Our Club

We are a group which regularly meets in North Sydney for fellowship, networking and breakfast! It's a great way to make new friends. We come from many walks of life and backgrounds with a common goal - service to the worldwide community through fellowship.

We raise funds through a variety of activities including the Crows Nest Markets and the annual World Festival of Magic to support a range of projects align with Rotary's goals. In recent years, our efforts have assisted the following undertakings, among many others:

Rotary Youth programmes
Rotary Polio Eradication Campaign
Rotary Health and Community Service programmes
KYDS Lindfield
StreetWork Willoughby
Mary's House Service
Wendy Whiteley's Secret Garden
The Crows Nest Centre
Clean Up Australia Day
Anderson Park Neutral Bay outdoor fitness equipment
Greenway Community Housing Milsons Point
Stuart Town Public School 'Books in Homes'
Nusa Tenggara Association, Eastern Indonesia
Woodside Sanctuary , Johannesburg - residential care and learning for disabled children and adults
School for Life Uganda

While continuing to support a diverse range of projects, our plans usually focus on a few.

Mary's House

A community-funded refuge located in Sydney’s northern suburbs, dedicated to providing immediate critical care, safety, and shelter for women and their children escaping domestic and family violence

Stuart Town Public School ‘Books in Homes’, rural NSW

Once again this year, we visited Stuart Town near Molong in Rural NSW, continuing our support for the end of term ‘Books in Homes’ presentation. It has been a great project, with mothers telling us that this program has demonstrably improved NAPLAN reading scores!

A music festival for school children on Semau Island in Eastern Indonesia

Capitalising on benefits arising from our recently completed ‘Living Fences’ project, we continue to provide assistance through the Nusa Tenggara Association for an annual children’s festival of traditional music and dance and associated teacher training.

CURRENT OFFICE HOLDERS

President: Ken Preshaw
Secretary: Andrew Harvey
Immediate Past President: Trent Zimmerman
Treasurer: Don Napper
Foundation: Iain Clark
Community Service: Cathie Glinka
Youth & Child Protection: Allan Coates
Administration & Meeting Program: Ken Preshaw
World Festival of Magic: Allan Coates
International: Patricia Veale
Webmaster: Greg Blainey
Public Image: Cathie Glinka
Membership: Allan Coates

The Club Constitution

The Club Bylaws

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We have fun!

A Social Dinner

We hold many dinners with partners and friends

District Conference

Rotary District Conferences are not only wonderful way for fellowship, learning and inspiration but also time for fun while meeting Rotarians from over 60 clubs.

Our History

Our Club was originally chartered on 2 October 1986 as the Rotary Club of Wollstonecraft, an offshoot of the Rotary Club of North Sydney. The name of the club was changed to the Rotary Club of North Sydney Sunrise on 28 November 2000. Our meeting venue settled in Lavender Bay at Piato Restaurant in Blues Point Road, after periods at the 729 Club in St Leonards and the Sydney Flying Squadron at Milsons Point. The 25 members were all men and it was not until 1989 that women were admitted as members. Weekly meetings were initially held at the Crows Nest Business Men’s Club in Hayberry Street.

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Highlight

A project starting in 1988 to raise funds was the assembly and sale of Sydney Harbour Tunnel Rocks to commemorate the opening of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel which took place in 1992. The instigator of this project, PP Barry Clark presented a fine specimen to the future Prime Minister, The Hon John Howard.

Past Presidents of the Rotary Club of Wollstonecraft

Kevin Whelpton
Gordon Lukies
Barry Clark
Craig Bannister
Ron Withey
Denis Hole
Brian Buckett
Iain Clark
Phil Okill
John Winton
Warren Greig
Jennifer Lalor

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