What a fantastic success was our first event for Women’s International Day breakfast Thursday 8 march 2012! We had over 720 men and women and supported Violence Free Families www.violencefreefamilies.org.au!! And yes those hard questions were asked about how and if it possible for men and women to work together. …opening further challenges for next …
'Video created by Hunting With PixelsIt was a sellout!Our MC, Leila Gurriwiwi, welcomed our 1,000+ men and women in the room. Setting the mood full of anticipation of what the morning is to bring. Followed by Minister for Women’s Affairs, Mary Wooldridge opening the event. She spoke of her support of our charity Violence Free Families, how …
Women In Rotary's International Women's Day Breakfast was celebrated at Crown Palladium with over 1250 men and women on Tuesday 4 March 2014.The room was filled, with song, laughter , food delicacies and a vibrant panel discussion With Jean Kittson, Fabian Dattner, Libbi Gorr, Helen Kapalos, Christine Kilpatrick, Lex Lasry, Bernard Salt, and William McInness …
With a sell out crowd of over 1200 men and women, we were able to raise over $60,000 for our supported charities.Thank you to all of our sponsors and attendees who were able to make this possible in 2015.
Kerry Kornhauser’s thank you speech:What a fabulous morning, celebrating the richness of diversity bringing our theme to life…The Ascent of a Woman.This morning is our 5th Women in Rotary International Women’s Day Breakfast, I have the privilege of thanking all involved:Please take a moment and have a look around, congratulate yourselves as we have reached …
IWD Breakfast, March 8 2017 Wednesday, March 8 at 6.30 am, 1,200 people descended into the Crown Palladium in Melbourne to celebrate with Women in Rotary, our International Women’s Day. Once again, our Kerry Kornhauser OAM, with a team of volunteers gathered together both professional and non-professional men and women, 90 Year 12 students from …
What a fabulous morning, celebrating the richness of diversity and bringing our theme to life. This year was our 7th Women in Rotary International Women’s Day Breakfast. What a treat to be entertained by our amazing panel… certainly the brightest minds in town. Thank you to Stephen Quartermain, Ali Moore, Andy Penn, Deborah Glass, Adam Fennessy, …
Rotary is a strong and truly valued partner of Victoria Police and provides significant support to us as an organisation, especially in the area of funding and providing professional development opportunities to enhance our members’ community engagement skills. Rotary District 9800 is a major partner in the Victoria Police Leadership Mentoring Programme which also includes …
I’m a proud 3rd Generation Rotarian, but ‘with a difference’ as far as my family’s concerned. I’m their first female Rotarian! You could even say that Rotary’s well and truly in my genes, because from my late teens on, I’ve always made the most of what Rotary has to offer me. In 1988, as a …
When I was selected to be a Rotary Youth Exchange student in 2000 and to travel to Germany, I had no way of knowing how much it would alter the course of my life. But alter it, it certainly did! It wasn’t until my Dad was given a Rotary Youth Exchange application form to pass …