Sunday, December 22, 2019



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Good Afternoon,
I am inviting Rotary Clubs of WA to apply for
 a National Road Safety Week event grant of up to $5000
to raise awareness and shine a light for road safety.
 This could be achieved by holding a community event
 and/or lighting a local landmark/s, bridge or iconic building/s in yellow light.
National Road Safety Week is from 3–10 May, 2020.
 It is an annual initiative created by the
 and is supported by the State Government of Western Australia, 
including the Road Safety Commission.
Every year, more than 1200 people are killed
 and 35,000 seriously injured on Australian roads.
In remembrance for those people who have sadly lost their lives on our roads,
 and for the families left behind, 
Western Australian landmarks across the country regions
 and including Perth locations such as
 Yagan Square, Elizabeth Quay, the Bell Tower, 
Trafalgar Bridge and Council House,
 will light the night in yellow light, across the week.
 Community events honour those we have lost and ask community
 to pledge to make the roads safer for everyone,
  to drive so others survive.
In previous years, State and local government
 and community groups around WA have had grants
 approved for a variety of activities,
 including lighting the night with local/regional iconic buildings
 in yellow light, holding road safety seminars, 
bicycle safety workshops, cycling events, a morning tea pledge
 to Drive So Others Survive, Road Safety Quiz nights,
 and many more.
I would be happy to discuss your ideas and
 guide you through the online application process.
 In addition, to promote the availability of these grants 
with your community, can I ask that you share the attached
 social media post on your website to encourage local schools,
 service clubs, local community organisations 
and groups to apply online and participate.
If you encountered a technical issue earlier in the week, 
our apologies, the issue has now been resolved.
  We encourage you to revisit the page. 
In the event of the same error, please clear the browser cache 
through the history settings of your browser,
 and then reload the 
National Road Safety Week 2020 Community Grants page.
I am happy to discuss this opportunity 
and can be contacted on 1300 999 772
 or via email at grants@rsc.wa.gov.au .
Thank you for supporting this important national initiative.
Kind Regards
Karen Swanborough
Grants and Events Project Officer
P: 6552 0812
Road Safety Commission
151 Royal Street, East Perth WA 6004
PO Box 6348, East Perth WA 6892
































Xmas breakfast at the Parmelia


















Merry Xmas from the Rotary Club of Canning



























Our last meeting for the Year, just a bit of Xmas fun at the Geraldton RSL
 to wind down another successful year
. We thank RSL President Barry Stinson and members sincerely 
for allowing our club to use their facilities for our meetings.
Thank you to those who have worked with us this year
 and supported our many Rotary Projects.


























Tonight was our club's Christmas Party at the The Prince Of Wales Hotel
 where we celebrated the end of a very successful 2019.













Last night's Christmas meeting at The Deck went off really well
. Thanks to Chris as the primary organiser
 and best wishes to everyone for a Happy Christmas
 and a healthy and successful new Year.




















































Christmas fun at the Gosnells Golf Club
















Cambridge WA Rotary Club members celebrate Christmas 
and the end of another successful year.
 Well done President Peter!


















We had a great turn out of Rotarians, friends and families on Wednesday night
 for our Christmas dinner at the Rotary Youth Camp. 
A fantastic evening with great food and wonderful atmosphere.


























A wonderful night of friendship and fun at
 the Belmont Rotary Christmas social evening.
 Thank you to everyone who could make it along


















Rotarians enjoying Christmas cheer, beautiful food
( thank you to the cooks)
 and thank you Bevan and Dawn for hosting.


















What a fine time we had at our fabulous Christmas Function this week!
 It was so good to catch up with so many members of our extended Rotary family.






















































Celebrating our last meeting with these amazing people 😊
 lots of fun with our secret Santa stealing game 😇🤪
 happy Christmas to all
















We had a fantastic time last night for our end of Year Christmas Party.
 Big thanks to Santa for coming to visit our party and giving us presents.
.. even though we were deemed all naughty this year.
 On behalf of our Rotary Club we wish you all
 a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.









































A wonderful time was had by all...
Merry Christmas from Bunbury Rotary!
Thank you to Evedon Lakeside Retreat for hosting our event.































Merry Christmas to you 























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Other news!!






A few of our members got stuck in at the Dismantle open day on Saturday!
 We sorted bike parts, pumped tires and loaded bikes 
into trucks ready to be delivered.
The day was hot, but the mood was excellent 
and all the volunteers were amazing.
Also on-site were a bunch of members from Rotary of Elizabeth Quay
... Great to chat with you on the day guys!











The Rotary Club of Esperance Bay made a $4000 donation
 to Esperance Nyungar Aboriginal Corporation, extending a program 
that has been helping local youth at risk.












Another productive weekend for ROC packing close to 1000 care packs 
for Street Doctor to distribute to those in need.
 We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who made a donation
 or volunteered their time to make this happen! 👏
 If you would like to be part of presenting Street Doctor
 with the care packs or to hear an update on what they’re doing in the community
, join us for our Festive Breakfast this 
Thursday, 7am-8:30am at the UWA Club 🙂🎄





















Rotary Club of Ascot President Hugh Langridge,
 Community Director Michelle Kendall presented Christmas Hampers
 and LEGO sets to Lyndsey Fitzgerald, CEO
 of the Belmont Jacaranda Community Centre
Lyndsey thanked the Club for their Generous donation
 of Christmas Hampers and LEGO
 set which will to help needy families in Belmont celebrate Christmas











A big thank you to Midland Supa IGA for presenting us a cheque for $500.
 This donation was made possible through the IGA Community Chest program. 
Thank you to (Sir) Nigel for organising it all and as you might can see
 Peter was night chuffed and surprised to be presented with the kind donation.









The Rotary Club of Rockingham has been busy presenting prizes
 at school award ceremonies in the Rockingham community.
 The club would like to congratulate the students at the following schools 
on receiving the Rotary Club of Rockingham award;
 Bungaree Primary, Settler’s Primary, Charthouse Primary, 
Singleton Primary, Port Kennedy Primary, Comet Bay Primary,
 Waikiki Primary, East Waikiki Primary, Cooloongup Primary,
 and Warnbro Primary.













Collier Primary School held their year end Graduation Awards today. 
Many well deserved Awards presented to graduating Year 6 students, 
including the Community Services Award by Como Rotary Club.
As part of the Community Partnership between Collier PS & Como Rotary
 we commenced a trial Buddy Bench project, with Manning Mens Shed (MMS)
 also joining the Community Project,
 and kindly constructing the Buddy Benches.






Manning Men’s Shed (MMS) held their Xmas lunch today
 at the Manning Seniors Citizens Centre.
MMS urgently need to replace their woodwork benches
 in the new year, and are seeking financial support with the project.
Delighted to pass on to the MMS team today,
 confirmation that Como Rotary Club has approved a $3,000 grant 
to cover the cost of purchase and construction of the 4 x benches












Michelle, Andy and Louis has the pleasure of 
visiting Cyrenien House head office today
 to deliver a gift voucher for Bunnings on behalf of our club
 to be used towards the purchase of a new community BBQ.
 Carol and Eric took time out of their busy day to chat
 to us and tell us all about the fantastic work they do.














President Ian Kremmer handing over a cheque for the part proceeds 
of Bulldustnback to Naomi Holly of Kids Cancer Support Group on Dec 18.
 Total amount donated to KCSG was $8800. 
— at The Como.





















Very exciting times for Amanda, our winner of the Golden Raffle Ticket!
 Now she can go and watch each show in Perth arena for 12 months!
A great project championed by Past President Wesley Sim.


















Our 2020 outbound Exchange Student, Jasmyne Paull 
addressed our club this morning for our last meeting for the year.

Jasmyne is heading off to Italy.









Our Inbound Rotary Youth Exchange Student has been kept busy
 by the District Cimmittee these holidays with Community Service.
 Not only has she been doing two days a week gift wrapping at IKEA
, but this week she also spent time Monday and Tuesday
 helping with kitchen preparation for the 
Homeless We Care Christmas Dinner.












Our Exchange Student Felicia helping prepare the vegetables
 for the "350 Homeless Dinner" on Tuesday.





















A great partnership between APPLECROSS Rotary 
and the Waylen Bay Sea Scouts











































































































































































































Rotary Club of  Mundaring
January 7   1971    [48]

Rotary Club of Matilda Bay
January 11  1979   [42]











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Microsoft Christmas 2019 
 Lucy & the Reindeer




















Hilariously True: Every Hotel Ever

Whether you stay in a hotel for business or vacation, 
you will find this video accurately true next time
 you check in to your hotel.
















Western Australia


 Gantheaume Point  
   Broome's pindan nooks and crannies to find this secret turquoise rock pool
 💦 etched into the bright vermillion rock.