provides books-of-choice to children living in remote, disadvantaged and low socio-economic circumstances, ensuring crucial early literacy engagement and the development of reading skills […]
Joseph and Ben will be outing the history and functions of the rescue unit based at Middle Head: Marine Rescue Middle Harbour is one of two Marine Rescue NSW units on Sydney Harbour. We are located near the Spit Bridge in the suburb of Mosman in a purpose built over-water […]
Our annual raffle, this year in aid of Mary’s House, started on Saturday 30th November with new members, David and Mariam leading the charge.
Donna Braye is the Local Studies Coordinator, Mosman Library. A position Donna has very efficiently held for a number of years. Back in our early Mosman Jigsaw Puzzle planning days, Donna was extremely supportive when the Project Team approached her for assistance with selection of early Mosman photos from the […]
Our joint presidents met the incoming mayor of Mosman, Anne Marie Kimber, recently to give her a briefing on our club activities past, present and expectations for the future.
We have received the following from Chris Pigott, the manager of Mosman Library: I am very late this year, but want to pass along the thanks of the Mosman Library team for your support of this year’s Mosman Youth Awards in Literature (MYAL). We had over 300 entries this year, […]
We have received the following invitation: Please find attached the flyer for the 2024 Carols on the Common. It would be greatly appreciated if you would share this with your members and contacts. We are also seeking volunteers to help at the event so if you have any keen […]
Further to our recent donation of $750 to assist our local charity, OneLand, to take goods to Mungindi [10 hrs driving from Sydney via Moree], PP Di reports: This is to extend a BIG THANK YOU to all those who contributed clothing to OneLand for the annual trip to far […]
Yvette will be coming to update us on Mary’s House following our recent donation of $5000 and our Christmas Raffle fundraiser dedicated to Mary’s House. Yvette is a strong, values-based leader, passionate about Mary’s House Services’ core message. She has a track record of warmth and engagement. Yvette’s background includes […]
Pam was inducted as our newest member on Monday by Presidents Ruth and Halyna. She was accompanied by her partner, Robert Ingles.
President Ruth and Immediate Past President James laid a wreath at the Mosman Cenotaph at 11am on Monday 11th November. And thanks to PP Di for the following: On this day in 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the […]
Following Wednesday’s Board Meeting there will be an update; this will include details of a proposal to increase the club’s digital visibility by new member David Fergusson. This will include action being undertaken by David to update and enhance the club’s website.
Dr Peter Scougall and his team have just returned from their latest teaching trip to Vietnam. This is a long standing project of our club; we generally assist in travel arrangements and cover part of the cost of the trip – this year we have contributed approx $9000 of which […]
Danny will be telling us of his adventures with Angeline during their recent trip to Nepal which included the delivery of a large number of hearing aids for distribution by rotary there.
A report from Ross: The one good thing about today , was that on the law of averages , December markets will be sunny and dry ! On a very wet day we sold one jigsaw puzzle and 4 tea towels. In talking to other stall holders , they sold […]
Ken Robertshaw [PDG of a UK district] some years ago set out on an expedition to kayak the length of the Mississippi River. The goal was to raise funds for a charity in the United Kingdom, The Theodora Children’s Trust, that places specialist entertainers in Children’s hospitals and hospices to […]
Thanks to Pali, John, Derek, Halyna, James and Di for filling a combined 10 hampers for OneMeal’s Christmas Hampers appeal. These form a small part of the 3000 hampers, each containing basic foods sufficient for 11 meals, to be donated to worthy causes on the North Shore. We may be […]
On Monday we have the opportunity of hearing about Pali’s adventures through life. He has now relocated to Mosman after having spent many years working overseas specialising in Engineering and Project Management within the Resources sector.
Brian has registered the Rotary Club of Mosman Team for the 10km Mary’s House Walk. At the moment the team comprises just PP Derek but anyone who wants to join in can do so at the walk’s website https://mhswalk-2024.raiselysite.com/t/rotary-club-of-mosman Thats also the place we’re you can add to the total […]
Members of our club have the opportunity to help a local charity, OneMeal, by making up one or more Christmas Hampers. OneMeal is aiming to have 3000 hampers to distribute to needy families in the area. At our club’s next board meeting we will consider filling hampers as a general […]
15 Rotarians and partners from Clubs including Mosman, Crows Nest, Beecroft, Windsor, Turramurra, Warringah and Kincumber A very full agenda – Rotary Australia has 140+ projects underway in Timor-Leste •Attending 10th anniversary of RYPEN – held at Hera •Attending 15th anniversary of RYLA – held at Tibar •Inauguration of pre-school […]
‘It was my pleasure to invite Jakob and Josh to our meeting today. Both young men are outstanding and have a bright future. Jakob told us about his experience at the NSW Youth Parliament Camp, which he found confidence building, a bit challenging at times but made many new friends. […]
Jakob Zaleski. Last year our club gave a small donation [$300] to Jakob to assist him participating in the 2023 YMCA NSW Youth Parliament. This is an apolitical program coordinated by the YMCA NSW, and acts as an advocacy platform for young people in New South Walesaged 15 to 18. […]
A brief report from PP Richard in Timor Leste There was a grand 4 hour celebration to mark the conclusion of the construction phase of the Hera pre-school, with singing and traditional dancing and honours for Barry Starr and myself and of course in absentia to Graeme Robinson and all […]
Dear Rotary, We’re visiting our son who lives here now with his family. One of the highlights of our visits here is walking along the esplanade – a pleasure in any circumstance, but the pleasure has increased tenfold with the discovery of the beach status sign above the wishing well. […]
Report from Ross on today’s sales activity at Bridgepoint: Today we had a table at Bridgepoint , selling our Jigsaws and tea towels . Sales were on the slow side due to long weekend and school holidays. In the Mosman market itself , foot traffic was light. Our results were […]
Christian with Domingo’s at the Pre-school He was at the RYPEN opening yesterday; looking forward to the pre-school opening. The mural is painted by one of the Hera team and is a wall in the Pre-school library – 3 of the Rotary International themes
PP Richard and PP Barry will be in Timor next week as part of the celebration to open the building for a Primary School in Hera, a village outside the capital of Dili. This is the end of a highly successful project run by our club over the last 2 […]
Mary’s House Services was founded in 2015-16 by a dedicated group of residents from Sydney’s northern suburbs. The Mary’s House refuge was established to address the significant gap in government funded services and to save lives in the region by providing support for women and children impacted by domestic and […]
On Monday Presidents Ruth and Halyna welcomed Miriam and David to our club. It is with the greatest of pleasure that our Club welcomes Mariam Fergusson and David Fergusson as our newest members, inducted on Monday 23 September. Mariam and David recently retired and have returned to their home in […]
It Is that time of the year when we have to start thinking about our major fundraiser – The Christmas Raffle The beneficiary is to be Mary’s House – a charity in the northern suburbs that provides support services to women and children that are suffering from domestic and family violence […]
News from Angeline: We had many, many hours of flying, stranded in airports with cancelled flights and flight delays, a change of airlines and re-routing to cities that we did not even think we would be flying into when we started our journey. Now guess where we landed late last […]
Ross organized another day at the market: Thanks to all who helped at the Mosman Markets today [Ross, Therese, Richard, Graeme, Brian, Ruth and Halyna]. Particular thanks to Derek who transported the Market stand and goods from/to Kennards at Artarmon to the Market. At the market we sold 1 jigsaw […]
On behalf of Pacific Dermatology Limited (PDL) and our Chairman, Tim Wills, I would like to thank you and the Mosman Rotary Club, for your generous donation in helping Ian Jackson and our board undertake dermatology training at the Pacific Dermatology Training Centre, aiming to improve the management of skin […]
Dr Abelson will be speaking at Monday’s meeting. The subject will be: Mosman Story: the Council and the Community – The History of Mosman from its Indigenous Origins through to 2017 when Peter retired from Council. Not to be missed.
Ross and Therese booked Bridgepoint for Saturday 31st August and together with helpers, new rotarians Miriam and David Ferguson, sold a number of Jigsaws and Tea towels totaling around $600. They also got some help from a wandering smurf!
As our latest exchange student, Christian has been inducted into the collection routine at the Domestic Airport. Every month or so he and Barry will be at the airport to empty the currency collection bin. The proceeds are then used to fund part of the cost of the student exchange […]
Janet will cover various aspects of the Harbour Trust such as Sub Base Platypus, Torpedo Factory Renewal, Wirra Birra Park, Retort House, Cockatoo Island and Wareamah Draft Master Plan.
On Monday 5 August it was with great pleasure that President Ruth, together with PP Blair awarded fellow Rotarian Richard, a PHF for his outstanding contribution to Rotary. Richard was International Service Director from 2018 to 2021 and served as President in the 2020- 21 Rotary year. Highlights of his […]
Joint Presidents Halyna and Ruth inducted our newest member, Pali, on Tuesday. Also attending were potential new members Marian and David Ferguson.
Wheelchairs For Kids is a major Rotary charity based in WA; they build and supply [at no charge] wheelchairs designed specifically to allow disabled children to become mobile. PDG Danny and Angeline together within our club have supported the venture for many years. They have recently donated $4000 to enable […]
PP Richard has a farm and house outside Hounville in Tasmania and a car waiting for him near Hobart Airport. As a result he has a keen interest in the state. On Monday he will be speaking about some key historical events and figures and what it takes to make […]
PP Barry has been getting Christian settled in to start his year in Australia. Dinner at Trivia and a game of canasta with Joan Groth.
Last year our club sponsored a local student to attend the NSW Youth Parliament.