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Rotary Club of Mount Barker

Earlier this year the Mt Barker Club 

ran out of presentation flags the ones that clubs

 provide to each other when visiting each other

  

 We have a wonderful NEW flag to give our visitors

Designed by local schoolchildren

 and just to make a big show we had a FULL pull up banner made as well;

 It Represents the Radio Tower on Mt Barker Hill 

the wind farms as you drive into Mt Barker 

the local college farm animals, the winery grapes  and much more 

At the Junior school graduation the 15th December 2014

 the pull up banner was shown to the school children and staff

presented by the Mt Barker Rotary Club;

 thank you Super Secretary Susan 

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Rotary Club of Northam

Richard Anderson, Small business enterprise Manager

 was inducted into the Club by Pres Jan Horsley

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Rotary Club of Pinjarra

President Kevin congratulating our newest member, Jayne.

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Introducing the Interact Club of Subiaco

As the school year drew to a close,

 there was excitement amongst a number of Perth Modern School senior students.

 The newly established Interact Club of Subiaco

 received its formal Charter from Rotary International –

 presented by the District Governor Angus Buchanan

 and Tony Hollingsworth, President of the sponsoring club, the Rotary Club of Subiaco.

 Established in June 2014, 

this Rotary Club for 12-18 year olds came about following

 the experiences of several students at the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Rotary Youth Programs of Enrichment (RYPEN).

 In participating in these student leadership weekends,

 Liam Finlay and Jason Russell recognized that an Interact Club

 would provide the perfect base through which to make their community

 and social service projects coherent and located in a bigger picture.

 In their initial six months, members of the Club 

have been active in fundraising and have already sponsored

 an international service project and one locally. 

The Principal of Perth Modern School, Ms Lois Joll said,

 “Community service is an integral part of the school curriculum

 at Perth Modern School and this student led initiative

 is a great vehicle for such service.

 These students have established a sustainable framework

 for future young people at the school

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Around the Clubs

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Rotary Club of Melville

A recent presentation by Melville Rotary Club

 received the attached letter of thanks.

Many Clubs had Xmas club celebrations this past week

Rotary Club of Fremantle

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Rotary Club of Pinjarra

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

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Rotary Club of Armadale

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Rotary Club of Northam

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

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Rotary Club of Kwinana

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Rotary Club of Cockburn

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Rotary Club of Perth

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Rotary Club of Heirisson

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Rotary Club of Como

A BIG THANK YOU to Cameron Smart and the team at Ray White, Cannington 

for their support to the Ray White/Rotary Xmas Gift project.

 We have today collected a car load of xmas gifts,

 all perfectly wrapped and delivered to the Zonta Women's Refuge,

 for distribution to disadvantaged children at Xmas.

 This has been arranged by Club member, 

Pam O'Garr due to her longstanding support 

and involvement with the Women's Refuge.

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Rotary Club of Southern Districts

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School presentations

Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

Dalkeith Primary School Monday morning,

 PRID Ken presented Science Awards to two Yr. 6 students 

Audrey Wilkins and Ashley Allen. 

"Caring Award" at Churchlands Primary Schools 

 was presented to  pre schooler - 6 year old Shiobhan Olds

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Rotary Club of Cunderdin

Club presentations at Cunderdin High School

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Rotary Club of Byford and Districts

Rotary Primary School Book awards for Dec 2014.

Tom Hoyer and Rotarian Tony Simpson, 

Club President Lindsay Irwin and PP Denise D'Agnone 

with Chris Thomas presented our "Service Above Self" book awards 

to 6 primary schools in the district.

 Our recipients were a great group of seniors and leaders

 who have demonstrated the values of service in their schools.

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Rotary Club of Kenwick

Rotary Club of Kenwick President Elect Ron Mildenhall

of Kenwick Rotary Club and Gary Anderson 

the Principal Lynwood High School sign an agreement

 which will be the beginning of a new Rotary Scholarship Scheme

 at the school to assist academically strong students 

from low socio-economic backgrounds progress through school

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

Scarborough Rotary's Director of Community service,

 Paul Barfoot presents a cheque to Travis Pitch of Twelve buckets 

and Laura O'Hara, Principal of Balga Primary School.

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Rotary Club of Ascot

At our meeting this week our guest speaker was Penny Hardy. 

She spoke about the benefits of using Essential Oils 

to promote health and well being.

 seen at Bunnings Sausage Sizzle on Sunday morning

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Rotary Club of Cockburn

The winner of the Rotary Youth Services Christmas cake donated by Robyn Leahy

 was Margaret and Tony from the Girl Guides

Eliza Huck outgoing exchange student who is going to Hungary

 being presented with her jacket, polo shirt, travel bag 

and sturdy hand bag by Rotarian Peter Hodgson and President Donna

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Rotary Club of Boulder

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Rotary Club of Swan Valley

District 9455 Rotary Youth Exchange Inbound from Norway 

- Silje - helping out on Swan Valley Rotary's 

sausage sizzle at the Old Perth Road Markets.

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Rotary Club of Kenwick

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D9455 Youth Exchange Outbound Students for 2015

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Club Promotions

December

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2015

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Rotary Club of Osborne Park

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I know there is a particularly Politically Correct period 

around the end of the year so I wanted to send 

some sort of holiday greeting to my friends,

 but it is so difficult in today's world to know exactly

 what to say without offending someone.

 So I met with my solicitor yesterday, 

and on his advice I wish to say the following:

Please accept with no obligation,

 implied or implicit, my best wishes

 for an environmentally conscious, 

socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive,

 gender neutral celebration of the winter/summer solstice holiday,

 practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion

or secular practices of your choice with respect

 for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others,

 or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.

I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling 

and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset

 of the generally accepted calendar year 2015,

 but not without due respect for the calendars of choice

 of other cultures whose contributions to society 

have helped make our country great 

(not to imply that it is necessarily greater than any other country)

 and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability,

 religious faith or sexual preference of the wish-ee.

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms:

 This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal.

 It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting.

 It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement

 any of the wishes for her/himself or others 

and is void where prohibited by law, 

and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.

This wish is warranted to perform as expected

 within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year

 or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting,

 whichever comes first, and warranty is limited

 to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish

 at the sole discretion of the wisher.

 Merry Christmas!!!

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