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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

Jacinta Sirr, University Development
and Alumni Relations Officer [ECU] was inducted

Paul Winter, Jacinta's partner was also inducted
Paul is a Lawyer, working with Roger Cook,
Deputy Leader of the State Labour Party

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Interplast Australia and New Zealand

Interplast Australia & New Zealand

Our warmest congratulations to Turia Pitt

on being awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship,

Rotary International's highest recognition of 'service above self',

at last week's 'An Evening with Interplast'.

A big thank you to all those that attended the event in Perth

and for making the evening a special night.

Be sure to keep up-to-date with what is on at

Interplast Australia & New Zealand

by signing up to our monthly e-news at

www.interplast.org.au

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Rotary Club of Swan Distri

Helena College

We are very proud of Head of Science Bill Offer,

who has been honoured by the Swan Districts Rotary Club with a Paul Harris Fellow Award.

Rotary members surprised Mr Offer at this morning's assembly

- here's what they had to say about the award:
"The award is in recognition of Mr Offer's efforts in selecting and mentoring students

towards nomination to attend the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF)

in Canberra each year.

In a partnership with Swan Districts Rotary spanning over a decade Helena College

has averaged a selection of two outstanding young students each year

to attend the NYSF in Canberra.

This is an outstanding achievement and reflects highly of Mr Offer,

the science department and the high academic standards

in place at Helena College."
Mr Offer says he's honoured by the award,

and the standing ovation he received from his fellow staff members at the assembly.

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

Rotary Foundation Chair Brad Martin and President Tony Muse

honored Lauren Darge, our GRSP (Georgia Rotary Student Program)

Georgia Gwinnett College student from Perth, Australia,

as a Paul Harris Fellow for the fine qualities she has displayed

during her academic year with us.

From the delightful recap of her experiences and the insights she gained,

which she also presented to Duluth Rotarians this morning,

Lauren, no doubt, will be a wonderful goodwill ambassador

wherever life takes her.

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Seen at PETS
[President Elects Training Seminar]

Rotary Club of Manjimup

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Sister Amelia Whitely

Many Northam residents will be sad to learn

of the passing of Sister Aemelia Whiteley, last week.

Her funeral will be held at Karrakatta on Friday at 1215pm.

following a Church service at Shelley, at 1030.
Sr Aemelia a member of the congregation of St Joseph of the Apparition

which taught for over a century at Northam,

was one of the last Nuns to reside in Northam.
Sr Aemelia also claims membership of the Rotary Club of Northam,

perhaps the first Nun to ever be a Rotarian.
(from her photo can be seen no less than five Rotary badges,

the Rotary centenary 1905-2005 square badge;

with Angels and a boomerang badge alongside)
Sr Aemelia was a well known identity, performing community work

especially Friday nights visiting Hotels etc.

, assisting the disabled and disadvantaged.
Later she would be enlisting aid of youth to search bins

and take the ring pulls from drink cans.
The community of St Joseph in particular has

a great awareness of this lady,

but the whole community in the early 2000s

would have had contact with her.
For the past 4 years Sr Aemelia has been a resident of aged care facility,

Margaret Hubery House, Shelley.

Kalgoorlie born and raised she is survived by a brother.

reprinted with permission from the Rotary Club of Northam
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New Flyers

Rotary Club of Hillarys

updated

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Around the Clubs

The Rotary Club of Northam is 70 in August
Pictures from years gone by

Rotary Youth Exchange student Vicky Meyers (red jacket) 1987 and her daughter,
with Rotarians host fathers, Peter, Past District Governor Bruce Smart,
Bill Robertson and Peter Weatherly

Police Sergeant Paul Daley, former Rotary Youth Exchange student
, Former Group Study Exchange member
and twice Police Officer of the Year East Perth Rotary award

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Rotary Club of Como

An amazing evening and celebration of youth

as four high school students presented their speeches on the 4 Way Test.

This was the STATE FINAL with 2 contestants from Districts 9455 and 9465.

The event was hosted by the Rotary Club of Como

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Rotary Club of Hannans Kalgoorlie

from the Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper

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Rotary Club of Belmont

The 23rd annual Belmont & Western Australian Small Business Awards

are underway, and nominations and entries

are open until 5pm Tuesday 27th September.

Belmont Rotary are sponsoring the Business Person of the Year Award

in the 2016 Belmont & Western Australian Small Business Awards.

This year’s Belmont & Western Australian Small Business Awards

include a total of 23 categories for entrants to consider

such as Best New Business, Young Entrepreneur of the Year,

Business Migrant of the Year, Volunteer of the Year,

and Spirit of Australia Award.

President of Belmont Rotary David Bennett said,

“Rotary provides professional networking, service opportunities,

community support, international awareness, friendship,

and entertainment.

Belmont Rotary also runs Rotamart each Sunday at Belmont Forum.

We are proud of support the 2016

Belmont & Western Australian Small Business Awards,”

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Rotary Club of Perth

Great to see John Grier from RC North Walsham in the UK

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Rotaract Club of Mount Lawley

Happy 1 year Anniversary to our club!

It's been a year full of friendship, laughter, giving back,

professional and personal growth.

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Rotary Club of Fremantle

Members of Fremantle Rotary were delighted to attend a delicious

High Tea at Pamela and Michaels home last Sunday.

The High Tea was held to raise money for Ann (from Vanuatu)

who was being raised by her single Mum.

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Rotary Club of Swan Valley

This is Swan Valley Rotary Club’s second year being involved

with the “Days for Girls” project.

We have just completed our latest commitment of 100 quality,

sustainable menstrual packs each year.

This year’s packs will be distributed to girls in Laos.

Funds are raised by holding a High Tea in the Swan Valley in October.

Profits come from donated raffle prizes, and go towards purchasing material

and supplies to make up the packs.

Volunteers for the three sewing days come from friends

and family of Rotary, including Inner Wheel.

Contact numbers for Swan Valley Rotary,

if you are interested in donating, the High Tea or sewing,

are Betty (08 9299 6623) and Donna (0419 048 477).

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Rotary Club of West Perth

WANRI board members and CEO Steve Arnott were on hand

to receive the club donation towards essential research equipment

for future research. Pres Colin Arthur

President Colin also arranged for a presentation cheque
for the Western Australian Neuroscience Research Institute (WANRI)
to assist with purchasing new equipment for cancer research
and this was accepted by CEO of WANRI Steve Arnott.

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Rotary Club of Geraldton