Rotary Club of Canberra Burley Griffin: Thursday Luncheon Club
Our Club meets at the Canberra Southern Cross Yacht Club, Yarralumla Bay, Yarralumla, ACT each Thursday at 12.20 p.m. for 12.30 p.m. for lunch. The meeting ends promptly at 1.30 p.m. If you would like to join us for lunch and a make-up and need transport, we are happy to pick you up. Please call John Little (0427 489 783) or Graeme Howieson (0414 547 525).Read our current club bulletin here.
Our History
Our Club was chartered on 10 March 1987 when twenty five businessmen who had common interests in the ideals of Rotary, joined to form a luncheon club. Without any history or cultural restraints, the Club ambitiously developed programmes which were new to Rotary and was the first Club in Canberra to introduce women members including Rotary's first indigenous woman secretary in 1988.Some of the projects which were enthusiastically committed to by the Rotary Club of Canberra Burley Griffin in those early years, included PolioPlus, Life Education; the development of twinning agreements, particularly with the Rotary Club of Nara, Japan, and extensive international programmes, particularly in times of natural disaster. We were the first Canberra club to assist villagers in Sri Lanka after the tsunami with new fishing boats.
Our Club has grown to a membership of thirty two members who continue to search for new opportunities in pursuit of Rotary's ideals of world peace.
We welcome newcomers to Canberra and hope that you will join us for lunch to share our enjoyment of Rotary.
Directors
President: Vera LiptonPresident Elect and Administration: Vincent Mahoney
Secretary: Margaret Woodrow
Treasurer: Elizabeth Scrivener
International Service Director: Sharon Green
Club Program Director: Stephen McMillan
Voational Service Director : John Grant
Community Service Director: Clayton Perry
Youth Service Director: Graeme Howieson
Rotary Foundation: Tony Brickwood
Indigenous Service Director: George Wilson
25th Anniversary Director: Bill Andrews