Here, There and Everywhere with Lane Cove Rotary

If you’ve been to a Lane Cove event lately, there’s a good chance a Rotarian cooked your sausage sandwich. The Rotary Club of Lane Cove was chartered in 1958 and works under the Rotary motto of Service Above Self. It’s a local club with a huge heart. Members turn up just about everywhere: at a barbecue, behind a raffle table, on a train platform or in a school library on the other side of the world.

The club has a full calendar between now and Christmas. Here’s a look at what Lane Cove Rotary has been doing this year and where you can find them next.

A big year of giving

Lane Cove Rotary had a big 2025/26 fundraising year. As In the Cove reported in June, the club raised $85,524 and supported more than 30 organisations. At its annual Giving Night, local groups that had received Rotary funding talked about their projects. They included Lane Cove Guides, Lane Cove Youth Orchestra, Sydney Community Services and the Lane Cove Toy Library.

The club’s biggest fundraiser is the Lane Cove Rotary Fair, organised by Lane Cove Rotary with Lane Cove Council’s support. It filled Lane Cove Village again on 11 October with stallholders, performers, sponsors and a large team of volunteers. Last year’s fair drew more than 18,000 people.

Here: close to home

On Sunday 25 October 2026, Lane Cove Rotarians joined other North Sydney clubs to run a barbecue for walkers raising money for Mary’s House in North Sydney, which supports women and children experiencing domestic and family violence.

In May the club brought locals together for its first Cove Volunteers community day at the Lane Cove Toy Library, as part of Rotary’s Epic Day of Service.

Throughout the year the club supports young people through Youth Exchange, the Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN) and the Model United Nations Assembly.

Locals may also know the club’s annual Pride of Workmanship Awards, which recognise people who take pride in their work.

There: across NSW

Rotary’s reach goes well beyond Lane Cove. In May, past President Jenny May travelled to Moree with members of the Rotary Club of Turramurra to visit Moree East Public School. Both clubs support the Books in Homes program there. Every student at the school received two new books in Term 1 to start a home library, with more books given out through Terms 2 and 3.

Everywhere: around the world

On 23 October, Lane Cove Rotarians Tania and Lindsay Mace joined the Train Ride to End Polio. They spent 18 hours travelling through all 185 stations on Sydney’s train and metro network. The day raised more than $80,000 for Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign.

Further afield, the club has partnered for more than a decade with Heartland Academy in Kathmandu. The school was founded by Rotarian Pat Price in 2008 and educates disadvantaged Nepali young people, with a focus on scholarships for young women. Grants supported by Lane Cove Rotary have helped fund science laboratories, a computer lab and a nationally recognised teacher training course. They have also helped more than 680 students reach tertiary-level education.

Where you’ll find Lane Cove Rotary next

Get involved

Lane Cove Rotary meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 6.30pm at The Diddy. New members are always welcome. You can find out how to join Lane Cove Rotary, sign up to the club’s mailing list or follow the club on Facebook and Instagram.

Thanks to Lane Cove Rotary for its ongoing support of our community!