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Watchmaker Kain - Speaker

The speaker at the Rotary Club of Cooroy meeting on Monday 16 March was Cooroy watchmaker, Kain Toirkens. At just 24 years old, Kain is one of Australia’s youngest independent watchmakers—and he’s bringing his precision craft back to the town he’s called home since childhood.
Having studied at Noosa District SHS Kain learnt his watchmaking skills at TAFE in Brisbane subsequently completing his apprenticeship and opening Elite Watch Repairs in Cooroy.

Chad Philpott. speaker at the Rotary Club of Cooroy meeting on Monday 16 February. Chad builds and renovates wooden bridges across Australia maintaining pedestrian and road access throughout the country.

Leadership Under Pressure
Vivianne Dawalibi

The talk at the Rotary Club of Cooroy on Monday was given by Vivianne Dawalibi - 'Leadership Under Pressure'. Vivianne, who owned and managed health centres including the Cooroy Family Practice for over twenty years is now seeking to assist migrants and refugees to integrate into Australian society.
Vivianne had been a refugee born in North of Sudan from Syrian parents, she served humanity for two decades assisting the Office of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) in providing solutions to the vast refugees’ related integration issues during emergency operations. She served the UNHCR in Kenya, Somalia, Armenia, Belarus, Bangladesh and finally in Bosnia Herzegovina during the Kosovo conflict.
Due to her dedication in providing solutions to the vast needs of refugees, Vivianne has been awarded with the prestigious ‘Nobel Peace Prize Certificate’ while serving UNHCR  in Sudan in 1981 and was awarded the UNESCO Peace Prize Certificate while serving the UNHCR in Armenia in 1995.
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Rotary Polio Eradication Project

The Polio Eradication campaign, started by Nambour Rotarian Clem Renouf in 1978, has reduced infections by 99% so the task is not yet finished. This is the kind of work your support of our fundraising activities makes possible, reaching children in areas where health care is limited and the challenges are greatest.

Rotary leaders recently visited Pakistan and met with government officials, who reaffirmed their commitment to polio eradication. The delegation included RI President Francesco Arezzo, Trustee Chair Holger Knaack, International PolioPlus Chair Michael K. McGovern, and aide to the president John de Giorgio. They were hosted by Aziz Memon, chair of the Pakistan PolioPlus Committee. 

The Last Man in the Iron Lung Polio Paul died 11 March 2024 (aged 78) in Dallas, Texas USA.

Rotary Youth Transition Seminar - 02 February 2026

Guest speaker Lucy McDonagh. student at Noosa District State High School, gave an excellent talk on her experience at the Rotary Youth Transition Seminar (RYTS) in December.

Lucy was joined by Tia and Max, two past delegates at RYTS and who acted as Leaders at the 2025 event.

RYTS is a week-long leadership camp for senior high school students to develop life skills, confidence, and independence for their transition into adulthood. Drawing on life’s hard lessons, Rotary developed a 7-day program that prepares youngsters to plan their greatest adventure - life outside of school!

With a dedicated group of leaders who have been uniquely selected based on their varied life experiences and youthful wisdom, students will gain real life insights behind the idea of 'what I wish I knew when I was 17!’

The seminar is jammed packed full of sessions, games, guest speakers, activities, and events designed to prepare youngsters with everything they need to know to survive in the real world. Students are taught how to budget, maintain a car, connect with and influence people, eat well, exercise, challenge themselves, build strong relationships and so much more!

We teach the youngsters to maximise their newfound freedom, take control of their lives and create a better world for themselves and their loved ones.

A very big THANK YOU to everyone who has supported our events, activities and fundraising, all money goes to good causes and to help those in need, locally, regionally, nationally and globally

DO ELEPHANTS EVER FORGET A NAME 

  Meeting weekly here in Cooroy with like-minded people, Rotarians have the expertise and contacts to make things happen. We are supporting local charities, helping to eradicate polio worldwide, we’re providing disaster relief, improving youth opportunities locally and globally, and having a great time doing so.

If you should like to use your skills and talent to make our community better,
call Call Warren 0404 887 171 or David 0457 646 290
or visit us Meeting time 6.00 pm Mondays (excluding public holidays)
 Cooroy RSL, 25 Maple St, Cooroy QLD 4563  
Optional evening dinner