Rotary out West: October 2017

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Rotary and the Gates Foundation

host fifth annual World Polio Day

to highlight progress in the fight

to eradicate the disease

By Ryan Hyland

After another year of dwindling polio cases,

Rotary leaders, top health experts, and celebrities

said on 24 October — World Polio Day —

that the paralyzing disease has never been closer

to being eradicated globally.

A special livestreamed presentation —

End Polio Now: Countdown to History —

featured the people who work tirelessly

to end the disease and reviewed the progress that the

Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has made.

Co-hosted by Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,

the 45-minute program took place before

a live audience at the Gates Foundation

headquarters in Seattle, Washington, USA,

and was streamed online to viewers worldwide.

Mark Wright, news host for the local NBC television station

and president of the Rotary Club of Seattle,

and CNN news host Fredricka Whitfield led the event.

Wright updated the audience on the latest figures

of polio cases saying that the total number of cases

caused by the wild poliovirus so far this year is 12,

with seven cases in Afghanistan and five in Pakistan.

This is a 70 percent reduction from 2016

and is the lowest count of polio cases in history.

“The scale of the effort is staggering,” he said.

“Every year 2.2 billion vaccine doses

are delivered to 430 million children,

through a sophisticated vaccine supply

and logistics network.”

Sue Desmond-Hellmann,

the Gates Foundation’s chief executive officer,

began the event by praising Rotary members

and front-line health workers for their dedication

to ending the disease.

Desmond-Hellman said,

"Nothing would be possible without the efforts

of thousands of volunteers across the world

who, sometimes in perilous situations,

deliver and adminster polio vaccines to protect children.

That's worth celebrating."

She added,

"Those unsung heroes are also in the company of Rotarians.

Everywhere around the world, Rotarians show us

, with their quiet but inspiring determination,

how you can make it possible

for 16 million children to be alive and walking."

World President Ian Riseley

New Members

Rotary Club of Batavia Coast

we welcomed our newest members, Shain Forth and his partner Alise,

into the Rotary family!!

Paul Harris Fellow

Rotary Club of Balajura Malaga

Past District Governor Patricia Canning was honored

by District Governor Lindsay Dry and President Clint Fricker

Rotary Club of Scarborough

New Club Flyers

Rotaract WA

Rotaract Club of South Perth

updated

Rotary Club of Mundaring

Around the Clubs

Rotary Club of Mindarie

Rotary Club of Rossmoyne

Congratulations to our 4 Way Speech contestants!

Well done to our winner Sam and our runner up Akshita

a very tough job for our judges.

Rotary Club of Geraldton

two very special guest speakers tonight, two Yr 10 students

from Geraldton Grammar School,

Anna Nguyen and Ciedele Mezger.

They proved to be talented speakers who will compete in the

Midwest's Four Way Test Speech Competition,

from which two competitors will be selected

to go to Perth for District 9455 finals.

The topics they will speak to are:

That Our Education Systems are Outdated,

and The Differences Between First and Third World Problems, respectively.

Assistant District Governor Clark Scarff gave the speakers

constructive feedback afterwards.

The fresh insights from these articulate young thinkers

were welcomed by members and guests.

more Hat Day pictures

Rotary Club of Como

Rotary Club of Kalamunda

The Geraldton Grammar School Interact Club
is one year old

Rotary Club of Batavia Coast President Lee Corrigan
inducting new members

District Governor Bruce Lynch at the
Rotary Club of Esperance

with President Ken Jenkyn and Assistant Governor Wes Graham

Rotary Club of Karrinyup

President Phil was pleased to exchange banners with Santiago,

visiting Rotarian and President of the

Rotary Club of Ramos Mejia in Argentina...

VIsiting Exchange student Guillermina (Rotary Club of Matilda Bay),

visiting Rotarian, Santiago with his cousin, Sorrento local Gino,

and our very own Ona from Spain.

Also from Argentina, Guillermina assisted Santiago

with translations as he made a short presentation to the club.

Rotary Club of Kwinana

Rotary Club of Southern Districts

Community Director Andy and President Tony
at the opening of the Cyrenian House,
Serenity Withdrawal Unit Garden in Rockingham

(http://www.cyrenianhouse.com/services/serenity-withdrawal-unit/).

Funded by Southern Districts Rotary Club.

Rotary Club of Mundaring

A great fun day was had by all at the Sacred Heart School Market in Mundaring today

Well done & thanks to club members Lyle, Nicky & Dee as well as

our clubs international exchange student Julia from Brazil,

who staffed our club stall for the day.

They did a great job connecting with the community

, promoting Rotary & all the great stuff we are involved with

Club Youth Director, NIcky Scrivener just this week presented

a cheque to the principal of Treetops Montessori school in Darlington

The donation will fund a history project for the primary students

& a new school seating project ,

which will be a joint project to be undertaken

by both the primary & secondary students

Rotary Club of Perth

Rotary Club of Western Endeavour
High Tea to raise funds for
Australian Rotary Health

Rotary Club of Attadale

On Monday 23rd October Attadale Rotary President Colin McCulloch

welcomed Guest Speakers Dr Alice Domenichini and Fabienne Vonarburg

as well as Associate Professor Debbie Trinder who were all respresenting

the Spinnaker Health Foundation.

The annual Rotary Charity Golf Day run by the Attadale and Fremantle Clubs

supports two major beneficiaries, Motor Neurone Disease Association

and Spinnaker Health Research Foundation

Rotary Club of Palm Beach

Rotary Club of Palm Beach WA Inc and theRockingham Beach Cup

featured in Sound-Southern Telegraph this week

Rotary Club of Kojunup

Working hard at the Kojunup Show!!

Rotary Club of Applecross

displaying the new Jacaranda Festival shirts

Rotary Club of Cambridge

On Saturday 21 October 2017 the Rotary Club of Cambridge

conducted a fund raising sausage sizzle at Bunnings Homebase Store in Subiaco.

Seen are club members comprising the sizzlers from two of the shifts.

Rotary Club of Cockburn

Kero O'Shea visits the club

Rotary Club of Kenwick

We had a wonderful evening at the Wallcliffe Bushfire Brigade

presenting two Paul Harris Fellows to John Alferink and Gordon Temby.

These gentlemen were acknowledged for their long term commitment

to both the brigade and their whole community.

We presented the awards in recognition of our past members Fred and Joy Morrison

whose bequest to Rotary Foundation made this possible.

Fred and Joy were also active in the bushfire brigade

and the Margaret River community.

Rotary Club of Mount Lawley

Rotarians at our recent Allied Health Awards cohosted with the Rotary Club of West Perth

and sponsored by Slater and Gordon Lawyers

Rotary Club of Gosnells

Three generations of Wesley College students helping out at the

Amanda Young Garden Fete last weekend.

Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay

Great effort by the Rotary Club last Friday night when

we held a fund-raising event for Mental Health research.

At last count, we raised ................. wait for it! .............. $4,697.70!!!!!

What a fantastic result for the Club and for CF,

with everyone thoroughly enjoying what can only be described

as a very different quiz night.

Thanks to everyone who helped on the night and who attended the quiz

Rotary Club of Boulder

The coffee is brewed and so Dave and Bill are ready to sell some tickets.

"Picture of the Week"

Who is this?
seen at a recent fundraiser
the badge might be a clue!!
and his partner

Club and District Flyers

November