CLUB SERVICE The club provides an environment for growth of its
members, it is well run and oversees all the avenues of service. A board
of management is made up by eight members and is chaired by the
President. A club bulletin is published fortnightly to communicate and provide
information to each and every member about Rotary. The club is a member
of the Rotary District 9510 and the club participates in District and
International activities. Public Relations matters of the club are
handled by members of the club.
VOCATIONAL SERVICE The
main program of this service is the annual Riverland and Mallee Rotary Clubs /
5RM Citizen of the Year Dinner where over 200 people attend to witness an award
being given to a Riverland citizen in recognition of their services to the
Riverland community. We also have the Riverland & Mallee Vocational
Awards which recognises young peoples achievements through Apprenticeships and
traineeships that continue to be the major form of vocational training in
Australia, and it is our privilege through the Rotary Club of Berri to be able
to support and encourage young people starting off on their lifelong career
paths We encourage high standards of our members in their careers and
business and have guest speakers talking about this theme at times.
INTERNATIONAL Many of the club’s members have travelled at their own
cost to build community buildings in the less developed countries of Papua New
Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Our members serve on District Committees
of an International nature, RAWCS committee providing many international
services to those not as fortunate as ourselves. We have also sent supplies to
a foreign aid post in the Solomon Islands. On a major scale, Rotary
International had undertaken to rid the world of polio, we are ahead of
schedule and our club has completed its set target of $5,000 which will alone
immunize some 20,000 children.
COMMUNITY SERVICE The
Rotary Club of Berri is well known for its great support of various local
projects. It has built a recreation park of some 3 acres in Manifold
Crescent, Berri, giving the local children a safe park and recreation area, and
landscaped the Water Tower Lookout project. It gives donations to many
local charities throughout the year, supports The Australian Rotary Health
Research Fund providing services to the medical field. It annually
supports many groups through the use of its catering facilities in
the community. It coordinates town working bees throughout the year.
YOUTH SERVICES Rotary
is committed to the development of youth. Over the years our club has promoted
international understanding by its involvement in sending school students
overseas for a year through a project of long-term exchange. Students
have been hosted from Japan, Brazil, USA, Netherlands, Sweden, and Indonesia,
to name just a few. Annually we sent young people to Leadership
Development studies on such programs as Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN), Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), the National Youth Science Forum, The Santos Science Experience . Through these programs,
youth develop their skills to manage their future confidently and competently.