News & Events

K.R. Ravindran,   President 2015-16

Many years ago, in Kolkata, India, I had the chance to meet Mother Teresa. She was an incredible woman with an incredible force of personality. When she walked down the street, the crowd parted in front of her like the Red Sea. Yet when you talked to her, if you mentioned the tremendous things she had done, she almost did not engage in this topic at all. By many reports, if you asked her what her greatest achievement was, she would answer, “I am an expert in cleaning toilets.”

With some of that hard earned “Bunnings Barbecue” money our club has supported ROMAC with $1000 to bring two children from East Timor for treatment in the Adelaide Women and Children’s hospital.

ROMAC’s mission is to provide specialist treatment for children from developing countries in the form of lifesaving and dignity restoring surgery not accessible to them in their home country.
Manuel, a two and a half year old boy from Timor Leste will be undergoing major cranial facial surgery.

At the Northern Business Breakfast on Wednesday March 23, the winner of the 2016 Northern Business Breakfast Peter Kittle Motor Group Young Entrepreneur Scholarship was announced.

Thank you to the scholarships foundation partners – Rotary Club of Elizabeth, Rotary Club of Salisbury, Polaris Business and Innovation Centre, Peter Kittle Motor Group, Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Twelve25 Salisbury Youth Enterprise Centre.

To celebrate Rotary’s 111th birthday on March 23 our club invited those volunteers who had readily given their time selling raffle tickets to a party. Special Event coordinator Rotarian Alan introduced President Jim who thanked the volunteers without whom there would have been no raffle. He explained the role of Rotary through it’s founders eyes and surmised what characteristics Paul Harris would have had as a modern Rotarian. Most senior person present this morning, Past District Governor John Downing, was asked to cut the cake and everyone sang Happy Birthday to Rotary.

South Australian born and resident in our local area for over 54 years.
He was an ex Royal Australian Navy Aircraft Fitter.
Owner-Manager of Local Carrying Company for 16 years. Company’s main interest then became involved with Building Supplies, Sand and Metal and ready-mixed Concrete. Later Rolly became proprietor of “Timber Art, Signs and Trophies” until he retired.
Major interests, Family, Work, Rotary.

Rolly first joined Elizabeth Rotary in January 1968 as the youngest member at 34 years of age. His early years in Rotary were spent in learning about Rotary, working physically hard for a younger community while along the way making lifelong friends in Rotary.