Vocational Service Projects During 2008/09

• Rotary Youth Leadership Award (R.Y.L.A.) 18 to 25 years - The Club assisted with the training of 22 young people working together to grow and learn more about acceptance of diversity, how to lead, how to work in a team and in developing team spirit and real friendships.
• Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (R.Y.P.EN) 14 to 17 years - The Club sponsored 3 students who enjoyed a dynamic week-end of fun packed learning at the Rymill Centre in Piccadilly.
• Rotaract 18 to 30 years - The Club continued its representation on the Rotary District Committee assisting the newly formed Rotaract Club for Global Peace, at Thebarton, which has a current membership of 45.
• Rotary Adventures in Citizenship (R.A.I.C.) The Club sponsored a year 11 student from Pulteney Grammar to attend a forum in Canberra along with students from other Australian States. It provided an opportunity for students to gain a first-hand understanding of how our country is governed at the national level, along with a visit to the Australian War Memorial and the Institute of Sports in Canberra.
• National Youth Science Forum (N.Y.S.F.) The Club sponsored a student from Glenunga High to attend a science forum in Canberra as an opportunity to see 'science at work' and discuss areas of interest with leading Australian scientists as a first stage in assessing science as a potential career.
• The Sam Casey Award - No award was made as the SA Enterprise Workshop was not held this year. Our Club initiated the award and will continue to support future events. The Club presents an award to to participant of the workshop who demonstrates the following characteristics: a person who has continually demonstrated dedicated commitment, pure drive and passionate enthusiasm. Matched with a sense of purpose, direction and focus on achieving the highest possible standard.
  

International Projects During 2008/09

• Columbia Project - The Club has liaised with the Rotary Club of Bogota Suba in Colombia to work with them in raising funds to provide educational facilities for disadvantaged Colombian teenagers.
• Kokoda Trail Hike - The Club sent a team of two to join with three members of the Rotary Club of Adelaide Edge, plus a guest to walk the Kokoda trail with information packs (including a generator, fuel and projection equipment) to assist with presentations to local villages along the track, on HIV and how to cope with HIV. The team also completed an audit of prevously provided Rotary facilities (school, hospital and medical centre) to identify further assistance required. Team members also handed out books, pencils and toys to local children as they passed through the villages.
• Kalahari Desert - The Club continued to support Concordia College by raising funds for their project assisting communities in the desert in remote regions of South Africa