DISTRICT MEMBERSHIP GRANT UPDATE
Under Membership Director Adele, we have submitted a joint application (with Melville RC) for a District 9423 Membership Grant to support a partnership initiative with the Melville Cockburn Chamber of Commerce (MCCC). Both Applecross Rotary and Melville Rotary are members of the Chamber.
Each Club will contribute $1,000 alongside the District Grant. The project aims to strengthen our relationship with the Chamber so local businesses can support our existing projects, propose new ones, and experience the value of deeper charitable engagement with our communities.
The intention is twofold:
• increase business involvement and awareness of Rotary’s work
• build Rotary membership as a natural outcome
This will not be a short-term project, but we will monitor interest and progress as it develops. The plan is to culminate in a joint MCCC/Rotary Volunteers Expo in October.
This initiative also aligns with the work of the Rotary Community Group under David Barton and the activities of Melville Rotary within the Chamber.
I attended a well-supported Chamber breakfast last Wednesday, and the key executives expressed strong enthusiasm for working with us.
Each Club—including potentially Attadale and hopefully Cockburn—will need to appoint a business member as a Champion for the initiative. Both AxR and MR appear to have this in hand.
Well done to Adele for driving this. We expect District approval within the next week so we can begin. The Board has a copy of the submission.
Kenn.
Bre Rasmussen is the manager of the Allied Health Professionals division at Brightwater At Home, and presented to us last Tuesday together with Adriana Filippou, Brightwater’s Community Engagement and Events Organiser.
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