In recent years, MORE than one woman a week has been killed by a current or former intimate partner or close family member.

At any given time, Impact estimates that there are at least 2,500 Victorian women and their children, hiding in a refuge as a direct result of extreme domestic violence.

For almost 20 years, Impact has been operating from Melbourne to support women and children throughout Victoria to escape extreme violence at home.  A completely volunteer-run organisation, their goal is simple – offer support in meaningful ways to women and children in crisis, while advocating for societal change.

They do this by providing gifts and services that are practical, grassroots and common-sense.  By doing so, they aim to create a more caring and compassionate society one woman, one child, one Bag of Love, one gift at a time.  By providing gifts and services with dignity, Impact’s recipients can envision the possibility of a happier and safer future.

Beaumaris Rotary is a proud supporter of Impact and has donated funds to the organisation, participated in many packing and wrapping days at the Sandringham warehouse and helped deliver of Bags of Love to locations around Victoria.

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Club 2023/4 Contribution

• Volunteer hours are the hours spent by Beaumaris Rotary members, partners and supporters delivering service projects and raising funds. Valued at $34,566 (based on the Australian minimum wage of $23.23 per hour).
• Funds allocated is the expenditure to support service projects and community causes.

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Polio anywhere is a threat everywhere, and Beaumaris Rotary members have contributed funds to help end the paralysing virus, which will be only the second human disease ever to be eradicated. In the last three years we have contributed over $3,500 to Rotary’s End Polio Now fund.

Overall Rotary has contributed more than US$2.7 billion to fight polio and countless volunteer hours since launching its PolioPlus program in 1985.  In 1988, Rotary joined in partnership with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to form the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The Gates Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, later joined. When the initiative launched, there were 350,000 cases of polio every year. Today, the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9%.

To sustain this progress and continue to reach every child with the polio vaccine, Rotary has committed to raising US$50 million each year to support global polio eradication efforts. The Gates Foundation has pledged to match that 2-to-1 for a total yearly contribution of US$150 million.

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