Rotaract Club of Brisbane Rivercity

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We are a group of people who give back to the community while having fun together. Meetings:
⏰ 6pm
🗓️1st & 3rd Wednesday
📍Stellar Room, Hotel West End

What is Rotary? Rotary was founded by Paul P Harris, a lawyer, in 1905 to foster fellowship and friendship between professionals and to provide services to the community. Rotary today has over 1.2 million members around the world. Past Rotarians include John F Kennedy, Margaret Thatcher, Neil Armstrong and Winston Churchill. Current Rotarians include Angela Merkel, Bill Gates, and Prince Charles. What is Rotaract? As joining Rotary was originally restricted to those aged 30 or over, Rotaract was created to allow youth aged 18 – 30 to become involved with Rotary. What is Rotaract Rivercity? Rotaract Rivercity is a Rotaract club based in Brisbane, Australia. Whilst we aim to fulfill the goals of Rotary and Rotaract, we specifically aim to effect positive change in the wider community by empowering young people. We hope to achieve our goals by:

1) Fostering relationships between our members and Rotarians, both locally and internationally;

2) Hosting professional development seminars to develop skill sets;

3) Assisting Rotary with their international charitable efforts; and

4) Initiating our own charitable projects.

16/10/2026

Did you help us Make a Mark?

A few months ago we held our annual charity gala where we came together to raise money for the Book it Forward Project in Fiji.

Thank you to all the local business's that donated prizes, supplies and items for us to auction and raffle off!

The gala raised $4.5k for the project and will be helping connect kids with books in Fiji through the Rotary Australia Repurposing Equipment . Northern Region Book it Forward Project.

We are already in the thick of planning our next big project! If you want to be involved, or keen to find out more, let us know!

13/10/2026

Did you know that just before a new Rotary Year starts we go to training?

Maybe it sounds a bit wild. What do we train in when we spend so much time active in our community?

Well our club board members usually head to training with board members from all the other clubs in our District ( ). We get the opportunity to delve into what is coming up for the District, learn about what supports are available to help us do our roles, and connect with other board members going into the same roles. We get to strengthen our Rotary and Rotaract community and set solid foundations for the Rotary year we are stepping into.

Learning to serve our communities better, and having a solid community to support us in doing so is what it is all about!

08/10/2026

This year we turned 11!

Although our birthday celebrations were kept fairly low key we did have cake after a meeting. We even had one of the Rotarians in the room who helped us charter from Rotary Club of Brisbane High-Rise.

Our Rotaract Club had 5 sponsoring Rotary Clubs and although some of them are no longer around we love staying in touch with our sponsoring clubs that are!

What do you think our next 11 years may look like?

02/10/2026

Did you see us?

Back in June some of our Rotaractors volunteered at the MS cycling event.

With lots of croissants, bananas, electrolytes and Maccas cookies the crew handed out refreshments to the riders at one of the rest points. Even though it was an early start, the team did it with smiles and spent a lot of time between waves chatting to some of the Rotary Club of Cleveland members that were on the station with us! It was great to hear about some of their plans for their Rotary year!

30/09/2026

In our meetings we have a range of guests come to join us. A few weeks ago for one of our September meetings we had Jason join us from !

He shared with us about the impact OzHarvest is having on communities around Australia, some of the campaigns and initiatives we can get involved with and share with our workplaces and local communities, and told us about some of the innovative strategies OzHarvest has to support them fund their work! Did you know you can buy bottles lemonade from OzHarvest? Or that they run a restaurant in Surry Hills? By day it is a food kitchen for meals for people who need them, and by night a restaurant people can help pay it forward through the cost of their meal which is a gourmet meal from rescued ingredients put together expertly by the OzHarvest chefs. He also told us about some of the exciting things coming in the OzHarvest pipeline!

Thanks so much for sharing with us Jason, we loved learning more about OzHarvest's mission to reduce food waste and how we can get behind it!

Over the next few weeks we are having Vicki come to share about Peggy's Place and have an Emergency workshop with Red Cross lined up. Be sure to come along if you are interested in learning more about how Peggy's Place help provides a safe space for women and children, or how you can be emergency ready.

24/09/2026

With 's International Convention registrations opening just last week we can't help but remember the last large Rotary gathering we were at!

A little while ago some of our Rotaractors headed down to the Gold Coast for a tri-district conference with Rotarians and Rotaractors from all over and @. We got to see our Rotaract friends from Gold Coast Rotaract, Club of Paddington and Rotex friends from .

We spent a whole weekend exploring what Reaching Across Boundaries means and could mean for us, and from it we hatched a plan to bring our Rotaractors all together again soon - so keep an eye out for the details to come. It is going to be epic!

21/09/2026

A fantastic night of pioneering with the Rover Scout Unit ! 🛶🪵

It was wonderful to come together with like-minded people and make new connections while learning new skills! A big thank you to the Indooroopilly Rovers for having us – we loved being part of such a special evening! 🤝

15/09/2026

Tonight we are so excited to be joining for a pioneering night!

If you are planning to join us tonight or visit, let us know so we can get you the details but we will be gathering from 7pm!

See you then!

01/09/2026

We are so excited to be launching into Spring!

We have a whole bunch of volunteering opportunities, social events and fun meetings planned. If you want to jump on board for any of them just reach out and let us know!

For a few of them you will see more details pop up over the coming weeks.

Which one are you looking forward to the most? 🤩

Address

Kangaroo Point, QLD

Website

http://www.rotaractrivercity.org/

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