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Welcome to the Pascoe Vale Rotary Club history archive. This page serves as an index to the many documents relating to our years of service since 1976.

With special thanks to Pascoe Vale Rotarian Colin McKenzie for his research and compilation of our history.

ROTARY CLUB OF PASCOE VALE, Incorporated
INDEX

INTRODUCTION

Foundations of Rotary.

Outline of Events Leading to the Formation of the Rotary Club of Pascoe Vale.

Charter Program and Charter Members.

Pascoe Vale’s Place in the Rotary Organisation – Year by Year.

  • Rotary International President, Home Club, Country, and Annual Theme
  • District Governor 9790, Home Club, and District Conference Venue
  • Rotary Club of Pascoe Vale Club President, Secretary and Treasurer

SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARIES

1986: 10th Anniversary Dinner Combined with Rotary Club of Coburg

1991: 15th Anniversary Dinner 1996: 20th Anniversary Dinner 2006: 30th Anniversary Dinner
  • Letter of Congratulations, World President, Bill Boyd
2024-25: A Short History of the Rotary Club of Pascoe Vale Changeover venues


MEMBERSHIP

Membership list since 1976
Members Listed in Annual Club Directories
Members Serving on District and Regional Programs
Mike Reiner Award for Service to Rotary Beyond Club Level
Rotaract Club of Pascoe Vale: presentation of Certificate of Registration
Rotaract Club of Pascoe Vale:

 

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

The Rotary Foundation Programs
Paul Harris Fellowship Recognition. List of Recipients
Rotary International Awards:

  • Rotary International Club Excellence Award for 2024-2025
  • Presidential Citation
  • Four Avenues of Service Award
  • Years of Service Award
  • Royce Abbey Award

CLUB SERVICE

Club Service Sub Committee Membership Rotary Club of Pascoe Vale ‘Manfred Haarburger’ Club Service Award:


Probus Clubs Sponsored by Rotary club of Pascoe Vale
  • Pascoe Vale Probus Club
  • Pascoe Vale Central Probus Club

VOCATIONAL SERVICE

Vocational Projects by Year Vocational Service Awards

  • James P. Esselmont Award
  • Jack Davies Award
  • Pride of Workmanship Award
  • Kangan Institute Award
  • Shine On Award
  • Shell Operation Livewire
  • Community Teacher Award
Group Study Exchange Program

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Community Projects by Year
Annual Community Police Award Recipients

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

International Service Projects by Year
Rotary Australia World Community Service:


International RAWCS Patron 2026


YOUTH SERVICE

Youth Projects by Year
Youth Service Award ‘Trevor Pettigrove’ Award, Presented at PVGC
Youth Exchange Program


FUNDRAISING
Pascoe Vale Trust (wound up 2010-11)
Bingo
Art Show
Garage Sales
Pascoe Vale Festival
Sydney Road Festival
Bunnings BBQ
Business Breakfast (Terry McCann)


SPECIAL PROJECTS
Senior Detective Policewoman, Marcia Caulfield
Edith Bendall Retirement Village
Pascoe Vale Central Probus Club
District 979 Disaster and Emergency Trust Fund
Bathroom Renovation (Marcus Ryan)
ROMAC- Theary
The Rotary Foundation PolioPlus
Moira Kelly Children First Foundation
Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM), Kokoda Trek
Rogers Reserve Redevelopment
* Savanake Community Support During Drought – Christmas in Winter
(* District 9790 Significant Achievement Award – Presented by DG David Cooke)
Cotton Wool Babies (Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa)
Commonwealth Games Village ‘Cleanevent’
Very Special Kids – Black Tie Dinner
‘Brushmen of the Bush’ Art Exhibition
Hole-in-One Golf
Cerebral Palsy – Gaby Martinelli
Computer Assisted Tomography (CAT) Scan Removals Footscray and St Vincents
Corporate Golf
Bushfire Appeal 1982
1986 District 979 Conference
Coburg Arts and Services Group Art Exhibition
Hearing Tests
Nourishing Neighbours
SHARE Broadford
RIMERN
Rotary Overseas Recycled Playgrounds (RORP)
Youth Without Borders – Spark Engineering Camp
‘Smilehigh’ Dental Project Nepal
Water Safety Vietnam
Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
ARH Indigenous Health Scholarship
Milparinka
Ilma Lever Gardens
Lumeah Age Care
The Merri Paddle
Basic Car Maintenance Workshops

BIOGRAPHIES
Sam Gandolfo
Alf Diggerson  
Peter Hadley
Noel Colliver
Colin Kerwin
Eric Granger
George Rogers
Chris Waters
Don Ross
Frank Drever
Bill Hales
Kevin Fernandes
Manfred Haarberger
Ted Sutton
Steve Papas
Dennis O’Gorman
Peter Toomey
Oscar Bartolo
Grant Standfield
Peter Wilson 

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Constitution and Rules of the Rotary Club of Pascoe Vale Inc.
Bylaws of The Rotary Club of Pascoe Vale Inc.
Code of Conduct
Privacy Statement
President’s Induction Charge
Rotary Acronyms

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