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More
than 18,000 Rotary members from over 150 countries
will be in Sydney,
Australia, 1-4 June
for the 2014 Rotary International Convention.
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Nancy Hughes, a widow who might have been expected to enjoy
a quiet retirement with an occasional cruise on a calendar,
has instead joined
the effort to address
one of the world’s single biggest problems:
poor people
in the developing world are killing themselves
and their children cooking over
open fires
while deforesting the planet in the bargain.
Working with her
Rotary club,
Nancy has established a nonprofit organization called
Stove Team
International that built seven factories in five countries
to manufacture clean
burning wood stoves that require less
than half as much wood and produce no
visible smoke,
68% less particulate matter
and 85% less carbon emission.
Because the stoves are locally produced,
they create quality jobs in
communities that desperately need them.
Almost 45,000 stoves have been produced
so far,
but that is a drop in the bucket compared with the
estimated need of
six million stoves in Guatemala alone.
Stove Team TISI
-0.87% International was recognized for its work
by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
Stove Team notes that,
“The most dangerous activity a woman
can undertake in the developing world
is cooking for her family.”
The indoor
air pollution is believed to cause 4 million deaths per year.
Not only is the
indoor air pollution resulting from the stoves devastating
to the health of
mother and children,
but the some estimates suggest that 4 million burns
occur
each year associated with cooking fires.
The scale of indoor cooking fires
generates
one billion tons of greenhouse gases each year
and contributes
dramatically to deforestation.
Rotary Club of Southern Districts
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Rotary Club of Fresh water Bay
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Rotary Club of Pinjarra
Debbie McLarty with President Andrew
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Around the Clubs
Rotary Club of Karrinyup
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Rotary Clubs of
Fremantle
Attadale
Cockburn
Neighbours helping Neighbours
Once
again the Rotary Give a Damn Give a Can
collection in the Fremantle area has been an outstanding success.
Our pink carpet in the park grew even
larger.
This year the combined
collections from Fremantle Rotary;
Attadale Rotary and Cockburn Rotary came to
a huge total
of approximately 15,000 items from the areas targeted.
And those bags collected were full – and I mean
really full –
we averaged at least 5 items per bag.
And they are still coming in.
THANK YOU SO
MUCH
People
have been very generous and have allowed
us to provide large donations of food to
help our four main beneficiaries;
St Pats; The Salvos; Anglicare and Uniting
Care West provide meals
and care packages for needy families.
The recipients were all delighted with their
share but with bags
coming in after the event we have also been able to assist
the Woman’s Refuge; Communicare and the Graham Maybury Appeal.
Rotarians,
families and friends from the three Clubs
plus student assistance from several
schools
and the local Scout Troop helped with feet on the street
for the
collection; the rain stayed away at the vital time
and we were able to enjoy a
sausage sizzle and cold drink afterwards.
Many thanks to every one involved and to our collection depots
so generously
provided by :
Shacks Holden Fremantle;
Pharmacist Advice Silas Street;
Gerald Burns Pharmacy Melville Plaza; Banovich
Pharmacy South Fremantle
and Hilton 777 Pharmacy on South Street.
If you
would like to be involved next year
or would like further information about
Rotary
please check the web site of the Club in your area
or call 0409201300
for more information.
Fremantle Rotarian Stuart
Happy Recipients
Rotary Club of Cockburn
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Craig Alford making a presentation at the RC of Sunbury
who gave us a
donation of $500.
Day 9 Oatlands (Tas) - Hobart (Tas)
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Rotary Club of Mundaring
At
a recent club meeting Cathy O’Brien,
who is an Administrative Officer Health
Services at the Shire of Mundaring,
was presented with a Pride of Workmanship
plaque
by our venerable Sunday Markets Manager, David Brockway.
Cathy earned
the award for the efficient and friendly service
she provides to the public and
the way she has of solving small problems
before they cause trouble.
Cathy is pictured with her
family. Husband Michael,
daughter Jasmine, son Daven and her manager from the
Shire,
Adrian Dyson (Manager of Health & Community Safety Services
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Rotary Club of Pinjarra
Two presentations were made, via the Harley Raffle:
Palliative Care: received
donations of Matrasses, wheel chairs,
toilet frames and other accessories
appropriate to their needs.
Gill with Richard and Murray
Elizabeth with Richard and Murray
The Cancer Council: Elizabeth responded with thanks
to the club and a review of where the funds
will be used.
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Rotary Club of Kununurra
And we're now at
the Moon Fair Kununurra Ag Show
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Rotary Club of Manjimup
NURSES IN ACTION IN KEYNA –
VOLUNTEER PROJECT
Rotarian Barbara Hunter
delivered a passionate
and informative presentation with quality pictures
that
show the reality of a country in immediate need
of international aid and
support to improve the health
and day to day living of newborn children through
to parents.
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Rotary Club of Narrogin
From last meeting: Amber Dehnel and Jessica Coppock ,
year 7 students from East Narrogin Primary School,
talking about the Leadership
Conference in Perth,
which year 6 and 7 students took part
and thanked the
Rotary Club of Narrogin for the sponsorship.
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Rotary Club of Victoria Park
Rotary District 9465 W.A members at the 2014
WA
Volunteer of the Year Awards ceremony held on the 19th May 2014.
Well over 100
people attended the morning tea
which was held at Burswood on Swan.
Anthony
Vuleta - Acting CEO of the Town of Victoria Park
presented the awards to a
packed house.
Clockwise from top left we have:
President Wilf Hendrickson,
Secretary Roger Meakes, Peter Fry,
Cr Vin Nairn, Acting CEO Anthony Vuleta,
Chareon Teo
and John Colley.
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Rotary Club of Geraldton
This morning
President Colin Wise presented Owen Bell,
Principal of Yuna Primary School,
Principal Justin Tuohy
of St Mary's Primary School Northampton and Teacher
Lorraine Jones
and the Geraldton Primary School with a special gift of
microscopes.
Students can now
take a closer look at the world
around them thank to this wonderful project.
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Rotary Club of Fresh Water Bay
The
Club was privileged to have PDG Charlie and Rtn Mary Rogers,
from the RC
Celebration, Florida as our program last Wednesday.
Charlie and Mary live in
Celebration,
which is a suburb which sprang out of land owned by Disney
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Rotary Club of Byford and Districts
Quiz Night
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Rotary Club of Hillarys
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Rotary Club of Corrigin
50th Birthday
Jack Wilson from the Rotary Club of Quairading
is pictured here with Past President David Bolt
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Rotary Club of Perth
US Consul General sharing her journey today.
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D9455 students on NW Safari
ROTARY PROMOTIONS
June
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July
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September
October
It's on again in 2014! The 14th Collie Adventure Race
will be held on
Saturday 11 October
and this years event is expected to be better and bigger
than ever!
The courses and format for the events are the same as 2013
and details for
registration will be available shortly for 2014
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Rotary Club of Osborne Park
May 26th [1978]
Rotary Club of Hannans Kalgoorlie
May 28th [1994]
Rotary Club of Albany Port
May 29th [1979]
Rotary Club of Applecross
June 3rd [1971]
Rotary Club of Swan Valley
June 9th [1993]
Rotary Club of East Perth
June 9th [1969]
Rotary Club of Esperance
June 12th [1962]
Rotary Club of York/Canning Bridge
June 14th [1954]
Rotary Club of Wongan Hills
June 15th [1965]
Rotary Club of Cockburn
June 18th [1969]
Rotary Club of Bunbury
June 19th 1939]
Rotary Club of Booragoon
June 21st [1983]
Rotary Club of South Bunbury
June 23rd [1967]
Rotary Club of Willetton
June 25th [1982]
Rotary Club of Kalamunda
June 27th [1962]
Rotary Club of Mount Lawley
June 28th [1949]
Rotary Club of Subiaco
June 28th [1949]
Rotary Club of West Perth
June 28th [1954]
Rotary Club of Quairading
June 30th [1963]
Rotary Club of Cambridge
June 30th [1969]
Rotary Club of Rossmoyne
June
30th [1972]
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The Genius that is Charlie Chaplin
A lady opened her refrigerator and saw a rabbit sitting on one of the
shelves.
“What are you doing in there?” She asked.
The rabbit replied: “This is a Westinghouse, isn’t it?”
To which the lady replied “Yes.”
“Well,” the rabbit said,
“I’m westing.”
Workers Fail
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Western Australia
View from Brancos Lookout at El Questro Station,
East Kimberley
Western Australia
