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Vinnies Looking for Winter Donations

St Vincent de Paul (Vinnies) shop in Johnston Street Collingwood is in need of winter garments and footwear etc.

Items can be dropped off there – cnr. Dight Street – or given to Helen Connors

On May 14, Adam Bandt will address Collingwood Rotary Information Evening

The Collingwood College will be the venue for this year's Collingwood Rotary Club Cocktail Party, where the community will be appraised of the Club's recent activities and future plans.

Drinks and savouries will be served fromm 6.00 to 8.00 PM in the Library, which was recently updated and named in honour of past School Principal and Collingwood Rotarian, Frances Laurino.

A special guest will be Local MP, and deputy leader of the Greens, Adam Bandt.

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Club Events

Club Events Calendar 2012

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Great Guest Speakers Coming Up

The Club has an outstanding list of speakers planned over the coming months, at both Lunch and Dinner Meetings. Don't miss out out!

Speakers' Program

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This Week

17^th May - Jennifer Elliott, dietitian and author, - Healthy Middle Age. (Dinner Meeting)

14^th May - Adam Bandt To address Colling Rotary Information Evening

Adam Bandt was born in Adelaide, South Australia—a descendant of German immigrants who emigrated to the Hahndorf and Barossa Valley regions in the 1800s. As a child, his family moved to Perth, Western Australia where he attended high school and university before moving to Melbourne. Prior to his election to parliament, Bandt was an industrial, labor relations and public interest lawyer living in Parkville. He was a partner at Slater and Gordon and is currently completing his PhD in law and politics from Monash University. His PhD thesis was "Work to Rule: Rethinking Marx, Pashukanis and Law".