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Service Above Self

We meet In Person

Wednesdays at 7:00 pm

Alexandra Golf Club

Gordon st
ALEXANDRA, VIC 3714
Australia

Phone:

0431 887 842

Email:

tfarrell@dkc.net.au

First, third & fifth Wednesday 7.00pm Apologies/Guests Ros Humphries, by mid-day Monday at the very latest! Email: roshumphries2943@gmail.com or text on her mobile: 0407 689221 Secretary Tom Farrell 0431887842

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Join the walk

The Rotary Club of Alexandra together with the Murrindindi Shire are running a 'Purple Weekend Against Family Violence' at the end of November.

On Thursday 27th Nov we will have an information table in Grant Street from 9am to 1pm. Purple tee shirts will feature in many shops and Rotary wants to make it ok to discuss this important problem.

On Friday 28th Nov Rotary and Murrindindi Shire will run the 'WALK FOR RESPECT' at Rotary Park from 11am to 2pm. Everyone is invited to hear our guest speakers and walk around Rotary Park. This will be followed by a BBQ generously provided by the local CFA. All welcome!

On Saturday 29th is the big BBQ at Yenckens from 9 to 1pm. There will be information, people to talk to and great sausages!

Council and the Rotary Club of Alexandra are hosting the Walk for Respect to bring our community together, take a stand against domestic and family violence, and promote safety, equality and respect for all. Every step we take is for those impacted, and for the future we are working to build.

Respect is building healthy, equal relationships and making it clear that violence is never acceptable. It is about speaking up when something harmful happens, role modelling positive behaviour, and recognising that each of us can help prevent violence.

Reports of family violence in our Shire are rising, highlighting the urgent need for community awareness and collective action to create safer homes and respectful relationships.

The event begins with a talk from Vincent Care about the gendered nature of family violence and how we can all play a role in ending it, followed by a 1.5 km community walk along the UT Creek path. Afterwards, we’ll gather at Rotary Park for a relaxed community get-together with support service stalls, barbeque lunch, light refreshments and a welcoming, positive atmosphere.

Wear purple and bring your friends and family. Dogs are welcome but must be on a lead.

https://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/Explore/Events-and-Activities/Whats-On/Walk-for-Respect-2025

Time capsule dug up

We now have the time capsule out of the ground thanks to Darrell Hedger and his little yellow digger with the support of our Rotarians. On Sunday October 5 people can collect their messages from 2000 at Rotary Park and enjoy the Sunday market as well. 10 to I . List of recipients will be in the Alexandra Standard on September 17. Bring the family and friends.

Consider purchasing an envelope for $10 at our local chemists to take home and compose a message for 2050 .

Save the Planet

Our guest speakers this week were Matt Bourke and Amanda Moore Container Deposit Scheme , Alexandra.
The depot is operated by Matt Bourke and Amanda Moore at the Iceworks accessed off Binns Mccraes Rd Alexandra.
Matt is a long time Alexandra resident, taught by our members John Cannon and Bob Flowers before working for his father Ivan as a refrigeration mechanic and small appliance repairer.
Amanda is also locally born and bred and has worked in hospitality and nursing.
When the container deposit scheme (CDS) was introduced in Victoria, Matt approached Visy to set up a local depot. The approval process was easier as he was extending the scope of his existing business.
They started in August 2024 with 15 bins which soon increased to 25 and has now reached 50. This may change again with recent closure of Eildon site.
How does the scheme work?
Containers are registered before they leave the manufacturers' premises, but not all containers are redeemed.
An OTC depot such as Alex can handle a larger amount of product than some of the vending machine facilities.
As the business develops so is the infrastructure. The bulk of the product received is cans, and counting has been mechanised with a machine Matt has created, the Bourkeneater.
Most wine bottles are not eligible in Victoria's CDS.
Cans should NOT be crushed before redemption under the scheme. Although crushing on site would reduce transport costs, crushed cans DO NOT bind into a hard cell, so have a lesser value at next stage of processing ie scrap value only .
Collected cans are transported to Shepparton for the next stage of processing.
The depot has 180 x 240L wheelie bins which can be provided to venues when hosting an event. The last rodeo generated 16,000 cans.
Looking forward, they would like to employ some younger staff, and /or part time older staff.
Opening hours are expected to expand over summer but are currently 9am-3pm Tues -Wed and 9am-1pm Fri- Sat.
To maximise the value of product collected the streams need to be separated into plastic, glass and aluminium. DON'T CRUSH CANS.
You can nominate a charity to receive the proceeds from returned containers though the CDS app for Apple or Android. Matt and Amanda can help.
ADFNC has earned $20K for the year, while Yarck CFA has bins at their shed and outside Bucks Bakehouse.
An interesting presentation.

Ragusa

As is the tradition of our club we toasted The Rotary Club Ragusa. It was established on November 5, 1956, through the initiative of 28 qualified professionals and entrepreneurs from the area, being the first service club in the province.
The Club is part of Rotary International, which counts more than 1,200,000 members in over 35,000 clubs located in more than 200 countries worldwide, and belongs to District 2110 Sicily and Malta, which includes over 100 clubs with nearly 4,000 members and is the home club of the new International President Francesco AREZZO.
The main purpose of Rotary is to encourage and develop the ideal of “service,” understood as the driving force and engine behind every activity.
In particular, it aims to:
• Promote and develop friendly relationships among its members, making them better equipped to “serve” the common good;
• Advocate for the highest standards of integrity in business and professional practices, recognizing the dignity of every useful occupation and ensuring it is exercised in the most honorable manner as a means of “serving” society;
• Guide the private, professional, and public activities of individuals toward the concept of “service”;
• Promote mutual understanding, goodwill, and peace between nations by fostering friendly relations among representatives of various economic and professional activities worldwide, united in a common purpose and the will to “serve.”

Francesco Arezzo, a member of the Rotary Club of Ragusa, Italy, has been selected by the Board of Directors to become Rotary International’s president for 2025-26.

Murrindindi Respect

Hat Day with the Murrindindi Respect group.

Lift the Lid on Mental Illness was supported with this mad hatter event.
100% of the money raised during this year’s Hat Day campaign goes directly to research helping the one in five Australians affected by depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and many other illness.
We also had lots of fun.

Murrindindi Respect Challenge
After a delicious two course dinner members and guests tested themselves with a new game devised by Games Master Mark Warren-Smith. Contestants who managed to toss a ball through a small hole into one box then tried to puncture balloons hidden in a different box. After much laughter Rotary was declared winner of the challenge.