December 2011

Congratulations to Glenn Martin, our Staff Member of the Year for 2011.

December 2011

Congratulation to Kelvin Kelly, winner of our 2011 Christmas Raffle a $2000 travel voucher.

December 2011

Frankston RSL is delighted to be able to announce that they are the 2011 SUB BRANCH OF THE YEAR. We won this award for believing in our Mission Statement, “To provide outstanding service, pleasure and enjoyment to all veterans and the community”. We have worked very hard to make our Sub-Branch one that all our members, as well as the wider community, can be proud of.  

The continued growth and success of our business over the past six years can be attributed to many things some of which are:

•   Our ongoing commitment to staff training & personnel development. We believe this gives our employees a sense of belonging and self achievement for which they are all recognised and rewarded in front of their peers.

•   The ‘Three Tiered Management Structure’ with regular meeting format which has been established within our venue and has proved instrumental in ensuring the lines of communication reach to all levels of our staff.

•  Our business is marketed and driven through our Membership and since 2006 we have seen a 300% increase in this area. This has been across all Membership categories which include service, affiliate and social Members.

•  Frankston RSL's commitment to its wider community continues to increase through the ongoing financial and in-kind support it provides each year. In 2010/11 we have assisted over 45 organisations within our local community with direct financial assistance. These organisations not only offer valuable support to the aged, disabled, destitute and misplaced but also ongoing sponsorship to many sporting groups.

• The Welfare department continues to expand and develop programs to give our veterans and their spouses a better quality of life. Programs include day trips, fitness classes, IT/Mobile training, Internet Cafe, plus much more.  In 2011 our Welfare coordinator also introduced an exciting new concept by integrating primary school students with our senior computer training group to help them become more confident and gain a better understanding of modern communication and technology. Our merry band of volunteers still do over 350 visits per month, to hospitals and homes, conduct household visits to new widows to assist in any household duties and sit on the many RSL kindred organisations. In addition to veteran’s welfare we also provide extensive support to local aged care facilities with “no cost” lunches on a weekly basis, this is strongly patronized and will exceed 1,000 meals in 2011.

It is felt that to be awarded Sub-Branch of the Year is wonderful recognition for all our Committee, who work to further engender the ethos of the RSL, Volunteers, and Staff, who have worked so hard as a team to make this club relevant to today's community, and the management who are industry leaders in their field, which then has enabled us to tend to all of our members many and varied needs.

December 2011

We are very pleased to be able to announce that the total amount raised for the 2011 Poppy Appeal was $38,624. We would like to  thank all the volunteers who took time to help us in this fantastic effort for a job well done.

November 2011

This year we will be conducting Memorial and Remembrance Day services at: The Frankston Cemetery Sunday  November 6^th from 10.45am and The Davey Street Cenotaph Friday November 11^th from 10.45am. All are welcome to attend and if you like to lay  a wreath at either  service please contact Tony Grice on 9783 2288 or via e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We look forward to you joining us at the above services.

Poppies are on sale at the club now and are also in all the local  shopping centres , Schools,  Bunnings as well as and many shops in the Frankston area. Please show your  support and  purchase a poppy today.

November 2011

City Life is a local organisation which among other things runs a cafe for many of the needy come to receive food assistance. The cafe runs in Clyde Street Frankston and operates 4 days a week. It is a place where people can come and receive a hot nutritious meal and sit and talk with others. Food parcels are also available for those who are in crisis.  We are once again asking for support from our   Members  in a 2011 for our City Life Can Drive.  We aimed high last year setting our target at 2000 cans.  Unfortunately we fell a little short by 1000 cans but that has not diminished our  enthusiasm for this year and we have set our target at 2011 Cans. All donations can be dropped off to the Club for the whole month of November. The cans will then be delivered to City Life for the Christmas period. Cash donations will also be accepted at Reception. 

 Very Specail Kids September 2011

Friday 16^th September Frankston RSL will be turning pink in support of this organisation. We will be running raffles and having some fun with a visit from the Pink Pig. We hope you can join us on this evening and dig deep to help us raise our goal of $5000

Cash to Splash Winner 2011

Friday 22nd July saw 20 lucky members selected to come and join in our Birthday Celebrations  with the opportunity for one of them to Win $2000 in our annual “Cash to Splash’ promotion.Congratulations go to George Wiggett for  selecting the right box and taking home $2000. Pictured above with George is his ecstatic wife, Chris and our own Cashman, Rob.

Navy Centenary Dinner July 2011

On Saturday the 16^th July, 190 guests and 16 dignitaries joined together at Frankston RSL, with the White Ensign as focal point to celebrate the centenary of the “Royal” proclamation to the Australia Navy. It was a special night for the club with the National President of the RSL Rear Admiral Ken Doolan AO RAN (Rtd) and the State President of the RSL Major General David McLachlan AO (Rtd) in attendance. Both presidents concluded the evening on the dance floor to the sounds of the Royal Australian Navy Band. The other dignitaries, including Commodore Dickson AM MBE RAN (Rtd), Captain Hill CSC RAN, the Honorable Bruce Billson, Geoff Shaw MP, Mayor Kris Bolam and Deputy Mayor Sandra Mayer also had an enjoyable evening. Highlight of the evening was having 94 year old George Jones, the oldest ex matelot in attendance cut the centenary cake with the Admiral.