Member Helen Parker has been featured in the latest newsletter from Interplast. As members may recall Helen nominated Interplast as her charity when she ran the Melbourne Half Marathon in July, raising $2,660. This amount was raised from a wide range of people including friends, colleagues and fellow Rotarians. Here is what appeared in the newsletter:
Racing towards accessible care
Congratulations and thank you to Helen Parker for completing the Run Melbourne Half Marathon in support of Interplast!
By raising $2,660 for people waiting for life-changing surgery, every kilometre Helen completed is helping to make a real difference.
You can easily choose your race, challenge yourself, and help raise vital funds. Join us and make every step count!
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By raising $2,660 for people waiting for life-changing surgery, every kilometre Helen completed is helping to make a real difference.
You can easily choose your race, challenge yourself, and help raise vital funds. Join us and make every step count!
Sign up here
STOP PRESS
Helen has been invited to join, at her own cost, an Interplast team heading for Samoa in late November this year. She received the invitation from Associate Professor Misha Coleman, the CEO of Interplast after it appears the person already earmarked to go had to withdraw.
Helen will be the third member of our Club to join one of these teams. She ticks a number of boxes to qualify.
She has a personal connection with Samoa, she has been identified as a personal supporter of Interplast, she is a member of a Rotary Club that has been a strong financial supporter of Interplast and. of course she is a doctor. Whilst it is somewhat unlikely she will be invited to actually perform surgery, I'm sure she will be put to good use in some capacity beyond just an observer.
Helen has been invited to join, at her own cost, an Interplast team heading for Samoa in late November this year. She received the invitation from Associate Professor Misha Coleman, the CEO of Interplast after it appears the person already earmarked to go had to withdraw.
Helen will be the third member of our Club to join one of these teams. She ticks a number of boxes to qualify.
She has a personal connection with Samoa, she has been identified as a personal supporter of Interplast, she is a member of a Rotary Club that has been a strong financial supporter of Interplast and. of course she is a doctor. Whilst it is somewhat unlikely she will be invited to actually perform surgery, I'm sure she will be put to good use in some capacity beyond just an observer.
As you may recall, Helen and I established a connection with the Rotary Club of Samoa in July. We will, of course, be in contact with them to see what we can do together in relation to this trip.
Well done Helen, and well done Rotary BMC!
Taken from the RI Website 
Taken from RDU 
President Neville chaired this evening's club meeting at Gilberts where we had a lovely buffet of roast meats with vegetables and salad. Guests included PDG Bob Richards, Angela Lynch, Gary Ramage, Arto Arshakyan and Luiza, and our guest speaker, Debbie Welsh from Rostrum.
Taken from the RI site 
By placing 54 Chromebooks into the hands of students in need, the Rotary Club of Pāpāmoa is helping bridge the digital divide and creating brighter educational opportunities for young people across Pāpāmoa and Te Puke.
Past District 9810 Governor Ian Ballantine
