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Our Rotarian, Patrick Evans
Australian Rotarian, Clem Renouf,
campaign.
During his presidential year, Sir
Clem decided it was time
for the legion of Rotary clubs around the world to
focus
less on parochial projects and tackle a big-picture problem
that would
leave an indelible mark on society.
’ eradication of smallpox and came
up with
Rotary’s Health, Hunger and Humanity program
that would initially see
6.3 million children immunised against polio
in the Philippines at a cost of
just $760,000.
Suddenly Sir Clem realised there was
a real power
for good in the form of the ready-made Rotary network spanning the
globe.
“A lot of people say I spearheaded
the eradication of polio campaign,
but that’s not right.
I just happened to
know the right person to talk to,”
Sir Clem said.
The “right person” was Rotary
district governor Dr John Sever,
who was head of infectious diseases at the
National Institute of Health in Washington DC.
Sir Clem put the question to him –
was there another disease that could be eliminated?
His answer was Polio -
Now
, more than forty years later, we are 99% of the way there
and are "this
close" to realising Clem's dream
RIP Sir Clem.
Most of us have heroes,
even if the person in
question isn't aware of the impact they have had on us.
Since I have been in
Rotary, over 40 years,
and learning about the history and achievements of our
great organization,
Sir Clem Renouf has shone as a beacon of achievement,
ambition and hope.
The eventual eradication of polio will be his greatest
Rotary legacy,
but there are many others,
and his 1978-79 Presidential theme of
"Reach Out"
was entirely appropriate of the man.
Sir Clem died last
night at the age of 99
and will never be forgotten.
I will treasure forever the
speech cards he generously gave me a few years ago.
Ian Riesley
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RC Freshwater Bay
is coordinating
a Rotary Wine Appreciation
Fellowship Chapter
For some time the RC Freshwater Bay
has discussed forming a local Chapter
of the Wine Appreciation Fellowship,
deciding on the name ‘North of the Swan’
as the name of the Chapter.
has discussed forming a local Chapter
of the Wine Appreciation Fellowship,
deciding on the name ‘North of the Swan’
as the name of the Chapter.
It is intended that Rotarians from all Clubs
interested in participating in the RWAF
join Freshwater Bay in this venture.
However, Rotarians need to become members
of the Fellowship.
Please see
http://www.rotarywine.net/application.html
to join for a once off cost of US$110.
Sec. RC Freshwater Bay Di Collins has
a supply of the distinctive gold corkscrew
lapel pins which are included with the
lifetime membership fee.
interested in participating in the RWAF
join Freshwater Bay in this venture.
However, Rotarians need to become members
of the Fellowship.
Please see
http://www.rotarywine.net/application.html
to join for a once off cost of US$110.
Sec. RC Freshwater Bay Di Collins has
a supply of the distinctive gold corkscrew
lapel pins which are included with the
lifetime membership fee.
If interested in helping to establish
and become involved in the RWAF,
please contact Vocational Service Director
Fiona Tremlett M. 0416 224 134
E: fiona.tremlett@gmail.com
and become involved in the RWAF,
please contact Vocational Service Director
Fiona Tremlett M. 0416 224 134
E: fiona.tremlett@gmail.com
Starting 23rd June 2020 the
club will meet on
Tuesdays from
6:00 pm for a 6:30 pm meeting start at
Marmion WA
6020
Signup for the Walking Challenge at the 2020 Rotary
Virtual Convention
to participate in some friendly competition amongst your
peers
as you work your way up the leaderboard
and try to exceed the Challenge
Step Goals to win prizes!
Take part:
** DONATE TODAY! **
to raise funds for computer tablets
for vulnerable children
in our State, who are now learning from home.
There’s still time to donate at the
link below! 
Please Sponsor a “Tree for Life.”
in
support of South Bunbury Rotary’s Community Project,
trees are $110 each.
Our target is to plant 100 trees during 2020.
The Trees will be planted along the picturesque
Our target is to plant 100 trees during 2020.
The Trees will be planted along the picturesque
Frank Buswell Promenade
Stirling Street Bunbury.
(located between the Stirling Street boat ramp and the
Parade hotel)
The tree species are Ornamental ‘Double Flowering Plum’ (Prunus x blireana)
The tree species are Ornamental ‘Double Flowering Plum’ (Prunus x blireana)
compliments the partnership already developed between the City of Bunbury
and
the Japan Sister City ‘Setegaya’ theme.
The Rotary
Dolphin Wishing Well was commissioned 10 years ago .
This
$250,000 Rotary icon has been an attraction
at Hillarys Boat Harbour for
those 10 years generating
over $190,000 from donations .
Income goes
to Community Projects.
The cost was covered
by a Lotteries Grant and many sponsors.
Both the Rotary Club of Hillarys and
Wanneroo
supported the project through Fundraising.
It took several years
of planning and negotiating
with the Department of Transport to establish the
site.
A group of dedicated Rotarians met weekly
for years to get the project
completed.
The concept originated
from Rotarian Robin Russell
after the death of the three Dolphins
that penned
at Hillarys mysteriously died.
Under the terms of the
lease agreement for the land
from the Government, , apart from running costs,
all money collected must be spent on community projects.
The Well is
mechanically driven and electronically controlled.
It turns by the
insertion of $2.00 and by credit card Tap & Go.
Ten years of operation
takes its toll on working parts
and over the last 4 years we have spent $16,000
on maintenance and replacement of working parts.
(Paid out of Reserves).
Pictured are
Rotarian's President Terry Ambler,
Robin Russell and Colin Griffiths
doing the monthly clean.
This is both a
Rotary Icon and and a piece of Public art
What is really needed is a sponsor or sponsors
to maintain a Maintenance reserve.
We set aside 20% of collections
for running costs
but we need more support to cover maintenance
costs.
Rotary
Projects Timor-Leste East 2019
As presented to the Rotary Club of Palm Beach District 9465
AUSSIE ingenuity as
well as goodwill are evident
in the latest Rotary water project in Timor-Leste.
Project
manager for Rotary Projects Timor-Leste East, Max Bird,
and Melbourne Rotarian
Duncan Hedditch
have been working on drawings for an ingenious new concept
to
provide safe potable water.
They are using 20-foot shipping containers to,
provide
fully enclosed standardised clean water systems.
Fitted
within each container are two 3000-litre water tanks
, a Skyhydrant water filter
(which can process 10,000 litres of potable water every day),
a sink and
service counter.
“It would
be possible to have these operational
within an hour after arrival on site,
and
once a local water supply was connected," Max said.
Each
shipping container water filtration plant
will be run by the local school or
community leaders.
They may recover the plant’s cost, and future maintenance
costs,
by charging the local villagers for the potable water.
The doors
of the sea container will be shut and locked
to stop people playing with the
system at night or after school hours.
Max told
of this exciting development
at a Recent Rotary Club of Palm Beach meeting.
One of
his fellow Timor toilers, Palm Beach Rotarian Mick le-Cocq,
was unable to be
there on the night.
He was suffering an injured hand after an altercation
with a roller door.
He might
have had more to add to Max’s traveller’s tale
about their last expedition to
Timor-Leste from
November 24 to December 18 last year.
The trip ended early
for Mick Le-Cocq and Ted Evans,
because the Baguia spring was dry and they
would waste
too much money staying there,
when they could not complete what
they wanted to do, Mick said.
Max told
the club the first water filtration plant prototype
was set up at the Science
of Life School 24/7 in Dili.
It has about 700 full-time boarders and
staff living on site.
These numbers will now grow to around 1000.
“These students are the
poorest of the poor,” Max said.
“Their total fees are around US$20 a month for
food and board.
Schooling is free and not funded by the government
or any
other Non-Government organisation.
The
students learn English, Portuguese and Korean
— and Japanese will be added
shortly.
This then equips them to be prepared for overseas work
Also,
over the last few years, 200 to 300 SOL’s 24
/7 students have gone onto
universities.”
Max
and Duncan have been doing the drawings in Australia
to set up another water
filtration plant at the
Don Bosco Trade School in Dili.
Brother Adriano and his
team will undertake the first build,
which will give students useful work experience.
(RPTLE) for
sponsors Disaster Aid Australia and
the Rotary Club of Phillip Island.
Max — who
is also Rotary Australia World
Community Service Ltd.
(RAWCS) District 9465 coordinator for 2019/20,
District 9465
project director 2019/20,
and international manager at the neighbouring Kwinana
Rotary Club
— told Palm Beach Rotarians that the November Timor-Leste
work party
had also installed a rainwater harvesting system
at the home of Alex, the
local airport manager.
This was
a thank you for his assistance to Rotary.
Alex has been “hugely helpful in
giving priority airline seating
and assisting Rotary members with official
clearances”.
They also
intended to improve the flow of spring water
into the town of Baguia and carry
out some minor repairs
to the Laga orphanage.
When they
got to Baguia they found that the spring was dry
“unfortunately there had been
a landslide about 30 metres away,
just on the other side of the ridge
and the
water course may have been altered
“It
apparently stopped running about six weeks ago
and no one told us before we
left Australia,"
We will now have to wait until the end of the wet season
to know for sure, however it now appears to have recovered.
“As the spring is
working again — apparently the wet season
cleared the blockage caused by the
land slip.
“The water is flowing again and should get better,” Max said.
The
Rotary team returned to Laga and visited the orphanage
where the water flow
into both the kitchen
and girls’ ablution block was very poor.
This was due to
calcium build-up in the main supply lines.
Ted Evans and Mick le-Cocq cut out
the bad sections
and replaced the affected pipe lines.
“When we
left there were 130 girls and 10 sisters all saying
‘thank you thank you.
We
can now have a shower and not bath in the ocean’,” Max reported
. Because of the
African Swine Flu the local villagers
are disposing dead pigs straight into the
ocean,
this is also having the effect of drawing sharks
and saltwater crocodiles into the
area,
not good for young girls having a bath.
Unfortunately,
“crocodile attacks have now
also increased tenfold in the past few years,” Max
said.
“I believe that DNA testing is showing that the Australian
salty is
swimming across the strait to Timor-Leste.”
Max then
travelled to Larisida and Soru-Toi
“for a look at the work that was carried out
in August 2019,”
he reported that. “All was looking very good there,
with
both tanks overflowing.”
And what was bare earth in August 2019 is now a thriving
Market Garden.
Both villages now have
thriving market gardens
and they have sent surplus water to the next village,”
he said.
“This extension to the next village needs to be tidied up
before
something is broken and advice was given
as to what is recommended for them to
carry out before our next visit.
“On the next trip, we may have a third market
garden.”
Max
said the Portuguese-sponsored Quelicai High School
“needs straightforward
re-plumbing of downpipes
and a new 180,000Litre tank system”.
This school has
1000-plus students and staff,
including more than 100 full-time boarders.
During
the dry season, the school’s only water comes
from a spring with a flow rate of
about 2000 litres a day.
This means each person gets only two litres a
day each
for all drinking, cooking and bathing...
This dire
situation forces students to cart water about 3 km
from other small water
sources within the mountains.
Max said these water
projects would not have been possible
without the support of Rotary Districts
9465, 9550 and 9455,
the Rotary Foundation, Water for Hungry Months of
Doncaster in Victoria
and Timor Roofing.
Plus,
The Rotary clubs which
supported these efforts at this time were
Albany Port, Byford and Districts,
Cockburn, Kojonup,
Kwinana, Mandurah Districts, Mount Barker, Palm Beach,
Southern Districts, the Rotary clubs of Dili Lafaek and Dili.
For additional Information Please contact
We’re back!
First breakfast meeting in our usual
home - Hyatt Perth.
Join us and guest speaker Trevor
Jenkins on July 1. Tickets can be purchased at
Members and friends had an amazing
time learning
and raising funds for their hardship
fund for families in need!
Thanks to those who attended and helped make this
opportunity successful.
Check out their online courses
and broaden your communication skills
we had an online Intro to Auslan
fundraiser
with members of the wider community
We LOVED having our friends at Rotary EQ
involved and we taught nearly 40 people some basic Auslan!
with members of the wider community
We LOVED having our friends at Rotary EQ
involved and we taught nearly 40 people some basic Auslan!
Go see what our friends at Rotary EQ are doing
and if you're keen to learn Auslan too,
you can see all of our classes online at
and if you're keen to learn Auslan too,
you can see all of our classes online at
Our club has been involved in the
tool library since we
first heard about it at Transition Town Vincent's
Community Soup event last year.
Do you have tools or equipment lying
around that you don't really use?
Maybe from a project or hobby of days
past,
or duplicates because you inherited or upgraded?
Would you consider gifting them to a
new and appreciative home
where they'll be looked after and used often within
our community?
If yes, Phill will be representing
the Tool Library committee
the next two weekends to accept donations at our new
home
- under the grandstand at the Floreat Athena Football Club.
We look forward to keeping you updated about
how
you can join and borrow soon.
Get excited!!
We are meeting in
person again!
And pizza is involved!
has graciously agreed to accommodate
us at their meeting
. Looking forward to seeing everyone
again.
We will attempt to set up Zoom if
possible,
but please accept our apologies in advance
if you are unable to join
us online.
Please RSVP to hello@rotarymtlawley.org.au
as spots
are very limited.
A big congratulations to Val
Smith-Orr who was also recognised
in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Val
is an Australian burns nurse who lives in the Philippines,
has been a local
supporter and key part of the Interplast
visits to Benguet, for many years –
identifying and supporting patients to be seen by the Interplast teams,
and
providing significant follow-up care and support.
She has been a major
contributor to the success
and the reach of our programs there,
helping us to
change many lives
. Val is known for her devotion and dedication
to the people
of the Philippines.
We are proud of Val and what she has helped Interplast
to
achieve in the Philippines specifically.
Pictured is Val Smith-Orr in 2017 during Interplast
Pictured is Val Smith-Orr in 2017 during Interplast
visit to Benguet General
Hospital in the Philippines,
pictured with Interplast volunteer anaesthetist
Mae Chen
Did you hear that we have extended
the application deadline
for the NYSF 2021 Year 12 Program?
You now have until
20 July to submit your application.
This should give you time to focus on your
Year 11 exams
and applying for the program during school holidays.
Start your application here
We're Back
We are back after a hiatus of many weeks.
It was
fantastic to see everyone.
Once again the food was yummy and the ambience
lovely.
How wonderful to be able to return to normal Rotary
meetings once again..
. Great to see our Rotarians back in force!
Hollywood Private Hospital recently
changed over their cleaning system
and have donated several dozen mop buckets
(foot pedal & roller squeeze type)
and mop handles - all in excellent
condition.
Our club will donate these to various shelters.
Our club will donate these to various shelters.
A huge THANK YOU to Hollywood
Private Hospital
Our thanks also go to:
Kerry Parsons who, without hesitation,
Our thanks also go to:
Kerry Parsons who, without hesitation,
offered his truck and storage space;
Gail Walmsley (Kerry's PA), for organising vehicle and storage;
Gail Walmsley (Kerry's PA), for organising vehicle and storage;
and
PE Neil McKay, for putting his hand up to
PE Neil McKay, for putting his hand up to
drive the truck and collect the items
THANK YOU!!!
I just wanted to say a huge thank you
for the amazing support
from everyone in Rotary including friends and family.
on the 18th June.
I wanted to make special mention to
the following people
for their contribution to the cause:
Also current Treasurer Torben
Petersen
And lastly but certainly not the
least a huge thanks
to Dorothy Carter from Cunderdin
who donated $100 to the
Sleepout
and pinned a lovely letter.
Couldn't have done it without your support
and contribution
and will keep you posted on the night.
- Matthew Pham
Freo Rotary are proud to assist Freo
St Doctor
with the purchase of equipment costing $2834 for their van.
This is in addition to the $3571 they raised for them from the raffle
This is in addition to the $3571 they raised for them from the raffle
they
conducted during the Family Fun Day last October
pictured are members of the
club having a tour of the van
Freo Rotary members recently had a morning tea in
the grounds
of Azelia Ley Homestead in Manning Park. Home
baked goodies were
shared and much laughing and sharing went on.
Manning park and the homestead
are beautifully maintained spaces
for people to meet and enjoy
park#cityofcockburn
burgers are back...
Each year the Rotary Club of Rockingham has a Community Grant night
where it
provides much needed support to local community organisations.
This year we had
to cancel our Grant Night dinner because
of the COVID-19 restrictions but we
are still committed to providing the grants.
Our first grant went to the Cooloongup Primary School P&C
to
purchase shade cloth for the school playground.
Pictured here is school
Principal, Gail Sampson,
accepting our cheque on behalf of the P&C,
and
Allie Humphreys from the Rotary Club of Rockingham
Rotary Club of Wongan Hills
June 15, 1965 [55]
Rotary Club of Cockburn
June 18, 1969 [51]
Rotary Club of Bunbury
June 19, 1939 [81]
Rotary Club of Booragoon
June 21, 1983 [37]
Rotary Club of Ballajura/Malaga
June 23, 1989 [[31]
Rotary Club of South Bunbury
June 23, 1967 [53]
Rotary Club of Willetton
June 25, 1982 [38]
Rotary Club of Mandurah
June 27, 1961 [59]
Rotary Club of Kalamunda
June 27, 1962 [58]
Rotary Club of Mount Lawley
June 28, 1949 [71]
Rotary Club of Subiaco
June 28, 1949 [71]
Rotary Club of West Perth
June 28, 1954 [64]
Rotary Club of Quairading
June 30, 1963 [57]
Rotary Club of Cambridge
June 30, 1969 [51]
Rotary Club of Canning
June 30, 1972 [58]
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9 Year Old Girl Sings the Folsom Prison Blues
This young musician is a big fan of Johnny Cash
and it
shows.
Here is Emi Sunshine performing Johnny Cash’s
iconic song Folsom Prison
Blues.
Splash Around in Pool
Western Australia
Cuvier Bay
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