The Operation Toilets committee will continue to work with the relevant Rotary Clubs in India on a third Global Grant, which will fund additional school toilet projects in the Delhi region (referred to colloquially as 2’). As with the Delhi 1 project, the total value ‘Delhi of this Grant is expected to be $104,000 USD, with the Club contribution expected to be $10,000 USD. It is anticipated that this project will be approved for a Global Grant during 2016-17. Women in Rotary - International Women’s Day Breakfast - 9th March 2016 This was the third time that we have conducted this event and we were able to build on the success of the previous events to make the 2016 event the most successful so far! Box Hill Town Hall was again the venue for this occasion with over 200 attendees present. The now standard approach of using a speaker panel, rather than a single guest speaker, was used with the panel consisting of Victorian County Court Judge and Vice President of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Judge Frances Millane; Healthy Workplaces, Senior Advisor for the YMCA Victoria, Scott Holmes; Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President of La Trobe University, Professor Jane Long and Co Founder and CEO of charity YGAP, Elliot Costello. theme was "If She Ruled the World" which presented plenty of scope for speakers!​ With a mammoth amount of hard work by the organising committee, sponsors and other Rotary Clubs, we were able to put on an elegant and entertaining breakfast which was enjoyed by all – and importantly, we were able to donate $10,000 to Cara Inc to assist with their programs that support homeless teenage mothers. We are grateful to the Rotary Club of Albert Park who originally established the format for the breakfasts.
The Operation Toilets committee will continue to work with the relevant Rotary Clubs in India on a third Global Grant, which will fund additional school toilet projects in the Delhi region (referred to colloquially as ‘Delhi 2’). As with the Delhi 1 project, the total value of this Grant is expected to be $104,000 USD, with the Club contribution expected to be $10,000 USD. It is anticipated that this project will be approved for a Global Grant during 2016-17. Women in Rotary - International Women’s Day Breakfast - 9th March 2016 This was the third time that we have conducted this event and we were able to build on the success of the previous events to make the 2016 event the most successful so far! Box Hill Town Hall was again the venue for this occasion with over 200 attendees present. The now standard approach of using a speaker panel, rather than a single guest speaker, was used with the panel consisting of Victorian County Court Judge and Vice President of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Judge Frances Millane; Healthy Workplaces, Senior Advisor for the YMCA Victoria, Scott Holmes; Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President of La Trobe University, Professor Jane Long and Co Founder and CEO of charity YGAP, Elliot Costello. theme was "If She Ruled the World" which presented plenty of scope for speakers!​ With a mammoth amount of hard work by the organising committee, sponsors and other Rotary Clubs, we were able to put on an elegant and entertaining breakfast which was enjoyed by all – and importantly, we were able to donate $10,000 to Cara Inc to assist with their programs that support homeless teenage mothers. We are grateful to the Rotary Club of Albert Park who originally established the format for the breakfasts.
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