Pete really needs a bigger cart!!! Packing up at the end of the game is always a challenge... 

Thanks to all our sponsors, players and volunteers for another cracking day of golf, raising funds for the Redlands Community and having fun. Our 25th Annual Charity Golf Day was Friday 28th August. Check out the Photo Gallery for lots of shots of players and all involved. Again - many thanks to our sponsors - all listed on the slides in this file ROTARY_CLUB_OF_CLEVELAND_CHARITY_GOLF_DAY.pdf

And of course we cannot forget our terrific team who front up every year to make this major event a fun day for all.

Thanks to Albert Benfer's generosity, Rotary Community Corps in Wewak have just had a very successful Sewing for Beginners clinic over 5 days. The pictures tell the story but check out this report as well. See our Photo Gallery for lots of pictures. Wewak_Rotary_launches_Beginner.docx

Thanks to Mona for organising our social evening last Tuesday. While it did not turn out quite as planned, we had a very pleasant evening at Hogan's, helped along by the donation of a couple of bottles of a nice red to share as an apology from the manager of Zuri. We will be back in November and then will get our chance to try the food at Zuri (according to some members who have already dined there in the past it is worth the visit!).

A big welcome to our newest member, James Kane, who brought along his lovely wife Kimberley and two delightful daughters to witness this step in his life. A web designer and Kiwi, now living at Redland Bay, we look forward to working with you James. Another new member? popped up on our screens as well...

The Bendigo Bank Raffle is on sale today - until November 1st, but don't delay, get your tickets today by scanning the QR code, or contact shirley Mahon to get a book and sell tickets to your friends. This year we are supporting Cleveland District State High School NEXUS Program and RARE - Rotary Australia Repurposing Equipment 50/50.

The saying is that a picture paints a thousand words, but thanks Peter Marer for this wonderful summary of dinner on Saturday night!!! The hotel was very busy and the kitchen struggled, but alcohol was readily available and the company was good!! No photos sorry, unless someone else took some. 

Thanks Rob Wesener for the organisation of the weekend. It was great catching up with everyone in a social setting, the Jumpers and Jazz was up to standard although the wind caused a few issues. Social at the Camp Kitchen Friday night was a really good catchup.  Gerry organised for some of us to take a short steam train ride out to Hendon & back on Saturday morning, then many gathered behind the pub for food and jazz. Altogether another successful Christmas in July.

PP Clive presents RARE's "Mr FixIt" - Ernesto Miranda - with his certificate from the Rotary Club of Cleveland for the work he does at RARE.

Phil Saxby, Manager of RARE Northern Region at Alexandra Hills, has sent a letter thanking our members in particular for their hard work last week. Thursday and Saturday mornings last week were, in essence, crazy days as huge shipments arrived, 2 x 40ft  containers were packed and sealed ready for shipment. David will distribute the actual email to all members, but I would like to pay tribute in particular to Donna & Chris Beattie, Sue Neil and Lyn Packer who dropped their normal book sorting tasks, and sorted and folded linen as fast as they could. Below, a pantec arrives from Rockhampton with 63 hospital beds & mattresses; the books team swaps to folding linen. Please see these files for Phil's summary of two days at RARE. RARE_Thursday_2_July_2026_Comp.pdf    RARE_Saturday_4_July_2026_-_Packing_Day_Comp.pdf

The new Rotary year started for us at Raby Bay Harbourside cooking sausages and hamburgers for the 2026 NAIDOC Week celebrations.  Thanks to the 2 teams of volunteers - another good one done! It was a beautiful day, the music and vibe was great, the people were nice - what more could we want for a Sunday afternoon?

Fun and games on the evening of June 30th, as DG Mark Williams attended our 66th Changeover. Paul Harris Fellowships were presented to  Secretary David Furness (1 Sapphire); Donna Beattie for her work with RARE, ESL students & Host Parent; Damian Hepburn from the Nexus Program at Cleveland District State High School; Linda Grieve, Founder of The Cage Youth Foundation and Bob Neich (3 Sapphires). A special Community Service Award to Lorraine Furness, President of the Mater Redlands Auxiliary.  Club Member of the Year,  by popular vote - Bob Neich. Thanks for a great year Bob, and welcome to our new President Peter Kamols.

It is with great sadness that we advise of the death of our revered Honorary Member Dan Holzapfel, 103, on Saturday 20th June. Dan was a member of the Rotary Club of Cleveland since 3 November 1970, and only retired from active service  5 years ago. Aside from his huge legacy of Rotary and community support both local and international, Dan worked regularly at DIK (the forerunner of RARE) every Thursday. The attached photographs show some of Dan's activities in recent years - above at the Lamb's Ward at Redland Hospital in 2010, where his contributions allowed our fund raising to instal vital machines to assist with premmie and newborn babies. There are many stories and memories that many club members will have, but his Rotary service is best summed up in this article Peter Marer found in the Rotary magazine.  A farmer and a giver | Rotary International  As Peter advised earlier in the year, Dan was amember of the Arch Klumph Society and has his photo in Rotary International Headquarters in Chicago as one of Rotary's major donors world wide. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family as they celebrate Dan's life.

Funeral will be on Wednesday 1st July at St Paul's Lutheran Church, Mt Cotton.  Livestream link https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6dEzjij7SNU&pp=0gcJCWQCo7VqN5tDiggCQAE%3D

Redlands Coast Museum was the first major project of the Rotary Club of Cleveland in 1968. The management of the Museum was passed to a community committee in 1972.  We have a long standing relationship with this excellent local museum.

Members volunteer each Thursday morning and regular Saturday mornings to sort, pack and ship containers of repurposed medical and educational equipment and supplies.