We are asking for volunteers to assist at the St Kilda Town Hall from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm with the sausage sizzle.
Come along and have some fun as we welcome the newest members of our community with a famous sausage and onion all wrapped up in a slice of bread.
Please contact Christina now. Thank you!
SAUSAGE SIZZLE DATES at BUNNING'S
Saturday 31 January
Saturday 21 March
Saturday 18 April
Saturday 16 May
Saturday 20 June
Please let Christina know what dates you are available. Thank you!
CLUB MEETINGS
CLUB MEETING SCHEDULE
MONDAY 2nd FEBRUARY -
Guest speaker DG Peter Shepheard
MONDAY 16th FEBRUARY
MONDAY 2nd MARCH
MONDAY 30th MARCH
MONDAY 13th APRIL
MONDAY 4th MAY
MONDAY 18th May
President's Message
Wendy Stirling
January - Vocational Services.
January is Rotary International's Vocational Service Month, a dedicated time for Rotarians to emphasize high ethical standards in business, honour the value of all occupations, and use their professional skills to serve their communities, focusing on integrity, mentorship, career development, and applying expertise to societal needs. It's one of Rotary's five Avenues of Service, promoting professional leadership and community betterment through practical application of skills and ethics.
Key Focus Areas of Vocational Service:
High Ethical Standards: Encouraging honesty, fairness, and integrity in all professions, exemplified by the Rotary Four-Way Test.
Worthiness of All Occupations: Recognizing the dignity and importance of every useful job.
Applying Skills for Service: Using professional expertise (e.g., healthcare, engineering, law) to address community challenges and international needs.
Mentorship & Career Development: Supporting young people and adults through career guidance, scholarships, and training.
Community Impact: Developing projects that leverage professional skills to create lasting change.
Activities During Vocational Service Month:
Workplace Visits: Clubs visit members' businesses or local industries.
Guest Speakers: Inviting professionals to share insights on ethics and their fields.
Mentorship Programs: Launching or promoting mentorship initiatives.
Ethical Discussions: Holding forums on workplace ethics and professional responsibility.
Service Projects: Organizing projects that apply vocational skills, like skill-based volunteering or community training.
It’s 2026 so Let's welcome our new RIMERN supporters!
If you'd like to donate goods, please check our 'About' section on this page (tap the page headline and it will appear) to see what we do & don't need (& why!) then email pictures, your contact details, phone number & a deadline for collection (if there is one) to donatedgoods@rimern.org.au and one of the volunteers will get back to you with a 'yes please' or 'sorry, no thanks' asap and arrange collection at a time that suits.
Please note, our volunteers collect donated furniture & appliance every wednesday & saturday but we usually need a week to 10 days notice to arrange a collection. PLEASE BOOK A COLLECTION - DON'T PUT THINGS ON THE NATURE STRIP!! Our collections resume on Wednesday 14th January.
If you're available to volunteer with us (after we reopen on tuesday 13th January) at our East Brunswick warehouse on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday for a few hours weekly, fortnightly or monthly, please contact us via volunteers@rimern.org.au We have a fun & effective team & new members are always very welcome!
Thank you!! Rice Gabriel, Vicky Rowe, Lisa Hodson, Luci Lu, Maria Avtzoglou, Kane Walton
I wanted to reach out personally to you all to express our heartfelt thanks for your incredible support of this year's Five Minutes of Fame event. The food you generously donated was absolutely delicious and beautifully presented – our guests were thoroughly impressed, and the compliments kept flowing throughout the evening. Your team of volunteers were wonderful to work with, bringing such warmth, efficiency, and genuine community spirit to the event. It was truly a pleasure having you all there.
I'm delighted to let you know that all the leftover food went to excellent use. We distributed it to The Engagement Hub at Uniting Day Facility, and the clients and staff there were incredibly grateful. They've passed on their thanks and compliments as well. It's moments like these that really highlight the community spirit we're all working to build together, and your contribution made that possible.
2025 has been another big year to remember! THANK YOU for your support and contribution to our organisation and to children and families throughout Victoria needing care and protection. We recently published our FY25 Impact report and I wanted to share some of the great work that has been achieved with your support.
12,449 packs were distributed across our My Essentials, Christmas 4 Kids in Care, School Essentials and Youth outreach packs along with additional baby-care items.
Our generous and committed item makers and donors contributed 436,764 giftable items!
We have been busy in the lead up to the end of year pouring over property data to prepare a submission to a newly announced program. The Energy Efficiency in Social Housing Program (EESHP), a partnership between the Victorian and Australian Government, will deliver up to 45,000 individual energy efficiency upgrades, including 5,000 fully electrified homes. We are hopeful we can help deliver improved energy efficiency and liveability throughout the older social housing dwellings we manage to help our residents save on their energy bills and deliver other benefits, including comfort and lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
New Homelessness and Affordable Housing Strategy
We were pleased to see City of Port Phillip Council unanimously adopt a new 10 year Homelessness and Affordable Housing Strategy last week, to which we made a detailed submission in October this year. The strategy intends to champion the development of new affordable housing, seek to protect existing affordable housing stock, and advocate for greater security and affordability in the rental market.
For much of last year it seemed our planet and humanity have been on the verge of imploding… With so many challenges and conflicts all over the world, we feel blessed to have achieved so much in Cambodia this year, not least of which are our 18 university graduates and 10 new students.
Samach and Doeb are first generation CRST students, raising their son, Thavout, in their newly-built home
contributed 17,532.5
