Hello Rotarians and Friends,
Weekly Club Meeting 23 September 2026
This week we heard more details about the RMC Family Festival and Walk for Youth Mental Health from Project Leader, Tony Monley. Tony advised that there will be three zones for the event
• Zone A – Festival area with stalls and the entertainment stage.
• Zone B – “Scout World” with mechanical rides (commercial operator) and Scouts-run activities.
• Zone C – W4YMH Route (10:00am-12:00pm only)
This is Rotary’s “gift” to the community to hold an inclusive celebratory event, while promoting awareness of youth mental health in our community and the availability of appropriate resources.
The Event management is by Rotary Manningham City in partnership with Scouts Manningham, funded mainly by Manningham City Council community grant, and a grant from the Bendigo Bank, with other smaller donations.
These critical tasks for the volunteer teams needed, is summarised below. A booking notice will sent to all members requesting volunteers for the various tasks.
Friday 23rd – Saturday 24th October
• Site layout / marking
• Loading, delivery, and unloading of Rotary assets – assembly of Rotary sites where possible
• Bump in of hired assets
Sunday 25th October
Pre 9:00am (6 am)
• Traffic control set up
• Stall bump in (note restricted vehicle access on site)
9:00am-4:00pm - Festival open to public - 10:00am-12:00pm – W4YMH
Post 4:00pm
• Bump out of stallholders and hired assets (where possible)
• Return of Rotary assets to storage
• Site clean-up
Monday 26th October
• Bump out of any remaining assets
• Final clean-up of site
Over the next two weeks we have the Disco this coming Saturday 26 September, a Citizenship Ceremony on 28 September, Board Meeting Monday evening 28th September, then a break with No Meeting on 30 September.
The 7th October, we have Murray Wilson our DGE who is a Charter Member of the Rotary Club of Rowville Lysterfield. Murray will tell us about his role as a Bail Justice, and also, he is the inaugural and current Chairman of the Bail Justice Advisory Committee.
From The 2 Brians