The Rotary Club of Frankston has donated $20,000 to Frankston Hospital (Peninsula Health) for a new hi-tech ultrasound machine for the women’s antenatal section.

President Kevin Wallis presented a cheque for the amount to obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Sarah Roberts (pictured) at the club’s weekly dinner meeting on June 1.

The club (District 9820) was formed 67 years ago and continually supports community needs locally, nationally and internationally. Its 70 members are volunteers from all walks of life and raise money from the club’s Seaford Farmer's Market, which is held on the third Sunday of the month, as well as Bunnings barbecues, social functions and car rallies.

Among the causes and organisations the club has supported over the past year are the Fred Hollows Foundation ($7000), Peninsula Home Hospice ($5000 for garden works), Wheelchairs for Kids, Back Pack Beds for the Homeless, Interplast ($3000), Arid Recovery in the Roxby Downs, a new trailer for the Mount Eliza Scouts, Lift the Lid on Mental Health, and Women's Resource in Cambodia.

The club’s current theme is ‘Rotary Serving Humanity’, and its members stand by it.  You can visit http://www.rotaryfrankston.org.au/ for details of the club’s weekly meeting and join it on Facebook.