SAUSAGE SIZZLE


SAUSAGE SIZZLERotary 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. ![]() |
SAUSAGE SIZZLE | Claire Cochrane | 2023-11-01 13:00:00Z | 0 | |
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Welcome to the Maffra Rotary Club | 2023-05-20 14:00:00Z | 0 | ||
20 Reasons to join Rotary![]()
Contact Ted Mitchell about joining Rotary HERE |
20 Reasons to join Rotary | David Button | 2023-05-14 14:00:00Z | 0 | |
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. |
AUSTRALIA DAY | Claire Cochrane | 2023-05-07 14:00:00Z | 0 | |
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.
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TED PLANTING TREES | Claire Cochrane | 2023-05-07 14:00:00Z | 0 | |
SHINE ON AWARDS
Posted by Claire Cochrane on May 08, 2023
The Shine on Award is an annual Australia-wide Rotary award recognising exceptional service to others by people with special needs/ disabilities. The Rotary Club of Maffra decided to nominate Andrew Bedggood for this award, as he is a prominent member of our society who does an enormous amount of work to help other disabled people. ![]() Despite significant damage to both legs following an accident, resulting in an amputation of his left leg, Andrew gives selflessly to other people, helping them to find the best ways to live with their disabilities. He formed the Sale to Sea Kayak challenge in order to give disabled people hope and belief through achievable goals. The Club was able to obtain letters of support from several people in the community who had worked with and been helped by Andrew. One of these was James Griffiths, who came to a club meeting and talked about his blindness, getting members to walk around the room with a stick and their eyes shut, giving us a small insight into the difficulties he, and other blind people, face. ![]() Three Rotarians went with Andrew and his wife to the Shine on Awards Ceremony in Melbourne, where Andrew was awarded the Shine On Recognition Trophy 2021 for Victoria, a wonderful result! Following this, the Rotary Club of Maffra’s Facebook page, and the local Maffra community page, had the most comments ever, as Andrew is well known and loved by many people. This helped us in our goal to highlight the fact that disabled people are still able to give back to the community and function as normally as possible within the community. |
SHINE ON AWARDS | Claire Cochrane | 2023-05-07 14:00:00Z | 0 | |
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Changeover 2017 | Dianne Honey | 2017-07-11 14:00:00Z | 0 | |
Recycled SoundRecycled Sound Recycled Sound is a Community Service Project initiated by the Rotary Club of Toorak to collect, clean, reprogram and recycle hearing aids. The refurbished hearing aids are given to the Victorian Hearing Aid Bank. They are provided to people who are unable to meet the expense of purchasing hearing aids which can range from $5000 to $10,000. Many people simply struggle to live with their hearing loss. The issue mainly affects people in their 30’s, 40’s and 50’s, who represent our community’s most marginalised and disadvantaged. Between the ages of 24 to 65 there is no subsidy for hearing aids. Audiologists from Blamey Saunders and Better Hearing Australia undertake specialist cleaning and reprogramming to enable the hearing aids to be recycled. Apart from this project being a humanitarian one, it is also reducing the impact on the environment by taking the unwanted products out of landfill. The Rotary Club of Maffra has collection points in four pharmacies; Maffra, Stratford, Priceline - Gippsland Shopping Centre and Balfours - Sale. If you have any unwanted hearing aids and accessories that are no longer required, please donate them to the Rotary Club of Maffra for recycling. Phone 0429953434 or 0458 247 862 or email maffrasecretary@rotary9820.org.au |
Recycled Sound | Helen Lanigan | 2017-03-11 13:00:00Z | 0 |