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  Huge congratulations to  charter President Diane Collins on receiving this year's

 Sylvia Whitlock Leadership Award at the Women in Rotary function 

at the recent Rotary International Convention in Hamburg.

This award was established in 2017 and was first presented at a Women in Rotary event 

at the Atlanta Convention. 

he award recognizes individuals (men or women)

 who have contributed to the success of women in Rotary

Rotarians and Friends gathered to celebrate 80 years of life.

 With more than 25 years of service above self, a founding member

 of Rotary of Crawley, President three times over and a mentor to many,

 Jaap Poll, we wish you a very happy birthday

. As you say, you are still young and innocent and we wish you all the best

 for the adventures yet to come 🎈🥳

Trevor Fisher - award winner of the WA Volunteer of the Year 2019

CALLING ALL CLUBS...

 why not make your meeting that week a scatter meeting at KENWICK..... 

If your Club and your fellow members of Rotary missed the Collie Conference

 this year, you now have an opportunity to come and listen 

to its most compelling speaker.

INTERPLAST and the Rotary Club of Kenwick are proud to present Peter Hughes

 who tells his compelling, emotive and very gripping personal story.

Presidents why not change your meeting and come and join us 

for the evening partners and friends are most welcome.

Places are limited so it t will be a case of first in best dressed for tickets.

PDG Brian Guest
Director and Secretary of
Interplast Australia and New Zealand
0418901164

Rotary Club of Applecross

Rotary Club of Melville

Probus is one of the many very successful projects created by Rotary.  

Probus Clubs bring together retired and semi-retired people 

in fellowship and friendship for monthly meetings

 with stimulating guest speakers and a wide variety

 of outings and events and interest groups. 

 There are more than 5,800 members 

in 95 Probus Clubs in Western Australia.  

The Probus Club of Perth was founded in May 1984, 

 having been sponsored by the Rotary Club of Perth.

On 14 May 2019 the Probus Club of Perth

 held a thoroughly enjoyable 35th birthday meeting. 

  On behalf of Rotary of Perth, PDG Phillip Skelton 

(a Past President of Rotary of Perth)

 presented to Probus of Perth a 35th anniversary certificate 

provided by Probus South Pacific.

Probus Club of Perth President Lesley Goudie (left)

 receives the 35th anniversary certificate from Rotary of Perth 

representative PDG Phillip Skelton, 

while Probus Association of WA President Marie Bolt (right) looks on.

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New Members

Rotary Club of Swan Districts

 We welcomed a new member to the Rotary Club of Swan Districts family. 🥳
We warmly welcome Allan as an official member.

 Allan has been attending our Club meetings since we’ve moved

 to our new home in the Waterhall Community Centre 

and as of today is a proud Rotarian and part of a Club nearing its 70th anniversary. 

 We officially welcomed our three newest members to the Rotaract of Perth family! 🥳

Josh, Madi and Shu Wei have been volunteering with the club

 and attending our events for a few months now.

 They have shown that they want to make a difference

 and are active, fun and engaged people.

Josh even went one step further by taking on the leadership role of Vice-President 

for the coming Rotaract year. What a champ! 👏🏾🎉

We are very excited to see what the future brings for you as members of the club.

Paul Harris Fellows

President Esther Roadnight after presenting Gavin Gilmore with his PHF recognition.

 Also in the frame is John Bowler our Quiz Master 

A very successful RC Freshwater Bay Changeover dinner was enjoyed by

 all those in attendance on Saturday, 25th May. 

Early this year as Pres Di and PRID Ken Collins are heading to the RI Convention .
Certificate of Appreciation presented to Pres. Peter Mack, RC Morley, 

plus members of the RCFB Board,

 Changeover and recognition of the 2019-20 Board.

Some Changeover Dates


June
Scarborough        1
Baldivis               17
Manjimup             17   
Nedlands            20
Perth                  21
    Joondalup        24  
Katanning         24
Quairading        24
Armadale           25
Southern Districts 25 
Elizabeth Quay         26 
Mill Point                 28 
Boulder                  29
District 9455          29
District 9465             29 


July
Canning              3
Rotaract WA       5
Swan Valley         5
Wyalkatchem        6
Kununurra            7
Ascot                     20

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What a fantastic day 

 Such a Happy 70th Birthday party for The Rotary Club of Subiaco. 

Thank you to everyone who contributed to making today so memorable.
Thank you also to our Keynote speaker Australian of the Year Dr Craig Challen

 for sharing your story with us.
Finally thank you to our guests for celebrating with us.

   

Other News

RC Como welcomes our Australian Rotary Health (ARH) Indigenous Scholar Tahnee Carter

 who is studying Medicine at Curtin University.

 Dena and Gary Gower from Moorditj Keila came along to congratulate Tahnee..

....we are proud to have you associated with our Club.

Pip Asphar from Rotary Osborne Park addressing members 

on The Cambodia Project -

 transporting second hand hospital equipment to Cambodia

UnitingCare West

Our pantry has just received a welcome winter boost,

 thanks to the team at Fremantle Rotary

 who dropped off boot loads of food as part of their "Give a Damn, Give a Can" campaign.

 We love working with other community service organisations,

 so if you think you can help us make a difference in people's lives, 

Shain Forth took home the trophy 🏆 last year for the WORST wine 😖

 who will do it tonight at ⚰️DEAD REDS🍷

All in the name of raising money for local charities

Congrats on a hugely successful Dead Reds at the new fabulous venue

 - and this was the 20th event!!!

 Twenty events that have raised funds for local needs in Geraldton 

 The Rotary Clubs of Swan Valley and Midland together 
with Swan Valley Inner Wheel shared a table
 at the Volunteers Expo at the Midland Town Hall.

In the photo, from left to right is Ineke Oliver (RC Swan Valley)

, Maureen Houlihan (RC Midland) 

and Pauline Uhe (Swan Valley Inner Wheel).

Ascot had a great presentation at its club meeting  from Pauline Charman 

about the research being done at the Charles Perkins Institute in Perth.

 The Public are welcome to visit and can do a tour of the facilities:
Contact details for the Charles Perkins Institute are:
Judi Lane
Community Education & Engagement Manager
Lotterywest BioDiscovery Centre
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
D: 08 6161 0811
6 Verdun Street, Nedlands WA 6009
Judith.lane@perkins.org.au

Darren Lomman, seen here with President Robyn, 

was our guest speaker this week.

 Darren, a passionate campaigner for the recycling of plastics

 to reduce plastic pollution is managing director atGreenbatch, 

a Perth based social enterprise, which reprocesses plastic bottles into 3D printer filament.

 As WA’s first plastic reprocessing initiative, theGreenbatch facility 

will reduce WA’s environmental footprint and prevent millions of plastic bottles

 ending up in our oceans, landfills, and waste incinerators

In 2018 our Club supported Caleb McKenna, 

then a student at Warwick Senior High School,

 to attend theNational Youth Science Forum (NYSF).

Now a first year student at the University of Western Australia,

 Caleb recently learned of his selection to represent Australia

 at the 2019 Weizmann Institute of Science’s Dr Bessie F. Lawrence

 International Summer Science Institute (ISSI) in Israel.

Caleb will spend the month of July in Israel, working alongside PhD students

 at the Weizmann Institute as well as undertaking some side trips around the country.

We wish Caleb every success and look forward to his presentation

 to members at a meeting later in the year.

What a fantastic night Friday night at the Club's Battle of the Brains Quiz Night.

To the members of the Club who ,as usual, worked so hard

 to ensure the event was a success.

Those who attended the night, we look forward to seeing you again next year.

To our sponsors thank you for your generous support.

To our fabulous local businesses thank you for your donations of prizes for the night. 

We encourage all to support those local businesses who so generously supported us

Quiz Night

Commanding Officer of HMAS Stirling, Captain Ainsley Morthorpe 

was a most welcome and inspiring speaker at the last club meeting for the 2018/2019 Rotary Year.

 His insightful comments on leadership and communication 

as he shared stories of his naval career held the audience enthralled.

Rebecca Tolstoy returning from her tour of the USA

 where she shared our learnings from Path Of Hope Foundation

of with other Rotarians

Last night at the Rotary Club of Southern Districts, we held our annual

 Frank Keays Business Excellence Awards, 

this award was presented to Local Electrician David Bower 

for providing consistently high standard of customer support over a long and active career

 as a Local Electrician, Thank you David and Veronda. 

Seen here being presented with the Award by President Nominee Julie Ninnis

Container number 39!

Cambodian Hospital Project

AG  Ric Davies addressing the club

A number of our members and family ran a sausage sizzle 

at the Annual Cadet Parade and Flag Raising Ceremony at Government House

, organised by the Royal Commonwealth Society, earlier this month.

Our sincere thanks go to the Royal Commonwealth Society 

for their support of raising funds for our projects, 

to Mondo Butchers for donating the sausages,

 and to our volunteers for giving up their time to help.

This week we enjoyed having Millie Evans as guest speaker.

 A student at Murdoch University, Millie was sponsored by our club

 to attend RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) during January,

 and gained much from the experience. 

We were thrilled to hear that since attending RYLA, 

not only has Millie maintained contact with fellow attendees, 

she will help as a facilitator at next year's RYLA camp!

Oh what a night it was, it truly was!
‘Music in the Air’, a concert to benefit the Royal Flying Doctor Service, WA

 is over for this year, but we are sure it will be back in the future.

 A wonderful attendance of around 450 filled the Auditorium

 at the Mt Pleasant College to hear the amazing South Side Symphony Orchestra 

and the incredible violin soloist Isabelle Chen and her equally

 incredible twin brother Joshua Chen on piano. 

They then spoilt us all with a wonderful duet from Isabelle 

on violin and Joshua, this time on cello.
This orchestra has an amazing Principal Conductor & Musical Director

, Laurissa Wyllie-McCarthy who also entertained us all evening.
Robert Hofmann, Baritone and Emma Pettemerides,

 Soprano and TomBuckmaster (who replaced an ill Jun Zhang Tenor, 

all delighted the appreciative audience with their amazing voices and expressions.
The venue was just perfect with the most wonderful acoustics.
Thank you to all involved with the organising and all who attended.

Thanks to everyone who attended our race day today.

 What a fantastic day.

A huge thanks to the KBRC for allowing us to run our Mascot Race

 to raise money for Give Me Five For Kids.

Thanks to all our volunteers and mascots and our race sponsors for the day.

Big thanks and congratulations to Mark Bartle for organising today.

Results from the big day, past Rotarian Steve Genovese 

was the winning bidder for Kitty Kangaroo. 

Both received a trophy for their efforts

. Final counting still being done but looks like over $1000.00 

was raiser for Give Me 5 For Kids

. Race Day organiser Mark Bartle and past president Jim Fleming 

were on hand to present the winners

Happy birthday to our two exchange students, Pedro and Henrik

. Now both 18 but soon to depart our shores and return home. 

We hope you had a great year with us and that the birthday presents 

- the two bush hats -

 are well used when you get back home

The Rotary Club of Nedlands President Steve Wiltshire, and members Rod Shea and Barry Ryall

 joined our CEO Lorna MacGregor in the Lifeline WA office last week

 to generously present us with $8,000 donation to go towards 

the life-saving services that Lifeline WA provides.

The club has supported Lifeline WA for 18 years,

 a relationship that started with the club purchasing cards

 with the 13 11 14 crisis line on them to hand out to school children

 to raise awareness of Lifeline WA and its services.

Great result today at our rubbish cleanup atMaylands, Western Australia, Australia 

Foreshore Reserve with just two small bags of rubbish collected!

 Why is that great?

 Well, since our last cleanup there in March (where we collected 7 full bags)

 it seems the place has stayed relatively clean.

 Yay! Our next cleanup is planned for Crawley.

Congratulations to chaplain Alison from Cooloongup Primary School

 on being awarded the Pride of Workmanship award

 from the Rotary Club of Rockingham (Western Australia)
Alison is pictured with Deputy Principal Sue and School Principal Gail 

who attended the awards ceremony with her 

Rotary Club of North Perth

Presentation from the new Bank Manager of North Perth Bendigo Bank 
and Hyde Park Fair Sponsor. 

"Picture of the Week"

 seen out Moora way








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