NEW location for weekly Club meetings.

Our club now meets at the clubhouse of the Burnie Bowls Club (a.k.a. "The Burnie Greens") in Cooee. The meeting time remains the same (6:00 pm for 6:20 pm on Mondays).

To contact the Club

WRITE TO:
Rotary Club of Burnie
P.O. Box 185
Burnie
Tas. 7320
Australia

Or Email our Secretary at: [admin "at" burnierotary "dot" org "dot" au]

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The Power of Rotary

Combatting a possible heart attack

Savealife

• Every year in Australia there are an estimated 54,000 Australians who suffer a heart attack. This equates to one heart attack every 10 minutes. Of that number, over 8,000 lives will be lost, on average 23 each day - very sobering statistics. But there is something that can be done to help reduce that loss of life and it really is very simple.

• In 2015, in recognition of equivalent statistics in New Zealand, Rotarians in that country came up with the idea of packaging and selling a keyring capsule containing a single dispersible 300mg aspirin tablet.

• Chewed or placed under the tongue, this amount of aspirin can make all the difference if used when a person is experiencing signs of a heart attack. The aspirin potentially helps keep a patient alive for what paramedics call “The Golden Hour”. This is the time between when the attack begins, paramedics arriving on the scene and the time it takes to transport the patient to hospital. The simple action of chewing the aspirin can not only result in saving a life, but also can help to minimise any permanent damage occurring. Over 36,000 capsules were sold in NZ inside the first 12 months.

The Rotary Club of Burnie has now launched this same project in Tasmania and have the capsules available for purchase.

• Each aspirin is sealed in its original foil and the expiry date is on the included leaflet.

• Cost to pharmacies, retailers, doctor’s surgeries etc. $5.00/capsule in packs of 50. There are two options: purchase the pack up front ($250/pack) or alternatively sell on consignment and pay Rotary at agreed intervals for capsules sold in the intervening period. Retail price to the public $6.00/capsule.

• Advertising has commenced, initially through social media and subsequently through conventional media. Promotion is within Tasmania first then nationally in the near future, where interest is already being shown within the Rotary network.

• To order supplies  … click here

Savealife - “A pocket-sized piece of reassurance”

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The local ROTARACT CLUB

Are you in the age range 18-30 and live in NW Tasmania? Then check out Central Coast Rotaract Club on Facebook.

or visit the Rotaract Club of Central Coast Website.

or Email to Central Coast Rotaract

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Burnie Rotary Club members are boosters for Burnie. Why? Click on the thumbnails below for some views. Fernglade is a beautiful picnic spot on the Emu River, just two km from the City Centre, and is a favourite haunt of the Platypus: We can often see them foraging in the river at dusk. The Rotary Club holds a barbecue meeting there in January. Burnie is also home to countless families of penguins and we can look into some burrows. Below these thumbnails are links to the latest Burnie weather and to the Burnie City Council's website.