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Guest speaker Tuesday, 3rd November 2020

Due to the necessity to remain out of public spaces where possible, we are continuing our Zoom breakfast meetings for the foreseeable future.

If you would like to visit our meeting, please contact us by email on rotaryclubcentralmelbourne@gmail.com or phone 0455-858-996 and request log-in details.

The meeting will commence at 7:40am and conclude no later than 8:45.

Mary Kouppas: The Royce Abbey Award Program

The Royce Abbey Award is available to Rotary Clubs wishing to recognise Rotarians showing enthusiasm and commitment to the Ideals of Rotary. By doing so the club contributes AUD$1,000 to the Royce and Jean Abbey Endowed Fund within The Rotary Foundation Permanent Fund.

Mary Kouppas has been a member of the Rotary Club of Essendon since 2000. She has served as Secretary, committee chair of Community Service, served on the Board (numerous times) and is currently chair of the Royce Abbey Award and a committee member of the Royce and Jean Abbey Vocational Scholarship committee.

Mary has also received a Paul Harris Fellow Recognition and is a Royce Abbey Awardee.

She works at Muscular Dystrophy Australia as Manager of Client Services.

28th Paul Harris and Business Breakfast

GUEST SPEAKER

Ian Wishart - CEO, Fred Hollows Foundation: "6,000 years of the trachoma scourge but we can end it all by 2030".

Ian Wishart is one of Australia’s most accomplished CEOs in the global humanitarian sector, having worked at virtually every level of international development from relief operations to policy and advocacy initiatives.

Ian started his development career at World Vision Australia, initially as an emergency relief officer deployed to the major emergency hot spots of the early 1990s. His diverse country experience has seen him work in places including Cambodia, Laos, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, South Sudan and Rwanda.

Ian became CEO of The Fred Hollows Foundation in May 2018 and continues to advance Fred’s mission by helping to create real solutions for those trapped in poverty by preventable blindness.

Join us to hear Ian speak about the impact trachoma has had on people’s lives for thousands of years; the progress The Fred Hollows Foundation and Rotary International are now making to eliminate it; and how he is leading Fred Hollows through and beyond the interruption of COVID.

All funds raised will be used to support Rotary Foundation projects that make lives better in your community and around the world

The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International has received 12 consecutive 4-star ratings, the top rating, from Charity Navigator as at January 2019.
Charity Navigator also rates The Rotary Foundation as Number One in their list of the 10 of the Best Charities Everyone's Heard Of.
It also received an A+ from Charity Watch its highest rating in 2017 (the most recent rating).
The Association of American Fundraising Professionals named The Rotary Foundation as the outstanding Foundation for 2016.

We look forward to welcoming all Rotarians, partners, friends and colleagues to this special event.

BOOKINGS: https://www.trybooking.com/BLVSO

When: Tuesday, 24th November 2020

Where: Zoom event

Tickets: $20

RSVP: 17th November 2020

Time: 7:30am for 7:40am to 9:00am

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Neville Taylor

Email: neville.taylor5@bigpond.com

Phone: 0400 169 866