Rotary Club of Box Hill Burwood

Social Dinner - Box Hill RSL
2024-04-23 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-04-09 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Box Hill RSL, 26-28 Nelson Road, Box Hill, VIC, 3128, Australia
Join us for an enjoyable evening of great company and good food.
Each 2nd and 4th Tuesdays Members and friends are welcome to join us at the Box Hill RSL for a social dinner.
To ensure we have enough seats booked, please advise us if you are coming.
secretary@boxhillburwoodrotary.org.au

Guest Speaker - Project Rozana
2024-04-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Box Hill RSL, 26-28 Nelson Road, Box Hill, VIC, 3128, Australia
Join us as we hear from guest Speaker – Rosemary Carrick, Australian Director of Project Rozana
Rozana was founded in 2013 as a result of a remarkable story of survival. At just four years old, Palestinian girl Rozana Salawhi fell from the ninth floor of her family’s apartment near Ramallah, sustaining life-threatening injuries. Her mother, journalist Maysa Abu Ghannam, arranged for Rozana’s treatment at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, believing that her chances of survival were higher in Israel’s healthcare system.
Rozana’s story inspired prominent Australian businessman Ron Finkel AM to shed light on the significant healthcare disparities between Israel and Palestine, despite their physical proximity. He recognized the potential for healthcare to promote goodwill between Israelis and Palestinians, and decided it was time to take action.
Rozana aims to address healthcare deficits in the region and leverage the willingness and accessibility of the Israeli healthcare system and its practitioners to support their Palestinian colleagues. By improving healthcare for Palestinians, Rozana also seeks to create positive dialogue and cultivate empathy between Israelis and Palestinians.
Meeting in the Upton Room, Box Hill RSL
6pm for 6:15pm start, 16th April 2024
Dinner is available in the RSL Bistro.
Please note non-Rotary club members will need to book separately if they wish to have dinner following the meeting as the venue only sets aside a limited number of seats for members. It is always better to book extras just in case.

Whitehorse Farmers Market
2024-04-14 08:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-10 08:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-11 08:00 - 14:00, 2024-01-12 08:00 - 13:00, 2023-12-10 08:00 - 13:00, 2023-10-08 08:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-10 08:00 - 13:00, 2023-08-13 08:00 - 13:00 and 1 more date | Whitehorse Civic Centre, 379 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading, VIC, Australia
The market has been run by Rotarian volunteers each and every month since 2006
The Whitehorse Farmers’ Market provides the community with direct access to fresh farm-sourced and organic food products and gives suppliers a local venue for business.
It has a wide range of stalls and a good balance of produce from fruit, vegetables and meats through to bread, cakes, pasta, eggs, chutneys and olive oils etc. You can also enjoy a bacon & egg sandwich and a freshly brewed coffee
The market is operated by the combined Whitehorse Rotary Group on behalf of Council.
The whole community receives a range of economic, social and health benefits from the market with a commitment by Rotary to put all the funds they raise towards community projects in Whitehorse.
The Whitehorse Rotary Group comprises the Rotaract Club of Whitehorse and the Rotary Clubs of Box Hill, Box Hill Central, Forest Hill, Mitcham, Mont Albert and Surrey Hills (MASH) and Nunawading.
Plastic Bag Free Market – The Farmers’ Market is a ‘plastic bag free market’ so please do not forget to bring along your own re-usable bags.
The market is held in the grounds of the Nunawading Civic Centre, Maroondah Highway, Nunawading on the second Sunday of each month from 8.00am to 1.00pm.

Gordon Conochie
2024-04-02 18:00 - 19:30 | Box Hill RSL, 26-28 Nelson Road, Box Hill, VIC, 3128, Australia
Join us to hear from Gordon Conochie, Gordon is an adjunct research fellow at La Trobe University and author of the new book, A Tiger Rules the Mountain: Cambodia’s Pursuit of Democracy.
‘Gordon Conochie has written an incisive personal account of the past decade of Cambodian politics, detailing Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruthless consolidation of power and the closing-over of the country’s few remaining glades of freedom. Rich with the voices of ordinary people and keenly attuned to the country’s cultural and social dynamics, A Tiger Rules the Mountain is vital reading for anyone wanting to understand where Cambodia has come from, and where it might be going.’
Sebastian Strangio, journalist and author of Cambodia: From Pol Pot to Hun Sen and Beyond
Meeting in the Upton Room, Box Hill RSL
6pm for 6:15pm start, 2nd April 2024
Dinner is available in the RSL Bistro.
Please note non-Rotary club members will need to book separately if they wish to have dinner following the meeting as the venue only sets aside a limited number of seats for members. It is always better to book extras just in case.

Susan Bergman OAM - Australian Honours System
2024-03-19 18:00 - 19:30 | Box Hill RSL, 26-28 Nelson Road, Box Hill, VIC, 3128, Australia
Join us to hear Susan Bergman OAM as she explains The Australian Honors System and the importance of acknowledging our Community Heros.
Susan was awarded an OAM for her tireless work and efforts supporting the Arts in 2019. She was instrumental in ensuring the Arts community in the City of Casey were afforded every opportunity by lobbying local government to provide vital infastructure to support the Arts.
Her alter ego Lady Uppity Crust, Casey Socialite, has also entertained and provided wit and joy to countless people for many years
Meeting in the Upton Room, Box Hill RSL
6pm for 6:15pm start, 19th March 2024
Dinner is available in the RSL Bistro.
Please note non-Rotary club members will need to book separately if they wish to have dinner following the meeting as the venue only sets aside a limited number of seats for members. It is always better to book extras just in case.

Guest Speaker - Dr Philip Choi
2024-02-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Box Hill RSL, 26-28 Nelson Road, Box Hill, VIC, 3128, Australia
Dr. Philip Choi, a stroke neurologist, at Eastern Health will be joining us to tell us about the Biplane Angiogram machine. Dr Choi has been actively involved in bridging the gap between urban and regional stroke care. His 2021-22 pilot study, funded by an Avant Foundation grant, aimed to improve access to specialist care for regional stroke patients.

Picnic in the Wattle Park
2024-01-23 17:30 - 20:30 | Wattle Park, 1012 Riversdale Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia
Join us for a casual picnic in Wattle Park to start the Rotary 2024 year. All members and family are welcome.

Club Christmas Celebration
2023-12-12 18:30 - 22:00 | Box Hill Golf Club, 202 Station Street, Box Hill South, VIC, 3128, Australia

Whitehorse Farmers Market
2023-11-12 08:00 - 13:00 | VIC

57th Annual Whitehorse Art Show
2023-10-26 08:00 - 2023-10-29 17:00 | Box Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Victoria, 3128, Australia
The Rotary Club of Box Hill Burwood is proud to present the annual Whitehorse Art Show 2023 in the magnificent Box Hill Town Hall.
This will be the 57th Annual Art Show held within the City of Whitehorse and provide an outlet for quality artists to display and sell their work.
The Box Hill Burwood Rotary Whitehorse Art Show will be held in The Box Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill from Thursday 26 October to Sunday 29 October 2023. Ample parking is available in either the Town Hall grounds or in the immediate vicinity.
Tickets for the Opening Night Gala 3-course Dinner (including drinks) on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 7pm are available from 1 September 2023. Ticket price is $85 per person. ($80 for Rotarians), This includes a preview of the exhibition and first option to purchase any exhibit.
An admission fee of $10 per person ($5 concession) will be charged to view the exhibition from Thursday 26 October to Sunday 29 October 2023. No charge for students or minors.
There is no charge for the quality exhibition catalogue

Whitehorse Art Show Gala Dinner
2023-10-25 18:30 - 22:00 | Box Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Victoria, 3128, Australia
Tickets for the Whitehorse Art Show Opening Night Gala 3-course Dinner (including drinks) on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 7pm will beavailable from 1 September 2023.
Ticket price is $85 per person. ($80 for Rotarians), This includes a preview of the exhibition and first option to purchase any exhibit.
Don’t miss out – limited tickets are available

Social Dinner - RSL Box Hill
2023-09-26 18:00 - 20:00 | VIC
Join us for an enjoyable evening of great company and good food.
Each 2nd and 4th Tuesdays Members and friends are welcome to join us at the Box Hill RSL for a social dinner.
To ensure we have enough seats booked, please advise us if you are coming.
secretary@boxhillburwoodrotary.com.au

Guest Speaker - Frida Umuhoza
2023-09-19 18:00 - 19:30 | Box Hill RSL, 26-28 Nelson Road, Box Hill, VIC, 3128, Australia
Join us for a very special guest evening with guest speaker- Frida Umuhoza
In 1994 Frida Umuhoza survived the genocide of Tutsi people in Rwanda. Frida‘s story is a confronting one, persecuted from childhood for her ethnicity, the traumatic loss of her entire family, and then living alongside her persecutors in the aftermath of the nationwide genocide.
Frida was the only survivor of her family, now married to Rob van der Zaag and the couple has seven children. She graduated from Bowling Green State University Firelands Campus in the State of Ohio with a bachelor’s degree of Arts in Communication. Frida has shared her story of miraculous survival, God’s grace, the power of forgiveness, inner healing and resilience around the world including, Africa, Europe, America and Australia. Frida is also a key note speaker at high schools, universities, churches, business and not for profit organizations and various women groups.

Frida spoke at the UN Headquarters in New York during the 2016 Annual Commemoration of the Rwanda genocide against the Tutsis. In 2019, Frida spoke at Memorial de la SHOAH in Paris and at the Melbourne Jewish Holocaust Centre.

Frida is the author of Destined To Live and In the School of Resilience.

Dinner is available in the RSL Bistro following the meeting
Please note non-Rotary club members will need to book separately if they wish to have dinner following the meeting as the venue only sets aside a limited number of seats for members. It is always better to book extras just in case.

Social Dinner- RSL Box Hill
2023-09-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Box Hill RSL, 26-28 Nelson Road, Box Hill, VIC, 3128, Australia

Aviv Palti - Cambodian Rural Students Trust & Rotary Passport Club of Melbourne
2023-09-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Box Hill RSL, 26-28 Nelson Road, Box Hill, VIC, 3128, Australia
Join us as we hear from Aviv Palti, Aviv is the President of the Rotary Passport Club of Melbourne.
He is the CEO of Lifestyle Brands, a homewares company he co-founded 39 years ago.
In 2011 Aviv and his family founded the Cambodia Rural Students Trust (CRST), an NGO based in Siem Reap, Cambodia. With the mission of ‘Breaking the poverty cycle through education’, their unique non-government organization is entirely led and managed by their students.
In August 2022, the Rotary Passport Club of Melbourne supported the charter of the Rotaract Club of Siem Reap. These Rotaractors, along with other CRST NGO students, last year reached over 20,000 beneficiaries through some incredible grass-root community projects.
Based on the 3 pillars of Education, Empowerment and Inspiration, the Cambodia Rural Students Trust and Rotary Passport Melbourne have impacted thousands of lives as they Educate Future Leaders.
Meeting in the Upton Room, Box Hill RSL
6pm for 6:15pm start, 5th September 2023
Dinner is available in the RSL Bistro.
Please note non-Rotary club members will need to book separately if they wish to have dinner following the meeting as the venue only sets aside a limited number of seats for members. It is always better to book extras just in case.

Club Social Family Lunch - Matthew Flinders Hotel
2023-08-26 12:30 - 16:00 | Matthew Flinders Hotel, 667 Warrigal Road, Chadstone, Victoria, 3148, Australia
Club members and their families are invited to join us for a club social lunchat Matthew Flinders Hotel at 12.30 PM on Saturday 26th August (667 Warrigal Road, Chadstone).
There is a great Kids play area close to the dining area, and we encourage members with children to bring them along (grandchildren also welcome!)
Please let us know if you are interested in attending to confirm numbers By Friday 12th August
secretary@boxhillburwoodrotary.org.au

Social Dinner - RSL Box Hill
2023-08-22 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Box Hill RSL, 26-28 Nelson Road, Box Hill, VIC, 3128, Australia

Upcoming Speaker - John Friend-Pereira: Reflection on Israel/Palestine
2023-08-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Box Hill RSL, 26-28 Nelson Road, Box Hill, VIC, 3128, Australia
Join us to hear from member John Friend- Pereira. Unfortunately, our programmed speaker Susan Bergman OAM has had to reschedule due to illness, but we assure you that you won’t be disappointed.
John Friend-Pereira was based in the West Bank city of Hebron divided to accommodate 500 Israeli settlers among 180,000 Palestinians. Movement restrictions have led to the closure of 850 Palestinian businesses there and children’s journey to school entails long delays at checkpoints. John took time to listen to Israelis in Sderot, an Israeli town frequently hit by rockets fired by Palestinian militant groups.
Meeting in the Upton Room, Box Hill RSL
6pm for 6:15pm start, 15th August 2023
Dinner is available in the RSL Bistro.
Please note non-Rotary club members will need to book separately if they wish to have dinner following the meeting as the venue only sets aside a limited number of seats for members. It is always better to book extras just in case.
Tuesday 15th August – Free Event

SeeBeyondBorders - Changemakers Information Night
2023-08-01 18:00 - 20:30 | Bucatinis Restaurant, 454 Whitehorse Road, Mitcham, Victoria, 3132, Australia
Our International Director Ray McLeod-Dryden and Local Community Projects/SeeBeyondBorders Director John Friend-Pereira would like to invite you to hear about our joint Rotary Club Box Hill Burwood and Rotary Springvale City International Project. Educational Changemakers in Cambodia
Our guest speakers will be Sally Miles, Chief Executive Australia, SeeBeyondBorders Australia and Seda Douglas (RC Springvale City)
Cost of the meal will be $30 p/h.
NOTE: This event will not be held at our normal meeting venue of RSL Box Hill Burwood
Time 6:00 pm for 6:30 Start
Venue:
Bucatinis Restaurant, 454 Whitehorse Road, Mitcham.
Bookings are essential – Payment will be collected on the night

RYLA - Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
2023-07-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Box Hill RSL, 26-28 Nelson Road, Box Hill, VIC, 3128, Australia
Tuesday 18th July
Join us when we hear from our 3 sponsored Young Leaders who attended RYLA – Rotary Youth Leadership Awards recently.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is an intensive leadership experience organized by Rotary clubs to provide and develop leadership skills in our Leaders of Tomorrow. Held annually every year, this 6 day live in leadership seminar changes the lives of 18-30 year olds.
Meeting in the Upton Room, Box Hill RSL
6pm for 6:15pm start, 20th June 2023
Dinner is available in the RSL Bistro. Please note non-Rotary club members will need to book separately if they wish to have dinner following the meeting.
