President's Message

Kevin Nolan

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Speakers
Cathrine Hude
Apr 14, 2026 7:00 PM
Kensington Neighbourhood House
Lauren Philpot - Mother's Day Classic Ambassador
Apr 28, 2026 7:00 PM
Mother's Day Fundraising
Dora
Jul 14, 2026 7:00 PM
Liveable Moonee Ponds
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays:
  • Craig Pett
    April 17
  • Joe Raimondo
    April 19
  • Brian Atkins
    May 2
  • Fred Ackerman
    May 29
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Mother"s Day Classic Ambassador
Our guest speaker for our meeting on April 28th is Lauren Philpot Mother's Day Classic Ambassador.
 
Lauren Philpot - Mother's Day Classic Ambassador
 
Lauren Philpot is a lifelong Maribyrnong resident and, since her mother's diagnosis and passing with breast cancer, has been a passionate crusader for breast and ovarian cancer research She is the founder of the "Leigh Leigh's" in honour of her mum, and is a Mother's Day Classic Ambassador.
Lauren established the Foundation’s Mother’s Day Run & Walk on the Maribyrnong River a few years back. She says that she did that "not only to raise money and awareness for breast and ovarian cancer but also to promote community engagement by bringing two councils, numerous clubs, and communities together. Everyone is welcome, dogs too!”
This year's Mother's Day Classic on the Maribyrnong is on Mother's Day, Sunday 10 May from Coulson Gardens Maribyrnong with a 10km run and a 4km walk.  Full details at Mothers Day Classic
 
              
 
2025 Christmas Bag Project – Kent said it all
 
Kent's circumstances and his story of not having anyone to share Christmas with, and asking for his hamper to be put under his tree so that he had something to open on Christmas Day, is a summary of our whole project - just multiply it by 100.
Kent's representative situation, his delight and his thanks, underline the community value of this project, and reinforce why it continues to be such a rewarding one for our Club and its members.  
The Rotary Club of Keilor has now been undertaking its annual Christmas Bag project for more than 20 years. The project provides Bolton Clarke Community Nurses with 100 Christmas Bags to deliver to their most elderly, isolated, restricted and socio and economically restricted patients in Melbourne’s western suburbs. 
It’s a massive effort every year to fundraise, seek cash and product donations, pick up, store and eventually pack the bags for the Community Nurses to collect and deliver in the days leading up to Christmas. Packing is an all of Club effort, and this year we had some great volunteers and family members to support us on our packing night.
As a result of the assistance we received for the project for Christmas 2025, including through product donations, Club fundraising and the support of a Rotary Foundation District Grant, we were able to deliver a value approaching $14,000 ($140 each) to the 100 recipients of the Bags.
Look at the photos and read the storyboards – they are what convince us to come back every year.
                           
Rotary Club of Keilor's 100 Xmas Bag Project
As Christmas approaches, the Rotary Club of Keilor is again busily preparing for its annual ‘100 Christmas Bags’ project.
For more than 20 years, this project has seen 100 gift bags distributed by Bolton Clarke Community Nurses to their most isolated, restricted and loneliest patients in the Moonee Valley and Brimbank local Government areas.
Often, recipients of the Christmas Bags do not have a network of family, friends or community, and the Club’s aim is to offer these people some small measure of comfort and joy at Christmas time. The bags always contain basic food supplies, toiletry and personal care items, as well as some seasonal ‘goodies’ that, together, go some way to providing meaningful support and an uplift in spirit.
‘The generous Christmas Hampers received by our clients from the Keilor Rotary Club have been wonderful and have really made a difference to the people who received them,’ said a representative of Bolton Clarke Community Nurses after last year’s distribution. One recipient, Anica, said ‘I am very surprised as I don’t receive many surprises nor gifts. It brought tears to my eyes, and it has made my Christmas feel wonderful.’
The President of the Rotary Club of Keilor, Norm Darper, explained that the project depends heavily on the Club’s own fundraising, as well as monetary and other donations to fill the bags. In 2025, the Club is also grateful for the support of The Rotary Foundation, in the form of a District Grant for the 100 Christmas Bags project.
 
 
                                                
  
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Mother"s Day Classic Ambassador
Mother"s Day Classic Ambassador
Our guest speaker for our meeting on April 28th is Lauren Philpot Mother's Day Classic Ambassador.
 
Lauren Philpot - Mother's Day Classic Ambassador
 
Lauren Philpot is a lifelong Maribyrnong resident and, since her mother's diagnosis and passing with breast cancer, has been a passionate crusader for breast and ovarian cancer research She is the founder of the "Leigh Leigh's" in honour of her mum, and is a Mother's Day Classic Ambassador.
Lauren established the Foundation’s Mother’s Day Run & Walk on the Maribyrnong River a few years back. She says that she did that "not only to raise money and awareness for breast and ovarian cancer but also to promote community engagement by bringing two councils, numerous clubs, and communities together. Everyone is welcome, dogs too!”
This year's Mother's Day Classic on the Maribyrnong is on Mother's Day, Sunday 10 May from Coulson Gardens Maribyrnong with a 10km run and a 4km walk.  Full details at Mothers Day Classic
 
              
 
2025 Christmas Bag Project – Kent said it all
 
2025 Christmas Bag Project – Kent said it all
 
Kent's circumstances and his story of not having anyone to share Christmas with, and asking for his hamper to be put under his tree so that he had something to open on Christmas Day, is a summary of our whole project - just multiply it by 100.
Kent's representative situation, his delight and his thanks, underline the community value of this project, and reinforce why it continues to be such a rewarding one for our Club and its members.  
The Rotary Club of Keilor has now been undertaking its annual Christmas Bag project for more than 20 years. The project provides Bolton Clarke Community Nurses with 100 Christmas Bags to deliver to their most elderly, isolated, restricted and socio and economically restricted patients in Melbourne’s western suburbs. 
It’s a massive effort every year to fundraise, seek cash and product donations, pick up, store and eventually pack the bags for the Community Nurses to collect and deliver in the days leading up to Christmas. Packing is an all of Club effort, and this year we had some great volunteers and family members to support us on our packing night.
As a result of the assistance we received for the project for Christmas 2025, including through product donations, Club fundraising and the support of a Rotary Foundation District Grant, we were able to deliver a value approaching $14,000 ($140 each) to the 100 recipients of the Bags.
Look at the photos and read the storyboards – they are what convince us to come back every year.
                           
Rotary Club of Keilor's 100 Xmas Bag Project
Rotary Club of Keilor's 100 Xmas Bag Project
As Christmas approaches, the Rotary Club of Keilor is again busily preparing for its annual ‘100 Christmas Bags’ project.
For more than 20 years, this project has seen 100 gift bags distributed by Bolton Clarke Community Nurses to their most isolated, restricted and loneliest patients in the Moonee Valley and Brimbank local Government areas.
Often, recipients of the Christmas Bags do not have a network of family, friends or community, and the Club’s aim is to offer these people some small measure of comfort and joy at Christmas time. The bags always contain basic food supplies, toiletry and personal care items, as well as some seasonal ‘goodies’ that, together, go some way to providing meaningful support and an uplift in spirit.
‘The generous Christmas Hampers received by our clients from the Keilor Rotary Club have been wonderful and have really made a difference to the people who received them,’ said a representative of Bolton Clarke Community Nurses after last year’s distribution. One recipient, Anica, said ‘I am very surprised as I don’t receive many surprises nor gifts. It brought tears to my eyes, and it has made my Christmas feel wonderful.’
The President of the Rotary Club of Keilor, Norm Darper, explained that the project depends heavily on the Club’s own fundraising, as well as monetary and other donations to fill the bags. In 2025, the Club is also grateful for the support of The Rotary Foundation, in the form of a District Grant for the 100 Christmas Bags project.
 
 
                                                
  
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