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Rotary members and heroes in the fight to eradicate polio,

 from left, Tayyaba Gul, Dr. Hemendra Verma, and Sergil Zavadskyi.

A special historic announcement on World Polio Day:

World Health Organization’s declaration of the eradication of WPVtype3.

Now on to eradicating WPV type 1 which means we would eradicate polio world wide!

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New Members

 we had the pleasure of inducting our newest member John Szkirpan.

 Welcome to ROC John! 😊

Thrilled to have Dianne and Richard Harper Inducted into the RCFB

 and a huge welcome to you both.
Dianne holds the classification of Teaching Special Needs

 (she was Principal of the Special Needs Unit at Canning Vale Primary).

 She will start out on the Youth Committee.
Richard's classification is Academia.

 He is a Faculty Dean at Murdoch University 

and will start out on the Voc/Community Committee

Tonight we inducted our newest members, 

Sara Abbott and Kirsten Junge, into our club.

 It was great to see their families at the meeting

 to be part of the induction process.

Paul Harris Fellow

At Swan Valley Rotary a Paul Harris Fellow is awarded to individuals 

who go above and beyond by serving the community

 and providing vocational excellence in their chosen field.

 On Monday 21st October it was our pleasure to recognise

 the achievements of Clinical Associate Professor Dr Tim Bates

 from St John of God Midland Public & Private Hospitals 

Stroke Rehabilitation Unit.

 Congratulations Tim!

🍾50yrs ago on Monday 21 October

 our club celebrated its first ever Monday night meeting🥂

 Next year we will have a big bash!

 But in the meantime, it’s always a good excuse to have cake 🍰

 HAPPY 50th YEAR OF MEETING TOGETHER BATAVIA COAST 🥳

The famous Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie 

$100 raffle is now in full swing.

Tickets are for sale from Rotarians

 and our great supporters at 

City News Kalgoorlie -Lotto -Newsagent 

who have some of the tickets.

What a great morning we had gathering with Rotary Club of Nedlands

 and District Governer Graham Peden for a special End Polio Now 

Breakfast for Rotary's World Polio Day.

 It was an insightful and jamp-packed breakfast 

hearing an update on Rotary Club of Nedland's community projects

 and to share what ROC has been up to in our project space.

DG Graham shared an encouraging word unpacking this year's theme

 of Connecting Rotary to the World and we live-streamed

 over to the Rotary Team out in the City

 with Rotary of Elizabeth Quay to check-in on their

 End Polio Fundraising this morning.

Brendan Punch (Bridgetown President)

 DG Wayne Milnes,

 Alex Alban – Past President Manjimup Club

Judy Brockman and Jan Ryan – Rotary Club of Manjimup

DG Wayne accepting a small token of thanks

 from Rotary Club of Manjimup

Students selected from WA schools who will be attending the

 National Youth Science Forum in January 2020

 were hosted at Government House

 by the Lieut. Governor Wayne Martin AC.

A wonderful night at the Balga Senior High School

 class of 2019 graduation last night.

 Our club was proud to present one of the 

10 Inaugural Stan Perron Awards to Bolton Yangi.

 Bolton has performed to a high standard academically

 and in her sporting achievements. 

She has demonstrated a commitment to community

 and to the school values of respect, responsibility, safety and learning.

 This commitment aligns well with the Rotary 4 Way Test

 and the Stan Perron Award requirements. 

Congratulations Bolton from all of us at Rotary Western Endeavour.

Paige Littlefair runner up and winner Siu Kwang.

 Both will go to State Final.

At Dolphin Discovery Centre.

Thank you Perth for supporting the fight to

 #EndPolioNow this #WorldPolioDay, October 24th!

Our club members hit the streets yesterday morning 

to raise money for Rotary's End Polio Now campaign,

 and were joined by members from the

 Rotary Club of Cambridge, Western Australia,

 Rotary Club of Perth City East,

 Rotary of Crawley,

 Rotary Club of Kalamunda

 and Rotary Club of Western Endeavour 

as well as staff from the WA Tuberculosis Control Program

 and the Humanitarian Entrant Health Service! 

We're still counting all the donations,

 but with all donations being matched 2:1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

 we know the impact will be huge!

If you'd like to learn more about the ongoing fight

 to eradicate polio or to make a donation visit

 https://www.endpolio.org/

Promoting World Polio Day on the Joondalup Rail Line

 and collecting at Perth Underground.

 Selfie looks a bit glum!

CONGRATULATIONS to the Kimberley Dental Team  [KDT]

 who celebrated their 10th anniversary at the Royal Perth Yacht Club last week!

 To mark the occasion guests came together to honour the work 

of the amazing KDT volunteers and their achievements over the past decade.

 Special mentions to City Rotarians Jan Owen and hubby John, 

who have worked tirelessly in support of KDT. 

We also want to give a shout out to JILEN PATEL,

 a paediatric dentist with KDT. 

He's played an instrumental role with their work

Kelleberrin Men’s Shed hosted members 

of the Mill Point Rotary Club 

as they passed through town with their Rally Cars.

 Tomorrow morning they will be at 

the local High School for Breakfast

. A great night

Kieryn Deutrom Volunteer Program Manager

ShelterBox Australia and June Wade 

ShelterBox Area Coordinator D 9465 promoted ShelterBox

 in the Rotary Speakers section. 

David Brockway D9455 ShelterBox coordinator

 had a show and tell ShelterBox promotion.  

Some of the Como Rotary team 

who supported Como Secondary College today

 with their 50 Year Anniversary Gala Day

. We organised and parked many visitors cars

 amongst the shady trees 

at the College grounds. 

We are delighted to support Como SC,

 being a valued Community Partner 

with Como Rotary Club over many years.

Wonderful day at the Kojonup Show and thoroughly enjoyed

 by our youth exchange student Paul from Germany.

 Well done to the hard working P&A Committee.
Great to see so many Kojonup Rotary members out in force.

 President Linda and Heather with Hans Peter Brandt from Switzerland.

Hans is the Youth Exchange Officer for Switzerland.

Hans and his wife are in Western Australia

 for a six weeks camping holiday.

Hans is the Club’s contact in Switzerland

 for our outbound exchange student Charlie Hickey.

Charlie leaves for Switzerland in January 2020.

George Booth and Don Bodlovich in this weeks Fremantle Herald.

 Talking about the history of Fremantle Rotary 

and our 90th Birthday celebrations in aid of The Freo St Doctor.

Great evening of fun to raise funds for Polio eradication. 

Thanks to Ron and Glenys Geary for organising and sponsoring the event 

and Belmont Rotary for their support.

 Also a big thanks to Midland Rotarian Linda for coming along.

Winners are grinners! 

PDG Ron sorted a nearest the pin fundraiser.

 Good fun! 

Thank you to the Rotary Club of Batavia Coast for a fun night.
 Bare Foot Bowls fund raising for Ngala.

Thursday 17 October saw the official opening of the Edible Garden 

at City Beach Primary School

. It was a splendid community affair of which 

Rotary Cambridge is proud to have been a part through facilitation of work

 to build a Mud Bench by the Cambridge Community (Men's) Shed.

Our RYPEN sponsored students, Samendra, Anton, James and Aneesha,

 from Willetton Senior High School, attended the club last evening

 and were interviewed by Josephine Santoso,

 herself a former student of the school and a NYSF, RYLA, RYLEAP returnee. 

They spoke of the benefits of attending the program,

 in assisting the development of their leadership, problem solving 

and self confidence skills.

Being a Rotarian isn’t all work.

 Sometimes they let their hair down and have some fun.
Thank you to Corsaire Aviation for the fabulously smooth ride.

 And to Millbrook Winery and staff 

for a scrumptious meal and social afternoon.

A big congratulations to WA Isports Inc

 and fellow Rotarians Franco Harkins and Rick Wells

 for their community award.

 A great achievement for worthy recipients!! 

And thank you to Alison Burnett for her inspiring and engaging talk

 given to the club a few weeks back.

 Well done.

Applecross Rotary's BIG day out

. Departed Melville at 8:15am with coach captain Chris Whelan

 at the wheel heading for our destination to 

join Bunbury Leschenault Rotary

 for their weekly lunchtime meeting

 at the Dolphin Discovery Centre (DDC).

 On the way we stopped at the Crooked Carrot 

for morning tea 

which is well worth the stop.

 Arriving at DDC we were met by their CEO

 and Rotarian David Kerr 

who gave our group a very special tour of this magnificent,

 world class attraction.

 We were privileged to be able to see the huge effort

 and skills that happen behind the scene to provide 

the special experiences

 for visitors to the centre.

 A huge thanks to David 

and the President of Bunbury Leschenault, Bridget Green

, for hosting our members for this very enjoyable 

and memorable day out.

Wishing our lovely 2019 - 2020 Rotary Youth Exchange student from Belgium 

- Elise a very happy significant birthday today. 

Youth Director Trish presented Elise with a card

 and we all celebrated with a fabulous birthday cake at our meeting this week.

The Kununurra Rotary Club helped out today at the Big Float.

 We made yummy bacon & egg burgers

. We also had several members participate in the water.
We just have to wait for confirmation

 that we achieved the longest continuous line

 of people holding hands floating in the water on or in a floatie!!!

 Was a great day!!

A fantastic night yesterday at the Harvey Norman VIP Night.

 Thanks to Harvey Norman Midland for sponsoring the free sausage sizzle

 and thanks to members of the Swan Rotaract Club 

(pictured) for giving us a hand.

Up early to volunteer at the Paw-some Day Out at Yokine Reserve.

  — with Chris Gaggin, Amir Mansur, Larry Manno and Mel Pilky.

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Funny Irish girl

Robin Williams

Western Australia

a beach near Denmark