Community Service
The Community Service Committee conducts projects that improve the quality of life of disadvantaged people in the community.
One of our main community projects is as lead club of a consortium of Rotary clubs that provide mental health unit care packs at the Alfred, Box Hill, St Vincent’s and Royal Melbourne hospitals.
Hawthorn Rotary also provides recreational equipment, art supplies, and reading glasses for inpatients at Upton House, the mental health unit at Box Hill Hospital, and clothing for inpatients at the mental health units at the Alfred and Box Hill hospitals.
Our other main Community Service project is as host club for Rotary SAFE Families which, as part of Rotary International’s goal of promoting peace, seeks to promote peace in the home by raising awareness of all forms of family violence and how it can be prevented. The program is actively supported by a consortium of local Rotary clubs and is gaining international recognition through promotion at international Rotary meetings and the patronage of prominent Rotary International figures.
Each year, Club members and friends donate non-perishable food products for the Camcare Emergency Food program.
The Club supports the Salvo Hawks football team at their home games. This football series is organised by Reclink and the Salvation Army to help rehabilitate people recovering from addictions, and those with a physical or mental disability. Club members provide a pizza lunch for the teams, operate the scoreboard and act as goal umpires.
The Club also donates money to the Boroondara Chances Education program, which supports disadvantaged children with scholarships to complete Years 11 and 12, and Hope in Suitcase, a charity which supports children in out of home care.
Rotary Hawthorn members packing Mental Health Unit Care Packs for incoming patients at the Alfred, and Box Hill hospitals.
Box Hill Hospital Mental Health Unit staff receiving MHU Care Packs provided by Rotary Hawthorn.
Camcare Emergency Food Program
