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Every year, thousands of young people strengthen
 their leadership skills, serve their communities,
 build friendships, and develop a global perspective
 through Interact, Rotaract, Rotary Youth Exchange, 
New Generations Service Exchange, and Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. 
Reaching out to these alumni, and participants
 of Rotary Foundation programs,
 by giving them the opportunity to share in service projects
 and activities is a great way to keep them connected to Rotary
 and may well motivate them to become Rotary members.
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In Jamaica, 11-year-old Jordan Allwood reads his classmates
 a story about a lonely puppy who finds a new family.
The puppy grows into a big dog, enjoys walks along the beach,
 and survives a frightening autumn day when he is caught in a trap
 before being rescued by his family. 
Jordan's story is one of hundreds that were written
by children ages 7-11 for a writing contest organized
 by the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean 7020
 and supported by clubs in 10 Caribbean nations.
The best stories, including Jordan's, were published in
 "The Butterfly StoryBook," produced by the club and sold 
through Amazon.com.
 Rotary members and others are encouraged to donate copies to school libraries. 
Proceeds are used to support other literacy efforts.
In July, Rotary International and the International Reading Association (IRA)
 selected the Butterfly StoryBook project 
and a summer mobile library project run by the 
Rotary Club of Ellensburg Morning, Washington, USA,
 to receive two $2,500 awards from the Pearson Foundation. 
The awards recognize projects in which Rotary clubs
 and local IRA-affiliated reading councils collaborate
 to strengthen literacy in local and international communities.
 Rotary and the IRA have been project partners since 2002.
Diana White, a past district governor and member
 of the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean 7020,
 says she got the idea for the story contest after a visit 
to the headquarters of Rotary International in Britain and Ireland (RIBI)
, which holds a number of well-publicized youth contests every year.
 White said a project that involved drafting rules
 and promoting a contest was perfect for the e-club.
 It turned to clubs throughout the district to solicit entries from local schools.
In 2013, the contest's first year, 200 children contributed stories.
 This year, 300 young writers took part.
 Each club selects three local winners, who receive certificates.
 Then a panel of judges from the e-club chooses 10 stories
 from among all of those to include in "The Butterfly StoryBook." 
Each of those young authors receives $50 in books.











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Wheelchairs for Kids is approaching a milestone in approx.
 March next year when the 30,000th wheelchair
 will be delivered to its needy beneficiary.
Because of the enormous demand for
 wheelchairs for kids around the world,
 this project will continue as long as the donations continue to be presented.
Kind regards,
PP David Taggart, Rotary Club of Scarborough Inc.

Chairman of the Board, Wheelchairs for Kids Inc.


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Rotary at the United Nations - Opportunity October 31 & November 1, 2014

Greetings Rotarians and Friends: 

Once again this year, I invite you to join us in New York City
 at the Rotary-United Nations Day on Saturday, November 1, 2014.
  In addition, Canadian Rotarians can participate in a UN Tour Friday am
 and a Special Canada Session, 
hosted by the Canadian UN Ambassador on Friday afternoon, October 31st.

The Saturday meeting is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
 at UN Headquarters and will include presentations
 and panel discussions addressing Millennium Goals, and key humanitarian issues.
  The event will feature presentations from senior UN staff and Rotary leaders,
 with panel discussions on our mutual goal of achieving peace. 
Please note that there is a separate program being planned for young adults,
 such as Interact, Youth Exchange Students and youthful family or friends.
  So be sure to register and bring these individuals along, 
who may have an interest in global affairs.
Advance registration is necessary and I suggest you do this asap,
 since numbers are limited.
  Cost is US$50. including a box lunch. 
You can register for the Saturday meeting on line at: www.riunday.org 

NOTE: UN tours are not available on Saturday,

 so those interested in this should do so on Friday morning.
For the Canada Session on Friday,
 please email me your complete name/address at: dougv@dougvincent.com
 by October 20, 2014
.  This is a separate registration from Saturday, 
which requires security clearances. 
If space allows, non-Canadian guests are welcome.

Saturday evening is our Friendship Dinner Cruise, November 1nd at 6:30 pm. 

 All Rotarians, UN Colleagues and friends
 from around the world are welcome to join us.  
Enjoy a buffet dinner, music and fantastic view of NYC skyline at night. 
 Reserve by October 20th for $30 saving. 
Group price is only US$88. all inclusive, 
compared to regular US$100 plus taxes and fees
You need to email me for the password, to gain access.

Accommodation is expensive in NYC. 
There are more economical hotels across 
the river about 30 minute bus ride away.
  Many stay at the Quality Inn or Marriott Hotel in, Lyndhurst, NJ
 and save over $100. per night.
 Or if flying, the Comfort Inn in Queens is a convenient-to-subway location.



Join me at the United Nations, meet our Canadian UN Ambassador 
and celebrate Rotary's role in the development of the UN back in 1945.
  It will be an exciting experience. 
 Rotarians, family members and friends are all welcome.

Hoping you are having a wonderful summer.
With best regards,
Doug V

PDG Douglas W Vincent,  RC Woodstock-Oxford

Box 1583, Woodstock, ON  Canada  N4S 0A7

RCMP,  Federal Community Policing Advisor

Rotary United Nations Representative, Z24







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Past District Governor Frank Carter

Rotary Club of Cunderdin



District Governor 1981/1982
Frank joined the Rotary Club of Cunderdin in 1970,
 and held all positions within the club,

 including the massive role as 945 District Governor. 

Frank was the foundation of the club,

 a gentleman, a wealth of knowledge,
 with a big heart who will be greatly missed by all of us,

 but most of all Frank was our friend. 

Frank has enriched so many lives all over the world 

with his acts of kindness as a Rotarian.


thanks Bec Marsh Rotary Club of Cunderdin

1981/1982 Rotary Theme


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 100 years of Rotary Service
Rotary Club of Quairading
Special Celebration – 1st September 2014
Recognition of Two Rotarians with 50 Years Service to RI

Rotarians John (Jack) Wilson and Calven (Cal) Leeder
Special Guests: DG Angus Buchanan, 
PDG Phil Cordery and PDG Bruce Smart
Opening:  President Clive Hawksley welcomed everyone 
– 45 Present
Testimonial :  PP Graeme Fardon
Charter of the Rotary Club of Quairading was 30th June 1963.


Cal  Leeder
Cal was inducted into Rotary not long after his
 arrival in Quairading in October 1964.
Cal has been also provided “monumental” service to the Club 
and to the Quairading Community.
 Cal side by side with Jack has Cut and delivered 
countless trailer loads of cut wood to the needy
 and to the Club’s paying customers.
Cal has taken the Wood orders
 and accounted for the Money recieved over the many decades.
Cal first volunteered to be the Club Treasurer
 in the 1973/74 Year. 
All bar a couple of years, Cal has continuously carried
 out this important Club Office 
with diligence and accuracy until he “retired” 
in about 2009/2010 when his eyesight did not allow Cal
 to continue doing the Club’s Financial Books.
This is an amazing volunteer effort by Cal
 for a period of over 35 years.
Well done Cal on your fine achievement 
of having been an active Member over the past 50 years.
Cal has previously recognised with a Paul Harris Fellow
 and subsequently 1 Sapphire.

District  Governor Angus presented Cal with a Second Sapphire.   

Thanks Past President  Graeme Fardon





Jack Wilson
Jack has held the position of Club President 
on 4 Occasions being, 1970/71,
1975/76, 1986/87 and 1995/96.
Jack has also held most Officer bearer’s
 and Directors Positions over the past 50 Years.
Of particular note is Jack’s longtime interest 
in Rotary’s International Service, Rotary Foundation 
and in more recent years Jack has been a Senior Advisor to the Club.
Jack has been regular attendee at District Assemblies
 held in both Perth and also Joint Meetings in the Wheatbelt.
Jack has been a stalwart and many say a “mainstay”
 of the Rotary Club’s Woodpile and Wood Delivery Service
 (“Widows Woodpile”)
 which over the years has been the Club’s major fundraiser.
 Without Jack, Cal and the many Helpers
 the Club would not have been able to support the many Projects
 is has done over the years.
Congratulations Jack on your fine Achievement
 in Rotary over the past 50 years.

Jack has previously been recognised as a Paul Harris Fellow.
Jack wasv awarded with two Sapphire pins by 
District Governor Angus Buchanan

Thanks Past President  Graeme Fardon





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Rotary Club of Quairading
 Jack Wilson and Calvin Leeder
 display their Sapphire pins 
with Past District Governor Phil Cordery



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Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay

 Doug Rowe with District Governor Brian Eddy.




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Rotary Club of Heirisson

Perth environmental engineer,
 29-year-old Sam Cleary has been awarded a Paul Harris Fellow, 
Rotary’s most esteemed recognition for humanitarian service.








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Rotary Club of Mundaring




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Rotary Club of Esperance Bay
 The Rotary Club of Esperance Bay  welcomes our newest member
 Eldrian Basson.
 Eldrian embodies the Rotary ideal of service above self.
 We also welcome his wife, Deidre to the Rotary family



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Rotary Club of Mandurah

We are proud to induct a new member tonight , Alan Rowe!












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Around the Clubs



Ride to the other side


Thank you to everyone that come to 7G Engineering charity ball.
 Again a massive thank you to all the sponsors, 
 just to name a few 







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 Rotary Club of Kununurra
 President Lars, Leonie and Jim attended the opening
 of the rotary mountain bike track at Lake Argyle.








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Rotary Club of Hannans
 Rotarian, Allan, is traveling around Australia 
with his wife and friends and
dropped in for a visit. 
He is a retired dentist from Toowoomba 
and told us that
some of his dental records were used to identify people on board MA17.
 Allan is charter member of his Rotary club
 and their signature event is a biannual car rally

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Rotary Club of Mundaring

Australian Rotary Health Indigenous Scholar Veronica Dolman
 [ second from right] 
paid a visit to the club
Here with Jim and Penny Morgan,
 Past District Governor Phil Cordery and Melisha Samns



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Rotary Club of Cunderdin
at the Keleberrin show September 6


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Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay
District Governor Brian Eddy's Official visit






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Rotary Club of Swan Valley
 Service above selfie marshalling at the Old Perth Road Markets 
— with Steve Hall.

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Rotary Club of Quairading
Pictured last week at the Rotary Club of Quairading
 were Past District Governor Bruce Smart, 
Assistant Governor Greg Ver Linden, District Governor Angus Buchanan,
 Assistant Governor Annie Hawksley
 and Past District Governor Phil Cordery


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Rotary Club of Hillarys

Rotarian Jenni Wilkie attended a makeup meeting
 at her brother Peter’sRotary Club of Balwyn,
 a fundraising evening at the theatre for
the Rotary Club of Brighton North
 and the Rotary Club of Brighton Art
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Rotary Club of Northam
 Guest s at Northam Rotary on 1-9-14 Wendy Hoare, Dianne Anderson
 from Essential Personnel, a Northam group
 providing employment for disabled through the Wheatbelt 
with Offices at Northam, Moora and Merredin.
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Photo shows left Youth Director Christine Storer, 
Pres Jan and Pres Elect Ross Headley, 
with Wendy and Dianne,
 also Exch stud Belgin ("Beygin").



We have supported the group for  near 20 years.
 The group are also arranging a exchange employment program
 with Cambodia disabled. 
As we know  withn PDG Allan Lewins and Sustain Cambodia,
 there is no Government funding for these people in Cambodia.



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Rotary Club of Fremantle
 Our team from Fremantle Rotary acting as marshalls 
supporting the City to Surf Run on Sunday ,
 raising money for cancer research.
 Pictured Bob, Greg, Rosemary and Max



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Rotary Club of Ascot

Dianne Reed gave us a very informative talk about her recent trip to Turkey 
where she took in the very special ANZAC Day Ceremonies
 at ANZAC Cove and Lone Pine.
 She is seen here with Garry our very own Club President Gary



 On Tuesday we enjoyed a recount of the activities
 around 2 members who were in the Australian Rotary Fellowship Cricket
 team that played in the competition in the UK in July.
 Over five days they played four games
 and managed a few runs and a few very fine catches.
 Thanks Jeff and Max.


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Rotary Club of Southern Districts

Bring N Buy the club's Second Hand Market  displaying our new "boy scout hat"
 on John Rechichi and Llyod Dungey 

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Rotary Club of Mandurah
John Norrish told the club of the value of Rotary Volunteers 
after his recent trip on the Amazon River..Brasil







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Rotary Club of Hillarys
 Inbound student Ornella Benedetto adreesses the club


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Rotary Club of Karrinyup
 Was lovely last night to have Lauren, 
our nominee for the Georgia Rotary Student Programme for 2015/16,
 attend our meeting.
 Lauren is well known to our club 
as a past Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)
 recipient/participant, a leader at the Trigg Island Surf Life Saving Club,
 with whom we have a strong bond,
 and a regular at the Stirling Farmers Market.
 She was also one of the trainers last year
 when our Italian Inbound Rotary Youth Exchange student, Lorenzo,
 completed his Bronze Medallion 
and qualified as an Australian Surf Life Saver;
 and was last night passing some information 
on to our current Inbound, Erik, about the course

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Rotary Club of Kununurra

It has taken a few weeks - 
but Claire enjoyed her first taste of Australian country
 race meets at the Wyndham Races,
 and why wouldn't you with a backdrop like that? 


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Rotary Club of Scarborough
 Scarborough Rotarians were given an overview of the Motor Vehicle Industry
 by Past President Robert Webster.
 Rob is pictured giving further information to Dave Taggart 
and Italian exchange student Nicolo Stefanoni.


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Rotary Club of Osborne Park
Our youth exchange students with MLA MP Christ Hatton, at the Rotary Team Challenge 2014.




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Rotary Club of  Joondalup
September 12   [1986]

Rotary Club of Cannington
September 25   [1965]

Rotary Club of Fremantle
September 26   [1928]

Rotary Club of Katanning
September 26   [1957]

Rotary Club of Moora
September 26   [1957]


Rotary Club of Kununurra
September 26   [1986]






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 What ever will be......    will be






The Vikings were among the most intrepid explorers of all time. 

While the United States celebrates
 the exploits of Christopher Columbus,
 little attention is paid to Leif Erikson,
 Erik the Red, and other northern explorers 
who sailed the treacherous North Atlantic in small boats
. One of Leif Erikson's voyages found him sailing
 from Scandinavia past Iceland, Greenland,
 and into what is now Canada. 
Of course in those days,
 such voyages took many, many months,
 even years.

Unbeknownst to the Norse government officials
 back in Europe, Erikson and the other Vikings
 had set up villages and weren't to return for several years.
 Knowing the dangers of the North Atlantic,
 and realizing that there was little hope of Erikson
 and his fellow brave souls ever returning
 from their voyage, 
the man responsible for keeping track of the number
 of citizens in Erikson's home town,
 forgot about him.

When Leif and the boys returned 
and discovered that they were no longer part
 of the population count, they were irate.
 Erikson complained to the head magistrate. 


The magistrate apologized
 and was very embarrassed
. He could only say,"
I'm sorry,
 but I must have taken Leif off my census."







very funny Russian road rage







Western Australia
Red Bluff.......Kalbarri

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