Sam is a local dad, husband, chiropractor and founder of The Grab Life By The Balls movement.
Grab Life By The Balls was created to combat the horrific men’s mental health stats. As the name suggests, rather than waiting for things to go pear shaped Sam felt a proactive, yet laid back, approach was necessary.
Grab Life By The Balls has been running laid back events, such a burger nights and Friday morning bacon and eggs down the beach since November 2016. The emphasis of these events is creating a movement centred around mateship, a simple yet effective way to combat the stats around men’s mental health.
President of the Inner Wheel Club of Sunshine Coast, Meg Nagel was our guest speaker this morning.
Inner Wheel allows around 3,000 dedicated women in Australia to share their friendship and passion for community service and take action for lasting change, but it is an international organisation established in 1924 and launched in Australia not long after.
Meg presented a potted history of Inner Wheel and outlined two main projects - the provision of birthing kits and raising funds for Cord Bank Research (a national project).
Hosted by Ocean Crusaders and supported by Unitywater along with multiple other local environment groups, the Currimundi Lake Community Clean Up is on 20 October to help prevent disease and debris from being washed into our oceans.
Please join us for an hour or two on the river banks or on your watercraft (kayak, canoe, SUP board) to help make a difference in our community and our planet! This is an opportunity to also promote Rotary awareness, so join us please.
When we reach our goal, polio will become only the second human disease eradicated on the planet, and Rotary will receive international acclaim. But what matters most is the children who will never again have to face this terrible, disabling virus. Rotary must continue to connect the world in the effort toward polio eradication. It is up to us. Let us finish the job.
When we talk about PolioPlus, we know we are eradicating polio, but do we realize how many added benefits the program brings? The “plus” is something else that is provided as a part of the polio eradication campaign. It might be a hand-operated tricycle, access to clean water and additional medical treatment, or providing bed nets or soap. Learn how we are doing so much more than eradicating polio.
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Discover aloha at the 2020 Rotary International Convention in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 6-10 June.
Find aloha in the House of Friendship, where you’ll learn about Rotary projects around the world. Share aloha with fellow members during the exciting opening ceremony. Experience aloha through an array of host events, including a service project at an ancient fishpond. It’s your chance to connect with other people of action while giving back to the community.
What could be better than introducing your family to Rotary while exploring a beautiful island paradise? We can’t think of a thing.
World Polio Day is this month and we are facing a major challenge. The news out of Afghanistan and Pakistan tells us that we have more work to do. It tells us that polio will not die out quickly or easily.
Most of all, it tells us that we are needed now more than ever. Success will require us to remain steady and show that there is no time limit to our commitment. We are in this to the end, and we will conquer this terrible disease. We will give life back to children and families, and restore hope to communities.
You're invited to join with the Rotary Club of Glasshouse Mountains to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Club. The Club was chartered on 13 October 1999.
To celebrate we are having a Brunch from 9am on Sunday 13 October 2019
We are holding the event at Australia Zoo, a longtime partner of the Club.
Please note the cost of the event includes a day at the Zoo; so when our event is finished by 11am, you are welcome to spend the remainder of the day in the Zoo if you wish. We thank the Australia Zoo for this generous contribution to our day.
Tickets are $50 per person
(children 3-15 years are $40)
Please note that the ticket includes a day at the Zoo.
Entry is only by prepaid ticket - To book your ticket click here.
How do you eradicate a disease? This is the question that Jennifer answers as she shares the story of Polio eradication. It is a disease on the brink of extinction and the finish line is in sight.
It is a complex tale complete with heroic and deadly twists and turns. Discover what Rotary and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative is doing to eliminate this paralyzing disease and in turn keep a promise to the children of the world.
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