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Some of the current Rotary District Leaders from Australia and New Zealand

 with President Mark Daniel Maloney connecting the world 

 at Christchurch Town Hall.

324 Australians (10.5 per 100,000) aged 15-24 died by suicide in 2012.

 This compares to 198 (6.4 per 100,000) 

who died in car accidents (the second highest killer).

Lifeline: 13 11 14.

Support suicide prevention research today:

 https://buff.ly/2w9iEPc

#Liftthelidonmentalillness

New Members

Induction of Heather and Keith McNaught

 President Gail McCulloch was delighted to induct 

Heather and Keith McNaught into the Rotary Club of Attadale

This email is being sent to you

 (and all other Rotary members from Perth to Mandurah)

 at the request of ARH WA Regional Director, PDG Jerry Pilcher

 to invite you to attend a unique breakfast event

 being hosted by the Rotary Club of Crawley

 at which the WA Auditor General Ms Caroline Spencer

 will speak about Access to State Managed Mental Health Services in WA.

 We expect the function will be well attended by mental heal practitioners

 and it would be great for Rotary to be well represented

 also especially since all proceeds will go to the ARH Lift the Lid campaign. 

The subject is always topical given that one in five

 Western Australians will experience a mental health issue in any one year.

 The link to register is https://www.rotarycrawley.org

Also if you are Perth based and able to host a Rotarian 

from out of town on Tuesday night,

 please let Katie Stone know at

paradigmsul@iinet.net.au or 0412 107 513.

 Also call Katie if you would like to be hosted.

David Honeychurch

ARH Representative

RI District 9465

0421 972 099

Kardoona Park  Booragoon

Perth Rotary - Business Lunch - Oct 4th - "Celia Hammond & Politics",

 plus a special "Path of Hope" presentation 😁

Parmelia Hilton    6   to 8pm

A Rotary Club of Melville “Celebrating 60 years of Service Function”

This is a great opportunity for Rotarians and members

 of the community to listen to this decorated Australian Firsthand.

Tickets are now on sale for the district final of the Four Way Test Speaking Competition.

 Come along to the Mt Lawley Golf Club on 21 October

 to hear from our best secondary school speakers!

https://events.humanitix.com.au/rotary-9455-four-way-test-speaking-competition-finals-2019

It's a couple of months away but it's not too early to purchase tickets 

to our fundraiser in December for Camp  Opportunity.

 We will be hosting a family fun day screening of Frozen 2

 with lots of fun happening before the movie, 

with a fancy dress competition, a craft table and face painting.

25% reduction on Perth Royal Show tickets.

To order tickets, simply go online to

: www.perthroyalshow.com.au/fundraiser 

and enter our unique online code: Royalshow19226 to receive the offer!

Click the link to buy your tickets.

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Purchase tickets to the Perth Royal Show through Rotary Club of West Perth,

 and you will save 25% on your tickets!

 Plus, we receive a portion of the proceeds towards our fundraising!
Simply go to https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/250056FEF5EB43F8?did=entbook&fbclid=IwAR0Yxlry8Sn7Qlgol5PmpOT7Kfpo-_RntjlT25bDoRaGkcr_pArGlYlBoAc 

and use our PROMO CODE to save: Royalshow19917

I have been advised that the Rotary Clubs sometimes takes on projects 

of restoring items to give back to the community.

 We have office chairs that all require repairing in some way,

 some need re-gassed, some need new castors, etc.

Would any Rotary Club or Rotarian

 be interested in having these chairs?

Well its that time of year again, the Christmas Raffle is here.

We will be out and about in our great community
 with the stocking on display selling tickets.

Can't get out to us, contact any Rotarian
 and we will come to you. 
Eftpos available. $2 a ticket, books of 25

Here's a little blog post about our recent birthday festivities 🎉
https://beaufortrotaryclub.com.au/2019/09/19/beaufort-rotary-club-turns-1/

Some highlights from our Bogan Backyard photobooth! 

Thanks to Josh Wells Photography for setting it up for us 

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Joint Services’ Club Meeting 17 September

Keith, Andrew, Alan & Ray, represented the Rotary Club,

 at the Annual Joint Services’ Club meeting, hosted by Apex,

 with Lions, Rotary & Rotaract Clubs.

 Over 30 people were in attendance.

 Guest Speakers were the Bush Rangers group 

from the Katanning Senior High School,

 with their Leader Sarah Watson.

some more pictures from last weekend's regatta

Blankets became available in Narrogin and our Rotary Club 

got hold of a reasonable number.

 A truckload of 30 bales with 25 blankets each was delivered 

to Rotary District 9455 for their Homeless program in Perth

 ( the connection has been made after finding a note in July's Rotary out West )

, and another Ute and Trailer  load was delivered in District 9465,

 with 6 bales to the Rotary Club of Collie 

and 6 bales to the Collie Red Cross Shop

 and 22 bales to the Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe.

 Rotary Club Narrogin President Thomas, who used his "fleet"

 for Transport, thanked the Clubs for

organizing the storage.                

Mark Horwood

Was the guest speaker at a Rotary Club of Southern Districts 

 talking about raising funds for Kids cancer Support group -

 I surprise met 3 mates I havent seen for eons!

 Clive McCabe and John Rechichi from my old Roy Weston days in the '80s

 and Lloyd Dungey who I last saw in 1963 at primary school.

** PARKINSON’S WALK IN THE PARK 2019 **
The Rotary Club of Morley members and volunteers

 cooked breakfast and lunch for the 1000 + 

walkers and staff at the Parkinson's Walk on Sunday, 15 September 2019 

at Perry Lakes Reserve, Floreat.

A great event and 50% of the proceeds will go to Parkinson’s.

It was our pleasure to assist Parky’s WA.

16 amazing volunteers raising $800 for the Youth Projects 

through the Bunnings Sausage Sizzle.

Missed out? Don't worry we have more events to come. 

Join Rotary of Elizabeth Quay now to make the Perth community

 a better place by contacting us through Facebook messenger.

Thank you to all the amazing and beautiful volunteers

 for making this happen!!

Danielle Winzenried Kate Parker Usman Dal Suanlee Heng Katie 

Nicole Tristan Kolay Stephanie Terwindt Alex Truelove Vivian Wang Megan

 A A MacNeill Melissa Dor Sasanka Gunasekera Aaron Duncombe Boris Divis

 visit to CBH Grain Terminal

Our Rotary Youth Exchange Student Rafael Camargo from Brazil 

exchanging flags with our President, Brendan Punch.

  Rafael arrived at the end of July this year and is with us for a Year,

 “Rafa” has settled into Bridgetown life very well.

EXCHANGE STUDENTS RECONNECT
Last week Julia Olenius gave a great presentation to members

 and visitors past Rotary Youth Exchange student visitors 

Marta Marioni 2015-16 inbound from Lecco Italy 

and Sarah Saville 2009 outbound to Finland. 

Sarah lived close to Julia’s home town during 

her time in Finland returning three times.

Chairman Eddy introduced Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker.

This week's presentation by Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker on astronomy and sustainability

 was always bound to generate interest 

and we were delighted to welcome along to the meeting 

Youth Director Trish with the Rotary Club of Karrinyup

 2020 National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) 

participants Alana, Nic and Kate.

PINDAR VISITATION
The Old Pindar Hotel was established in 1907

 and has / is currently undergoing many changes.

 New owners Michael and Caitlin Bryant are now providing Devonshire Teas

 and lunches for hungry travellers with a few other plans 

in the pipeline for accommodation.

On Sunday 15th September we enjoyed their treats!

 Fresh scones, cakes and coffees for morning tea 

were thoroughly enjoyed by Rotarians, friends and family.

This week our members had a fantastic time joining the team 

at the Kalamunda Mens Shed for dinner to celebrate their new facilities.

Kalamunda Rotary was delighted to provide seed funding for the Shed

 at its inception and to have played a role in securing

 its funding for this new and improved one!

Matthew from the Club is volunteering to tree plant in the Hazlemere area.

 Big thanks to Trillion Trees for organising event 

and great to see so many volunteers helping the cause.

Members and guests were treated to a wonderful event 

when Amanda Milroy, the Mandurah Coordinator for Story Dogs,

 Volunteer Jo Ellis and her dog Lilly were our guests

2020

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Finger Can Crushing,

 Golf Tricks & More 

 Best of the Week

Charlie Landsborough 

 I will love you all my life

Western Australia

near Broome