What a great way to start the new Rotaract year! On Thursday 29 July we celebrated our first 5th week social night of 2010/11 with a great night of Putt Putt at Victoria Park. 

Dinner was fantastic, and gelati delicious. Oh, and the golf was good fun too! Congrats to the winners of each team, and the stand-out performances – Tiffany with two hole-in-ones; Alisha who was able to play and talk on the phone at the same time; Kylie who managed to lose a ball over the fence and out of the course – and congratulations to Laura and Reece’s teams who both completed the whole 18 holes!

Thanks to Caz for organising such a fun night – can’t wait for the next one in September.

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Between the 2nd and 6th of August, South Brisbane Rotaractors Laura Quade and Sharni Bartlett are participating in Live Below the Line.

Live Below the Line is run by the Global Poverty Project and the Oaktree Foundation, and aims to raise awareness about people currently living below the poverty line.

For the first week in August, Laura and Sharni will survive on just $2 a day, and all funds raised will support poverty education in schools and to a new educational initiative in Cambodia.

Check out Laura and Sharni at http://city-south-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/no-provision-for-snacks/
For more information about Live Below the Line, check out http://livebelowtheline.com/about/what-is-live-below-the-line/

CONGRATULATIONS to the Rotaract Club of South Brisbane’s new President for the 2010/2011 year, Hayley Gardner!!

I know Hayley will have a fantastic year, with some big new projects coming up!!! Come along to a meeting for the start of our new year.

It’s that time of the year again!!! Time for our changeover dinner to change the board for the incoming 2010/2011 year!! Alex will be stepping down as President and Hayley Gardner (President Elect) will come in as the new President.

It will be held at The Fox, in West End; starting at 6.30pm, and tickets are $40 including a 2 course meal and some alcohol (thank you to the staff at The Fox who have been working so hard for us to put on this event).

Please RSVP to Mel by Sunday 6th June to gain yourself a ticket to this wonderful event.

Look forward to seeing you all there.

On Saturday 6th March, Adopt a Road signs were installed on Jane St West End in recognition of Rotaract’s efforts to regularly clean up the street.

Adopt a Road is an initiative of Brisbane City Council and Keep Australia Beautiful Queensland.

If you’re driving through West End, check out our signs! One is on the corner of Jane and Boundary Streets. The other is on the corner of Jane St and Montague Rd.

Well the night has now been and gone and may I say it was a wonderful success! 

We had over 190 guests come along to our Valentine’s Day movie night (selling out the whole cinema!), who mixed and mingled and were treated to champagne and nibbles at our pre-movie function.   Guests were also given a chance to buy raffle tickets, of which the proceeds went directly to our Philippines Dental Mission.

Once inside the theatre, the raffle prizes were drawn, with some very happy winners and then the movie rolled on screen.

From all reports, guests had a fantastic time.  Thanks go to Emilie and Sharni for all their efforts on the night.  As a result, the club was able to raise over $2,000 for the Dental Mission in the Philippines.

Thanks to all those guests who came along and also to the following companies who provided support on the night in the way of raffle prize donations:

- Aspley Optical House

- Brisbane Comedy Festival (Comedian Mel Buttle)

- Brisbane City Blooms

- The Coffee Club (West End)

- The Revival Lounge

- Super Butcher

- Black Dove Body Bar

- Fusion Hot Yoga

- Flower & Hart Lawyers

- Suncorp Stadium

- Beaurepaires (Rocklea)

- Gavin Fernan (our muso for the night)

The response to our Valentine’s Day movie fundraiser has been spectacular, with the night selling out completely!

Come back to this site after the 11th, as we will be sure to put up a wrap up of the event with some photos of our lovely guests!

Thanks to all those who have bought tickets, and to those who missed out, keep your eyes peeled on the website for information on upcoming events!

The Rotaract Club of South Brisbane presents a 23 day tour of Nepal including sightseeing, trekking, jungle safari and six days sharing the lives of CWC kids. This is the ultimate cultural adventure with a humanitarian twist.

For more information please join our Facebook Group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=212252475404

The intinerary and application form can be downloaded from http://au.geocities.com/d_cansdale/

It’s that time again – time for our 5th week social night (or social afternoon in this case).

You’ve been hearing about this for weeks and now it’s finally here! Clear the afternoon, forget about lame excuses to visit family or clean the apartment! It’s time to kick back and have a drink and a laugh while you work out how to play the crazy old game of croquet.

Also bring along your mates! The more the merrier!

RSVP to Michelle

Hi everyone

Just wanted to welcome you all to the 09/10 year with Alexandra Denning-Kemp as our new president.

This year we plan to base our year (including events, fundraisers, social activities and guest speakers) around the 8 UN millenium goals.

Looking forward to working with you all. New members and guests always more than welcome.