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The Great Duck Race - 1 December 2024The Great Duck Race 1 December 2024 Join us for the Raine & Horne Duck Race on Sunday 1 December 2024. The Rotary Club of Strathalbyn will again bring you a fun filled, free family day in the Strathalbyn Soldiers Memorial Gardens. The fun starts at 10:00am where you can enjoy 3 heats of the race, and the great final event with 2500 ducks floating down the river for a shot at first place with the winning duck securing their raffle ticket holder a $1,000 cash prize. There will also by the Corporate Duck Race where there will be over 70 corporate ducks fighting for the honor of winner and bragging rights. Business's will also vie for the Best Dressed Duck trophy. You can check out the program for the day https://strathrotary.org.au/Page/2024-duck-race-program Raffle tickets to secure a duck in the race can be purchased by scanning the QR Code below or going to the Raffletix website. There are only 2500 tickets and they sell out well before the day, so don't wait too long to purchase. PLEASE NOTE - There will not be paper tickets available on the day, however you will be able to purchase using the QR Code which will be displayed on the day. You can also join in the fun by boarding the Steam Ranger Duck Train in Mt Barker. Go to https://www.steamrangerheritagerailway.org/event/the-great-strathalbyn-duck-race/  Major Sponsor -
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The Great Duck Race - November 2023  The Great Duck Race 19 NOVEMBER 2023 The excitement is building as the plans for the Duck Race are taking shape. Its now time for you to purchase your raffle ticket. Every ticket gets you a yellow duck that matches your raffle ticket number and the chance to win a prize from the $2000 prize pool. The major prize is $1,000. Be quick so that you do not miss out. There are 2,500 ducks up for grabs and once the tickets are sold the opportunity is gone. Scan the QR code or go the the link to purchase. We are teaming up with the Adelaide Rally https://www.adelaiderally.com.au/strathalbyn who will be running their annual event through the Hills and Fleurieu with over 400 rally cars coming to Strathalbyn on the day. There will be a time trial street circuit around the town and park, and you can enjoy the fun of the Duck Race in the Park. There will be food vans, and a market run by the Strathalbyn CWA with lots of market stalls and plenty of fun for the kids. The Steamranger will be running a Duck Race train from Mt Barker so you can go to https://www.steamrangerheritagerailway.org/event/strathalbyn-duck-train/ if you would like to catch the train.
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Rotary’s Response to the 1918 Flu Pandemic
This is how Rotary responded to the influenza pandemic that began in 1918 and came in three waves, lasting more than a year. The Rotary Club of Berkeley, California, USA, meets in John Hinkel Park during the 1918 flu pandemic. |
Rotary at the Start of the United Nations
During World War II, Rotary informed and educated members about the formation of the United Nations and the importance of planning for peace. Materials such as the booklet “From Here On!” and articles in The Rotarian helped members understand the UN before it was formally established and follow its work after its charter. Many countries were fighting the war when the term “United Nations” was first used officially in the 1942 “Declaration by United Nations.” The 26 nations that signed it pledged to uphold the ideals expressed by the United States and the United Kingdom the previous year of the common principles “on which they based their hopes for a better future for the world.”
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History of Women in RotaryWomen are active participants in Rotary, serving their communities in increasing numbers and serving in leadership positions in Rotary. The 1989 Council on Legislation vote to admit women into Rotary clubs worldwide remains a watershed moment in the history of Rotary. “My fellow delegates, I would like to remind you that the world of 1989 is very different to the world of 1905. I sincerely believe that Rotary has to adapt itself to a changing world,” said Frank J. Devlyn, who would go on to become RI president in 2000-01. The vote followed the decades-long efforts of men and women from all over the Rotary world to allow the admission of women into Rotary clubs, and several close votes at previous Council meetings.
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Young Inventor Eco-Friendly Bricks Come Full Circle
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First Club in Philippines Opens Door to Rotary in Asia
The club would be the only one in the country for more than 12 years. Eventually, Manila club members organized Rotary clubs in the Philippine cities of Cebu (1932) and Iloilo (1933). Iloilo club members then started a club in Bacolod (1937), and Rotary continued to expand across the country. |
An estimated 500 million people worldwide became infected. Many cities closed theaters and cinemas, and placed restrictions on public gatherings. Rotary clubs adjusted their activities while also helping the sick.
Rotary and the United Nations have a shared history of working toward peace and addressing humanitarian issues around the world.
Every hero has an origin story. “I was 10 years old when the entire journey started,” explains Binish Desai. It began with a cartoon called Captain Planet, an animated TV series from the 1990s about an environmentalist with superpowers. Desai can still recite the show’s refrain: Captain Planet, he’s our hero / Gonna take pollution down to zero! “That tagline stuck in my mind,” he says. “I wanted to do something to help Captain Planet.”
In early 1919, Rotarian Roger Pinneo of Seattle, Washington, USA, traveled to the Philippines to try to organize a Rotary club in Manila. Leon J. Lambert, a Manila business leader helped Pinneo establish the club. Several months later, on 1 June 1919, the Rotary Club of Manila was chartered and became the first Rotary club in Asia.
