Last week's meeting we discussed the idea of a virtual sausage sizzle and we (through Rebekah) have now set up a page. The link to the website to donate is here.. https://sausage-sizzle-ivanhoe.raisely.com Happy sizzling! Join us this week to hear from Una Hobday from...

A report on last week's meeting. Rosemary Freeman - Rotary Club of Moreland Our Club joined in the ZOOM meeting with the Rotary Club of Moreland to hear Rosemary Freeman relate her first-hand experiences of Covid-19. Rosemary is a healthcare professional in a private...

A report from our last meeting. Hope Springs. John Rumble is the Coordinator of ‘Hope Springs’, a mental health ministry of the Banyule group of Uniting churches. It is for people with mental illness, acquired brain inju-ry, other disabilities, or anyone who is...

Wednesday September 9 Meeting - The Little Vegetable Jack and his partner Belle run ‘The Little Vegetable’, an organic grocery store in East Ivanhoe village. Having grown up in Alphington Jack knows the area well. After closure of another similar business in Waterdale...

It is generally acknowledged that Rotary needs to attract new younger members if the organisation is to thrive into the 21st century. With this objective in mind, Grant Godino from the Rotary Club of Strath-more described a proposal for a new on-line club, to ber...

Last week we were treated by our very own David Balshaw to a motivational talk entitled ‘Mindset and Motivation in Uncertain Times’. David explained how he was involved in the RACV young members group for young professionals as a mentor. In this role David has shared...

We were privileged to have Dr Sabine Perrone share a small amount of her knowledge of the fascinating topic of biosecurity and its importance in a fast-changing world. Sabine explained how the term ‘Biosecurity’ originated in USA, and how there is now an increasing...

Our special guest last week was Stephanie Woollard, AO, founder of the ‘Seven Women’ organisation that supports disabled women in Nepal. RC Ivanhoe has been with Stephanie from the beginning of her ‘Seven Women’ project. It all started with a $1000 grant from our...

Last Wednesday we learnt more about our newest Ivanhoe Rotarian Rebekah Trachsel.—the person behind the badge. Rebekah told us how she grew up in Ohio Cincinatti, close to the border with Kentucky – a somewhat economically depressed region of the USA. Her family name...