FOR 100 years Rotary Australia has been connecting people and helping communities, and to celebrate, the city's three Rotary Clubs are hosting a breakfast in Kings Parade on Australia Day.
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Members from the Rotary Club of Bathurst, Rotary Bathurst East and Rotary Club Bathurst Daybreak will host the free BBQ which is being held from 8am until 9.30am.
Publicity officer with Rotary Bathurst Daybreak Jenny White said the three clubs are excited to be celebrating 100 years of Rotary in Australia, and have been busy preparing the Australia Day event.
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With their COVID plan in place the three clubs are hoping as many people as possible come and meet with members of the group and find out about the club and the work they do.
"There is no cost for the BBQ, it's just celebrating 100 years of Rotary."
In addition to a free egg and bacon roll people can enjoy music and singers who will be spaced around Kings Parade.
Ms White said Rotary is well known in the community for the charity work they do.
"We raise money for local services, like Daffodil Cottage and the women's refuge, we initially set up the B2B (Blayney to Bathurst bike ride), which became such a huge community event we handed it over to council," she said.
Ms White said all three Rotary Clubs would love to hear from anyone thinking of joining.
"Anyone can join Rotary, we'd love to hear from anyone who is interested.
"Rotary does a lot of humanitarian work, we're involved in the Polio Plus campaign," she said which has almost seen the eradication of polio across the world.""
On a local front, the Rotary Club of Bathurst have the Graffiti Removing Project, have taken on the RYDA project for young drivers in Bathurst and surrounding areas and have an ongoing sanitation project with the Solomon Islands.
Ms White said Bathurst East raise funds to support local initiatives with the Biggest Tomato Competition while money raised from the B2B contributed greatly to Bathurst's Headspace.
She said the free Australia Day BBQ was a great way not only to celebrate Rotary's presence in Australia for 100 years, but also kick off what is sure to be a big year for the organisation.
The annual District Rotary Convention will be held in Bathurst this year, which she said is a huge benefit to the local community, with Rotarians travelling to attend.
Ms White said May will also be a big month for the organisation with the inaugural "Festival of Bells" proudly supported by all three clubs.
