Lift the Lid Walk for Mental Health

2022

Our 2022 Lift the Lid Walk for Mental Health was held on Sunday 20 March.

In that year, we dramatically introduced a new partner – the St Kilda Football Club – it had just opened the Danny Frawley Centre at their headquarters in Moorabbin, promoting health and wellness. MASH and Australian Rotary Health (ARH) have agreed to fund a Danny Frawley mental health scholarship at a Victorian University over the next 3 years.

The walk was held in beautiful sunny conditions at the Gardiners Creek Reserve in Burwood. After words of encouragement from our MC Greg Ross and Gladys Liu (Federal Member for Chisholm) and Dr Daryl Moran (our District Governor) the walkers headed off for laps of the park. Along the way they had a handball comp, marking competition, quiz and bubble fun. Many thanks to all Rotarians and friends who assisted (both MASH and Balwyn). Also thanks to our enthusiastic helpers from Rotaract and Interact.

Also thanks to the St Kilda Footy Club for running a footy clinic with players Nick Coffield and Hunter Clark.

Finally a big thankyou to our sponsors:

Ross Hunt Real Estate (Gold)
Tru Fire Protection
Hanson Building
Hardman Bros

2023

The 2023 walk held on Sunday 26 February was a great success raising over $7,500 which was donated to the Australian Rotary Health and Rotary Club of Mont Albert & Surrey Hills ‘Danny Frawley Centre’ PhD Scholarship. A new element was added to the event where 10 local sporting clubs took the challenge to have their club pay an entry fee to win. They then promoted the event with their members and wider community, registering as many participants under their club banner. Surrey Park Football Club where the winning club and they received $2,000 for their efforts. Well done to Surrey Park for having them support this community event.

2024

The 2024 walk was held on a Sunday 18February 2024. The Danny Frawley Centre and St Kilda Footy Club were again involved. Again the walk included a competition between local sports clubs to see who can register the greatest number of participants. Surrey Park Football Club again ran out winners and collected the $2,000 prize. We are also very pleased to confirm that the scholarship has been awarded to a very worthy candidate in Jordan Vella, a PhD student at Monash who is researching the Risk-Protective Factors for the mental health of retired elite athletes. Jordan attended the event and assisted the organisers.

2025

Plans for the 2025 walk are under way.

Photos from the 2022 event.

Next Meeting

NB We have now returned to "in person" meetings at Box Hill Institute. Some members are accessing meetings via Zoom. Email info@rotarymash.org.au for details if you wish to attend a meeting either in person or via Zoom. See details of our next meeting below.

Date/Time: Tuesday October 15, 2024 at 7pm

Speakers Operation Cleft and Primary School Speech Comp winners

Location: Room B10.G026, Ground Floor, Box Hill Institute, Nelson Campus, Nelson Road, Box Hill

Details: Our speaker will outline the work of Operation Cleft in repairing the cleft palates of underprivileged children. The winners of the recent speech contest will present their speeches to the club members.

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The Rotary club of Mont Albert and Surrey Hills is a friendly club in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne. It is a very active club providing service opportunities for its members both locally and internationally.

RI President - STEPHANIE URCHICK

Rotary International President-elect Stephanie Urchick announced that the 2024-25 presidential theme is The Magic of Rotary and called on members to recognize and amplify the organization’s power to save lives.

“Don’t misunderstand me – we are not going to end polio or bring peace to the world by waving a wand and saying some funny words,” Urchick told incoming district governors at the Rotary International Assembly on 8 January.