It's a fun night of punting with free fun money, prizes, silent auctions, and fashions on the field competitions.
We run it each year, usually in February.
All proceeds go to charity.
We conduct this annual bike ride in and around Canberra overing participants the choice to ride the lock peaks in a supported envitonment.
It's normally in April each year.
Our Club provided a dialysis health facility in Kintore (500 km west of Alice Springs) for the aboriginal Western Desert Nganampa Walytja Palyantjaku Tjutaku Aboriginal Corporation Inc (WDNWPT).
We converted a derelict pre-existing building (the Blue House) to include a dialysis unit (provision for four dialysis machines) and medical store rooms, an education area, bedrooms, kitchens, laundry, offices and outside shade areas and gardens. We provided labour (in the form of work parties) and materials.
The dialysis and education centre has been in use, servicing the community, since November 2010 and our Club has a continuing minor involvement.
Woden Rotary supports indigenous students studying to become doctors, nurses, and other health related professions through the Indigenous Health Scholarship Program managed by Australian Rotary Health. Contact Woden Rotary if interested.
Rotary Adventure in Citizenship is an initiative of the Woden Rotary Club and Canberra Rotary Club, and is supported by the Parliamentary Education Office. Year 11 students from all parts of Australia come to Canberra. The program provides them with an increased awareness of their responsibilities as citizens, the values and privileges of being an Australian, and the roles of the Australian Parliament and of Canberra as the National Capital.
Our Club assists Vinnies with the organisation and running of their Christmas party for those in need in the Canberra region.
Vinnies is a lay Catholic organisation that aspires to serve the poor with love, respect, justice, hope and joy, and by working to shape a more just and compassionate society. It aspires to be recognised as a caring charity offering ‘a hand up’ to people in need by respecting their dignity, sharing their hope, and encouraging them to take control of their own destiny.
Our Club gives two prizes to final year students at Canberra College:
- Arthur Holder award $300
- Stewert Garnsey award $300
Our Club is supporting the Interact Club of Telopea Park School to raise $80 000 to build a greatly needed, hall, kitchen and library for the Port Resolution Central School on the Island of Tanna, Vanuatu. Improved education in this remote community as it will undoubtedly provide opportunities for many generations to come. A Canberra based architect drew up the plans and the Vanuatu Education Department has given written approval.
This project is an official Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) Project and Rotary District 9650 will project manage the construction of the new education building.
Port Resolution and Telopea Park schools are working together to raise the required funds for the project scheduled to begin in May and be finished Sept 2012,
Parking management and operaton for:
Rotary Wishing Well – in the Canberra Hospital main entrance foyer
Last updated JW 27 February 2018