Rotary Club of Maroubra members welcomed Loredana Fyffe, CEO of Sydney Community Foundation as our special guest speaker on July 3rd.
The Sydney Community Foundation is a not for profit organisation whos’ mission is to
positively impact the lives of people in Sydney by connecting funding to communities in need.
Loredana was introduced by Rtn. David Allison, who has been working and supporting Loredana and her team to further develop opportunities for funding which supports their philanthropy programs.
Loredana shared a selection of local projects that she thought would be of interest to the club and its members.
The project topics ranged from supporting victims of domestic violence (DV); Youth mental health education programs; Supporting people who have been displaced by the war in Ukraine, now living in Greater Sydney and future changemaker scholarships for disadvantaged female students.
Loredana also included a proposal to the Club to consider setting up a Seed Fund with Sydney Community Foundation which can then be used for fundraising as well as making community grants to support grassroot charities in the Local community and across Greater Sydney.
The Members of Rotary Club Maroubra, would like to thank Loredana for her presentation and to Rtn David Allison for this introduction, it has given us all much to think about. We are looking forward to discussing and exploring these projects and the benefits that a partnership with Sydney Community Foundation could bring to the local community.
