Projects and Activities of Rotary Clubs of District 9640
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An assortment of Masks.
Making Masks
Kaylene Butler is the star behind this project, after checking on Victorian Health Dept criteria, she set her sights on making the masks with 2 layers of cotton, or 1 polyester & 1 cotton.
 
Money raised is going to Rotary Projects, & we are very happy to take orders from any & everyone... it was only by chance the day the photo was taken we have Orange Sky Laundry boys, Nick & Lucas at our club.
 
This is a perfect example of how one ordinary idea can turn into extraordinary.
Kaylene and Hayley "model" masks.
Polio success from Movie Night
Grafton Midday Rotary president Robert Blanchard and vice president Lee Taylor on the Saraton Theatre steps after the film night.
Recognising the excellent success of the End Polio Movie that was hosted by Grafton Midday at the Saraton Theatre.
Rotary Clubs from Yamba, Maclean and Grafton joined Grafton Midday to support this event.
President Robert Blanchard and his very talented hard working team drove this great event.
We all enjoyed fellowship and a meal prior to the Movie at the Clocktower  Hotel. $2103.80 was raised for End Polio which when matched 2 for 1 by The Gates Foundation results in $6300 towards eradicating Polio.
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Murwillumbah Central Rotary Hospital Deck Coffee Shop Project
The Tweed Shire Australia Day awards recognised the Murwillumbah Hospital Coffee Shop volunteers for their enduring effort over many years.
The 2020 Group Volunteer of the Year award went to the Murwillumbah Hospital Coffee Shop Volunteers who provide their service 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year.
Since 2006 when the Murwillumbah Central Rotary Club members designed and built the huge deck and renovated an unused old building to use for the shop, the group has raised more than $500,000 towards equipment for the hospital.
In 2018 Murwillumbah Central club members aided by a District Grant, replaced the outdoor section of the deck and in 2021 the club, supported by another District Grant,  replaced the balance of the deck. The new deck is Modwood, which is low maintenance and long life.
The well-deserved recognition of the work of the Coffee Shop volunteers is based on the foresight and skills of the Murwillumbah Central Rotary members in creating "The Deck" and continued support and maintenance over many years.

Gold Coast Ramble 2021

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David Baguley presenting hamper to carer Kerry Horwood and Tarsha Tupper, this year’s popular winners of the best costume prize, a $250 hamper donated by Sue Geelan of Metanao. Theme was ‘Funday Sunday’ dressed as super heroes.
The Surfers Sunrise Wheelchair Project continues to construct all terrain wheelchairs and supply them to disadvantaged people around the world.
In the underdeveloped countries where they are distributed, there is generally no Government funded safety net to provide medical aids such as wheelchairs, so the disadvantaged are heavily reliant on charitable organisations such as Rotary. Over ten thousand have been constructed and distributed since the project began over twenty years ago.
This means that, with your generous support, over nine thousand people have received a life changing gift, giving them mobility and independence, and perhaps even a smile.
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X-Ray Unit and Blood Analyser for Mauna Hospital, Vanuatu
The project was initiated by a Doctor from Pentecost Island Dr Richard Leona who in early 2019 attended a Gold Coast Medical Association meeting requesting assistance to provide a building to house a portable XR and blood auto-analysers placed next to a surgical theatre in Mauna Health Centre, Abwatuntora, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu.
 
The building itself is being built and put together at the Surfers Sunrise Rotary Shed in Arundel, Gold Coast Australia, will then be taken apart and shipped over to Vanuatu, where a team of Rotarians and Rotaractors will be travelling over to assist in the building of the new health centre. 
Along with the build, Rotary and the involved clubs aim to assist in the continued training of the medical staff on the island, to help them get the best out of the equipment they will be receiving.