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Club Projects
Below is a list of the main projects for our Club.
The Albert Park Flexi School (APFS)
The APFS is an alternative education centre for students who are unable to attend a mainstream high school. There are various reasons why students may be unable to attend a mainstream high school. Some reasons include: exclusion from school, school/family difficulties, substance abuse, absence from school for a long time because of illness, pregnancy, moving or they may just have special needs.
The APFS provides a supportive environment in which each student works at their own pace. This requires the students to accept responsibility for their learning. Through a co-ordinated approach the school provides academic, social, emotional and physical support to young people aged between 14 years and 9 months and 19 years.
In May 2006, our Club officially committed to establishing a long-term partnership with the APFS. Our partnership activities include:
Regular working bees: These provide the type of support that a P&C would provide to a mainstream school but which the APFS does not enjoy as most of the students are disconnected from their families.
Bursary: Establishment of a bursary program to support promising students. Bursaries are awarded at the end of each semester.
Art Spectacular
Brisbane High-Rise is one of the three Rotary clubs involved in the organisation of the annual Art Spectacular. The Art Spectacular is our major annual fundraising event. Proceeds going predominantly to ROMAC (Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children) and our partnership activities with the Albert Park Flexi School.
The Art Spectacular is held in the spacious Atrium Lobby of the Riverside Centre, located on the banks of the beautiful Brisbane River.
ROMAC
Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children - was established in March 1985. ROMAC provides medical treatment to children from developing countries in the form of life saving and/or dignity restoring surgery. Our Club also has a strong and long-established association with ROMAC and has supported several overseas patients over the years.
The Rotary Foundation
Our Club actively supports The Rotary Foundation - Rotary's own charity. In previous years, our Club actively participated in the Foundation's Pancakes for Polio campaign through a series of events including business breakfasts, lunchtime sausage sizzles and private family breakfasts.
Papua New Guinea
Our Club has provided financial support for improvement works at the Kuriva District School, Papua New Guinea. Kuriva is an impoverished rural area with much of the local housing in the village being built from traditional materials.
The Rotary Club of Boroko is also supporting this project. Together with donations of desks, books and consumables from Donations in Kind (DIK) containers, the project will result in a major improvement to the school.
Rotary Youth Programs
Rotary International has a range of youth programs in which our Club enthusiastically participates. These include:
Student Exchange
Over the years our Club has welcomed several overseas students, for example Jonna Svahn, from Sweden, and supported her exchange in Brisbane. Her host family and Counsellor, who are members of the club, together with other members ensured Jonna experienced a wide range of cultural, social and recreational activities. This was in addition to her school and Rotary commitments.
Our club also sponsor, Michael Trotter, an outbound exchange student to Sweden in January 2007. Upon his return to Australia Michael reported his journey to be an invaluable educational and personal experience.
Other Youth Programs
Each year our Club actively supports and sponsors the participation of young people in other Rotary youth programs such as RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards), RYPEN (Rotary Youth Programme of Enrichment) and the National Youth Science Fair.
Local Community Service Events
In addition to specific Rotary International and Club projects, our Club also provides volunteer support to a range of local community service events. These include: Clean Up Australia Campaign and the Smith Family Christmas Appeal.
