33/2010

News and information for Districts 9450, 9469. 9470

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Meet the Presidents

David Pankhurst

Rotary Club of South Perth /Burswood
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Shelter Box-Haiti

Nearly 100 tonnes of additional aid is being flown to Haiti this week

as thousands of people who lost their homes in the devastating earthquake

are being given the chance to start rebuilding their lives in ShelterBox tents.

Emergency shelter for more than 20,000 people is now in Port au Prince

and surrounding areas with small camps already set up in Delmas,

Petion-Ville, Carrefour and Leogane.

Hundreds more ShelterBoxes containing disaster relief tents

and other life-saving supplies are being sent to the city

in the next few days from Miami, Curucao and France,

meaning another 11,000 people will be given emergency shelter

.On Friday, ShelterBox is chartering a 747 aircraft with 1,800 boxes

to fly from Stansted Airport to the Dominican Republic

where they will be taken overland to neighbouring Haiti.

It is the second flight chartered by the international disaster relief charity

for the Haiti response after a plane loaded with 700 ShelterBoxes

and 100 tents flew out of Newquay Cornwall Airport last week.

ShelterBox Response Team members Jane Nash (UK)

and Gary McCafferty (UK) travelled overland from Santa Domingo

with an aid convoy to ensure the ShelterBoxes

reached Port au Prince at the weekend

.John Leach, Head of Operations for ShelterBox, said:

‘The need in Haiti is massive

. Our team in Port au Prince is working with Dutch marines

to ensure the safe and effective delivery of disaster relief tents

and hundreds of these are already being used in four different locations.

‘Distribution of aid by our highly-trained ShelterBox Response Team members

is underway but the need for emergency shelter is still desperate

.’A number of ShelterBoxes have also been used at an orphanage

and at two hospitals in Port au Prince where tents

are being erected to help save lives.

Speaking from Bernard Mews Hospital in Freres, a suburb of Port au Prince,

ShelterBox Response Team member Wayne Robinson (US) said

: ‘Right outside the hospital there have been hundreds of people

who have been laying in the sidewalks, on the streets

and in blankets right on the ground in unbelievable conditions.

They are bleeding, they have missing limbs

and there are even women giving birth.

‘We felt this was a good use of the initial boxes that we had here on the ground

and we’ll be bringing more here and using them as a transitional poin

t to get people out of the elements while they are

waiting for treatment at the hospital.

Buildings have crashed down all around us here

and people are just waiting and waiting to get in here for medical services

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Internationl Convention June 20-23

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Around The Clubs

Rotary Club of Western Endeavour

The Claremont Lifestyle Fair
is
Coming soon...

28 March 2010
Get in quick and Book your Stall Online Now...!
or call Barrie on 9386 4889

to discuss your requirements for your stall at the fair...

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Rotary Club of Booragoon
Our member, Di Roberts, has funded and built a school for the

very poor children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa.

She has just returned from her bi-annual trip.

She was thrilled to see the new school, the little children attending

and also purchased equipment that was needed for music rooms,

sports needs and nursery needs.
What the school desperately needs now is a bus,

as some children are walking for an hour and a half to get to school.
Funds are available to fuel and maintain the bus,

but money is desperately needed to make the purchase.
With that in mind.

the RC Booragoon (which has already donated AUD$1000)

is holding a fundraising night on 23rd February at the South of Perth Yacht Club.

It will be in Archie's Bar and will be a barbecue. [6 for 6.30pm]
We would love to have other Rotarians attend

this night if they feel inclined and Di and her grand daughters Jana and Georgie

will be speaking about the project.
Please direct any queries to me.
Yours in Rotary
Ednamay Foston
IPP
RC Booragoon

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Rotary Clubs in the Melville Area

An inaugural business networking event is being held at the

South of Perth Yacht Club on February 15.

It's being organised by the three Rotary clubs that meet weekly at SOPYC

- Applecross, Booragoon and Melville

- in conjunction with the Yacht Club to help local businesses

and raise funds for youth programs.
Good contacts are essential to commercial success.

Business and professional people from anywhere in Perth

can make new contacts at the Melville Business Sundowner.

Guest speaker is the Attorney-General, Christian Porter.
For more information,

contact Booragoon Rotary Club on 0432 298 325

or email pr@rcbooragoon.com.
Regards
John Feary

Rotary Club of Booragoon (Inc)Web:

www.rcbooragoon.comEmail: info@rcbooragoon.com

Ph: 0432 298 325

(Meetings: 6 for 6.30pm,

Tuesdays at South of Perth Yacht Club, Coffee Point, Applecross)

A vocational business development and youth support program

of the Rotary Clubs of Melville, Applecross and Booragoon

in partnership with South of Perth Yacht Club

RSVP: pr@rcbooragoon.com
Inquiries: 0432 298 325

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Rotary Club of South Perth/Burswood

Good Evening Phil,
Just a bit of news for you.
Mel (my Husband) and I together with David Pankhurst

(President of South Perth- Burswood Rotary Club),

Aley (David's partner), Jamie (Aley's son) and Margaret (Friend of David's

and Aley's) cooked for the families at

Ronald McDonald house on Christmas Day.

Mel is a chef by trade and he took charge of the kitchen.

David, an avid cook, made the soup and between us all

we catered for around 50 (including the helpers and weekend Managers)

. It was a long day, commencing at 8.00am

and we finished at around 5.00pm.
Some of the preparation, including the shopping,

Mel and I did the day before as did David

and the rest was done on the day.
All the food and drink for the day was donated and it included:
Soup, Roast Pork, Roast turkey, Ham, vegetables, salad,

Cheesecake, plum pudding, jelly, mini pavlovas, wine, beer and soft drink.
This was the second year that we did it and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Kind regards,
Lesley
Mel & Lesley Johnson


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Rotary Club of Attadale

Enjoying Xmas 2009

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Rotary Club of Hannans-Kalgoorlie

Belzano Race ..2009

Black Swan Nugget Team 2

Kalgoorlie Hospital Maternity Ward Team

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TRI- DISTRICT CALENDAR

January 30th -February 5th ......D9450 RYLA Camp
January 30th-February7th..........D9460 RYLA Camp

February 15th...Monday.........Business Sundowner South Perth Yacht Club
February 24th...Wednesday......Australian Rotary Health Tri District Seminar
March 14th ………Sunday………..Carine Fair [Rotary Club of Hillarys]
March 19th-21st.............................. D9460 Conference Manjimup

March 28th.........Sunday.................Claremont Lifestyle Fair
April 16th-18th ................................D9450 Conference
May 2nd……Sunday…………………………..District Assembly D9455
May 2nd……..Sunday……………………….District Assembly D9645
June 20th-23rd………………………………. Rotary International Convention Montreal
June 26th..........Saturday..............Rotary Club of Canningtons Ladies Seminar
July 3rd…………….Saturday……………District Changeover [D94555 and D9645]
December 3rd -5th.....................Rotary Institute [Perth]

Smile

The Masons were playing Rotary in a cricket match

A spectator stood watching the game

After a while he relised there was no scoreboard

Interested to know what the score was, he asked the person standing next to him

"Excuse me mate!. can you please tell me what the score is?"

The man replied

"Nobody knows, It's a secret"