Current Projects
GRAHAM STIELOW BURSARY
In 1990, the Bundaberg East Rotary Club established the Graham Stielow Memorial Bursary to honour the memory of one of the driving forces in Bundaberg’s Tourism Industry. Graham Stielow designed and built the first commercial tourist catamaran in the region to transport tourists and divers to Lady Musgrave Island. He tragically died while taking flying lessons in a seaplane on Lake Monduran.
A Trust was formed by the members of the Bundaberg East Rotary Club for the Graham Stielow Memorial Bursary to be awarded to students in the Tourism/Hospitality Industries. The Bursary has been awarded annually since 1990.
KORANDO CLEAN WATER PROJECT
Commenced in 2006, the Bundaberg East Rotary Club undertook Stage One of a major International Service Project to provide fresh drinking water to the village of Korando in the Kisumu District in Kenya, Africa.
This was completed in 2009 with the construction of a pipeline from a local spring to the village, thus helping to eradicate water-borne disease in the community.
ROTARY READERS
In 2004, the Bundaberg East Rotary Club, with the co-operation of Education Queensland, established a Community Service Project, “Rotary Readers”, at Bundaberg South State School.
“Rotary Readers” involves volunteers from the community assisting local children in local schools to improve their literacy skills. The program has expanded exponentially since its humble beginnings to boast over 100 volunteers working in 10 local schools in 2009. For its success in helping to improve the literacy skills of local children, “Rotary Readers” has been recognized by Education Queensland with the presentation of two major Showcase Awards.
In 2010, the Qld Government took this idea and adapted it to introduce their 'Ready Readers' programme throughout the state.
For more information about this programme, contact Rotarian Sue at Bundaberg Regional Library, or Phil at Dymocks Bundaberg.