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Meet your neighbour… a continuing series introducing the 85 clubs in the
new district to each other

Rotary Club of Kent Town

The Rotary Club of Kent Town was chartered as a pilot club in 2002 to challenge some of the traditional
requirements of Rotary International, and provide an alternative model for new clubs.

Kent Town is a small club, but our members are committed, we work hard and aren’t afraid to get stuck into
a project. The club has more than 50% female members and more than 50% of members are under 40 years
of age. As a city-fringe based club community projects are a bit different to country clubs, but we are a big
supporter of the Hutt Street Walk a Mile, we marshal at the Norwood Christmas Pageant and we were
involved in the improvement of the Linear Park trail. Kent Town is keen to partner with other clubs on
projects and ventures.

Members enjoy a social night together and the club ensures we schedule a few social nights every year,
including an annual start of the year BBQ and bocce night at Richards Park, Norwood and an annual visit
to the Adelaide Fringe Festival.

Although the some of the formal requirements of Rotary International have relaxed since 2002, the Rotary
Club of Kent Town still prides itself on doing some things differently. For example, the club has never had
a Sergeant or a fines session, preferring to focus on positive stories with members sharing something happy
for our Happy Dollar session each week.

The club has undertaken several international projects in Cambodia, and has had a long standing connection
to the 2h Project, a local Adelaide-based NGO. In 2017 members of the club travelled to Cambodia to see the
project in person. We supported the 2h Project by purchasing two generators for their local farm, assisting
in eye clinics in rural villages and
purchasing equipment to assist the
training of midwives and traditional
birthing attendants in the newly
established maternal health clinic.

Meet your neighbours...

An ongoing series introducing the clubs in the District

Clubs are invited to submit a story about themselves of around 200 words and a photo.
We would like to include as many clubs as we can throughout the year so please keep
them coming. (The Editor - Euan Miller) email: euan@gdaysa.com.au

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