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Our Club
The Rotaract Club of Diamond Valley is a community based group for 18-30 year olds interested in getting involved within the local and international community. The club is sponsored by the Rotary clubs of Diamond Creek, Eltham and Greensborough.
The Rotaract Club of Diamond Valley meets fortnightly on Monday nights at 8pm in Montmorency RSL bistro. Details: dvrotaract@gmail.com or Kat on 0401 082 720.
The club’s projects and events over the last few years include:
- Planting trees for 2008 National Tree Day;
- Participating in the Diamond Creek Fair in 2008, 2009 and 2010
- Organising entertainment for the Youth Precinct at the 2008 and 2009 Rotary Eltham Town Festival, which the club will do again this year
- Raising money for prostate cancer research through the Movember program;
- Collecting money for victims of the Black Saturday bushfires at the Rotary Bushfire Appeal;
- Participating in the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal;
- Showcasing Rotaract to the Rotary 9790 District at the 2009 District Conference in Geelong in a joint project with the Rotaract Club of Darebin;
- International projects such as supporting LifeStraw Australia helping children in third world countries access purified drinking water. We also supported an international exchange student;
- Supporting Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation to increase organ and tissue donation awareness through the sale of rainbow shoelaces; and,
- Organising a Community Knit-a-thon that saw more than 200 knitted items donated to St Vincent de Paul and distributed to the homeless and bushfire victims.
About Rotaract
Rotaract is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young men and women ages 18 to 30. Rotaract clubs are either community or university based, and they’re sponsored by a local Rotary club. This makes them true "partners in service" and key members of the family of Rotary.
As one of Rotary’s most significant and fastest-growing service programs, with more than 7,000 clubs in about 163 countries and geographical areas, Rotaract has become a worldwide phenomenon.
How does it work?
All Rotaract efforts begin at the local, grassroots level, with members addressing their communities’ physical and social needs while promoting international understanding and peace through a framework of friendship and service.