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from the Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie newsletter
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Rotary Club of Hannans Kalgoorlie
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Rotary Club of Rossmoyne
In 1996, routine polio
immunizations in Nigeria
and other African countries were anything but routine
.
Competing health priorities and lack of funding hampered many governments
from
putting polio eradication high on their agenda.
The drive for a polio-free
Africa needed a playmaker.
Enter Nelson Mandela.
Herb Brown,
Rotary's president in 1995-96,
recalls seeking the South African leader's
support.
"President Mandela was so
gracious and listened
as we described the problem," Brown says.
"I
told him only he had the influence to persuade
the countries to resume
immunization."
Mandela agreed to help.
"I'm
well aware of Rotary and all the work you've done,
and all the work you did
while I was in jail," he told Brown.
At a press conference, with Brown at
his side,
Mandela asked all the heads of state in Africa to open
their doors to
polio National Immunization Days.
Mandela helped launch the Kick
Polio Out of Africa campaign
later that year with 1996-97 Rotary President Luis
Giay
and Rotary Foundation Chair Rajendra Saboo.
Almost immediately, Africa's
polio eradication effort was back on track.
Using soccer matches and celebrity
endorsements,
the campaign raised public awareness of polio
and helped spur
more than 30 African countries
to hold their first National Immunization Days.
In recognition of his vital work,
Rotary presented the Rotary Award for World Understanding to Mandela in 1997,
then Rotary's highest honor.
"We chose President Mandela because of his
significant contributions to world peace,
human rights, and freedom," said
Giay,
adding that Rotary members especially appreciated
"his strong
support of the eradication of polio throughout Africa."
Mandela called the award "a
tribute to the people of South Africa's rainbow nation."
Rotary's work
toward eradicating polio
"has shown the power of a global network of
people
who are ready to roll up their sleeves and put their heart
and soul into
saving children from disability."
Mandela donated the award's
$100,000 prize to the
Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.
Following his death,
Rotary members
in South Africa lauded Mandela as
"one of the 20th century's iconic
symbols of freedom and equality,"
"the father of the nation,"
and "a leader of service."
"Mandela was a man who
overcame unimaginable hardships
to emerge as one of the greatest leaders of our
time
— and one of our greatest humanitarians . .
. . [His] legacy of courage,
determination, and commitment
will forever inspire us to move forward in our
effort to achieve a better,
more peaceful world,"
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A peace theme postcard contest furnished free tickets for high school
students
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Numerous
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From Pakistan
President Syed Basit
Gillani
Sectary Raja Sha
Nawaz
RC Jhang Saddar
cc: DG Haji Iftikhar
Ahmed
DGE Dr. Mansoor ul Haq
DGN Sajid Bhatti
Dear Fellow Rotarians
A body of
International Rotarians have set up an event,
as a part of our
celebrations for our Rotary Birthday on 23rd Feb 2014,
to raise funds for
End Polio Now
and I would very much like to have our Club involved in it
as
well as any other Club from the Dist 3272 on the whole.
Even our Interacts and Rotaracts will be motivated for this
and I am very
sure that our Youth here will perform wonders.
Please take part in
this very simple event leading up to our Birthday.
The purpose of this is
to set up "
The World's Greatest Meal to Help Polio"
. during the week
commencing 23rd February
which is Rotary Week
we are asking Rotarians, friends of Rotarians their neighbors,
work
colleagues in fact anyone to hold a meal
and at the same time raise funds
for End Polio Now.
23rd
Feb is the Birthday for Rotary.
It may be a
frugal meal with the spend going to the cause,
it could be a Club meal where
donations could be made
in fact just a meal where people meet and raise money
or give money for End Polio Now.
At the end of the day
we want everyone across the world
who take part to have fun and enjoy
themselves
and at the same time help children not get polio.
Remember that for
every Rupee or any equivalent currency the
So please put this
into your diary & lets make
this Rotary birthday celebration special
- we can all take part
!
Please share with all
your friends .
Thanks to our many International friends we have been able
to pull this event
together & I am sure it will be a success
Which Rotarians have been
enraged with.
Being Rotarians, we are bound to our promise to the children
of the world to
eliminate Polio.
Yours in Rotary
Khalid Haider
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Shelter box video
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'Aiza Rellin is a 2nd year student at the University in
Baybay
where she's working towards her BA in Agriculture.
She comes from a
family in a remote village
and is working hard to do her family proud and help
support them
. With a mother working in Manila and siblings that have moved
away,
there's a lot of pressure on her to succeed at school.
'She's not letting
anyone down.
The 18 year old's on a full scholarship to the university
but had
her school year cut short because of the typhoon.
Coming back after the typhoon
hit,
her family needed her most.
'She recalled sadly
that until being given a ShelterBox tent,
when it rained, her family could do
nothing
'but sit in the rain and wait for it to pass.'
With the seasons getting
wetter and wetter
the sheer look of relief on their faces
when given a tent was
indescribable.
'Some of her family
were up in Tacloban
when Haiyan hit,
and you could see the emotion welling in
her story
as she recalls that they still have not been able to get in contac
with a sister that was working and living up there
' Richard Loat, Response
Team member.
Thank you for your support!
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Some of the Presidents of D3830 in the Philipines
who are co- ordinating relief supplies
Distrubution centre in Palawan Philippines
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Our ‘Hat-trick of Hat Days’ was a sombrero of success
on Friday October 11
as organisations and individuals around the nation
showed their support for
mental health research in Australia!
There were morning teas, raffles, dinners, trivia nights, spot prizes,
bake
sales and more!
We enjoyed seeing photos of people in all sorts of funny hats,
and hearing stories of how much fun people had at their events!
So far, approximately
$100,000 has been raised for mental health research,
which we think is TOPS!
A reminder to those who are yet to donate their funds,
please do so via the Hat
Day website.
Thank YOU for shining a
light on mental illness by hosting a Hat Day event,
donning
funky headgear and donating to mental health research through
100% of your donation will be used to fund vital mental health
research
aimed at finding preventions, treatments
and cures for mental
illnesses.
See examples of how your
donation will be used
to create a mentally healthier Australia
by reading some of our
also highlights a range of health projects we
fund,
of which mental health research is our main focus.
Thank you for your participation and support for Hat Day 2013.
We hope you will be involved in Hat
Day again next year –
Friday October 10, 2014.
In the meantime, if you have any questions
or feedback about Hat Day,
please
contact us on 02 8837 1900
or email info@hatday.com.au
Steff Fenton
Hat Day Coordinator
& Mental Health Research Enthusiast
Australian Rotary Health
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Tuesday 10th at 8.30 the forty first Police Officer of the Year
Breakfast was held at Crown Perth,in the Botanical Rooms.
There were over
one hundred people including East Perth Rotarians and guests,
WA Police and
guests and sponsors Police and Nurses Bank,
Crown Perth and 6PR and their respective
guests.
Crown supplied the room and breakfast,
Police and Nurses Bank, prizes for
winner ($5,000) two runners up ($1,000 each)
and 6PR free promotion of Police
Officer of the Year Award.
East Perth Rotary supplied Crown vouchers
to the two
runners-up and flower and hamper baskets to the wives of the 3 finalists
.
The Police Commissioner also celebrated his forty years
with The
WA Police service on the 10th,
commencing as a seventeen year old
recruit.
Steve Mills, a presenter at 6PR, was Master of Ceremonies
did a
good job at trying to keep to the run sheet
This was made up for with numerous photos with
the winner Cameron Clifford,
runners up Peter Price and Bob Scott,
the
Commissioner and sponsors
All in all it was a well -run event showcasing Rotary's
contribution
to vocational excellence.
Colin McClughan
Past District Governor Phil Cordery with Past President Robyn Penny
of the East Perth Rotary Club
with this years winner Cam Clifford and his partner
Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay
welcome the two newest members, with Pres. Mike
is Ros and Pat
Curbishley.
Pat is a PP of the RC of Lincoln in the UK
and has been a member of
the RC of Perth.
Ros has been involved with Inner Wheel in the UK
and is Leader
of the Flower Guild at St George's Cathedral.
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Rotary Club of Bentley Curtin
District Governor Erwin Biemel with President Peter Snell
induct Joao Nascimento.. Margaret Weeks and Greg Johnstone
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Seen at the recent Rotary Institute in Canberra
Past District Governor Phillip Skelton and Leonie
Past District Governor Bob Cooper and Wendy
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Ride to the other side
In only 150 days Ride to the Other Side
will depart Adelaide, South Australia on the third stage
and one
of the biggest legs to date
2500 Km to Sydney, Australia
Rotary Club of Armadale
Thank you to the team for the support —
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Around the Clubs
Rotary Club of West Perth
40 years of support for West Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute
(WANRI)
. They do a great job!
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Rotary Club of Fremantle
Pictured
handing over a cheque at the
Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation
Awards night,
is Fremantle Rotary President Bob Coventry on left,
with Rod Rate
from the Attadale Club,
plus the awardee Uli Steinwandle in middle.
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Rotary Club of Scarborough
Scarborough
Rotarian Mike Sultanowsky
gave a rapturous presentation today on flying model
aircraft.
The aircraft are between one third & half real size
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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay
PRID
Ken and Di Collins at Eaton PS in Bunbury
where teacher Teresa Collins and
students
were presented with a set of 30 microscopes
on Friday, 6th December.
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Rotary Club of Pinjarra
Looking for the perfect present?
Fancy riding your very own Harley Davidson?
For $50 you could be the proud owner
of a Harley 1200 Sportster worth $18000,
and at the same time be supporting 3 great causes
- the Cancer Council of WA,
Community Palliative Care
and the Rotary Club of Pinjarra.
So get in quick and
contact us if you would like a ticket.
We had a great meeting tonight, with our Guest Speaker,
Heidi Bucktin
from The Department of Parks and Wildlife,
telling us all about the restoration
of Lake Mealup.
Congratulations to Heidi, all the volunteers from the Lake
Mealup Preservation Society,
and the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council
for the
wonderful job they have done.
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Rotary Club of Belmont
Please make the effort to come along and hear the amazing difference
that Rachel Sheffield is making to the lives of the people in Laos
- at our
last meeting of the year next Thursday Lunch time
Today at Pac Xing
we achieved our three aims.
We opened the new centre with the support of the
Yang Style Integrated Tai Chi Association
and Mill point Rotary Club and we
tested the eye sight of 42 local children .
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Rotary Club of Ballajura Malaga
Presentation of the Segway to
Jack Day by the Rotary Club of
Ballajura Malaga
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Rotary Club of Armadale
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Rotary Club of Karrinyup
Xmas Function
The day started with the Annual 'Golf Challenge'
and President Peter
presents PDG Phil with the winners shield
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Rotary Club of Albany Port
Members gather for a Xmas photo
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Rotary District 9465
A
surprise visitor joined the Training Team
during the Vision Facilitation
session with Rotary Club of Mill Point.
L
to R.
PDG
John Simmons, DGN Melodie Kevan,
DGE Brian Eddy, PDG Liz Westoby, PDG Bob
Cooper, DGN Jerry Pilcher
In
front, President Renae Poot and the welcome visitor.
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Rotary Club of Applecross
Capital
Community Radio performs at the Rotary Jacaranda Festival.
President
of the Rotary Club of Applecross Murray McKay
presents John Dubber, Chairman of
Capital Community Radio
with a cheque for $1,000 as Festival Director,
Past
President Dean Lawrence looks on
Clubs Xmas Dinner
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Rotary Club of Scarborough
Here are some photos from the Wheelchairs for Kids
morning tea
this morning.
Morning teas have been provided by our WFK volunteers
as a
Christmas gesture, for our volunteers, sponsors, supporters and donors.
Morning
teas have been organised for Monday, Tuesday
and today (Wednesday) with
the last one to be conducted this coming Friday.
All have been well attended.
Photos provided with thanks to Nicole Cutler (a WFK Volunteer).
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Rotary Club of Kenwick
Australian Rotary Health Indigenous Scholar Luke Davies was guest speaker
Pictured here with President Steve Weychan
and Australian Rotary Health Board Dirctor Phil Cordery
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Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
At Hammond Park
Rotaract Club of Perth
Enjoying Volunteering Day well done
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District 9465
Our current inbounds enjoying Peel Week.
Thank you to the Mandurah
Districts and nearby clubs for hosting and entertaining them.
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Rotary Club of Scarborough
Out
going RYE student Sophie HOLT at todays Scarborough Rotary meeting.
Rotary Club of Swan Valley
Eden spoke to us before about her
forthcoming exchange
student trip to Germany,
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Club Promotions
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Claire Koch Signs
Christmas Carol For Her Deaf Parents During School Pageant
Try this
You'll be shown 12 photos in the first part,
You'll be shown another 12 photos in the second
part,
You'll be shown 48 photos in the third part
and asked if you saw them in the first part,
the second part -
or never saw them at all.
and asked if you saw them in the first part,
the second part -
or never saw them at all.
When you have finished the third part,
your results will be given to you.
your results will be given to you.
Click here to
begin.
Thanks Mike B
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Blue Xmas
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Western Australia
Augusta
G'Day Phil, Thanks for the effort, top stuff all the time. Have a great Christmas and I look forward to 2014.
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