Community Support Activities towards the end of 2018

Join us in supporting our school communities this November. We are supporting Hambedon Rd Pubic School and John Pamer Public School with supply superbly cooked sausage sandwiches for their movie nights on Sat 3rd November. Great support from members allows us to do bth schools on the same night! Awesome work.

We are also selling small Magic Christmas trees, join us in our Handbag project, we are collecting used spectacles for Sri Lanka and again will be supporting Ray White Real Estate at Stanhope with ther Christmans Tree project.

2018 Melbourne Cup Trifecta Sweepstakes is almost here!

Join us at the Fiddler Hotel at Rouse Hill on November 6 for agreat afternoon and the chance to win a $1000  cash, on the spot if you pick the winning box trifecta ticket for the Melboune Cup.

Only $2 a ticket but its better if you buy in bulk!

We have had local winnders every year!

See you there

Helping Hand Bags - Ending 8 Dec 18

The Rotary Club of The Ponds are now collecting pre-loved handbags for their very successful project we call Rotary's Helping Hand Bags. 

This involves collecting pre-loved handbags that are then filled with items of use to at risk or homeless women.

Our dynamic Community Service Director Zoe, coordinated with the community and our members and last year the club collected over 400 of those bags, which was an amazing effort.

We were able to source the contents for the bags from donations from corporate busineses as well as RAWCS and the Salvation Army and many many wonderful people donating items. We thank everyone in the community who helped us with this project.

Each of our bags contained the following essentials:

• Full packet of Pad or tampons
• Toothbrush/Paste
• Bar of Soap
• Chapstick
• Deodorant
• A luxury item

We fill the bag with handcream, cleansers/moisturiser, tissues, shampoo/conditioner and other wonderful and essential products!

STATISTICS

On any given night in Australia, 1 in 200 people are homeless   

Each year 1 in 42 women aged 15-24 will access a homeless service  

Over 1 in 3 women aged over 15 have experienced violence from a current or former partner. Domestic and family violence is the number one reason people report to homelessness services.

25% of those reported to be homeless are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Australians. (3% of entire Australian population are Aboriginal/Torres Strait)

30% were born overseas

18% of those homeless are aged 25-34 years.