Welcome to the Maffra Rotary Club
Maffra Rotary Club plays an important part in our community, supporting many local organisations. We are part of a network of 46,000 Rotary Clubs that are found across the world.
 
We organise the annual Rotary Club of Maffra Mardi Gras, the oldest street event in Wellington Shire. The Club is also the organising body for the local community market, Rotary Club of Maffra Community market, held on the 1st Sunday of each month, except for January. Come visit! The market is on The Island Reserve, McMahon Drive, Maffra, behind Woolworths. We also run a popular Sausage Sizzle at the front of Woolworths on the 3rd Saturday of each month, so come along for a sausage and chat with a friendly Rotarian!  Other local projects include supporting Maffra Secondary College with various programs, the Maffra Municipal Band and Maffra Community House.
 
Rotary has many interesting projects that extend past our local community. Rotary youth programs such as International Youth Exchange, Model United Nations Assembly, National Youth Science Forum have always been close to our club. The Rotary Foundation allows us to get involved with many other Rotary projects under seven areas of focus. What we can do as Rotarians is incredible and personally satisfying!
 
AUSTRALIA DAY
Posted by Claire Cochrane on May 08, 2023
Applications are open for nominees for Australia Day awards 2024!  The Rotary Club of Maffra and Gippsland Times Quiet Achiever Awards are for Adult over 30, Junior under 30 and a Group. 
Contact us to nominate someone from the Maffra, Bushy Park, Briagolong, Stratford, Newry, Valencia Creek, Boisdale or Tinamba areas.
 
The Rotary Club of Maffra hosts the Australia Day Celebrations in Maffra each year. A BBQ is provided, thanks to funding from Wellington Shire Council, and local Australia Day awards are presented, in partnership with the local newspaper, the Gippsland Times. The Maffra Municipal Band provides musical entertainment and the National Anthem, and local guide or scout groups perform the flag raising ceremony.Having a partnership with the Gippsland Times allows us to advertise for nominations for the awards, and we frequently have articles about the club’s activities printed in the newspaper. The partnership with the Wellington Shire is also beneficial, allowing us to apply for grants and to have local councillors coming along to give talks at events, including Australia Day.
 
The Rotary Club of Maffra and Gippsland Times Awards have three categories, the Quiet Achiever award, for an individual or couple, the Community Group Award, and the Junior Quiet Achiever Award. They are presented to people who are working in the community for the good of the community, and help to give them some recognition for their work.
Members of the wider community come along on the day to find out who has been chosen for the awards, to listen to the band, and to breakfast on the free egg and bacon rolls.
Australia Day in Maffra is a real community event, which brings Rotary into focus in the community in a very positive way.
 
 
 
 
SAUSAGE SIZZLE
 
Rotary is not all about Sausage Sizzles but they are valuable for three main purposes.
* Feeding hungry workers and shoppers, not to mention their dogs!
* Raising money for Rotary projects.
* Getting Rotarians and the Rotary brand seen out in the community. We all wear Rotary shirts and/or aprons and we have club brochures to hand out. Most importantly our members are there for a chat about Rotary and what it stands for.
People often give donations to support our Club's community work while buying a sausage. Our Rotarians feel valued by the public and that makes being a Rotarian worthwhile.
 
 
Since the start of the pandemic there had been no Saturday morning Sausage Sizzles outside Woolworths in Maffra. After an enquiry towards the end of 2022 by a Rotary member, Woolworths agreed that we could once again borrow their BBQ and set up in their car park. We have since moved to the front of the building in the main street.
The BBQ was instantly successful, with some businesses putting in orders for 12 sausages or more at a time for their morning tea.
 
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TED PLANTING TREES
Posted by Claire Cochrane on May 08, 2023

Rotarian Ted Mitchell is dedicated to ensuring that the Rotary Club of Maffra takes on board Rotary’s seventh Area of Focus, the Environment. He was recently invited by the local Landcare group to take part in a tree-planting project, having worked with them before on a nest box project for our nearby Redgum Reserve.

Planting trees is not only a necessary action to take to help our environment, but was also a collaborative exercise between the Rotary Club of Maffra and Landcare. About 150 trees were planted on the day along the Maffra – Tinamba Rail Trail.

The Club is planning to continue to build our relationship with Landcare.  Together with other community groups, Landcare is working to revitalise the Maffra Wetlands. Ted has started a project to build a new Bird Hide for the Wetlands, as the Alistair Fielding Bird Hide has fallen into disrepair.

We look forward to continuing our engagement in environmental projects in a practical manner as well as increasing awareness of the beauties of the natural environment.

 

Club meeting Information
Welcome to our Club!

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Thursdays at 6:00 PM
Duart Homestead
20 McLean Street
Maffra, VIC 3860
Australia
1st and 3rd Thursday at 6pm
District Site
Venue Map
Upcoming Events
Rotary Club of Maffra
Maffra Mardi Gras
Apologies and Guest Attendances
For catering purposes, please ensure that you notify Duart Homestead of all apologies and guest attendances prior to 1 pm on the day of the meeting or event.   Ring 03-5147-1985 or email - duart@maffra.net.au or by written entry in the Meeting Apology Book.
 
 
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