Projects & Supporters
Salisbury City Rotaract Club Inc. serves the community. Below is a snapshot of what we do. Key achievements and partnerships have also been listed.
UNITED CHRISTMAS LUNCH
Year(s) Active: 2013 - Present
Project Partners: Parafield Gardens Community Club
Project Partners: Parafield Gardens Community Club
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During 2020 & 2021 this event did not take place. A present drive/ christmas appeal took it place and over the 2 year collective donate over $2000 worth of christmas toys to the Northern Domestic Violence Service and Backpacks for SA Kids Inc.
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Every year since our formation as a Rotaract Club, in partnership with the Parafield Gardens Community Club, we have helped organise a free community Christmas Day lunch at ‘The Club’ for those who may not have one to go to on a day as special a Christmas Day.
The cause was presented to us in 2013 and was one of our group’s first projects in which we undertook. It is something that is close to our hearts and something we take great pride in being a part of. While the driving factor is to provide a welcoming place for those who would have otherwise gone without one, we also have members of the community who come along because they are after something a little different, which just goes to show that this is truly an all-inclusive event. |
It is a fantastic experience to be a part of; witnessing the joy that unfolds throughout the event as people create bonds and friendships beyond their usual company. Not only is everything catered for, free of charge, but all attending children also receive a present donated by members of the community, handed out by Santa himself!
This event wouldn’t be possible without the generosity of Parafield Gardens Community Club, the volunteers on the day and the members of the community who help out Santa by donating presents. The collaborative effort truly captures the spirit of the day and it's hard not to be swept up by it all! |
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OUR COMMITTMENT TO RECONCILIATIONYear(s) Active: 2022-
Salisbury City Rotaract on the 15 February 2023 formalised our commitment to Reconciliation Action through understanding why reconciliation is vital to our community and matters to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples. Diversity and Inclusion Director (2022-23) Damien helped us review data collected at our Changeover in 2022 about what our action could look like.
See how our journey progresses. |
The Salisbury Community Christmas Parade
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VOLUNTEERING AT THE PARADEYear(s) Supported: 2014 - Present (did not take place in 2020+2021 due to COVID-19 Restrictions)
Project Partners: Salisbury Business Association, Global Care, Rotary Club of Salisbury, City of Salisbury Salisbury City Rotaract since 2014 has been in the Salisbury Christmas Parade. Something that is run by Salisbury Business Association and is a collaboration with our club, Salisbury Rotary, City of Salisbury and Global Care. Each year our club marches in the parade pulling the Frosty The Snow Man Float. We also provide members to do the Safety Marshalling on the parade route.
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FROSTY FLOAT: REVAMPYear(s) Supported: 2022
Project Partners: Salisbury Business Association and the Rotary Club of Salisbury. Throughout November, members of the Salisbury City Rotaract Club and Rotary Club of Salisbury, SA have been working on supporting the Salisbury Business Association in the presentation of the Salisbury Community Christmas Parade.
With the expertise, organisation and direction of Graham, Mary and Damien; we jointly restored life back into the Traditional Santa Sleigh and The Frosty Float. Thank you to all the Rotarians and Rotaractors who came out to the working bees to support this project and helping us spread the Christmas cheer. |
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BEST FUTURE SCHOOL (UGANDA)
Year(s) Active: 2019
Project Partners: Best Future School, Julius Venus & Rotary Club of Kiwatule
Project Partners: Best Future School, Julius Venus & Rotary Club of Kiwatule
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Salisbury City Rotaract Club was approached through Julius Venas to support a project of his called Best Future Schools. This is a program supporting education for albino and non-albino refugees in the Nakivale Refugee Camp in Uganda.
Julius reached out needing resources like tables and chairs to facilitate the setting up of this school. Our Club was able to raise AUD$600 to support this school in Uganda, completed through a pledge campaign over 7 days and through the kindness of 25 supporters. Founder Julius Venas writes to us and said "This has made parents and children hopeful to have a better place for their education. Thank you once again for the kind support". The pictures show the school and the equipment that was purchased and made with our contribution to the school. |
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WESTFIELD LOCAL HEROES
Year(s) Active: 2019
Project Partners: Westfield Tea Tree Plaza
Project Partners: Westfield Tea Tree Plaza
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Salisbury City Rotaract Club through President Damien Walker was in the running for the 2019 Local Heroes Grant, which potentially could have won us $10,000. We made it to the Top 6 of our division, Westfield Tea Tree Plaza and were hopeful. Unfortunately voting was very close and we did not make it to the final 3 organisations, and, therefore, didn’t win the grant. We did, however, create a partnership with Westfield Management at TTP and will be working with them in the future to grow our club. Thank you to Rotary and Rotaract Clubs in District 9500 for your support with voting during the 2019 voting period. Photos are from the Celebration evening held in October to acknowledge all finalists. Read about all the local heroes in the attached Story Book, we are on Page 202.
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COMMUNITY TIES
Year(s) Active: 2019
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The Community Ties Project is designed to help identify the community ties that Rotary Clubs can draw upon for support, and future membership growth.
It can identify new avenues for Rotary Clubs to seek new connections, improve current connections, and plan for the future by taking stock of community situations and needs, and then matching them with Rotary’s unique method of community-based volunteering. This is undertaken through a unique mapping process which is undertaken on an individual level, in order to evaluate connections on a club level. With Rotary based on a refer a friend model, this project aims to help Rotary Clubs make new friends. This project was overseen by Madison Kennewell. |
STEPTEMBER
Year(s) Active: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
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Our Club got our team together for STEPtember 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. We took on the challenge to walk the equivalent of 10,000 steps every day for STEPtember. Kids with Cerebral Palsy counted on us (WITH YOUR SUPPORT) to raise much-needed funds for equipment, therapy and research.
Our team clocked 1,570,652 steps and raised funds of $13,512 through our awareness campaign. Thank you to the support of our Rotary Community, we raised $supporting the purchasing of 2-3 wheelchairs that give young people living with cerebral palsy the opportunity to live independent and dignified lives. The year was our 4th year completing STEPtember, and to date, this project has raised $30,668.81.💚🎉👩🏻🦽🤗 The money that our team raised will go towards buying equipment, communication devices and wheelchairs for those living with Cerebral Palsy. | ||
LET'S TALK ABOUT... CLIMATE CHANGE (YOUTH FORUM)
Year(s) Active: 2021, 2022
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Special thanks to our guest speaker PhD. Candidate Amy Tschrin and to the Salisbury East Highschool who are selling plants that the students have made to go towards funding for building their garden. This project was overseen by Lazaras Panayiotou and Damien Walker, YC Members Emily Wiliams, Sofina Le and Sharif Narouzi were instrumental to the organisation and running of this event.
FIRST AID SUPPLIES FOR HOMELESSNESS BACKPACK
Year(s) Active: 2022
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Salisbury City Rotaract Club proudly supports the work of Salisbury Youth Council's Homelessness Project Team. Youth Council's Homelessness Project is assisting people in our community who are homeless by creating and distributing backpacks filled with essential items for living/survival.
Our Club provided $300 worth of basic first aid supplies to this project, which made up 30 packs that will go inside the backpacks created by Youth Council. Our packs included:
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PRIDE MARCH (ADELAIDE)
Year(s) Supported: 2018, 2019. 2022
Project Partners: Rotaract District 9510 (formerly 9500)
Project Partners: Rotaract District 9510 (formerly 9500)
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Rotaract 9510: Diverse Inclusive
Free to be open, free to be authentic and free to be you. Affirming a Diverse Inclusive Rotary Community... Members from Rotaract District 9510 had the opportunity to march in the Adelaide Pride March 2018, 2019, 2022. This is truly a show of acceptance and love, as well as a celebration of all things LGBTQI+. A first for Rotary and Rotaract in 9510. Thanks to all the Rotaractors, Rotarians, family and friends who marched with us (not just on this day but in everything they do within Rotary) to affirm a Diverse Inclusive Rotary Community (Rotary/Rotaract). |
END TRACHOMA AUSTRALIA
Toiletry & Hygiene Packs for NT School Children
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Year(s) Active: 2021
Salisbury City Rotaract have provided 50 toiletry and hygiene packs to a primary school children in the Northern Territory. This is a project of the Rotary Districts of Australia’s End Trachoma Program. These packs are providing the opportunity for people to be clean and therefore can prevent the spread of infectious diseases like trachoma.
This project was a collabrative project with Illawara Rotaract Club, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College (OLSH) in Enfield and the Salisbury Community. |
End Trachoma by 2020 Campaign
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Year(s) Active: 2018
Salisbury City Rotaract throughout November/December 2018 were seeking Pledges towards making basic hygiene more affordable and accessible in remote areas of Australia. Thank you to 43 people who supported our campaign. This fundraising enabled us to donate $920 to the EndTrachoma by 2020 - an initiative by Rotary Australia. This month also included an Awareness Session where we heard from someone who is on the ground in Northern Territory helping with the cause.
We know that Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness globally and Australia remains the world's last developed country where Trachoma still persists... without Prevention, it will continue to affect our indigenous communities. THIS DONATION GAVE... 7 Indigenous households a washing machine. As well as 23 homes to have a mirror and 21 kids to have their own face washer. |
MAWSON LAKE ROTARY PARTNERSHIP
Year(s) Active: 2015 - 2016
Project Partners: Mawson Lakes Rotary, Northern Domestic Violence Service
Project Partners: Mawson Lakes Rotary, Northern Domestic Violence Service
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In 2015/16 our Club President Ashlee Evans in collaboration with President Sherif Salama of the Rotary Club of Mawson Lakes began a project that involved our club members volunteering at the club events of Mawson Lakes in order to raise fund for the Northern Domestic Violence Service (NDVS). This partnership is not only a valuable opportunity to fundraise for a cause close to many hearts but it was an opportunity to network and strengthen the relationship that our club members have with the Rotarians of Mawson Lakes. This project raised $1500 for NDVS.
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TAFE COLLABORATION
Year(s) Active: 2018 - 2019
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Our club is always looking for opportunities to collaborate with community members to execute projects – we wanted community ideas for projects that could link community members' TAFE work to community issues and meet the needs of our shared wider community.
On the 22nd October 2018, we visited a class at the Salisbury TAFE and begun this collaboration. |
IN THE MEDIA
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Setting a Tone for Diversity, Equity & InclusionPublished: January 2022 - Rotaract Australia (National Platform)
Have you seen our member Damien Walker on the Chats by Rotaract Australia podcast? He sits down with host Laura Telford; in this interview, he sets the tone for diversity and inclusion extremely well and paints a picture of a welcoming and supportive environment. We at Salisbury City Rotaract want you to come as you are and give what you can. Well done, Damien!
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Two-way Relationship Give Greater ReachPublished: October 2015 - Club Confidential in Rotary Down Under
Salisbury City Rotaract Club has been featured on a national platform of Rotary Down Under Magazine along with all the clubs in the Group 4 within District 9500. The article talks about the 2-way relationship our club has with not only our sponsor club but all the Group 4 Clubs.
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Paul Harris Fellows
Christopher Mark
Damien Walker
Damien Walker
Club & Member Achievements
Club
- Rotaract/Interact Performance Award 2015/16, Rotary District 9500
- Rotary International, Club Presidential Citation, 2015/16
- Rotary International, Club Presidential Citation, 2016/17
- Rotaract/Interact Performance Awarde 2017/18, Rotary District 9500
- 2019 Finalist, Most Fun/Creative Event, Australian Rotaract Awards
- Top 6 Westfield Local Heroes 2019, Tea Tree Plaza (Damien Walker/Salisbury City Rotaract)
Members
- Bianca Bilsborrow, 2017 Salisbury Young Citizen of the Year
- Bianca Bilsborrow, 2017 South Australian Young Citizen of the Year
- Damien Walker, 2017 Salisbury Young Citizen of the Year
- Damien Walker, 2017 South Australian Young Citizen of the Year
- Kaz Bahmanzadah, 2019 Salisbury Young Citizen of the Year
- Emily Harman, 2019 Playford Young Citizen of the Year
CONTACTPO Box 931, Salisbury, SA, 5108
M: 0423 914 675
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MEETINGSEvery 2nd & 4th Wednesday at Twelve25 Youth Centre (17 Wiltshire St, Salisbury). Meetings begin at 6:30pm.
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