This week we welcomed Eilleen Stevens, and Abdulkadir Hassan ( his preferred name for us Anglo’s is Hassan) as members of Rotary Preston. Both offer their generosity and mutuality in the Rotary motto of “Service above Self.” We appreciate that Suzanne, Eilleen and Hassan bring their unique selves to Rotary Preston.
Amazing effort. What joy this will bring to our northern neighbours.
Legend P.P.! Thank you from all your friends at Rotary Preston.
- There are multiple roles and ways you may volunteer- face to face contact with clients, warehouse duties, monitoring emails/facebook requests, helping with deliveries…..all in a spirit of camaraderie with other like minded Rotarians and community volunteers.
She is the founder of the ZainabSheikh Foundation, supporting refugees from Africa, using her skills as a Social Worker. Sainab’s warmth and humanity shines through as she talked about her work in community assisting with immigration issues, housing, English classes, setting up homework clubs for students. The list is endless. Building partnerships with Victoria Police, Sainab is helping to break down barriers of misunderstanding, and mis- trust which can at times be mutual. Returning to Somalia in 2009, Sainab was horrified by the devastation wrought by Civil war, drought and famine. In 2020 she organised a container filled with medical equipment from Rotary’s DIK ( Donations in Kind) warehouse in Footsgray to Somalia. Shortages in Somalia abound; water is scarce, so she is seeking funds to establish bore- water holes, and assist in health care and education.
- Another from fellow member, David De La Coeur, as he was recovering from very recent Surgery. David writes-
- “Peter Peyton- our history keeper and quiet doer. He will help anyone and all when needed. The work he did in collecting all our memorabilia for the 60th Anniversary ( of our club) was enormous.
- Wayne O’Neill- Since I joined in 2007 Wayne has organised the Circus Quirkas Fund Raising. He has attended so many meetings to ensure everything is right and then there is every weekend that the shows are on.
Rotarians, and guests, listened to stories shared by those who were lucky enough to be recipients of these scholarships and what role Rotary played in supporting each through a tough time, including a worldwide pandemic. The object of this program is to provide a scholarship, which can be used to assist Indigenous students with their day to day expenses while they undertake a course in a wide range of health related professions. The scholarship is paid in addition to the Government Abstudy allowance.
Ruth McCall, President of Rotary Preston, and GMan, General Manager of 3 KND Radio Station, attended this celebratory evening.
- Northland Precinct Action Group
- Police & Aboriginal Community Protocols Against Family Violence….
My name is Rhiannon Tracey and I am the Founder & Executive Director at The Next Step.
After sustaining a spinal cord injury and becoming a quadriplegic in 2009, it became evidently clear there were not enough options for an individual wanting to improve their quality of life post injury. Within the first twelve months of my SCI journey, I met so many SCI survivors who were struggling with their new reality and their families were desperately trying to find answers and amongst all this, hope and this included my own.
I set out to find the best possible recovery options available, which included travelling across the world and collectively began to combine exercise therapy with holistic practices that were improving my own mobility and mindset. During an outpatient visit with my spinal consultant who had once told me to accept my new life in a chair, with me now walking into the hospital with the aid of a frame, I looked around the hospital gym and had a deep realisation that the purpose of having my accident was to show and enable others that life could go on after a negative experience, and how important it now was to turn my own, into something truly positive.
This realisation soon became establishing The Next Step SCI Recovery & Wellness Centre.
Learn about The Next Step Recovery Centre at
https://www.thenextstepsci.org.au
Imagine!
Preston, VIC 3072
Australia