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"Mount Martha Rotary is a group of dedicated volunteers who believe in service above self and building community. We are involved in a diverse range of activities that strive to improve life for others."

June 2025

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Is proactive in promoting environmentally sustainable projects.

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· Reducing Waste

· Promoting Recycling

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Changeover 2021

Mornington Park Primary School

Solomon Islands Dental Project

Polio Eradication

Rotary Overseas Relocated Playgrounds

Clean Up Australia Day at Mount Martha

Sunday March 2, several Mt Martha Rotarians gathered at the BERG registration desk in the Mt Martha Village armed with gardening gloves, hats, pickup implements, rubbish bags ready to take part in the community clean up. They joined with a number of other community organisations including BERG & Sunshine Reserve Group, local residents, some family groups with young children, all keen to make a difference to their environment. Rotary members were allocated the area around the Balcombe Estuary as they have done in previous years, and overall a large amount of rubbish was removed from the beach , the estuary area and surrounding bushland.

Rotary Overseas Relocated Playgrounds (RORP)

One project that the Rotary Club of Mount Martha is proud to be a leader in is Rotary Overseas Repurposed Playgrounds (RORP). Our latest container arrived in Cambodia with 12 playgrounds on board. Our RORP project is a 3 way winner: the playgrounds which are being replaced by organisations such as local councils here in Australia are saved from landfill, it is cheaper for them and the children in other parts of the world get a playground.

The relocated playgrounds have been re-installed in the Seim Reap region in partnership with Rotary Club Frankston 2.0 and Heartprint, an Australian-founded non-profit organisation in Cambodia, to deliver playgrounds to disadvantaged areas in Siem Reap, Cambodia with the aims to give underprivileged children access to safe and imaginative spaces for play.

The latest playgrounds were recovered from the Noble Park, Berwick, Narre Warren Cranbourne & Dandenong regions.

Container Deposit Scheme

The Rotary Club of Mount Martha - Over The Counter site is located at the Mornington Community Support Centre, 320 Main Street, Mornington and operates Monday to Friday, 11am to 1pm

415,000 containers have now come through the OTC since we started in November 2023 and our donor and supporter partners keep growing. We thank each and every one of them for their ongoing support.

Our Container Donor organisations are:
Mornington Community Support Centre, Mornington Gardens Holiday Village, Devil Bend Golf Club, Mount Martha Golf Club, Martha's Point Retirement Village, Mornington Motel, Blackbird Cafe, Degani Cafe, Bentons Square, Martha Bay Village, Beleura Village Social Club, 20 Main Street Mornington, Mount Martha Community House, Mount Martha Tennis Club, Frankston Golf Club, Mount Martha Fine Foods, Somerville Primary School, The Dubliner

Our Container Supporter organisations are:
Mornington Yacht Club, Mount Martha Bowls and Petanque Club, Mount Martha Life Saving Club, Belvedere Bowls Club, Mornington Football Netball Club, Mornington Cricket Club, Alexandra Park Project, Commonfolk, New Peninsula Men's Shed, Rotary Mount Eliza, Voices of Frankston

Our newly installed "C4C" Containers For Community collection cage at the Mount Martha Shopping Centre

Interact at Balcombe Grammar

The Rotary Club Mount Martha in partnership with the Balcombe Grammar School have established a Rotary Interact Club. Interact clubs bring together young people ages 12-18 to develop leadership skills while discovering the power of Service Above. Through Interact, young people develop initiative, leadership skills, and lasting friendships. The Rotary club gains a service partner, as well as an opportunity to prepare its community's youth for future leadership. Founded by Rotary International in 1962, Interact stands for International Action.

Recently the team members were awarded their Rotary Interact Certificates by the Principal Geoff Roberts- Thompson. Interact badges were presented by Rotary Club member Peter Wiltshire, Director Youth Service. The ceremony was held during school assembly in the presence of 600 students and members of staff.

The first fundraising project by the Interact Club was a “sausage sizzle” outside of IGA Mount Martha. Funds raised will go to the Kookaburra Kids Foundation (Youth Mental Health).

Wheelchairs For Kids

What could we buy for $275?

An Akubra hat, a pair of Blundstone boots, a night in a hotel or we could buy education, hope, better health and joy. Wheelchairs For Kids was started by the Rotary Club of Scarborough in WA in 1998 & have supplied 60,000 wheelchairs to children with a disability worldwide. At least 10 million children worldwide are in dire need of a wheelchair but cannot afford one. (Source: WHO). In developing countries in many cases a child intellectually capable of attending school is denied the opportunity because of the absence of a wheelchair.
• 80% of people living with a disability live in developing countries

• 90% of children living with a disability in developing countries are not in school

• Disability and poverty are linked. It is estimated that 20% of the world’s poorest people have some kind of disability
• Disabled people with no mobility are more vulnerable to disease and malnutrition

For $275 Wheelchairs For Kids can give a child a wheelchair that is fitted to them and give them mobility and a new chance at life.

Impact starts with our members

Impact starts with our members — people like you who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change — across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.

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People of Action