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Rotary
General Secretary John Hewko and six RI staff members
bicycled 104 miles in
Tucson Arizona, USA, on Saturday,
raising more than $6 million for polio
eradication.
The
money raised by Rotary will receive a two-to-one match
from the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation.
In
addition to the team from Evanston,
100 Rotary member riders took part in the
ride.
The
fundraising ride is part of the annual El Tour de Tucson
bike event in Tucson,
Arizona, USA.
The race attracts more than 9,000 cyclists a year,
making it one
of the top cycling events in the U.S.
The Rotary team from Evanston was joined
by Rotary members
from Arizona's District 5500,
and other members from around
the world.
Hewko
tweeted that he finished the race in 5 hours and 2 minutes.
"Really
enjoyed riding in El Tour de Tucson
along with 100 Rotarians and members of the
Rotary International staff,"
Hewko added. "As a group we were able to
raise over $6 million
for polio eradication which will help bring us even
closer
to the dream of a polio-free world.
I am deeply moved by the generosity
and passion
of Rotarians around the world and Rotary staff."
By Ryan Hyland
Rotary News
23-NOV-2014
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Rotary International
Rotary Institutes
Held annually in each Rotary International zone,
they have
for many years been an opportunity
for Past District Governors to meet,
contribute, discuss
and be informed about aspects of Rotary, including
policies,
finances and projects, including those of the Foundation.
Leading up
to the Institute are training sessions
for the District Governors Elect and
Nominee,
and a symposium for the current Governors,
all of whom then take part
in the Institute's proceedings.
The Wellington 2014 Institute will be at the Michael Fowler
Centre
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Rotary Club of Wongan Hills
Paymon Ghassemi is pinned by Assistant Governor Greg ver Linden
Paymon with his parents: Saeed and Parvaneh (from Iran)
4 new members
Left to right:
David Hood, AG Greg Verlinden, David MacFarlane,
Lorna Freestone, Paymon
Ghassemi
Members and partners of
Wongan Hills at the induction of RI’s newest Member
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Rotary Club of West Perth
60 Years ago, Mt Lawley Rotary Club
spawned the Rotary Club of West Perth
and last Friday was the time to
celebrate.
We were reminded of sixty years of local, national
and international
charities and community groups
which have been supported by the efforts
of one
of many groups of dedicated people
who commit time and effort trying to make
the world a better place.
Instead of a host of formal speeches,
MC Steve Thomas
undertook a series of informal discussions
with Rotarians who had provided
notable achievements
during that 60 year period.
It worked very well.
The evening also saw the awarding
of Paul Harris
Fellows to the following:
Gordon Allan (with sapphire)
Phil Angel (with sapphire)
Tina Arthur (with sapphire)
Arthur Blaquiere (with sapphire)
Peter Blockley (with sapphire)
Angus Buchanan (two sapphires)
Tim Dawe (with sapphire)
Tony Delich (with sapphire)
Bernie Foley
Dennis Hartley
Gary Leighton (two sapphires)
Ralph Martins (with sapphire)
Guy Mattioli (with sapphire)
Jill Smith (two sapphires)
John Tick (with sapphire)
John van Vliet (with sapphire)
Neville Wacker-Bent
Geoff Woods (three sapphires)
Bill Young (with sapphire)
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Rotary Club of Geraldton
Kevin's 60th Party
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On November 27th the Australian Rotary Health
Indigenous scholars Xmas function was at the Rydges Hotel
in the city and was attended by the students and sponsoring clubs
Rotary Club of Ascot
President Gary Jacobs and Roma Gehringer
Board Member Colin Thornley
with D9455 Rep Colin Hughes and Partner
Ambassador and Life Member Fred Marsh and Edna
with Program co ordinator Cheryl Deguara
Rotary Club of Kenwick
Ron Mildenhall and Roy Philbin
with Daniel Hunt
Rotary Club of Melville
Jacquie Herron with Gemma Johnson and Partner
Rotary Club of Mundaring
Lyle Favas with Veronica Dolman
Luke Davies Phil Cordery Ron Mildenhall and Daniel Hunt
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Rotary Club of Mill Point
John
Mansfield / Gerry McGann
This week the
community service group delivered
over
600 kilo’s of food to Southcare.
That’s a lot of food !!.
This food will be
divided into more than 200Christmas
hampers
to go to the needy inthe South
Perth/Como area.
The food was sourced
from Foodbank
and also from a
wholesale warehouse,
maximising the
return on our hard earned dollars
.
The photo shows just
come of the goodies that we
collected from Foodbank.
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Rotary Club of Scarborough
On Tuesday night, November 25,
Rotarians
enjoyed the guided tour
through interesting areas of Perth
And at Conti's Winery
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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay
PDG Ian Murray, PP Mike, President Rajah
Speaker PDG Ian Murray
is
an advocate for Prostate cancer awareness.
Ian is a former School Principal,
is
a Men’s Health Ambassador for Australia,
active JP, member of The Order of
Australia
and a prostate cancer survivor
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Rotary Club of Pinjarra
Prof. Lyn Beazley
The Rotary Club of Pinjarra presented Microscopes to two schools
(Pinjarra and Dwellingup Primary Schools)
recently and Prof. Lyn Beazley
attended the presentation.
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Rotary Club of Hannans Kalgoorlie
The
hard working A Team at the recent book sale
.Gerry,
Linda, Philip, Donnie, Sam, Velicia,Greg and Emma.
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Rotary Club of Northam
President Jan Horsley with recently retired Past President Julian Kreig
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Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay
At the local meeting
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Rotary Club of Karrinyup
Recently our Vocational Director
(and
major player in our Earbus Project),
Nick, visited the Karrinyup Innerwheel Club
where he spoke about our plans for securing a custom made
"Earbus"
for use by the Earbus Foundation of WA in the Kimberley.
Not only were the ladies of Innerwheel most impressed,
Nick came away cheque
from them supporting our project,
which was presented to President Carolyn
on
Wednesday night.
we
were pleased to be able to hand over a further cheque
to Greg Hebble, CEO
of Foodbank
WA.
Not only do they do a great job of redistributing oversupplied
and donated food to those in need,
currently Foodbank WA are supplying
breakfast
to around 17 000 West Australian schoolchildren
- great work
Foodbank!
Haydn Green (pictured here with Brian), his
discussion of "Real Life CSI",
and his experiences in forensics.
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Rotary Club of Perth
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Rotary Club of Geraldton
END POLIO
BBQ AUCTION
FUNDRAISER
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Rotary Club of Applecross
Jacaranda Festival
Recovery Time
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Rotary Club of Ascot
Guests at our Rotary meeting on
Tuesday included
Myra Hind and Jeff Cadzow, seen here with Mike Bermann.
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Rotary Club of Kununurra
Great night at baileys tonight
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Rotary Club of Como
Helping at Tim's Ride last Sunday.
A very successful Twilight ride
was run in memory of Tim Anderson
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Rotary Club of Byford and Districts
It's always good to meet and greet
with our volunteer partners
the Serpentine Jarrahdale Lions at the Dragon Inn Chinese restaurant
last week.
Thanks to Pres Bent and the Lions members
who welcomed us to their
event.
Australia Day 2015 is coming up fast and we will be joining forces again
to do the BBQ breakfast at the Serpentine Camping Site on Transit Road
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Rotary Club of Subiaco
We were joined by our
Four Way Speaking Test representative,
Brandon
Boccolo from Perth Modern School.
Brandon was well supported by his Mum Cheryl
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Rotary Club of Belmont
Presentation of the Garden Award by
Margie Bass
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Rotary Club of Applecross
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Rotary Club of Heirisson
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Club Promotions
December
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Monty The Penguin is
another wonderful Christmas story
from upmarket department store John Lewis.
Monty the Penguin enjoys the time he spends
with his friend the little
boy but something is lacking in his life.
The little boy gets him a Christmas
gift he’ll cherish forever.
Jersey Boys buy an Italian GPS
British Telecom needed to hire a team of
telephone pole installers,
and the boss had to
choose between a team of two guys from England
and a team of two Irish guys.
So the boss met both teams and said
"Here's what we'll do.
Each team will
be
installing poles out on the new road for a day.
The team that installs the most poles gets the job."
Both teams headed right out.
At end of the shift, the two English guys,
came back and the boss asked them how many they had installed.
They said that it was tough going,
but they'd put in twelve.
Forty-five minutes later Paddy and Mick,
the Irish guys, came back in and
they were totally exhausted.
The boss asked,
"Well, how many poles did you guys install?"
Mick, the team leader, wiped his brow and sighed,
"Paddy and me, we got
three in."
"The boss gasped, "Three?
Those two English guys put in
twelve!"
"Yeah," said Mick,
"but you should see how much they left
sticking out of
the ground!
thanks to Robyn Penny Rotary Club of East Perth
Western Australia
Lake Argyle
