Stories
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Happy Birthday Rotary Club Of Ormeau-PimpamaCelebrating 5 years since the club first came together. A story celebrating the wonderful achievements of the club.
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2023 Charity Golf DayThe Rotary-Club of Ormeau-Pimpama held its 4th Annual Charity Golf Day was held on Friday 6th October 2023 at Gainsborough Greens Golf Club.
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ESuarve FundraiserOn Tuesday, 16 May we proudly launch our next major fundraising campaign to support the Ormeau based Not For Profit organisation that helps disengaged youth. Everything Suarve helps disengaged youth via a tried and tested course called the "Big Brother Program". Stay tuned for an upcoming event to provide an update on this project. Full Project Details Here
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2023 Community Support Grants |
Guest Speaker Daniel RusselDaniel Russell - Youth Pastor at Highway Church Ormeau sharing the work they are doing to make a difference in engaging with youth.
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Teddy Bears PicnicCome along to our new community fundraising event a Teddy Bears Picnic for the Cancer Council's Biggest Morning Tea.
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2022 Santa Run |
Rotary's 7 Areas of FocusRotary is dedicated to seven areas of focus to build international relationships, improve lives, and create a better world to support our peace efforts and end polio forever. |
2022 Changeover DinnerThe Rotary Club of Ormeau-Pimpama celebrated it's 3rd Changeover dinner on 9th July 2022 at Harrigan's Calypso Bay with a Christmas in July theme. |
2022 Community Support GrantsIn May 2022, the Rotary Club of Ormeau-Pimpama initiated the inaugural Community Support Grants to provide funding to support our community organisations to deliver projects which provide benefits to the local community.
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Rotary’s Response to the 1918 Flu PandemicAn estimated 500 million people worldwide became infected. Many cities closed theaters and cinemas, and placed restrictions on public gatherings. Rotary clubs adjusted their activities while also helping the sick. This is how Rotary responded to the influenza pandemic that began in 1918 and came in three waves, lasting more than a year. The Rotary Club of Berkeley, California, USA, meets in John Hinkel Park during the 1918 flu pandemic. |
Rotary at the Start of the United NationsRotary and the United Nations have a shared history of working toward peace and addressing humanitarian issues around the world. During World War II, Rotary informed and educated members about the formation of the United Nations and the importance of planning for peace. Materials such as the booklet “From Here On!” and articles in The Rotarian helped members understand the UN before it was formally established and follow its work after its charter. Many countries were fighting the war when the term “United Nations” was first used officially in the 1942 “Declaration by United Nations.” The 26 nations that signed it pledged to uphold the ideals expressed by the United States and the United Kingdom the previous year of the common principles “on which they based their hopes for a better future for the world.”
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History of Women in RotaryWomen are active participants in Rotary, serving their communities in increasing numbers and serving in leadership positions in Rotary. The 1989 Council on Legislation vote to admit women into Rotary clubs worldwide remains a watershed moment in the history of Rotary. “My fellow delegates, I would like to remind you that the world of 1989 is very different to the world of 1905. I sincerely believe that Rotary has to adapt itself to a changing world,” said Frank J. Devlyn, who would go on to become RI president in 2000-01. The vote followed the decades-long efforts of men and women from all over the Rotary world to allow the admission of women into Rotary clubs, and several close votes at previous Council meetings.
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Young Inventor Eco-Friendly Bricks Come Full CircleEvery hero has an origin story. “I was 10 years old when the entire journey started,” explains Binish Desai. It began with a cartoon called Captain Planet, an animated TV series from the 1990s about an environmentalist with superpowers. Desai can still recite the show’s refrain: Captain Planet, he’s our hero / Gonna take pollution down to zero! “That tagline stuck in my mind,” he says. “I wanted to do something to help Captain Planet.” |
First Club in Philippines Opens Door to Rotary in AsiaIn early 1919, Rotarian Roger Pinneo of Seattle, Washington, USA, traveled to the Philippines to try to organize a Rotary club in Manila. Leon J. Lambert, a Manila business leader helped Pinneo establish the club. Several months later, on 1 June 1919, the Rotary Club of Manila was chartered and became the first Rotary club in Asia. The club would be the only one in the country for more than 12 years. Eventually, Manila club members organized Rotary clubs in the Philippine cities of Cebu (1932) and Iloilo (1933). Iloilo club members then started a club in Bacolod (1937), and Rotary continued to expand across the country. |