Mooloolaba Rotary
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Upcoming and Current Events
2025 "Telling Stories" Competition
Open to students Grade 4 to 12
Offical Launch: 12th May 2025
Competition Closes: 5th September 2025
Awards Night: ?? October 2025
Monetary prizes, literary and publishing opportunities.
To be advised
Entries yet to open
"Lift the Lid" Walk Mooloolaba 2025
When: 8am, date TBA.
Where: Start from Mooloolaba Surf Club.
To: Maroochydore Surf Club (or Alex Surf Club) and return.
Learn more at: https://www.liftthelidwalk.com.au/mooloolaba
RoadSafe Youth Driver Awareness (RYDA)
Ryda features a highly engaging and memorable one-day workshop which front-loads students’ understanding of road safety and gives them the tools, habits and motivation to take action and stay safe on our roads as both drivers and passengers throughout their lives.
Mooloolaba Rotary, in partnership with neighbouring Rotary Clubs, will facilitate 8 one day workshops in 2025 for approximately 1100 year 10 and 11 students from 7 local high schools.
Other Ongoing Youth Projects
Mooloolaba Rotary supports a range of other Youth Activities, including:
NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE FORUM – Each January students are sponsored to attend the Science Forum in Brisbane or Canberra.
YOUTH EXCHANGE - Currently a student is in Brazil for twelve months and an incoming student is expected in July from an overseas country.
ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP – Young people, 14 to 30 years are sponsored to attend leadership camps at a range of locations at various times of the year.
Interested schools and young people should CONTACT US for further information.
Recent Events/Projects
Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony 2025
When: 26th January 2025
Where: Kawana Community Hall
On behalf of the Sunshine Coast District Council, Mooloolaba Rotary were again delighted to host this important ceremony to welcome new citizens to Australia with 65 new Australians taking the pledge.
Christmas Trailer Raffle 2024
Congratulations to our lucky winners - and thank you for your generous support.
Every dollar of the $32,815 raised will go to Rotary beneficiaries.
The major beneficiary this year is Urban Angels.
Happy New Year to you and yours.
"Lift the Lid" Walk Mooloolaba 2024
When: Sunday, 13th October 2023
Where: 8am start from Mooloolaba Surf Club to
Maroochydore Surf Club (or Alex Surf Club) and return.
Walk completed, over 450 participants.
Funds raised $33,871 for Australian Rotary Health mental research.
Learn more at: https://www.liftthelidwalk.com.au/mooloolaba
2024 "Telling Stories" Competition
Entries closed
The Elton John Experience
The Elton John Experience evening on Saturday 24th August 2024, held at Matthew Flinders Anglican College, Buderim was a huge sell-out success. This event raised $23,446 for our beneficiary, endED House of Hope.
The stage was set by the Matthew Flinders Ensemble who showed that our youth have class and then Greg Andrew proved that he really is a masterful entertainer, wowing the audience with his talent and faithful renditions of Elton John classics.
The beneficiary of the event was endED House of Hope and at the close of the evening endED founders Mark & Gay Forbes expressed their gratitude to Mooloolaba Rotary, Sunshine FM and the sponsors of the event for their efforts in raising the much needed funds to upgrade the House of Hope. The upgrade is needed to meet new classification requirements arising from the increasing demand from community groups using the House of Hope facilities.
It is a privilege for our club to be able to support such a worthy community organisation and assist it to deliver its much needed essential support to people suffering from eating disorders
Many thanks to our media partner Sunshine FM, our major sponsors Kimberley Kampers, MIB Insurance Brokers, Gold Leaf Constructions, I Love Turf and Innovative Planning Solutions and all the other sponsors of auction items, door and raffle prizes,
Our thanks also to the Matthew Flinders Anglican College and our various donors for their support - and of course to the patrons who attended the event - a most enjoyable evening.
"Bakslap" Skin Check
Bakslap, a local company that invented and markets the “Bakslap Lotion Applicator”. is keen to promote and educate people on sun safety awareness. Learn more about their story HERE.
Mooloolaba Rotary was delighted to support Bakslap in their first free skin check for the public on the Sunshine Coast 14-16 July 2024.
Here’s the message we received from Bakslap after the event:
“Dear Mooloolaba Rotary team,
Thank you again for supporting the Skin Check Truck initiative. Here are the results:
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Sunday 14th (Alex SC): 212 checks
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Monday 15th (Alec SC): 203 checks
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Tuesday 16th (UniSC): 217 checks
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In total, 76 suspect spots were identified, with the next course of action given to each person.
The Bakslap team will be making this an annual event. We will gladly be in touch when the time comes or if we have another community initiative.
Thank you!
Chinchilla Creative Arts Festival
The major beneficiaries of our Christmas Trailer raffle last December were the farmers out west in urgent need of disaster relief.
The distribution of the funds we donated will be managed by our sister club Chinchilla Rotary who have been supporting thier rural community for many years.
In further support of their efforts a team of 10 or more members of Mooloolaba Rotary will join will travel to Chinchilla and assist in the hosting of their annual Chinchilla Creative Arts weekend, 27-28 April 2024.
Another opportunity to serve our community and have a bit of fun as well.
If you're out that way why not say hello!
endED Connections Cafe Opens 13 March 2024
In late 2023/early 2024 our enthusiastic members led by Roger Wright, and supported by our generous sponsors (see below), completed the conversion of an old garage into the "Connections Cafe.
The "Connections Cafe" was opened on 13 March 2024 and provides a quiet space for families to relax, have a warm drink and socialise with other people facing the same challenges supporting their loved ones coping with eating disorders.
This cafe is also open to other charities and not-for-profits and is proving to be a great addition to the Sunshine Coast.
Learn more about this project and the great work done by endED HERE.
Club Meetings
We Meet
Mondays
6.00pm for 6.30pm
(except public holidays)
Club Mooloolaba
Cnr Brisbane Road and
Kapala Street,
Mooloolaba
Queensland 4557