We enjoyed a beautiful, sunny ANZAC long weekend as we paused to honour our veterans. Lest we forget.
Recent Activities
25 April – ANZAC Day: Bernie, Peter and I proudly represented our Club at the North Ryde RSL Club Dawn Service, laying a wreath jointly with Macquarie Park Rotary Club. Bernie and Peter also attended the morning service at Anzac Park, West Ryde, representing the City of Ryde.
23 April: I attended Catwalk for a Cause, hosted by Lane Cove Rotary fundraising for Women and Children First.
18 April: Bernie, Peter, Pam, Garry, Brian and Sue enjoyed a fun evening at the Macquarie Park Trivia Night, with Garry taking to the runway in the Elton John–themed parade.
17 April: The Youth Assembly at Dunmore Lang College showcased participants from Rotary Youth Programs, including RYLA (Cayden Thai), SummerRYPEN (Sylvia Otsyula), Science Experience, and Youth Exchange (Edith, currently in Denmark), along with scholarship recipient Imogen Hanrahan. We appreciated inspiring contributions from Dunmore Lang College Dean Emma, and heartfelt reflections shared by Imogen and Sylvia. Several staff members were also in attendance.
A special acknowledgement from Jordan Lane MP recognised Peter Mason in the NSW State Parliament—congratulations, Peter.
Looking ahead:
This Saturday: Lei Day Bunnings BBQ fundraising for ROMAC at Gladesville —your support is most welcome.
Country Students DIGIT week 10 May -15 May. Thank you to David Martin who is organising another fantastic week for our country student visitors. A special presentation dinner will be held on Thursday 14 May from 6pm at RDA Marsfield. Please let Pam Wood know if you are able to attend to hear the students discuss their week visiting IT companies and Universities in Macquarie Park and the CBD. Contact email: woodmal50@hotmail.com or mobile 0400803417.
North Ryde eFun Run 2026 The website is now live, with registrations opened. Please help spread the word and consider joining us. The final day will feature a physical historical walking tour led by Bob Selinger OAM.
Macquarie University Parkrun BBQ, Supported by Community Bank Homebush and North Ryde (Bendigo Bank), events will run from 17 to 24 May 2026, with the BBQ on 23 May 2026.
Rotary Club of North Ryde
Our next club meeting will be held via Zoom Friday 1 May 2026 7:15am for a 7:30am start
Best Regards
Mandy
For our upcoming Zoom Club meetings and assembly, here is the link details:
Our 2026 Lei Day Bunnings BBQ at Gladesville will be held this Saturday 2 May to raise funds for ROMAC. Please come and buy a sausage sandwich and support a worthy cause!
Lei Day raises awareness for the work that Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) does to bring children from the Pacific Islands to Australia for life saving surgery and / or dignity restoring surgery, not accessible to them in their home countries.
Lei Day in May is designed to celebrate love, hope and respect for the children of Oceania who need our medical aid, by wearing a lei, the symbol of kindness and sharing.
ROMAC is an official project of Rotary International (RI) and is supported by Rotarians and Rotary clubs in all districts in Australia and New Zealand.
ROMAC is 1 of only a few multi-District Zone 8 projects approved by RI. Others are Australian Rotary Health, Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS), Rotary New Zealand World Community Service and Rotary Downunder.
ROMAC is run entirely by volunteers and has no offices or paid staff. Overheads and administrative expenses are paid out of earnings on capital.
Expenses for the treatment of children are paid from donations and grants.
ROMAC currently receives no government funding so relies very heavily on the generosity of Rotarians and other supporters to enable us to treat children. And for this we are extremely grateful.
We hope you may consider supporting the treatment of a child.
The eFun Run will be held from Sunday 17 May until 24 May inclusive.
The North Ryde Fun Run for Youth Mental Health is led by the Rotary Club of North Ryde in partnership with the Rotary Clubs of Ryde and Macquarie Park and Macquarie University's Lifespan Health & Wellbeing Research Centre and KidsXpress.
The proceeds will go to Australian Rotary Health, for research into youth mental health and support programs; Macquarie University's Lifespan Health & Wellbeing Research Centre's Cool Kids Program and KidsXpress.
The event is open to the local and broader community, university and school students. Students, their parents and siblings, and the many residents and businesses of the area will be invited to enter the eFun Run, paying a small entry donation.
Entrants nominate a distance they will challenge themselves to cover during the week. They can walk, run or ride a bike in their own time, at their own pace, individually or in a team.
Each entrant or team can seek sponsorship for their challenge from their families, friends and colleagues through the eFun Run website. To register go to the website and click on sign up and create your fundraising profile:
This year we are again, partnering with MQ Sports and Aquatic Centre who will be running a special Parkrun event on. Saturday 23 May to raise funds for the Macquarie University's Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Research Centre. The three Rotary Clubs will be organising a BBQ at the ParkRun event this year from 7am until 10am. We are asking members and friends to volunteer to assist at this BBQ. This is a great opportunity to promote Rotary and our clubs as well as raise funds for this worthy cause. If you can assist please let Garry Maloney Garry.maloney@hotmail.com or mobile 0426230458 or myself know.
To conclude the eFun Run week, a guided historical walk around Annandale has been organised by our own historian, Bob Selinger OAM commencing at 10am. If you would like to join the walk please contact Bob on his mobile 0403003257 or email peternathan64@gmail.com. Lunch will be booked at the Tramsheds at the conclusion of the tour, please let Bob know if you wish to join us for lunch.
