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We meet on Thursday at Cessnock Leagues Club, 1 Darwin Street, Cessnock at 6pm for Dinner with 7pm meeting start

The Rotary Club of Cessnock formally began in 1937. Over the years many changes have occurred to enhance the wellbeing of the club and its members. Our motto is to serve our community in the best way possible by working with key stakeholders and our community.

Rotary Club of Cessnock thanks all of our existing sponsorship. With their support, we are able to assist in projects locally in the Cessnock LGA, Nationally and Internationally. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, there are multiple packages available and we do recognize in-kind support. Just click contact us.

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Cessnock High School Interact Recognised

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In the world, there are 10700 Interact clubs and each year they are able to be reviewed for an International President Citation. These come in 5 levels, a citation, a bronze citation, a silver citation, a gold citation, and a platinum citation. We are very proud to announce that the Interact Club at Cessnock High School has been recognised with one of the rarest awards a Platinum Citation from the International President of Rotary International. This team of students is quite amazing and it is wonderful to see their efforts rewarded. Last year they hosted a food drive, raised money for polio, hosted leadership sessions, made a movie, took on a kindness project, and had many students participating in service projects in the community. We look forward to presenting a framed certificate in the future to the team. Although they have been interrupted briefly by COVID 19 they are in current plans for their next project and we look forward to supporting them.

The Rotary Club of Cessnock is back in action after the Covid 19 Lockdown restrictions

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This week Cessnock Rotary have been able to host our first fundraiser at Hunter Valley Gardens outside the Putt Putt and Aqua golf. We hope to be a regular in this space and with thanks to our events director Sharon Waite for thinking outside of the box. It was great to be out in the sunshine for a few hours. Some of the community may see our BBQ van at regular events such as Bunnings BBQ's but we are always interested in new opportunities and the money raised through this fundraising helps our local community of Cessnock LGA, National and International projects. If you are interested in having us at your event, getting involved as a sponsor or even helping us out as a friend of Rotary please contact us via our website, facebook or instagram.

Covid 19 has been a difficult time for our club, having to adjust to keeping in touch with zoom, the opportunity of this has been members have been able to enjoy our meetings from wherever they are. This flexibility of being able to check in via zoom will continue even as face to face meetings return in early August on our regular Thursday night time at Cessnock Leagues Club. Rotary has changed a lot over the years with its transformation into a far more inclusive, flexible organisations whose focus is to help, wherever they can.

On the 2^nd of July we held our Club’s Changeover. The event itself was available via zoom and included a few physical presentations. The meeting was attended by the District Governor Graeme Hooper. President John Rosee presenting his annual report detailing donations to the community, which was achieved through the sponsorship of businesses, fundraising and our BBQs in the community. A special presentation was made to PDG Greg Bevan with his Paul Harris Fellow triple Ruby recognition. This year the board decided to introduce a special award, where the President selects a person who has shown outstanding service, to receive the “David Clark Memorial Award” to recognise the outstanding service rendered, this year Friend of Rotary, Ron Jackson was chosen for his continued participation in the Christmas Lights project for the last 7 years. Then the highlight of the night where John inducts Vicki Steep as our new president. She now becomes our 84th President and President for the third time which no other member has ever achieved in club history.

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The following are the dates our club has committed to, for the Rotary Roadside Cleanup along Maitland Road. This is our signature Community Service project and gives us broad recognition.

First Saturday of the month, join us if you can

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The 2^nd of July was our Club’s Changeover. The event was a bit different this year with the lock down restrictions. But it did happen. We decided to hold a small dinner party at a members residence, the first meeting members attended socially since March. The meeting was attended by the District Governor Graeme and a number of special guests. President John Rosee presenting his annual report detailing donations to the community, Rotary Leadership events supporting our Youth and international sponsorships. A special presentation was made to PDG Greg Bevan with his Paul Harris Fellow triple Ruby recognition. Then the highlight of the night where John inducts Vicki as our new president. She now becomes our 84th President and president for the third time which no other member has ever achieved in club history. This year the board decided to introduce a special award, where the President selects a person who has shown outstanding service, to receive the “David Clark Memorial Award” to recognise the outstanding service rendered, this year Friend of Rotary, Ron Jackson was chosen for his continued participation in the Christmas Lights project for the last 7 years. The evening concluded with the induction of Vicki Steep as the Club’s 84^th President.”

President Vicki