Rotary out West: September 2017

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Meet 6 champions of peace

Honorees will be recognized at

Rotary Day at the United Nations in November

By Rotary International

Rotary Club of Karrinyup

KALGOORLIE MINER

Principal thrilled to hear of school’s

Earbus award win

Christy Taylor

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 5:30PM

from the Rotary Club of Ascot newsletter

Rotary Club of Armadale

reprinted with the permission

of the Rotary Club of Mundaring

New Club Promotions

Rotary Club of Victoria Park

Rotary Club of Boulder

Rotary Club of Hillarys

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Around the Clubs

Rotary Club of Fremantle

A helping hand .

Members of the Freo Rotary Club planted 35 trees, last Sunday morning

at the Attadale Foreshore as part of the restoration project for that area.

The project is part of a Rotary International world wide

to join your local Rotary for a new environmental challenge

to plant over 1.2 million trees for the Rotary Tree Challenge.

These trees will be added to the world-wide total.

Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

We were most fortunate to have Rotarian. Margarita Hewko,

from Rotary Club of Chicago One

as Speaker.
Marga is the wife of the General Secretary of Rotary International

and she told us a little of her life living and working in a number of countrie

how John became involved with Rotary and eventually the General Secretary,

her role in this position and projects she has enjoyed working with.
Marga is passionate about the use of Rotary Soundation Global Grants

and has carried out a number of projects via this method of funding.
Marga's sister Andrea, visiting Rotarians Past President Jeff Trudgia

and Linda Sweeney

from Rotary Club of Hillarys

Going to the Royal Show

Check out the ShelterBox Display

Rotary Club of Manjimup

A great evening with a very enthusiastic crowd of 140 people

for our Anne McKay address.

Dr Karl O'Callaghan was very inspirational.

FOOTY EVENING :_ A GREAT SUCCESS

A Lot of effort had been put into this event .

No mean feat to collate all the results .

Thanks Judy and Paul.

A Great Footy theme Dinner by the ladies of the Country Club.

The room was set up in local and AFL colours

and even the club ladies made the effort to be in tune.

Almost all that attended entered into the theme of the night.

The country club is a great venue to hold an event like this

Full bar and the table service was fantastic

Katrina won the prize for the best dressed club lady.

Rotary Club of Kununurra

fantastic speech from Noel Smith
Happy 80th Birthday young man!
What a life! Thank you for sharing your story - well, part of it!

Cutting your cake with your cane knife no less!!

Rotary Club of Swan Districts

Our Club is proud to be working with the

Rotary Club of Perth - Western Australia

with the 'Stitches of Hope' program

Great to see the sleeping bags go towards a great cause!

Rotary Club of EllenBrook

Rotary Club of Karrinyup

Our District 9455 Rotary Youth Exchange student Ona from Spain

attended the Quindanning Farmstay Weekend.

It was an opportunity for all the students from the District

to get to know each other as well as enjoy life

in the Aussie bush in the beartiful spring weather.

The students stayed at a farm south of Perth

and were able to experience some of the farm activities

such as caring for orphaned joeys and observing sheep being shorn

For Ona a highlight was holding the joey.

Rotary Club of Palm Beach

Rotary Club of Palm Beach WA Inc welcomed 3 young Rockingham residents

that the club sponsored to take part in RYPEN

- Rotary Youth Programme of Enrichment -

for teenagers between ages 14-17 who have not yet experienced leadership positions

but who have the potential to benefit from such exposure.

Through a weekend live-in seminar for up to 45 participants

RYPEN aims to create in young adults an awareness of their place

in and responsibility towards, society. as a great opportunity to demonstrat

their commitment to youth in their community.

Activities may include a low ropes course, a team building course,

workshops, games and more to develop teamwork and leadership skills.

Rotary Club of Mill Point

Rotary Club of Kwinana

Rotary Club of Esperance

What's happening to our lookout?

The Rotary lookout has been there for over 30 years

and is needing some maintenance.
The hand rails and central stairs are being removed

to have them repaired and replaced.

This should take about 5 weeks!

Rotary Club of Geraldton